Law & Government

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The New Franklin Roosevelts

Don't count on a candidate's campaign stances to tell you how he'll behave in office

Jesse Walker | 4.10.2008 12:00 PM

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You Wait Right Here, I'll Go Get Warren

Jesse Walker | 4.8.2008 2:40 PM

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When They Knock Kick at Your Front Door

Matt Welch | 4.8.2008 8:32 AM

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Send Jesse Ventura!

Matt Welch | 3.14.2008 4:26 PM

Politics

Now Playing at Reason.tv: Rep. Jeff Flake on U.S.-Cuba Policy

"The default should be freedom"

Reason Staff | 3.13.2008 4:30 PM

Politics

It Takes a Congress of Minions to Hold Us Back

Matt Welch | 3.5.2008 9:39 AM

Politics

Now Playing at Reason.tv: Twilight at Monticello

Author Alan Pell Crawford on Jefferson's Final Years

Reason Staff | 2.27.2008 3:00 PM

Politics

Really Full Disclosure

Brian Doherty | 2.26.2008 12:21 PM

Politics

No Country for Grouchy Old Men?

Nick Gillespie | 2.26.2008 9:33 AM

Politics

The Imperial Presidency is Here to Stay

And Obama, Clinton and McCain seem fine with that

Steve Chapman | 2.21.2008 3:00 PM

Politics

McCain Has His Cake and Eats It, Too

Banking on public money exposes the absurdity of public financing of elections

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 2.21.2008 12:00 PM

Politics

Crane, Levy on Executive Power

Radley Balko | 2.19.2008 5:29 PM

Politics

Are We Ready for 2007 Nostalgia Yet?

Brian Doherty | 2.19.2008 2:06 PM

Politics

Ron Paul: Don't Let Them Gilchrest Me

Brian Doherty | 2.19.2008 1:57 PM

Politics

A Presidency Worth Celebrating

Going back to George Washington's conception of the office

Gene Healy | 2.18.2008 12:00 PM

Politics

Leaving Wayne's World

Jesse Walker | 2.13.2008 10:11 AM

Politics

Lord of the Gadflies

The battle to make Congress more boring

David Weigel | 2.12.2008 3:00 PM

Politics

You Won't Get a Mormon President, But As a Consolation Prize…

Jesse Walker | 2.4.2008 4:00 PM

Politics

The State Secrets Protection Act

Brian Doherty | 1.25.2008 7:55 PM

Politics

The Anti-Smoking Slippery Slope on Capitol Hill

Brian Doherty | 1.15.2008 11:06 AM

Politics

The Tony Snow Show

The former White House press secretary talks about President Bush, declining party loyalty, liberal media bias, and more.

Shikha Dalmia | 12.23.2007 9:58 AM

Politics

Bush vs. the Bill of Rights: A Timeline

Brian Doherty | 12.4.2007 4:42 PM

Politics

Hail the Conquering Hero

Bill Sammon's new book asks of President Bush: Great president, or the greatest president?

David Weigel | 11.19.2007 12:39 PM

Culture

Harold Berman, RIP

Jesse Walker | 11.19.2007 11:18 AM

Politics

Call That Bluff, Congress

Brian Doherty | 11.2.2007 10:16 AM

Politics

Finally a Game Just for Adults: Fantasy Congress (Insert Larry Craig Joke Here…No Here…Yes There)

Nick Gillespie | 10.31.2007 1:43 PM

Politics

A Spy in the House of LSD

Jesse Walker | 10.23.2007 11:30 AM

Politics

Friday Funnies

Gimme a boost

Chip Bok | 10.19.2007 6:53 AM

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An Act of Commissions

Congress declares half of America backward and poor.

Jeff Taylor | 10.16.2007 3:00 PM

Politics

GOP Sinking Ship Analysis: Yes, the Water is Rising. Reps. Cubin and Musgrave, We Hardly Knew Ye.

Brian Doherty | 9.17.2007 11:39 AM

Politics

Rant: Learning to Love the Imperial Presidency

How conservatives made peace with executive power.

Gene Healy | 9.12.2007 12:34 PM

Politics

Rep. Paul Gillmor (R-Ohio) Found Dead

Brian Doherty | 9.5.2007 2:27 PM

Politics

Also, He's a Liar

Jacob Sullum | 8.31.2007 11:41 AM

Politics

Get Government Out of the Bathroom

Will the Craig scandal finally return the GOP to the party of Goldwater?

Nick Gillespie | 8.29.2007 10:50 AM

Politics

Honest and Open Thievery

The limits of Congress's ethics reforms

Jacob Sullum | 8.15.2007 6:49 AM

Politics

The Pantsuit Paradox

How do women signal power at the boys' club?

Kerry Howley | 8.14.2007 3:20 PM

Politics

The Treason of the Speechwriter

Brian Doherty | 8.14.2007 1:54 PM

Politics

Karl Rove Resigns

Nick Gillespie | 8.13.2007 9:41 AM

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Hangin' With Cheney and Premature 9/11 Truthism

Brian Doherty | 8.8.2007 1:59 PM

Politics

Checks and Balances and Freezers Full of Cash

Brian Doherty | 8.7.2007 11:53 AM

Politics

This Is Why The Iraq Parliament Takes August Off

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 8.6.2007 10:27 AM

Politics

Will Someone Put a Secret Hold on the Abolition of Secret Holds?

Jacob Sullum | 8.2.2007 12:14 PM

Politics

What Executive Privilege?

Jacob Sullum | 8.2.2007 11:17 AM

Politics

'What Credibility Is Left for You?'

Jacob Sullum | 7.25.2007 10:11 AM

Politics

Conservative-Libertarian Alliance Watch

Brian Doherty | 7.21.2007 11:32 PM

Politics

Bush to Congress: Try and Make Me

Jacob Sullum | 7.20.2007 9:16 AM