Policy
How Urban Renewal Destroys Neighborhoods
What happens when central planners bulldoze communities and try to build better ones? Trampled property rights, dislocated families, wasted money, and failed development.
How Not to Legalize Pot
Thanks to regulatory missteps, legal marijuana remains scarce and expensive in Washington.
Ebola Quarantines Ignore Experience and Trample Freedom
When did it become a badge of toughness to succumb to irrational panic?
Border Patrol Misconduct Becomes a National Problem
Criminals with badges and federal paychecks
Convoluted Common Core Math Leaves Parents Baffled
So ignore it and teach your kids the right way.
The Feds 'Modernize' Food Safety Without Making Food Safer
Proposed FDA food-safety rules under the FSMA show the expensive campaign to modernize food safety shouldn't be confused with one that improves food safety.
Is Capitalism Environmentally Unsustainable?
The goal must be to find ways for liberty and the environment to flourish together, not to sacrifice one in the vain hope of protecting the other.
The City of South Miami Wants to Split Florida in Two
Climate-change fears don't always lead to calls for centralization.
Government Agencies Use Their Power to Bolster Their Own Budgets
A northern California legal case involving state and federal efforts to secure a massive financial settlement from the state's largest land owner is rife with allegations of fraud, corruption, and official misconduct
America Cannot Kill Its Way Out of the ISIS War
This is not a simple "we win, they lose" scenario.
Waste, Bureaucracy, and PR Stunts: The Case of the Red Cross
When centralization meets disaster relief.
'No Drama Obama' and the Virtues of Inaction
What President Obama has displayed when dealing with the Ebola crisis are his best qualities, not his worst ones.
Vote Democrat for Real Libertarian Values
Republicans don't live up to their tax reform claims, while Democrats pave the way for tech innovation, says Jared Polis.
Seven Reasons to Vote for the Libertarian Party
When you vote Libertarian, the other parties have to become more libertarian.
Voting Republican Is the Smart Choice for Libertarians
There are liberty GOP candidates on the ballot. Let's not give those up to Democrats by voting Libertarian, says Grover Norquist.