Policy
Should Expectant Moms Who Test Positive For Drugs Go to Jail?
Tennessee's law criminalizing drug use during pregnancy arbitrarily heaps punishment on reviled women.
Paying Teachers According to Seniority is Nonsensical and Ineffective
Paying teachers according to their degree attainment is also silly.
Study: To Lower Rape and STD Rates, Decriminalize Prostitution
A loophole in Rhode Island decriminalized prostitution between 2004-2009. During this time the state saw significant decreases in rape and gonorrhea.
Democratic Accountability Made as Simple as an App
The California Report Card is a growing, grassroots tool for individual citizens to make their government officials listen.
Should Pro-Choice Libertarians Support the Women's Health Protection Act?
The bill aims to stunt the growth of state laws placing unnecessary restrictions on abortion patients and clinics.
Foreign Kids, Heartless Nativism, and America's Huckleberry Finn Problem
Nativist demands to deport kids appeal neither to America's humanity nor to its commitment to limited government.
Why Taxi Medallion Owners Don't Deserve a Government Bailout
Innovation, not government policy, is transforming the taxi industry.
Why the Rand Paul-Rick Perry Feud Over Iraq Is Good for U.S. Policy
"Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican" has been suspended.
Campus Sexual Violence Has Worsened and Robin Thicke Is to Blame: Things That Are Not True
When bad things happen, activists shouldn't blame tasteless jokes or Robin Thicke songs.
The Latest Public-Sector Pension Scandal
The state-pension-industrial complex corrupts politics on multiple levels.
American Lives on the Line in Paul vs. Perry Foreign Policy Spat
And positioning for a presidential run, too.
Maryland Tested Kids on Material It No Longer Teaches, Guess What Happened?
Scores were predictably low.
Common Core Is Crony Capitalism for Computer Companies
Who wants to bet that Core-aligned standardized testing requires Windows 8?
Colorado's Governor Sees the Light on Marijuana Legalization
He opposed it, but now sounds cautiously optimistic.
The Real Failures of Immigration Policy
We can send them home, but that won't mean we've seen the last of them.
Lawsuit Against USDA Says Authoritarian Cherry Board Is the Pits
A lawsuit shines a light on a USDA-created board that controls supply, says you can't sell tart cherries without board permission.
