Policy

Politics

Will Obamacare's Employer Mandate Ever Be Implemented?

Peter Suderman | 5.16.2014 12:06 PM

Politics

These Excessive Regulations That Have Crushed Businesses for Years May Threaten Obamacare Next. How Sad.

Obamacare's champions fear a ballot initiative could strangle Covered California with profiteering, delays, and too much bureaucracy.

Steven Greenhut | 5.16.2014 12:00 PM

Politics

Why the Hell is the Department of Agriculture Buying Submachine Guns?

Matt Welch | 5.16.2014 11:52 AM

Politics

Federal Court Upholds D.C. Gun Control, Says 'Judiciary Should Defer to the Legislature'

Damon Root | 5.16.2014 11:46 AM

Policy

LAPD Shut Down Community Over Police Shooting That Might Not Have Actually Happened

Scott Shackford | 5.16.2014 11:16 AM

Policy

If Pot Is Legal in Washington, Why Do These Medical Marijuana Users Face At Least 10 Years in Prison?

Jacob Sullum | 5.16.2014 11:12 AM

Politics

Ron Paul on GOP Fear of Pot Legalization: 'They still perceive that it's a risky political position to take'

Matt Welch | 5.16.2014 8:33 AM

Policy

FCC Votes to Consider Net Neutrality Rules, Broadband Reclassification

Peter Suderman | 5.15.2014 3:36 PM

Policy

There's a Food Truck That Hawks Legal Cannabis-Laced Edibles

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 5.15.2014 3:31 PM

Policy

The UKIP Was Wrong About Bulgarian and Romanian Immigration

Matthew Feeney | 5.15.2014 3:28 PM

Politics

Rep. Polis Drawing Attention for Anti-Fracking Push in Colorado

Scott Shackford | 5.15.2014 3:00 PM

Policy

Cops Shoot Dog in Backyard, Bust Owner's Boyfriend for Objecting

J.D. Tuccille | 5.15.2014 2:33 PM

Politics

Glenn Greenwald: 'There has been a complete breakdown in partisan or ideological divisions over how people reacted to this story'

Matt Welch | 5.15.2014 2:18 PM

Politics

Emails Reveal Federal Agency Ignored Conservative Media Inquiries

Zenon Evans | 5.15.2014 2:06 PM

Policy

The Misinformed Case for Voter ID

Stricter new requirements may sound reasonable, but they're not reasonable for everyone-or reasonable for democracy.

Steve Chapman | 5.15.2014 12:00 PM

Policy

Georgia City Considers Requiring a Permit to Ring Somebody's Doorbell

Scott Shackford | 5.15.2014 11:40 AM

Policy

Is the Internet a Public Utility?

Peter Suderman | 5.15.2014 11:19 AM

Civil Liberties

Baltimore Mayor to Curfew Foes: Go Live On a Farm

The shaky case for government-imposed teen curfews

Jesse Walker | 5.15.2014 10:17 AM

Politics

Support School Choice on The 60th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education

Nick Gillespie | 5.15.2014 9:59 AM

Politics

Rick Santorum: Libertarian Ideas 'don't work in practice'

Matt Welch | 5.15.2014 8:57 AM

Politics

The Neoconservative Obsession with Iran

Americans should be enjoying cultural and commercial relations with Iranians.

Sheldon Richman | 5.15.2014 8:30 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Red Meat Wednesday, With Ron Paul, Robert Bryce, Jedediah Bila, Tom Shillue…and Rick Santorum!

Matt Welch | 5.14.2014 8:17 PM

Policy

What Does Denver Have Against Getting Stoned and Listening to Music?

Jacob Sullum | 5.14.2014 5:09 PM

Politics

Gov. Brown Budget Starts Tackling Pension Debts, but High-Speed Train Boondoggle Persists

Scott Shackford | 5.14.2014 4:59 PM

Politics

Sriracha CEO Compares California to Communist Vietnam

Zenon Evans | 5.14.2014 4:07 PM

Policy

In the Name of Privacy, the E.U.'s Top Court Endorses Censorship of Embarrassing Online Facts

Jacob Sullum | 5.14.2014 3:43 PM

Politics

"Keep Telling Yourself That You're Free" #TSA Thought for the Day

Nick Gillespie | 5.14.2014 2:00 PM

Politics

Ohio Court Orders Man To Stop Reproducing

Zenon Evans | 5.14.2014 1:22 PM

Policy

U.N. Envoy to Syria Steps Down, He Always Had an Impossible Task

Matthew Feeney | 5.14.2014 12:59 PM

Policy

New York's Highest Court Upholds the Right to Be Annoying

Jacob Sullum | 5.14.2014 12:57 PM

Policy

FBI Agent Involved in Fatal Shooting I.D.'d, Had Short But Troubled History at Oakland P.D.

Ed Krayewski | 5.14.2014 12:53 PM

Policy

Tearful Terminator? Military Seeks Killer Robots With Moral Judgment

J.D. Tuccille | 5.14.2014 12:45 PM

Policy

Obamacare Contractor With $1.2 Billion Deal Pays Employees to Do Nothing

Peter Suderman | 5.14.2014 11:27 AM

Policy

Help! I've Run Out of Things to Say About Gay Marriage Bans Being Struck Down!

Scott Shackford | 5.14.2014 11:07 AM

Policy

The Social Worker with a Gun

"Connecting young people and their families with the services they need"—using the police?

Jesse Walker | 5.14.2014 10:52 AM

Policy

How Tacky T-shirts Became Contraband in New Orleans

Zoning enforcement is being used to rid the French Quarter of souvenir shops.

Chris Kjorness | 5.14.2014 8:30 AM

Politics

Prying Provokes Privacy Protection

Obama's PATRIOT games end in bipartisan support for surveillance reform.

Jacob Sullum | 5.14.2014 7:00 AM

Policy

It Turns Out Rifles Are Just As Lethal Without Threaded Barrels

Jacob Sullum | 5.13.2014 10:57 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Two-Part Interview with Glenn Greenwald, Plus Obamacare Choice-Stifling, the Politics of Nigeria, Casey Kasem, Global Drunkenness, Spring Fashion w/ Gavin McInnes, and After-Show!

Matt Welch | 5.13.2014 8:02 PM

Politics

Should We Blame Obama's "Teenage" Administration or Failed Neocon Foreign Policy for Failed U.S. Foreign Policy?

Nick Gillespie | 5.13.2014 5:32 PM

Politics

All Hail the "Sharing Economy!" A Mushy Phrase Gives Liberals Cover to Join the Fight Against Big Government

A libertarian's guide to the sharing economy.

Jim Epstein | 5.13.2014 4:31 PM

Policy

Glenn Greenwald's New NSA Book: Agency Wants to 'Know it All'

Book details how he met Snowden and reveals more NSA documents

Scott Shackford | 5.13.2014 2:51 PM

Policy

Government is Just All of Us Together, Preventing Each Other From Feeding the Hungry

Brian Doherty | 5.13.2014 2:45 PM

Politics

Sex, Violence, and Cinnamon Regulations: The Brief Life of Voteman

Zenon Evans | 5.13.2014 2:17 PM

Keystone XL

Keystone XL Pipeline Likely Done for the Year

Possibly finished until the end of Obama's term

Ed Krayewski | 5.13.2014 1:25 PM

Politics

'It's kind of like arresting someone for drinking and driving, but they're drinking O'Doul's'

Matt Welch | 5.13.2014 12:59 PM

Politics

Removing Bad Presidents From Office Should Be Easier

Monica Lewinsky's reemergence is a reminder that our presidential safety valve is broken.

Gene Healy | 5.13.2014 12:00 PM