Chicago Homicides at Lowest Level Since 1965
415 homicides this year
Policy
Official Charged With Developing Obamacare Site Retiring
Chief Operating Officer of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Michelle Snyder
Al-Shabab Claims Responsibility For Mogadishu Hotel Bombing
Al Qaeda-linked Somalia-based group
Morsi To Face Trial Over 2011 Jail Break on Jan. 28
One of the three cases the ousted Egyptian president is facing
Social Conservatives Make Fundraising Plans
Operatives and donors from the Christian right recently met in Virginia
A Flurry of Lawsuits Involving School Choice
Nothing sparks court challenges like trying to expand education options.
Please, Congress, Do Much Less
Unpack the assumption behind the stories about congressional productivity, and you find a bias toward statism: the notion that government action is inherently good, and that more government action is inherently better.
Common Core: The Latest Flaw in One-Size-Fits-All Public Schools
When the federal government imposes a single teaching plan on 15,000 school districts across the country, that's central planning, which brings stagnation.
Obamacare Adviser Says 7 Million Sign-Ups Was Never Their Target
Says that number came from the CBO
Evacuation Lifted in Site Near North Dakota Train Crash
Residents of nearby community were asked to leave
Judge Rules Two Texas Baptist Colleges Exempt from Contraception Mandate
Don't have to provide coverage to employees
Poll: Only 35 Percent Think US Should Sell Postal Service
Despite problems, the number has actually declined
2013: The Year Defiance of the State Became Cool
The year saw many Americans rally behind rebels, explicitly siding with them over the government, in opposition to the powers-that-be.
New York Customs Destroys Canadian Man's Flutes
Called the bamboo instruments "agricultural products"
Apple Says It Hasn't Worked with NSA to Provide IPhone Access
Says it has no knowledge of "backdoor" program
Florida Judge Rules Drug Testing Welfare Recipients Unconstitutional: Nothing So Immediate About Government Interest in Drug Free Recipients That Warrants Suspending Fourth Amendment
In three months, less than 3 percent of tested recipients tested positive
Rhode Island May See More Pension Struggles in 2014
Repayments of loans connected to Curt Schilling's failed video game also source of debate
ACLU Files New Suit Regarding NSA Snooping
Trying to get information about what happens to data NSA collects
Apple Battles Justice Department over Federal Monitor
Related to anti-trust ruling on e-books
Second Child to Challenge Organ Donor Rules Gets Lung Transplant
New York boy fights rule that requires potential recipients to be 12 before being put on waiting list
2013: America's Gayest Year
From wedding bells to wedding cakes, gay issues were always on the cultural radar
Rehabilitating an Unusual Libertarian Heroine
Cartoonist Peter Bagge on the life of birth control rights pioneer Margaret Sanger
