'Keep in mind Hillary Clinton ran against Barack Obama's sentencing reform in 2008'
Matt Welch talks about the 'ugliness' of Clintonian crime politics on Rev. Al Sharpton's PoliticsNation
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Four Progressive Minimum Wage Myths Debunked
Democrats are just making things up to advance their job-killing cause.
76-Year-Old Asks SCOTUS to Overturn Life Sentence for 37 Pot Plants
Lee Carroll Brooker, a victim of Alabama's habitual offender law, argues that his punishment violates the Eighth Amendment.
The CDC Keeps Lying About Adolescent Vaping and Tobacco Use
The agency bizarrely counts tobacco-free, noncombustible e-cigarettes as a kind of tobacco.
The Lemonade Is $150. The Pot Is Free.
Exchanging marijuana "gifts" for "donations" is not, alas, legal in Washington, D.C.
The NY Primary, Minimum Wage, Fracking, Chicago's Allegedy Racist Cops, and the Speech Police: The Fifth Column Podcast Returns
Matt Welch, Kmele Foster and Michael Moynihan try to figure out who's the real New Yorker
Bill Clinton's Shameful Crime Politics: Watch Matt Welch Talk to Al Sharpton Sunday at 8 a.m. ET
MSNBC's PoliticsNation will feature some blunt talk about New York politics
The Minnesota Vikings' New Stadium is Actually a Jawa Sandcrawler
It's the most plausible explanation for the ballooning costs.
Runaway Farm Subsidies and Diet Guideline Fights: Federal Food Policy Is a Mess
Two recent examples illustrate deep and broad problems.
Bernie Sanders' Ongoing Argument With Himself About Gun Violence Liability
He has turned against the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act but talks like he still supports it.
Hillary Clinton Just Turned the Democratic Party Into the Party of the $15 an Hour Minimum Wage
The Democratic frontrunner proves she's willing to take a dangerous, irresponsible gamble with the economy.
Exchanging Marijuana 'Gifts' for 'Donations' Is Not, Alas, Legal In D.C.
Creative entrepreneurs try to fill the gap between legal demand and illegal supply.
Sanders Misleadingly Connects 'Mass Incarceration' to Pot Busts
Clinton minimizes her role in advocating longer sentences and exaggerates her role in trying to shorten them.
DOJ Accepts Decision Saying It May Not Target State-Legal Medical Marijuana Suppliers
The feds had argued that a spending rider left them free to shut down dispensaries.
Pennsylvania Poised to Become the 24th Medical Marijuana State
Gov. Tom Wolf plans to sign a bill that was overwhelmingly approved by the state legislature.
New GAO Report Details Scope of Federal Government Inefficiency
The feds could save tens of billions just through better management.
Bill Clinton Claims His Wife 'Was the First Candidate' to Talk About Sentencing Reform
It's true, if you don't count Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, Rick Perry, or Jim Webb
Bill Clinton's Crime Bill Ambivalence
The former president can't decide whether he should brag about the 1994 law or apologize for it.
Topless Dancing and Alcohol Sales May Meet Again in Chicago
"Put a G-string on" and let the topless, drunken good times roll suggest some on the Chicago City Council.
Donald Trump's Organizational Failure in Colorado Shows He's Totally Unprepared to Be President
Trump can barely manage his own campaign operation. What does that say about his ability to run a country?
Clinton Uses Ridiculous Number to Blame Sanders' State for Gun Violence in Hers
She says Vermont "has the highest per capita number" of New York crime guns bought in other states.
Another Sexual Assault in Service of the Drug War
A lawsuit by a Pennsylvania woman describes a humiliating five-hour ordeal that discovered nothing.
Immigrant Could Lose His Business Because It's Not Fancy Enough for Lawmakers
If you thought eminent domain couldn't get any worse, Dallas will prove you wrong.
Can Libertarian Party Presidential Candidates Overcome Media Indifference?
Watch the second half of the Stossel debate between Gary Johnson, Austin Petersen and John McAfee
Ted Cruz Reiterates His Support for Marijuana Federalism
"The people of Colorado have the right to make the decision," he tells reporters in Denver.
Judge Revives Maine's Marijuana Legalization Initiative
The ruling says the secretary state improperly rejected signatures based on an unreasonably narrow reading of the law.
Dennis Hastert Notwithstanding, the Structuring Law Is Unjust
Even people who have committed no other crime can go to jail for trying to maintain their financial privacy.
Do More Teenagers Smoke Pot When It's Legal?
Contrary to what prohibitionists claim, the numbers from Colorado are equivocal.
Can Healthy Fast Food Change Eating Habits in Watts? This Chef Thinks So.
Food truck revolutionary chef Roy Choi wants to knock out food deserts with healthier fast food.
Federal Judge Rules Skim Milk Isn't 'Skim Milk'
This is what happens when government regulators control definitions of words.
Bernie's Job Interview, Lessons From the Panama Papers, and Racial Disparities in Cop Violence: The Fifth Column Podcast Returns
Matt Welch, Kmele Foster and Michael Moynihan argue about the meaning and value of "democracy"
Watch the First Part of the Libertarian Party Presidential Debate in Full!
Prepare for tonight's Part II by re-living John Stossel grilling Gary Johnson, John McAfee, and Austin Petersen last week
Sorry, but Uber Isn't Conspiring to Fix Ridesharing Prices
Surge pricing is a market mechanism, not an illegal pricing scheme.
$15 Minimum Wage Follies in California and New York
Good intentions, but a near total failure as an anti-poverty policy
Bill Clinton's Mendacious Defense of the 1994 Crime Bill
The former president says Republicans made him support longer sentences, which were a necessary response to 13-year-old murderers "hopped up on crack."
Jumping Ahead Of Evidence, Prohibitionists Claim Legalizing Pot Boosts Underage Consumption
Colorado's numbers do not show what opponents of legalization claim.
Anaheim Targets People Using Homes as Short-Term Rentals
Defender of property rights finds himself on the opposite side.
3 Reasons to Doubt the DEA Will Agree to Reclassify Marijuana This Year
The agency always drags its feet before saying no, saying yes would require an embarrassing reversal, and the president has passed the buck to Congress.
Clinton Blames New York Gun Violence on Vermont
Trying to impugn Bernie Sanders, she falsely claims his state provides a big share of crime guns in hers.
Who Will Win the Battle of New York?
Watch Matt Welch discuss Trump vs. Cruz & Hillary vs. Bernie on tonight's Kennedy, Fox Business Network at 8 p.m. and midnight ET
Lying About Snus and E-Cigarettes Is Like Blocking Access to Clean Heroin Needles
Two public health researchers condemn the "information quarantine" surrounding safer nicotine products.
Trump and Clinton Trip on Abortion Taboos
The two presidential candidates accidentally complicate the debate.
Watch Matt Welch Defend the American Dream on PBS's Brand New Late-Night Talk Show Point Taken
11 p.m. ET & PT, 10 p.m. CT, to decide whether we've finally killed off all hope
The Incredible Cluelessness of Donald Trump
Trump has demonstrated over and over again that he doesn't know the slightest thing about policy. The GOP is supporting him anyway.
