Dodd-Frank at 5: How Financial Reform Led to Bloodshed in the Congo
Everything you think you know about conflict minerals is wrong.
Policy
"The End of Doom": Ron Bailey on Why The Future Looks Pretty Damn Great
Advances in technology will address climate change before calamity strikes.
Former Drug Czar: There's No Such Thing As an Unjust Drug Sentence
According to John Walters, all drug offenders are violent.
San Francisco's Private Police Force
The City by the Bay has a second, private police force...with a better record than the government cops.
LA Public Schools Still Searching for a Reason to Fire Their Most Effective Teacher
Soul-crushing bureaucracy.
Obama Administration Thinks People on Social Security Who Have Others Handling Their Finances Shouldn't Have Guns
And a federal court continues to violate handgun sellers' First Amendment rights in California
Privatizing Marriage Is a Terrible Idea
It won't end the culture war but will lead to even more government interference in families
Watch Matt Welch Talk Trump, Charlie Hebdo and More on Tonight's Kennedy!
Fox Business Network, 8 p.m. ET, be there!
Peter Schiff on the Fed, Rand Paul, and the Next Financial Crisis
"What the voters want is snake oil. They want something that makes them feels good"
Senators Tell DEA to Stop Messing With State Hemp Crops
Provisions prevent feds from spending on interference with state hemp-farming programs or hemp crop transport.
Government Watchdog: Billions in Funding for Obamacare's Exchanges Not Tracked Well, Many Functions Remain Incomplete
Draft GAO report details troubles with financial oversight even as questions loom about the legality of health exchange spending.
Obama Holds the Key For Imprisoned Drug Offenders
The president can do much more to correct unjust sentences, but time is running out.
Is True Detective the Most Libertarian Show on TV?
The corruption on display is bigger than Frank, Cesere, Velcoro, or any single individual and is thus uncontainable.
Trump's Dismissal of McCain's Heroism Shows Lack of Judgment and Human Decency, And Is Also Dead Wrong
When will Republican voters start punishing the serial lies of an idiocratic TV huckster?
Civil Libertarian Rand Paul Becomes the Frontman for a Notorious Racial Profiling and Surveillance Program
He wants Muslim foreigners to be required to register with Uncle Sam
NYC Bill to Stop Uber From Growing Now About Protecting Passengers, or Something
The latest in the Uber wars is more inanity.
Voter ID, Suppression Fail
If voter ID laws were created to suppress minority voting, they're actually not doing that.
Lefties Bash Lefty PAC for Bashing Kochs on Criminal Justice
David Brock's awful group tries to slime the Koch brothers as criminal-justice opportunitists; actual liberal reformers leap to their defense
Peter Pan's Revenge: Chinatown Bus Operator Fung Wah May Be Closed For Good Because the Government Won't Give it a Parking Spot
How a "big dog" bus company worked with regulators to crush a competitor.
Senior Obamacare Official Becomes Top Health Insurance Lobbyist
The move is a reminder that Obamacare is a joint operation between the government and the health insurance industry.
Boehner Endorses Sentencing Reform; Bill Clinton Apologizes for His Role in Mass Incarceration
The SAFE Justice Act gets a boost from the House speaker.
Who Would Make Cut if First GOP Candidate Debate Was Held Today?
Trump, Walker, Bush, Paul, Rubio are top five; clusterfudge at bottom of latest poll.
Rand Paul and Naomi Wolf Join Hands On Marriage
Both want to privatize marriage, but the idea doesn't make sense
Obama in Prison: 'There But for the Grace of God…'
The president still thinks drug offenders belong behind bars.
Sen. Mike Lee Added a Free-Range Kids Clause to Major Federal Legislation
Gives kids the right to walk to school.
James Holmes Found Guilty on All Counts for 2012 Shooting Spree
Man who opened fire in crowded theater fails with insanity-plea defense.
Gary Johnson on Trump, the Presidential Election, and Life as a Pot Company CEO
Johnson says he wants nothing to do with the GOP.
Uber Courts Reverend Al in an Effort to "Out-Progressive" the Progressives
The company's latest scuffle highlights the intellectual and moral bankruptcy of left-wing political rhetoric.
Hillary Clinton Wants to Destroy the Sharing Economy. Here's Why That's a Terrible Idea.
Government should watch from the sidelines.
2 Reasons to Be Happy About the Iran Deal, and 1 Reason Not to Be
The good that will come out of this agreement cannot be overstated. But the agreement has a significant downside too.
HealthCare.gov Re-enrolled Fraudulent Obamacare Accounts—and Gave Some of Them Bigger Subsidies
Government watchdog says Healthcare.gov has no fraud prevention system in place.
Hillary's Dirty Dance with Trump on Sanctuary Cities
She was right the first time when she opposed a federal crackdown on these cities
WTF: British Police Tweet Image of Comedian, Ask Followers to ID Him for a Larf
A stunning invasion of privacy that is chilling - and not against the law as the coppers define it.
Here's How Regulators Create Problems, Not Solve Them
Government means never having to say you're sorry
Obama Agrees With Rand Paul That Mandatory Minimums Should Be Abolished
The president joins the Kentucky senator in calling for sentencing reform.
The FBI Wants the Key to Your Data
Is government-resistant encryption an intolerable threat to public safety?
