Feds Announce Their Biggest Prisoner Release Ever
Beginning at the end of the month, some 6,000 drug offenders will get out earlier than originally expected.
Policy
Hillary Clinton's Simple-Minded Gun Control Ideas
Like the president, the presumptive Democratic nominee assumes we can identify mass shooters before they strike.
Donald Trump Thinks Kelo-Style Eminent Domain is 'a wonderful thing'
In Fox News interview, GOP frontrunner once again shows contempt for individual rights
HuffPost: "The Libertarian Moment Is Alive and Well…"
"...regardless of Rand Paul's campaign." You got that right, brother.
Washington, D.C. Mulls Nation's Biggest Family Leave Benefit, Funded By New Tax on Employers. Obviously the Federal Government Is Exempt.
Obama administration backs new measure, hopes to see it replicated elsewhere.
Why Was There a 12-Year Gap in the Gun Debate?
What happened to gun control from 2000 to 2012? Funny you should ask...
Covenant House Spreads Lies About Sex Trafficking
Leftist political mag Mother Jones is serving as a mouthpiece for sex-trafficking propaganda from religious nonprofit Covenant House.
John Boehner's Missing Agenda
The outgoing Speaker of the House leaves a Republican party that's fractured and directionless.
Washington Post Fact Checker Calls Obama's Statement About 'Gun Laws' and 'Gun Deaths' Misleading
Talking about mass shootings, the president cited data on suicides.
Proposed California Marijuana Initiative Allows Cannabis Cafés
The measure includes a generous home cultivation limit, and it does not define drugged driving based on THC levels.
Being a Neocon Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry
National Review writer blames U.S. bombing of hospital in Kunduz on...Taliban
Yes, the Second Amendment Protects Individual Rights
What The New Yorker gets wrong about guns and the Constitution.
Let States Build Their Own Highways
Congress can't pass a real transportation bill. And it shouldn't have to.
Hillary Clinton's Plan to Control Drug Prices Is Symptomatic of a Failed National Health Care Policy
The vast reach of government as a payer for health care means that drug companies are to a large degree government contractors, and patients are suffering.
(UPDATE: Narcotics Unit Captain Resigns) Mississippi Cops Use Threats of Violence and Prison to Recruit College Kids as Informants
First-time drug offenders are coerced into becoming informants on the campus of Ole Miss.
Donald Trump Is Wrong About Sanctuary Cities
They are as safe or safer than other places and help make local law enforcement more effective.
A Short, Sad History of Zero-Tolerance School Policies
School is supposed to teach kids to think critically. Instead, they encounter instead a system that is arbitrary, harsh, and ineffective at teaching.
Oregon Killer's Father Says No One Should Own So Many Guns
How would the government enforce a limit on the number of firearms people may possess?
The New York Times Explains Why Neither Psychiatry Nor Background Checks Can Stop Mass Shooters
Their profile is shared by many people who never kill anyone.
3 Medical Marijuana Growers in Washington Get Federal Prison Terms
The remaining defendants in the Kettle Falls Five case receive sentences ranging from 12 to 33 months.
Ending Gun Violence: Common Sense Versus Magic
The only defender guaranteed to be present at any attack against you is you.
Sex Trafficking and Prostitution Are Not the Same Thing
But grant hungry activists and vice squads want you to think they are.
Judge Blocks Kentucky's Absurd Attempt to Censor 'Unlicensed' Advice Columnist
No, you don't have to have the state's approval to tell families how to solve problems.
Watch Matt Welch on HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher Tonight at 10 PM ET
Oregon shooting, Planned Parenthood, Iran nukes, plus Richard Dawkins and Neil deGrasse Tyson!
Will Lawrence Lessig Be Locked Out of the Debates?
The Democratic presidential candidate needs at least 1 percent support to get onstage—but most of the polls haven't been including him.
The War on Sex Trafficking is the New War on Drugs
Anti-trafficking efforts includes everything from offering or soliciting paid sex, to living with a sex worker, to running a classified advertising website.
'Affordable Housing' Policies Have Made Housing Less Affordable
Progressive politicians from L.A. to New York face a crisis partly of their own making
Hillary Clinton and House Republicans Show Us That Future of Obamacare is Bipartisan Support for Making It Even Worse
The sudden convergence of political interests, at the expense of policy soundness, around Obamacare reveals how shaky the law's foundation remains.
Fentanyl-Laced Heroin and Other Deadly Consequences of Prohibition
How the government makes drugs more dangerous
Obama's Empty Gun Control Promise
Any attempt to stop would-be murderers from buying guns is bound to be overinclusive, underinclusive, or both.
NYPD To Document Nearly All Instances of Force
Commissioner Bratton says new database could become "national template" for police transparency.
Where the Private Buffalo Roam and the Private Antelope Play
Nongovernmental conservation is saving the planet
Mainstreaming Liberty
How five 20th century economists subtly remade the political landscape
The Disposable Life of a 20-Year-Old Confidential Informant
A North Dakota drug task force bullied a college student into working for them. Then he turned up dead.
FAMM Calls Grassley-Backed Bill the 'Most Significant Sentencing Reform Legislation in a Generation'
The bill could let thousands of current prisoners get out sooner than expected and reduce future injustices.
New York Times Prefers John Roberts Over His Libertarian Critics
Liberal pundit alarmed by competing versions of legal conservatism.
Chuck Grassley's Demands Make Sentencing Reform Weaker
At the insistence of the powerful senator, a new bill shortens fewer sentences and lengthens others.
No, Ben Carson and Donald Trump, the Majority of Syrian Refugees to the U.S. Are Not 'Young Males' [UPDATED]
It's stupid season for American political commentary about the refugee crisis
The Ghost Trains of Great Britain
In various corners of the British landscape, empty trains run unannounced routes at strange times of day. Here's why.
Legal Marijuana Sales Begin in Oregon Tomorrow
Before state-licensed shops open next year, medical dispensaries get to serve recreational consumers.
Is a 'Black Silent Majority' Responsible for Some of America's Harshest Drug Laws?
A new book argues that black America helped pave the way for the War on Drugs.
How Prohibition Causes Deaths From Fentanyl-Spiked Heroin
The more successful drug warriors are, the more dangerous drugs become.
