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Lead Paragraph of the Day

Matt Welch | 10.27.2010 9:57 AM

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After We Hose Meg Whitman's Remains Off the Sidewalk, Can We Admit that Money Does Not Buy Elections?

Tim Cavanaugh | 10.26.2010 2:20 PM

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Obama's False Alarm on Corporate Electioneering

Understanding the president's attacks on Citizens United

Steve Chapman | 10.25.2010 7:00 AM

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NYT Shocker: Chamber of Commerce Promotes Business Interests

Jacob Sullum | 10.22.2010 11:44 AM

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AFSCME is "Big Dog," Takes Big Craps, When it Comes to Independent Campaign Expenditures

Nick Gillespie | 10.22.2010 9:31 AM

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What Republican Spending Advantage?

Jacob Sullum | 10.21.2010 11:25 AM

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Reason Writers Wearing Goofy Headphones on the Internet: Matt Welch and Timothy P. Carney on Bloggingheads

Matt Welch | 10.19.2010 8:17 AM

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According to the Times, Pro-Republican Speech Is Not Technically Illegal, but It Should Be

Jacob Sullum | 10.18.2010 11:36 AM

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Are You Still Buying Democracy When Your Opponents Outspend You Two-to-One?

Brian Doherty | 10.15.2010 6:51 PM

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Leading Campaign Finance Reformer: 'I Think the Constitution Is Wrong'

Jacob Sullum | 10.14.2010 6:17 PM

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Barack Obama and the Chamber of Secrets

Who will the Democrats demonize next?

David Harsanyi | 10.13.2010 12:00 PM

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Logical Farce

Obama's wild attacks on "foreign money" reek of desperation.

Jacob Sullum | 10.13.2010 7:00 AM

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The President Is Just Asking Questions

Jacob Sullum | 10.12.2010 6:51 PM

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Is Citizens United a Big Deal Only Because People Mistakenly Think It Is?

Jacob Sullum | 10.11.2010 1:12 PM

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"We figured out a surefire way around the First Amendment"

Damon Root | 9.30.2010 5:14 PM

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Ad Rage

Democrats blame the First Amendment for their impending losses.

Jacob Sullum | 9.22.2010 7:00 AM

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Obama Warns That Corporations Are Taking Over While Insisting They Do Not Have the Power to Do So

Jacob Sullum | 9.20.2010 3:34 PM

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What Does Citizens United Have to Do With the Republican Spending Advantage?

Jacob Sullum | 9.15.2010 12:08 PM

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I Guess it Depends on the Meaning of the Word "Soros"

Matt Welch | 8.30.2010 5:44 PM

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California Roundup: Carly On Fire, Weed On Demand, Greedy Old Ginks, and More

Tim Cavanaugh | 8.23.2010 3:03 PM

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"Arizona is taking the concept of states being the laboratories of democracy very seriously on multiple fronts."

Damon Root | 8.20.2010 10:22 AM

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California Roundup: No Free Speech, No Tax Relief, Plenty of Nurses

Tim Cavanaugh | 8.12.2010 2:57 PM

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California Roundup: Troubled Waters, Movie Bombs, and Why Free Speech Shouldn't Apply To Twitter

Tim Cavanaugh | 8.2.2010 12:49 PM

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DISCLOSE Act Looks Dead

Jacob Sullum | 7.27.2010 3:43 PM

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'Nobody Is Saying You Can't Run the Ads'?

Jacob Sullum | 7.26.2010 4:25 PM

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Connecticut's Matching Funds Struck Down

Jacob Sullum | 7.13.2010 6:48 PM

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Schumer's Campaign-Finance Chutzpah

Matt Welch | 7.7.2010 10:28 AM

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Kagan and Free Speech: Good News and Bad News

Jacob Sullum | 7.6.2010 3:28 PM

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DISCLOSE Act Passes House, Goes to Senate

Jacob Sullum | 6.25.2010 12:44 PM

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Reason Morning Links: Honest Services, Private Islands, and a Toronto Police State

Jesse Walker | 6.25.2010 8:28 AM

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ACLU Slams the DISCLOSE Act

Jacob Sullum | 6.21.2010 3:23 PM

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Razing Arizona

The chilling effect of campaign subsidies aimed at equalizing speech

Jacob Sullum | 6.16.2010 7:00 AM

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How Can We Raise Money for Our Campaigns If We Can't Get It From the Government?

Jacob Sullum | 6.15.2010 5:43 PM

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DISCLOSE Act Exemption: Only Big, Powerful Lobbies Need Apply

Jacob Sullum | 6.14.2010 6:21 PM

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Levelling the Playing Field Against Fringey McMoneypants

Matt Welch | 6.10.2010 11:03 AM

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Supreme Court Blocks Matching Money for Moochers

Jacob Sullum | 6.8.2010 5:58 PM

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Express Advocacy for Us but Not for Them

Jacob Sullum | 6.7.2010 2:15 PM

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Undisclosed Interests

Legislators fight corruption by silencing their critics.

Jacob Sullum | 6.2.2010 7:00 AM

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Obama Is Not Beholden to Big Corporations. He Is Beholden to the Executives of Big Corporations.

Jacob Sullum | 5.24.2010 5:15 PM

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Fact-Checking Obama's Fundraising-Letter Claims About Wall Street "Special Interests"

Matt Welch | 5.24.2010 2:09 PM

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Matching Funds for Your Opponent No Big Deal, 9th Circuit Says

Jacob Sullum | 5.21.2010 6:22 PM

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Squinting at Kagan's Views on Campaign Finance Regulation

Jacob Sullum | 5.12.2010 5:31 PM

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Former FEC Chair Brad Smith on Obama's Citizen United "Demagoguery"

Matt Welch | 5.11.2010 9:04 AM

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Obama Fights 'Corporate Takeover of Our Elections'

Jacob Sullum | 5.3.2010 2:28 PM

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Reason Morning Links: Alcoa, the Southern Strategy, and a New Sort of Sex Scandal

Jesse Walker | 4.23.2010 8:19 AM

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Unfaithful Friend of Liberty

John Paul Stevens' spotty record as a defender of individual rights

Jacob Sullum | 4.14.2010 7:00 AM

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Raising Money Is Hard. I'm No Obama.

Jacob Sullum | 4.13.2010 4:57 PM

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'The First Amendment Cannot Be Encroached Upon for Naught'

Jacob Sullum | 3.26.2010 1:24 PM