Schools are already bad enough for kids. Let's not make it worse by taking tips from the people who've insisted you take your shoes off at the airport for 20 years.
DeSantis says the new, single tax rate would mean "lower taxes for everyone" but that only demonstrates that he hasn't thought too deeply about how a flat tax would work.
His Supreme Court petition raises serious questions about how to interpret and apply Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.
Plus: State officials attempt to ban Donald Trump from 2024 election ballots.
Letting state officials determine whether a candidate has "engaged in insurrection" opens a huge can of worms.
The weird story of Victor Berger, the Espionage Act, and "Shoeless" Joe Jackson.
The fourth-place GOP presidential candidate asserts the existence of "clear evidence" of "entrapment," without providing any.
Ballots should be counted quickly and accurately.
Watch Florida's Hispanic communities for clues about the 2024 election.
Former state lawmaker Jeff Brandes says the Florida Legislature has "ceded its role" to high-profile Gov. Ron DeSantis.
The Colorado Supreme Court's reasoning in deciding that Trump is constitutionally disqualified from running for president seems iffy.
Ballots should be counted quickly and accurately.
Plus: A listener asks if there is any place libertarians can go to start their own country or city state.
Friday A/V Club: He wasn't really the character created by the late Norman Lear. But the advertisers did all they could to obscure that.
As of today, adults 21 or older in the Buckeye State may possess up to 2.5 ounces of marijuana and grow up to six plants at home.
Plus: Grimes the urbanist, Matt Taibbi's fight night, crazy AI applications, and more...
Nikki Haley says "Trump was good on trade." What?
The former journalist defends misinformation in the Trump era and explains why so many journalists are against free speech.
Turns out subjecting presidential aspirants to libertarian-flavored scrutiny is good for journalism! And sanity.
Formerly fringe immigration policies have gone mainstream in the Republican Party.
The Florida governor is attacking Republican primary rival Nikki Haley over her awful idea to police online speech, but the timing is awkward.
Once you get past the aesthetics, the similarities between Milei and MAGA mostly vanish.
Plus: A listener asks the editors why the Libertarian Party waits until election year to nominate its presidential candidate.
This week's debate was the first signal that the party's next presidential nominee might actually understand the entitlement crisis.
"I believe in empowering the individual and limited government. I chose to become a Libertarian on my registration because it spoke to who I was."
Abortion and the shadow of Donald Trump hobble GOP prospects.
"We don't quash this with censorship because that creates a worse underbelly," said Ramaswamy.
Sen. Tim Scott: "You actually have to cut off the head of the snake, and the head of the snake is Iran and not simply their proxies."
Why can neither major party find someone who isn't decrepit and disliked?
Pro-zoning candidates in Caroline, New York, won the elections for town supervisor and three seats on the town board.
Plus: RFK Jr., Wichita's libertarian mayor, Hamas' death toll accuracy, the cult of Erewhon, and more...
Voters approved a ballot initiative that will allow possession, home cultivation, and commercial distribution—assuming that state legislators don't interfere.
The "Taxpayers Bill of Rights" requires that the state return excess revenue to taxpayers. A ballot question could change that.
A plan to have the state take control of Maine's two private electric utility firms has divided the political left.
The former White House chief of staff is one of several former Trump advisers who are cooperating with prosecutors.
The stakes are high for this weekend's presidential election.
The election conspiracy theorist struck a deal that allows her to avoid prison by testifying for the prosecution.
DeSantis says that all Gazans are anti-Semitic, while Haley feels that refugees should only go to "Hamas-sympathetic countries."
As long as the Republican Party is a policy-free zone, Jordan might as well be the guy in charge.
Being against cancel culture requires consistency.
If Joe Manchin or Larry Hogan thinks he’ll be elected on a No Labels ticket, he’ll be sorely disappointed.
RFK Jr.'s anti-war supporters are welcome to defect, the Libertarian Party said in a statement.
Trump is still a runaway favorite, even when using a vote-counting technique that's meant to make it more difficult for unpopular candidates to win elections.
Plus: A listener asks the editors to weigh in on a hypothetical executive order to establish an American Climate Corps.
Self-described anarcho-capitalist Javier Milei shocked the world in August by getting the most votes in Argentina's presidential primary.
“I believe in the idea of amnesty for those who have put down roots and lived here, even though sometime back they may have entered illegally,” Reagan said in 1984.
"Our party does face a time for choosing," said the former vice president last night.
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