What the First Trump-Biden Debate Taught Us Last Time
In between insanities, the erratic Republican was considerably more right about COVID-19 policy in September 2020 than the smug Democrat or the scoldy journalist.
Debates 2020
Trump Is Wrong About Military Distribution of a COVID-19 Vaccine
When a coronavirus vaccine is ready, it will be distributed through normal civilian supply chains to your doctor's office and local pharmacy.
On Obamacare, Biden Repeats Obama's 2013 Lie of the Year
Under the Affordable Care Act, if you liked your plan, you couldn't always keep it.
Joe Biden Envisions a Kinder, Gentler Drug War. We Should Demand Its End.
Drug courts and mandatory treatment models often lead right back to incarceration.
Trump and Biden Are Both Misleading Us About COVID-19
The president claims success based on a completely implausible worst-case scenario, while his opponent projects more than 3,700 deaths a day.
Debate's Best Moment: Trump and Biden Bragging on Prison Reform
The U.S. incarceration rate peaked in 2008, but it's good to see two "law and order" candidates talking about clemency.
Was the Final Presidential Debate Incomprehensible to Normies?
Plus: New research on sanctuary policies, the Stop Suppressing Speech Act, and more...
Trump and Biden Are Right: Both Parties Are To Blame for America's Inhumane, Broken Immigration System
Trump's immigration record is uniquely appalling but he didn't do it all by himself. Before you start building cages, you should ask how your political opponents might use them.
Joe Biden's Proposal To Double the Minimum Wage to $15 an Hour Won't Help Small Businesses
President Donald Trump said he'd leave it to the states to decide if a minimum wage hike was appropriate.
Joe Biden Has No Realistic Plan To Reopen Schools
Trump didn't offer much in terms of concrete solutions either.
Joe Biden Would Create a Bipartisan Commission To Figure Out Whether He Should Pack the Supreme Court
In a preview of an interview that will air Sunday, Biden says he'd pick "Democrats, Republicans, liberals, conservatives" to serve on the body, which would make broad recommendations for reforming federal courts.
Joe Biden Still Doesn't Have a Coherent Answer About Court Packing
Exactly one year ago, Biden gave a clear and direct answer to this question. Tonight, he completely fumbled his response.
If Trump Was Serious About Police Reform, He Would Have Addressed Qualified Immunity
The legal doctrine makes it considerably harder to hold cops accountable. Trump refused to address it.
No, Joe Biden, Cops Can't Just Shoot People in the Leg
The former vice president's comment during the ABC town hall was idiotic.
Actually, It's Good That Major Networks Are Covering Both Trump's and Biden's Town Halls
No, it’s not “bad for democracy” to keep giving a platform to the President of the United States.
Democrats Have a Massive To-Do List If Joe Biden Wins
But on big-picture fiscal issues, are Democrats and Republicans really so far apart?
Tom Cotton Won't Debate His Libertarian Challenger. The Event Will Happen Anyway.
Ricky Dale Harrington is polling at 38 percent in a two-way race against one of the leading voices of the GOP's ascendant authoritarian nationalism.
The Pence-Harris Debate Was a Model of Civility, Evasion, and Obfuscation
Politeness is nice. Answering questions would be even nicer.
Mike Pence Shows the GOP's New Obamacare Strategy: Pretend It's Already Gone
Pence claims Obamacare was a "disaster" that Americans "remember." It's still very much on the books.
Trump Threatens To Drop Out of Virtual Debate
Both candidates subsequently endorse pushing it back to October 22.
Mike Pence Says Joe Biden Will Repeal Trump's Tariffs. That's a Good Idea!
Too bad Biden's position isn't as good as Pence makes it sound.
Harris Leans Into Prosecutor Past at Vice Presidential Debate
Plus: a Google copyright case, the third-party vote, and more...
No, Biden Wouldn't Ban All Fracking
Pence's answers on energy and climate were full of misdirection and misinformation.
Kamala Harris Promises To Decriminalize Marijuana and Expunge Records
The position is likely the strongest any major-party candidate for president or vice president has taken on the issue in such a prominent venue.
Kamala Harris Refused To Answer a Direct Question About Whether a Biden Administration Would Pack the Supreme Court
Two debates. Two dodges of an important question about the top court's future.
Both Pence and Harris Dodged the Only Important Question at the Vice Presidential Debate
Under what circumstances would these two potential vice presidents feel comfortable taking over? The country deserves to know.
Election 2000: The Last Holiday-from-History Election
"Do we have a president yet?" we laughed.
The Trump-Biden Spectacle Was Hilarious and Good for the Republic
Like Trump's presidency, the debate destroyed unfounded respect for the people who rule us.
Trump Criticized Biden for Losing the Support of Police Unions. Is That Such a Bad Thing?
Trump is right that police unions support him more than Biden. That doesn't speak as well of the president as he thinks.
Has Joe Biden's Position On Court Packing Changed?
Biden's refusal to address court packing in the first presidential debate reflects his lack of concrete positions.
Last Night's Debate Was a Disaster. That's Exactly Why There Should Be More of Them.
After the trainwreck that was the first Biden-Trump debate, some people will likely call for future debates to be canceled. America needs the exact opposite.
Trump's Muddled Mask Message May Be His Best Attempt To Reconcile Irreconcilable Extremes
Both sides in the debate about face masks make claims that are not justified by the scientific evidence.
The Presidential Debate Over Health Care Is Exhausting and Unserious
Biden spun the Supreme Court's role in health care. Trump dodged, distracted, and bullied. It was an unproductive slugfest.
Tuesday's Debate Demonstrated That Donald Trump Wants This Election To Become a Chaotic Mess
Chris Wallace asked both candidates on Tuesday night if they would urge "supporters to stay calm during this extended period, not to engage in any civil unrest." Trump rejected the premise.
Trump and Biden Spar Over Which One Is the True Threat to America's Suburbs
The president renewed his attack that a Biden presidency would wipe out the suburbs. Biden accused Trump of racist dog whistles.
Trump Claims Biden Called Black Americans 'Superpredators.' That Was Hillary Clinton.
Joe Biden has said plenty of regrettable things about criminal justice, but that wasn't one of them.
Trump Pushed To Condemn White Nationalist Proud Boys, Instead Tells Them 'Stand Back and Stand By'
Leaders of the organization reportedly see this as tacit approval.
Donald Trump Says Joe Biden Is the Candidate of Perpetual COVID-19 Lockdowns
Though the presidential debate was pure chaos, Trump destroyed Biden on the question of reopening the economy.
The Lessons Americans Refuse To Learn From Trump's Tax Returns
Major-party politicians avoid tax simplification almost as aggressively as the rich avoid taxation, argue the Reason Roundtable panelists.
Biden Rejects Pelosi's Advice To Skip Debates with Trump
Better still: Let's have lots of debates that include all candidates who can technically win the election.
Joe Biden: 'Why the Hell Would I Take a Test?…Are You a Junkie?'
The Democratic Party presidential candidate attacks Donald Trump's mental faculties while revealing his own issues.
This Week Confirmed That Control of the Supreme Court Will Be a Critical Part of Trump's Reelection Strategy
Plus: Seattle labor coalition gives cops the boot, supermarkets are a miracle of modern markets, Klobuchar is the last person to realize she won't be Biden's VP, and more...
We Watched the Libertarian Party Vice Presidential Debate So You Didn't Have To
Larry Sharpe, Spike Cohen, and Ken Armstrong strategize about how to sell liberty during a pandemic.
Libertarian Party Presidential Debate Offers Choice Between All Liberty Now or Moving the Ball of Liberty Down the Field
Libertarians will decide this weekend if a message that "nothing matters more...than living in a free society" will resonate in 2020.
Biden Says High-Speed Rail Will Get Millions of Cars Off the Road. That's Malarkey.
This is what happens when you think all of America looks like the Acela corridor.
The Coronavirus Debate Was Bernie Sanders' Last Chance. He Blew It.
Joe Biden rightly noted that Medicare for All "would not solve the problem" posed by the coronavirus.
