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A positive vision for America's future at the Republican debate
A positive vision for America's future at the Republican debate
It’s highly unlikely that it would pass constitutional muster.
"He owes it to you to defend his record where they added $7.8 trillion to the debt that set the stage for the inflation that we have."
Join Reason on YouTube and Facebook at 1 p.m. Eastern on Thursday for reactions to the 2nd GOP debate from journalist Josh Barro and Reason's Liz Wolfe and Zach Weissmueller.
Plus: A listener question about the continued absurdity of sports stadium subsidies
The video site took out ads touting social media's benefits.
The GOP presidential candidate also definitively said climate change is real.
It's no mystery why the former president preferred a forum in which his record and positions would face no serious challenge.
Only Vivek Ramaswamy and Gov. Ron DeSantis said they wouldn't support additional aid to Ukraine. But both argued we should be more militarily engaged against China and Mexico.
The surging candidate, a political unknown, articulated a foreign policy that was somewhat more libertarian than his rivals.
"Donald Trump added $8 trillion to our debt," Haley said during the opening moments of Wednesday's first Republican primary debate.
At best, tonight's debate is a glorified preseason football game—an unwatchable spectacle that no one ought to enjoy.
The doomsday consensus around climate change is "manufactured," says scientist Judith Curry.
The CEO of Open To Debate wants us to disagree more productively—especially when it comes to presidential debates.
Join Reason on YouTube Thursday at 1 p.m. Eastern for a discussion with economist Robin Hanson and software developer and investor Jaan Tallinn about the call for an immediate pause on A.I. development.
James Madison University's debate team says that "free speech should not extend to requiring us to platform or amplify ideas that are exclusionary, discriminatory, or hostile."
Intelligence Squared U.S. has a new name and ambitions to host presidential debates.
Fetterman has auditory processing issues related to a stroke in May, but still had trouble explaining why he seems to have changed his mind.
The governor favors more punitive policing, while his Democratic opponent thinks the governor should have a say in who buys what properties in the state.
It's the result of our overly politicized culture where many people like to shame and destroy their enemies, but it is undermining the benefits of free and open dialogue.
When a coronavirus vaccine is ready, it will be distributed through normal civilian supply chains to your doctor's office and local pharmacy.
Under the Affordable Care Act, if you liked your plan, you couldn't always keep it.
Drug courts and mandatory treatment models often lead right back to incarceration.
The president claims success based on a completely implausible worst-case scenario, while his opponent projects more than 3,700 deaths a day.
The U.S. incarceration rate peaked in 2008, but it's good to see two "law and order" candidates talking about clemency.
Plus: New research on sanctuary policies, the Stop Suppressing Speech Act, and more...
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.
President Donald Trump said he'd leave it to the states to decide if a minimum wage hike was appropriate.
Trump didn't offer much in terms of concrete solutions either.
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.
Exactly one year ago, Biden gave a clear and direct answer to this question. Tonight, he completely fumbled his response.
The legal doctrine makes it considerably harder to hold cops accountable. Trump refused to address it.
The former vice president's comment during the ABC town hall was idiotic.
No, it’s not “bad for democracy” to keep giving a platform to the President of the United States.
But on big-picture fiscal issues, are Democrats and Republicans really so far apart?
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.
Politeness is nice. Answering questions would be even nicer.
Pence claims Obamacare was a "disaster" that Americans "remember." It's still very much on the books.
Both candidates subsequently endorse pushing it back to October 22.
Too bad Biden's position isn't as good as Pence makes it sound.
Plus: a Google copyright case, the third-party vote, and more...
Pence's answers on energy and climate were full of misdirection and misinformation.
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.
Two debates. Two dodges of an important question about the top court's future.
Under what circumstances would these two potential vice presidents feel comfortable taking over? The country deserves to know.
"Do we have a president yet?" we laughed.