Republicans Have Completely Abandoned Criminal Justice Reform
In the Republican party platform and at the 2024 convention, alternatives to tough-on-crime policies are unfortunately in short supply.
Election 2024
Vivek's Vision
Plus: Iranian Trump plot, Newsom's stand against parental rights, Biden tries SCOTUS term limits, and more...
Federalism Could Heal a Divided Nation
There’s less reason to fight when one-size-fits-all policies are replaced with local diversity.
Trump Promises To Get Rid of Bad Regulations. Can He Deliver?
Growth of regulation slowed under former President Trump, but it still increased.
RNC Speakers Give Exaggerated Impression of Immigrant Crime
Tuesday’s programming was light on policy and heavy on horror.
Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis Bend the Knee to Donald Trump
Trump's former rivals are forced to concede that he is the man of the moment.
The Chaos Election
If our politics is increasingly determined by random twists of fate, we should invest less power in the politicians who ultimately luck into office.
Trump and Vance's Foreign Policy Is More War Disguised As Anti-War
Despite flirting with “America First” realism and restraint, the Republican ticket is all-in on the forever wars.
The Defiant Trump Image That Made Critics Join the Cult
How a single photograph transformed Trump into a mythical leader for some critics and supporters alike.
Joe Biden Loves Rent Control, J.D. Vance Hates BlackRock
Republicans and Democrats have both managed to get worse on housing policy in the past week.
J.D. Vance Thinks Lina Khan Is Doing a Great Job
We're looking at four more years of anti-tech and anti-business antics from the FTC no matter who wins this November.
Teamsters Boss Sean O'Brien Put Political Spectacle Ahead of His Job
The high-profile fight with UPS didn't improve working conditions as much as O'Brien promised.
J.D. Vance Completes Trump's Ideological Takeover of the Republican Party
Trumpism, not Reaganism, is the doctrine of the Grand Old Party for the foreseeable future.
Grand Old Populists
Plus: Classified documents case dismissed, 1968 all over again, venture capitalists finally get representation, and more...
Republicans Hammer Biden on Inflation. But Do They Have a Better Plan?
Opening night of the Republican National Convention programmed a central issue with a Trumpian twist: "Make America Wealthy Again."
Is Violent Rhetoric To Blame for the Trump Assassination Attempt?
Plus: Is Biden fit to be president today, let alone stand for reelection?
Trump Doubles Down With Pick of J.D. Vance as Running Mate
The Ohio senator has clear authoritarian tendencies.
Stop Blaming the Attempted Assassination on Heated Anti-Trump Rhetoric
Biden's bullseye comment was no more dangerous than Sarah Palin's crosshairs.
Trump's Defiance of an Assassin's Bullet Reaffirmed Populist Appeal
Can the candidate turn crowd-pleasing nostrums into a program that will do more good than harm?
Both Trump and Biden Are Promising More Tariffs
Yes, trade tariffs cause higher prices. Trump never understood that, and now Biden apparently has forgotten it.
Donald Trump Bloodied in Assassination Attempt
The former president was rushed off stage after gunfire at a rally in Pennsylvania.
Ukrainian President…Putin?
Plus: How Biden's handlers influenced journalists, nepo baby COVID-19 hysteria, NYC's war on shampoo bottles, and more...
The Libertarian Party vs. Chase Oliver
The L.P.'s presidential ticket finds itself fighting state parties and a national chair.
Trump's Veep: Better Burgum Than Vance or Rubio
Sens. J.D. Vance and Marco Rubio—unlike Gov. Doug Burgum—have proven that they will move the GOP away from free market economics.
Dave Weigel: What If Biden Quits?
Dave Weigel discusses Biden's decline and the possibility of replacing him on Just Asking Questions.
Biden Can't Shake This
Plus: Hawaiian libertarianism, Woodrow Wilson's Biden moment, and more...
The 2024 GOP Platform Promises To 'Make America Affordable Again.' So Why Are They Embracing Fiscal Insanity?
Although former President Donald Trump's deregulatory agenda would make some positive changes, it's simply not enough.
Biden's BFFs Knew the Cognitive Decline Was Real
The president's defenders had private concerns. But publicly? Gaslighting.
The 2024 GOP Platform Barely Mentions Gun Rights
The party's neglect of the issue is consistent with its domination by Donald Trump, who pays lip service to the Second Amendment but has never been a true believer.
Eric Brakey: How Libertarians Can Attain Political Power
The director of The Free State Project and Maine legislator talks about the free state movement’s history, accomplishments, and future.
Battle of the Olds
Plus: Ozempic's potential, AOC shilling for Biden, "toxic masculinity" discourse, and more...
Joe Biden and Donald Trump Make Each Other's Candidacies Possible
Neither would be viable contenders for office in the absence of such a disliked opponent.
Republicans Confirm Their Plan To Let Social Security Go Insolvent
Which party can do the least to fix America's troubled old-age welfare system?
Biden vs. Trump: Housing Policy Edition
How do the two major party candidates stack up on housing policy?
Biden Blames the Elites
Plus: GOP platform changes, Russia destroys children's hospital, Mayor Eric Adams invents garbage cans, and more...
Tennessee Woman's 'Fuck Em' Both 2024′ Sign Is Protected Speech, Rules District Court
The town of Lakeland will have to refund Julie Pereira $688 in fines and fees and pay her $1 in nominal damages for violating her First Amendment rights.
Why the Media Covered for Biden
Plus: A listener asks whether Bruce Springsteen's song Born in the U.S.A is actually patriotic.
Prediction: Sorry Democrats, Biden Isn't Going Anywhere
Biden wants to retain his power. Most political leaders do!
Ticket Change?
Plus: Journalists shilling for Biden, Zyn imitators pissing off regulators, in defense of Little Tech, and more...
Biden's Election Year Border Order
The president's plan to address security at the Mexican border drew backlash both from immigration advocates and border hawks.
Biden Insists Beyond All Reason That He's the Most Qualified Person To Be President
"I had a bad night," Biden repeatedly said in an ABC interview about his debate debacle.
How Much Does the President Matter?
We've now had two consecutive presidential administrations deploy versions of this same argument in response to questions about the fitness of the man allegedly running the federal government.
Why Didn't the Media Notice Joe Biden's 'Jet Lag' Sooner?
So much for those "cheap fake" videos.
Biden's Litany of Excuses
Plus: Illegal beach booze-selling, California's "tax apocalypse," and more...
France's Messy Elections Make American Politics Look Orderly
The U.S. flirtation with populism barely holds a candle to the situation across the Atlantic.
Biden, Trump, and RFK Jr. Are All Anti-Freedom
Those three presidential candidates are making promises that would have bewildered and horrified the Founding Fathers.
Weekend at Biden's
Plus: Trump immunity ruling, cosmopolitan thinking on immigration, cringe Kamala, and more...
