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Bachmann's Vaccine Panic

Baseless fear-mongering from the Minnesota conservative

Steve Chapman | 9.15.2011 7:00 AM

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Fact-Checking the Fact Checkers: Is Rick Perry Wrong To Say That the Stimulus Created Zero Jobs?

Peter Suderman | 9.14.2011 6:19 PM

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Who Do You Want To Run For President?

Emily Ekins | 9.14.2011 5:46 PM

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Who Do You Want To Run For President?

Emily Ekins | 9.14.2011 5:22 PM

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Independents Hate Political Parties and Barack Obama's Policies

Matt Welch | 9.14.2011 4:09 PM

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Mitt Romney's Health Care Evasions

Peter Suderman | 9.13.2011 12:55 PM

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Rick Perry is Impugning the Federal Government Again (Not Really)

Lucy Steigerwald | 9.13.2011 12:50 PM

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That Crazy GOP Presidential Debate in Florida…Four Years Ago

Matt Welch | 9.13.2011 9:43 AM

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GOP CNN/Tea Party Debate: Nirvana Reference Edition

Peter Suderman | 9.12.2011 10:55 PM

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GOP Ponzi McTea Party Debate Open Thread!

Matt Welch | 9.12.2011 8:00 PM

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Rand Paul and Other Tea Party Senators Skeptical of Mitt Romney

Matt Welch | 9.12.2011 11:41 AM

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Politico: "Ron Paul won the debate"

Tim Cavanaugh | 9.9.2011 4:33 PM

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The Era of Big Government Is Not Over

Guitar raids, Texas "justice," and other depressing scenes from the 2012 presidential campaign

Damon Root | 9.9.2011 10:30 AM

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Ron Paul, on the Rick Perry Wrist-Grab: "We didn't have any cross words"

Matt Welch | 9.9.2011 10:07 AM

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Mitt Romney Isn't Promising His Plan Will Create Jobs, Except When He's Predicting His Plan Will Create Jobs

Peter Suderman | 9.8.2011 12:30 PM

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Ron Paul's Reagan, Redux (UPDATE: Rick Perry Reportedly Grabs Paul By the Wrist and Gives Him a What-for)

Matt Welch | 9.8.2011 10:04 AM

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GOP Debate: Ultimate Justice Edition

Peter Suderman | 9.7.2011 11:05 PM

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Ron Paul's Reagan

Dr. No's Texas tussle with Rick Perry papers over some interesting libertarian disenchantment with the Great Communicator.

Matt Welch | 9.7.2011 4:30 PM

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Mitt Romney Believes in America, Provides 150-Page PDF to Prove It

Peter Suderman | 9.7.2011 10:26 AM

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What the Left Can Learn From the Tea Party

Independence, not loyalty, is the way to push Democratic politicians on drug policy, civil liberties, and war.

Matt Welch | 9.6.2011 1:30 PM

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State of the Union

Obama's approval of the American public slips to an all-time low.

A. Barton Hinkle | 9.2.2011 4:30 PM

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The Conservative Reversal on Science

Magical thinking is no substitute for verifiable facts.

Steve Chapman | 9.1.2011 7:00 AM

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Reason Writers on Bloggingheads: Matt Welch Talks Ron Paul, Gary Johnson, Jobs, and The Declaration of Independents With Mark Schmitt

Matt Welch | 8.31.2011 6:41 PM

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You Don't Have To Be "Smart," Just Right

Rick Perry's intelligence isn't the issue.

David Harsanyi | 8.31.2011 12:00 PM

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Why Gary Johnson and Jon Huntsman Should go After the Hispanic Vote

Mike Riggs | 8.30.2011 3:29 PM

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Reason-Rupe Poll Finds Opportunity for Third-Party Presidential Candidate

Emily Ekins | 8.30.2011 11:34 AM

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Republicans Defect Quicker Than Democrats

Independents Like Ron Paul

Emily Ekins | 8.30.2011 11:31 AM

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Republicans Defect Quicker Than Democrats

Independents Like Ron Paul

Emily Ekins | 8.30.2011 11:30 AM

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Reason-Rupe Poll Finds Opportunity for Third-Party Presidential Candidate

Emily Ekins | 8.30.2011 11:15 AM

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Presidential Candidate Gov. Gary Johnson: Cut Federal Spending by 43% - and Cut Social Issues From GOP Agenda

Nick Gillespie and Jim Epstein | 8.30.2011 8:33 AM

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Washington Post Ombudsman: Paper's Coverage of Ron Paul Has Been "sparse"

Matt Welch | 8.29.2011 10:28 AM

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Herman Cain candidate profile

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 8.24.2011 2:12 PM

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Mitt Romney Candidate Profile

Peter Suderman | 8.24.2011 2:10 PM

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"Science" When It Suits Them

Forget about creationism and start worrying about the left's faith-based devotion to government.

David Harsanyi | 8.24.2011 12:00 PM

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The Contradictions of a Conservative

The good, the bad, and the ugly in Rick Perry's Fed Up

Gene Healy | 8.23.2011 1:30 PM

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Rick Perry: Economic Wizard?

The truth about job creation and government spending in the Lone Star state

Shikha Dalmia | 8.23.2011 7:00 AM

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Oh Hey Look -- Ron Paul Down Just Two Percentage Points to Barack Obama

Matt Welch | 8.22.2011 2:53 PM

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The Persistence of Fiscal Fantasy

It's time to get serious about government spending.

Steve Chapman | 8.22.2011 7:00 AM

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Gary Johnson Bets Big on New Hampshire

Can a nice guy finish first in the Live Free or Die State?

Mike Riggs | 8.19.2011 5:30 PM

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Rick Perry's Superficial Extremism

The Texas governor's record doesn't live up to his rhetoric.

Peter Suderman | 8.19.2011 10:30 AM

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The GOP Race Heats Up

Surveying the 2012 Republican field

John Stossel | 8.18.2011 7:00 AM

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Will Paul Ryan Run for President?

Damon Root | 8.16.2011 3:22 PM

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The Religious Test

How will religion affect the 2012 presidential election?

Ira Stoll | 8.15.2011 4:30 PM

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Why Obama Looks So Bad

It's the economy, stupid.

Steve Chapman | 8.15.2011 7:00 AM

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Why Ron Paul Is the Semi-Invisible Man

Matt Welch | 8.15.2011 6:56 AM

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"That might be the single best description of the libertarian mindset that I have ever read," and Other Notices for The Declaration of Independents

Matt Welch | 8.12.2011 10:45 AM

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Watch Stossel Tonight at 10 pm ET for Post-Debate Analysis and Various Anti-GOP Insults From Matt Welch!

Matt Welch | 8.11.2011 6:05 PM

Politics

Gary Johnson Can't Get No Respect

Matt Welch | 8.8.2011 9:56 AM