Mike Bloomberg Just Lost My Vote With His Super Bowl Ad
The billionaire former three-term mayor of New York panders to Democratic loyalists rather than laying out a vision for a prosperous, tolerant America.
The billionaire former three-term mayor of New York panders to Democratic loyalists rather than laying out a vision for a prosperous, tolerant America.
The pro-impeachment libertarian independent has more cash on hand than any of his competitors.
Activists urge Klobuchar to suspend her presidential campaign.
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When politicians call to punish “disinformation,” we should worry about what that definition encompasses.
Political hypocrisy on school choice needs to be exposed, says Reason Foundation's Corey DeAngelis.
Politicians win, taxpayers lose.
The Vermont socialist has always claimed to be a champion of the working class. But over time, his wealth tax would fall heavily on ordinary Americans.
One dynamic that works in favor of both Trump and Sanders is that voters discount their extreme stances, figuring that they just represent opening offers that will eventually be watered down in compromises with powerful interest groups and with establishment lawmakers.
The presidential hopeful weighs in on the Supreme Court.
Sanders' lead over Warren has doubled since her campaign tried using a private 2018 conversation against him.
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"I don't think you should do Twitter if you think you're better than Twitter."
An unnecessary and personal attack on Bernie Sanders is another example of Clinton's poor political judgement, and smacks of Democratic desperation to stop the Vermont senator's rise.
That's a bad thing, even—or especially—from a libertarian perspective.
Biden tells the New York Times he would revoke Section 230 protections and hold Facebook (and other sites) liable for their content.
Historian Amity Shlaes talks about the last time a president massively expanded the federal government to help people.
Amity Shlaes's new history of the late 1960s explains the failure of the last time the federal government tried to fix all that was wrong with America.
The Trump administration's "phase one" deal with China will keep many tariffs in place, but Democrats don't seem to have the guts to stand up for freer trade.
Being relentlessly negative is no way to win votes, even against someone as dark and divisive as Donald Trump.
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It's good to hear Biden admit that his initial vote to go to war was a mistake, but he continued to support the war well after it was clearly a disaster.
Taiwan’s system is less generous than the Sanders plan—yet it still struggles with cost control and access to care.
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Expect Biden, Warren, Buttigieg, et al, to relentlessly attack the Vermont socialist, heart-attack survivor, and accused electoral misogynist.
The Sanders-Warren agenda of higher taxes, increased regulation, and more government control worries Wall Street
Talking congressional oversight, the Bernie resurgence, and the death of Neil Peart on the Reason Roundtable podcast
The New Jersey senator was also willing to buck the establishment at key moments.
So long, and thanks for all the memes.
The former Rhode Island governor and senator said state-level legalization efforts are “interesting, positive experiments.”
The policy has earned a well-deserved First Amendment lawsuit.
The Cato Institute's Christopher A. Preble lays out a uniquely libertarian approach to Iran, Iraq, and elsewhere.
Chafee may be the first in an eventual wave of former Republicans seeking the Libertarian presidential nod.
What do hotly contested high school class presidency elections—set 20 years apart—teach us about our attitudes toward politics?
Tyler Cowen is wrong to champion "State Capacity Libertarianism," but he's right that advocates of free minds and free markets need to up our game.
The two Democratic billionaires have spent a combined $200 million on campaign ads already. That doesn't mean much to them, but the opportunity costs are staggering.
“Incarceration should not even be a response to drug possession.”
"It's doubtful there's a sufficient market for a pro-life/pro-impeachment independent in the district to allow him a path to a sixth term," concludes the Cook Political Report.
"There has to be a war on poverty," says Michael Bloomberg. Does he know how the last one turned out?
The problem, as always, is that voters are likely to say they want Congress to balance the budget, but are less likely to back any specific ideas for doing so.
We've got a lot of problems with you people.
The Democratic presidential candidate wants to keep prostitution customers criminalized while "decriminalizing sex work on the part of the seller."
Amity Shlaes' Great Society: A New History details the failure of massive governmental attempts to remake society.
Biden's reputation as a bipartisan dealmaker might be appealing in these polarized times, but his record as a policy maker is atrocious.
"I come before you to make a stand for the center," said Gabbard in a statement.
A range of libertarian-world approaches to the impending trial of Donald Trump
In an interview with Fox News, the former FBI director admitted mistakes with the FISA process but defended his team.
When the vice president's son was caught using illegal drugs, he escaped legal problems. We should all be so lucky.