Elections
What's the Libertarian Party's Problem with Isolationism and Ladies?
Matt Welch (and Austin Petersen) talk up the promise of L.P. politics on SoCal public radio
Tune In To Nick Gillespie Talking LP Chances, Katie Couric's Duplicity at 4:40 P.M. ET
Appearing on The Ed Morrissey Show.
Is Bernie Sanders Really Going "Scorched Earth" on Hillary Clinton or Is She Just a Terrible Candidate?
Democratic elites blame Sanders' protracted campaign for damaging Clinton, but she's her own worst enemy.
Sanders Closing in on Clinton in California, But Poll Numbers May Not Mean Actual Votes
The Golden State's complex primary system may not benefit him, but the fight will help state-level Democrats.
Inspector General Report Makes Clear That Hillary Clinton's State Department Email System Broke Government Rules
Clinton's campaign insists that her exclusive reliance on a private email server was allowed. It wasn't.
600+ Writers Sign #NeverTrump Letter Because Dictatorship
The problem isn't that the letter goes too far. It's that it doesn't go far enough.
Nick Gillespie Talking Gary Johnson, William Weld, Pot Prohibition Tonite at 8 PM ET
Sits down with Kennedy to discuss why Libertarians are winning & why New York's top cop is all wrong about marijuana and violence.
Sen. Rand Paul Hoping the Prospect of President Trump Might Push Congress to Reclaim War Powers
Plans to propose requirement for new military authorization to fight ISIS.
Bernie Sanders Didn't Drop Out, Now He Gets a Bigger Say in Democratic Platform
Ignoring calls to quit for the sake of "party unity," the democratic socialist gets to leave a bigger mark on the Democrats.
What Do Women Want? Hillary Clinton, Not So Much.
There's no mystery about why women are lukewarm on a backward-looking, mediocre pol: Gender is thankfully not as big a deal as it used to be.
How Gun Politics Could Hurt Hillary
Matt Welch talks 2016 politics on tonight's Kennedy at 8 p.m. ET
Bernie Sanders Encourages Californians to Legalize Marijuana This Fall
Ballot initiative in the works.
Who Will Be the Third Man?
The Libertarian Party wrangles over a presidential candidate in a weird election year
One of the Them Will Win, But Donald Trump & Hillary Clinton Are Unacceptable To Most Voters
Bernie Sanders says we shouldn't be forced to "vote for the lesser of two evils."
58 Percent of Voters Willing To Go With Someone Other Than Trump or Clinton
Can the LP and other third-parties rise to the opportunity?
Friday A/V Club: Popeye, Bluto, Daffy Duck, Snoopy, and Betty Boop Run for President
Donald Trump isn't the first cartoon character to make a bid for the White House.
Meet the Hawks for Hillary!
A running list of military interventionists who have declared preference for the long-hated Democrat
William Weld Isn't a Softcore Libertarian—He Just Isn't a Libertarian At All
If Weld wants the Libertarian Party to nominate him for the vice presidency, he'll have to explain his positions on Iraq, guns, and eminent domain.
Meet the Libertarians!
While #NeverTrumpers flail, America's third party readies an unprecedentedly newsworthy 50-state run
Watch Matt Welch Bash Workplace Drug Testing and Trump's Ferguson Affect on Red Eye
Tune into Fox News at 3 a.m. ET for ugly Pennsylvanians, cultish Bernie fans, sexist Marvel casting, and more
Don't Be Fooled By Trump's SCOTUS Short List
There's no reason to believe that Trump will nominate a principled constitutionalist to the Supreme Court.
Europe's Proto-Trumpism, Venezuela's Useful Idiots, and Kmele Foster's L.P. Ambivalence
The Fifth Column discusses whataboutism, third-party challenges, J.K. Rowling's defense of Trump's free speech, and more
#NeverTrump #NeverHillary Claims Another Life
Women's obituary slags the terrible major-party choices facing Americans in November.
Why Voting for the Lesser of Two Evils Is a Waste of Your Vote
I've voted for Republicans for president before. No more.
Why Sanders Isn't Quitting
The louder the pleas that Sanders leave the race, the more it makes sense for him to stay.
Hillary Clinton Doubles Down on Goldman Sachs
The Clinton campaign has been using former Goldman Sachs advisor Gene Sperling to criticize Donald Trump.
Obama Blasts Political Correctness, 'Fragile' Students in Rutgers Speech
"Don't feel like you got to shut your ears because you're too fragile and somebody might offend your sensibilities," said Obama.
Always Worse Than Trump on Immigration, Obama Plans Big Deportation Raids Over Next Weeks
Donald Trump and other conservatives' deportation fantasies are awful. President Obama's actual record is even worse.
Why Trump Supporters Are Bringing an Elephant Man to the Beauty Pageant
Holding up a funhouse mirror to a disreputable political establishment
Trump: An Elephant Man for the Beauty Pageant
Trump supporters hold up a funhouse mirror to a political class they find even more disgusting
Is Bernie Sanders Staying in the Race Because of Hillary Clinton's FBI Investigation?
In 2008, Hillary Clinton invoked RFK's assassination as an "anything can happen" reason for not dropping out.
Not All Polls Are Created Equal (Some Are Badly Written)
The first in a series of dispatches from PollsterCon
Study Attempts to Show Exactly How Trump's Trade Wars Devastate the Poor
How to erase billions from the American economy.
"Libertarians: Just Say No to Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump!"
P.J. O'Rourke is voting for Hillary and Peter Thiel is a Trump delegate. WTF?
Trump Fans and 'Social Justice Warriors,' Two Sides of the Same Authoritarian Coin
Both the social-justice left and the alt-right view the world primarily through identity politics.
GOP Leaders Want to Unify Around Trump. That Will Only Make the Republican Party's Problems Worse
Rallying behind Trump would cement the party's status as a joke party devoted to channeling grievances.
Hillary and the Extraterrestrials
Three reasons to appreciate Clinton's fascination with UFOs
