Gov. Gary Johnson on Burqa Ban: 'My Response Was Wrong'
The 2012 LP presidential candidate says "banning face veils wouldn't work, and would be impossible to enforce without infringing on basic rights."
Elections
What Are the Odds You Know Who's Going To Be President?
Prediction markets do better than pundits or polls.
Exclusive: Gary Johnson Running For President, Call Trump's Plans "Just Whacked - Just Nuts!"
Johnson running to be a "spokesman for individual liberty" but would ban the wearing of burqas in United States.
Hillary Clinton Wants to Keep Companies From Leaving U.S. By Holding Patents Hostage
Government gives, government takes away.
Worst Argument Ever Against Ted Cruz Is Donald Trump's Birther Claim
The latest burst of birtherism is a reminder of how sad the whole meme always was.
UPDATED: Gary Johnson Is Running For President
The former two-term governor of New Mexico was the Libertarian Party candidate in 2012.
The Rubio/Cruz Foreign Policy Debate Keeps Getting Worse
When Cruz cracks that we'll find out "if sand can glow in the dark," Rubio responds with...this?
Donald Trump Displays Profound Foreign Policy Incoherence on O'Reilly Factor
GOP frontrunner says voters want "unpredictability."
Where Are the Centrists Who Care About Economic and Personal Freedom?
If you are fed up with both the left and the right, the 2016 candidate pool is a sad state of affairs.
Donald Trump's Border Ad Shows Chaotic Morocco, Not Boring America
This is not what the U.S.-Mexico border looks like, either today or tomorrow
Can Ted Cruz Win Over Libertarians?
Probably not, but he's going to have to if he wants to win in New Hampshire - and in November.
Watch Matt Welch Talk 2016 Politics with Al Sharpton!
Political predictions for the New Year at 8 a.m. ET Sunday on MSNBC
Donald Trump Declares Victory Over Hillary Clinton On Sexist Front
After Clinton goes one speech without mentioning him.
Political Predictions for 2016
Take Judge Andrew Napolitano's quiz about the year ahead.
Was 2015 The Year Libertarianism Died?
The fall of Rand Paul and the rise of Donald Trump means the Libertarian Moment is dead. Also, I've a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you.
George Pataki Is Dropping Out of the Presidential Race, if Anybody Cares
Another one bites the dust.
2015 Truly Was America's Gayest Year
Gay Marriage, Caitlyn Jenner, Kim Davis, and Mandatory Wedding Cakes
"One person shows up to O'Malley event in Iowa, remains uncommitted"
Former Maryland governor's quixotic bid for Dem nomination slides from long-shot to sads-making.
Predictions for 2016
Test your pre-cog skills with this pop quiz about the year ahead.
Taliban Controls More Territory in Afghanistan Than At Any Time Since 2001
What is Hillary Clinton thinking now? And what about the other presidential candidates?
Henry Rollins Punks Out, Supports Bernie Sanders
But other punks such as Pere Ubu's David Thomas would - horrors! - "totally vote libertarian"
Dems, GOP Giving Hillary Clinton All She Wants for Christmas
She's a terrible candidate, but the parties seem to be in a race to the bottom.
Clint Eastwood on GOP Field: "Any One of Them Would Be Better Than What We Got"
Names "Outlaw Josey Wales" and "Unforgiven" as favorites among his own Westerns.
NPR Visits Rand Paul's Hometown and Finds Big Gov't Irony
"Lake Jackson, Texas, sprang from the shotgun wedding of industry and big government"
GOP Voters Trust Trump to Deal with ISIS, But Is Foreign Policy Approach Too Militarized?
Expert says U.S. relies too much on military over diplomacy.
Admit It. You Just Want Your Own Dictator
Calls for "leadership" are unsavory, dangerous, and unAmerican.
Why Cruz Won't Touch Trump With a 10-Foot [fill-in-the-blank]
Matt Welch talks GOP primary on MSNBC
The GOP Establishment Is So Screwed: Watch Matt Welch on All in with Chris Hayes Tonight
Tune in after 8:10 p.m. ET to hear discussion about the GOP race and the eternal War on Christmas
Transgender Bathroom Visits: Just Another Front in Chris Christie's War on Terror
Ask the governor about transgender issues, get a response about...
Trump-Clinton Spats over Schlonging, ISIS Recruitment, Illustrative of Bullshit Distractions 2016 Election is Centered Around
Who got schlonged in 2008? America. And it's been getting schlonged since.
10 Rand Paul #Festivus Insult-Tweets That May Amuse and/or Bemuse You
The senator begins his annual Airing of Grievances by dropping #sickburns on his rivals.
UPDATED! That Deleted Ted Cruz Cartoon Wasn't The Worst Thing Wash Post Published This Week
Try this on for size: "The war in Afghanistan follows Obama to his vacation in Hawaii."
It's Probably Safe to Start Paying Attention to the Polls Now
Trump is still winning but it's far from over.
Half of All Voters Would Be "Embarrassed" if Trump Wins, 35% If Clinton Prevails
The two leading presidential candidates appall the very voters who will elect them.
Who Will Cry for Lindsey Graham? Not Matt Welch Tonight, on MSNBC's All in with Chris Hayes
Tune in after 8:30 p.m. ET to hear your resident magazine editor talk about the GOP race
Here Is The New, Creepy-As-All-F*ck Face of American Politics
If you think Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are awful separately, try to imagine them as one person.
Instapundit: Go To College or Go To…Jail or Iraq?
Bernie Sanders and John Kerry have a weird view of the value of a college edumication.
Lindsey Graham Drops Out of Presidential Campaign: 'I've Hit a Wall Here'
Four down, a dozen to go.
Hillary Clinton Will Win the Democratic Nomination But Is an Awful Candidiate
The former secretary of state, senator, and first lady is already running against Donald Trump. She might win, but the country will lose.
How Star Wars Unmasks Baby Boomers As America's Sith Lords
George Lucas' greatest triumph is charting a generation's passage from antiwar activism to running Abu Ghraib and secret kill lists.
U.S. Foreign Policy Is Too Militarized
How the military became the most powerful diplomatic tool America has - and why that won't help win the fight against ISIS.
At Least Republicans Are Having a Foreign Policy Debate
Democrats blithely marching toward fifth Bush term.
