Should Amazon (and Google, and Facebook) Be Canceled by Antitrust Law?
Donald Trump, Elizabeth Warren, and "hipster antitrust" scholars and activists say big tech companies need to be broken up. Economist Tom Hazlett says they're wrong.
Donald Trump, Elizabeth Warren, and "hipster antitrust" scholars and activists say big tech companies need to be broken up. Economist Tom Hazlett says they're wrong.
A growing number of prominent Democrats want owners of "assault weapons" to surrender them to the government. History says most people will ignore any such law.
Plus: occupational licensing, Hong Kong, school choice, social media spies, and more...
Maybe. But it is hard to imagine Sanders endorsing Warren until and unless Warren defeats him consistently and by a significant margin in several early states.
A new book aims to chronicle the digital currency's ideological origins.
For many of the president's biggest supporters, pushing back against "Trump Derangement Syndrome" is their raison d'être.
Maybe Trump and Warren should team up for their 2020 run to make room on the ballot for better ideas.
The Democratic presidential hopeful's campaign never gained traction.
Nick Tomboulides of U.S. Term Limits says the best way to shrink government is to limit how long legislators can serve.
This is a giant step in advancing Prime Minister Nardendra Modi's vision of India as a Hindu nation.
It’s not just obstructionist Republicans who won't buy into Medicare for All—it’s Democrats themselves.
Are we ready for a return to the "original meaning" of the Electoral College?
Even as the senator calls Donald Trump a press-bullying authoritarian, he threatens press freedom in the name of preserving "independent" media.
Plus: The root of Twitter toxicity, the truth about the DOJ's attack on Backpage, and more...
The chain restaurant has been falsely accused of supporting Donald Trump. But truth may be no match for the online outrage mob.
The conservative radio host says he is running for president because Trump is “erratic" and "cruel." But Walsh has his own history to live down.
The ex-congressman and talk show host thinks he can save the Republican Party.
Warren needs to take a lesson from Leonard Read's "I, Pencil."
The unsurprising result of conservatives complaining about Big Tech bias: less speech, not more
The study at the source of the viral headline was limited to counting anti-Semitic incidents, many of which were not criminal in nature.
Familiar faces move between government office and media slots, rarely questioning the institution that plays a core role in their lives.
Plus: Trump forcing U.S. companies out of China?, Joe Arpaio is running again, sex discrimination goes to the Supreme Court, and more...
Health insurance doesn't just protect people from financial ruin. It insulates them from individual decisions about price and service quality.
Today is the anniversary of perhaps the most awful international agreement in all of world history.
We're vastly more interested in the upcoming election than we were in 2016. We're also convinced neither party represents us. What could go wrong?
True to form, the presidential hopeful is turning the conversation around war on its head.
The move would violate the First Amendment.
Sanders' plan takes aim at every part of the justice system, including typical Sanders targets like private prisons and corporate "profiteers."
The California senator's history of flip-flops reveal the emptiness of her campaign—and looming problems for her party.
Also: the politics of recession, Bernie's criminal justice plan, and stanning for Barry Manilow, all on the Reason Podcast
It's possible that the visibility of the way Biden is wrestling with his own aging could make him a more relatable and sympathetic figure. Or the Biden blunders could confirm that his moment has passed.
The Democratic presidential contender suggests that "racist threats or anti-immigrant manifestos" could justify federal gun confiscation orders.
It's not just the cost of the tariffs that are hurting the economy. "The indirect costs are enormous," says one Wisconsin CEO.
Former media darling halted his long poll slide after the El Paso shooting by blaming it on Trump, and is now hoping Democrats forget his past centrism.
The comedian and activist was fired from a film after a 2007 blackface photo emerged.
By nearly every measure, Americans are getting richer and richer. This should be cause for celebration, not concern.
The constitutional amendment they support, like the president’s plan to regulate social media, trusts the government to moderate our political debate.
The progressive senator's Trumpian anti-Bezos take is part of career-long history of fantasizing about evil billionaires.
The long shot presidential candidate wants booming cities to get rid of their restrictions on new development.
The Democracy for All Amendment aims to mute some voices so that others can be heard.
Warren doesn't merely want to turn back the clock to the pre-Trump era. She wants to raise taxes and regulations far beyond the levels of the late Obama-Biden administration.
The presidential contender nevertheless insists the law reduced mass shooting deaths.
After outraged responses from Fox and Trump, Universal yanks The Hunt from its schedule.
Plus: Marijuana banking, suing Facebook, and more...
The idea that "deficits don't matter" has been growing among Trump-supporting Republicans. Democrats are preparing to take full advantage.
People are important as individuals, not as extensions of some faceless mass.