After a Year Stuck in Jail, Reality Winner to Accept Plea Deal for Leaking NSA Report on Russian Election Meddling
Our terrible federal espionage laws won't let her argue the leak served the public's interest.
Our terrible federal espionage laws won't let her argue the leak served the public's interest.
State's experiment in a different style of voting to continue.
"There's no constitutional authority for [ICE]," says Dale Kerns. "There's really no need for them, either."
Nation's leading conservative columnist argues that the L.P. could be the only viable party in 2020 for "limited government, fiscal responsibility, free trade, the rule of law, entitlement realism and other artifacts from the Republican wreckage."
A failed ballot initiative in Nashville had much more to do with hum-drum local factors than shadowy billionaire-backed conspiracies.
Kris Kobach suffers legal, factual, and professional humiliation at the hands of a federal judge, though his conspiratorial cause still lives on at the White House.
Katherine Mangu-Ward talks about politics, culture, and Reason's next 50 years.
The DOJ's inspector general concludes that James Comey acted wrongly but not politically and that an FBI agent said "we'll stop" Trump from winning but didn't act on it.
Federal Judge Raymond Moore applies strict scrutiny to a system with the power to restrict political speech and finds it unreasonable to outsource that power to anyone and everyone.
Voting on the blockchain could end worries about voter fraud and election hacking.
June 12 was not a good day for free-market constitutionalism in the modern GOP.
Voters will get to consider a plan to create three smaller states, but politicians will make the call.
The LP candidate for the governor of New York wants to cut spending, legalize everything, and give people hope.
Voters participate in first use of a candidate rating system for state races in the U.S.
Is the Republican Party now the party of Trump?
Could a Republican win a governors' race in deep blue California? Here's how John Cox plans to try, now that he's earned the shot.
The outgoing senator wants to require congressional approval for "national security" tariffs, while the low-polling president taunts Flake about his low poll numbers.
Golden Gate City voters ranked their choices for top office. And now the outcome is getting a little messy.
Top-two open primary produces eight non-major-party finalists out of 166 electoral positions.
But once again, California voters will get a choice between two Democrats for the Senate in November.
Canadian columnist Marcus Gee has an excellent article on how political ignorance exacerbates the challenges of voting for a lesser evil. But the problem is in some ways even worse than he suggests. At the same time, there is much we can do to improve the quality of our decisions.
"There's no for-profit business in the world that could sustain itself or survive with $20 trillion in debt," says Howard Schultz. "It's just not responsible."
The antivirus-software pioneer is flying the crypto flag, while the adult actress is running on weed, Net Neutrality, and #MeToo.
After oral arguments last year, Stephanie Slade correctly observed that "justices might have found a sort of get-out-of-jail-free card." Also on the Reason Podcast: Bill Clinton, Roseanne, Samantha Bee, Kim Kardashian, and maybe the worst celebrity of the week, Larry Kudlow.
Reflexive "outgroup" outrage and retaliation just leads into tit-for-tat wars.
Democrats have spent the past two decades advocating for policies that artificially spike fossil fuel prices.
Conservatives want to hold the left to the Roseanne standard.
Salena Zito talks about the coaltion that is reshaping American politics.
Having two senators who opposed the Iran deal show up to denounce Trump for pulling out of the Iran deal was only the beginning of the hypocrisy exhibition.
Economists Bryan Caplan and Edward Glaeser debate at the Soho Forum.
One reason the national political press has almost always liked the Arizona maverick? He shares their disdain for the conservative media bubble.
"Support for Trump (and opposition to Clinton) is especially likely amongst people who feel emotional reactance to restrictive communication norms."
When government has the power to censor, ultimately it will look for excuses to suppress opposition.
Democrats and Republicans reject individualism and free speech and both have become dangerous to our liberty.
The CNN host and best-selling novelist comes clean about his politics, why Hillary Clinton lost, and how his training in alternative media gives him a leg up.
Economist Dambisa Moyo is right to worry about the dangers of political ignorance. But her proposed solution for the problem falls short.
Faced with the possibility of fines or legal battles, many will choose not to speak at all.
When Kevin Williamson isn't welcome but Joseph Stalin is
So why has a generation of wayward young men welcomed him as their messiah?
The president's aggressive but rudderless trade policy is watering the swamp.
The 2016 V.P. candidate is issuing endorsements, raising money, talking about what the party needs to win the White House, and tacking in a more Libertarian direction. But will he take the plunge?
May Day is a fitting time to commemorate the tens of millions of victims of this murderous ideology.
In a politicized environment, getting on the wrong side of regulators can be dangerous. Don't be surprised if banks and insurers cave.
Trump-supporting lawmakers find no collusion. Trump-hating lawmakers disagree.
Chance The Rapper says the unthinkable and takes it back. But he's right, and not just about African Americans.
The measure would make Michigan the 10th state to legalize cannabis for recreational use.