Trump's Phony Crime Crisis
FBI numbers refute his portrait of a nation besieged by violent thugs.
Politics
Why Obamacare Exchanges Are Collapsing: Richard Epstein Talks with Nick Gillespie
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Clinton Bemoans Those Who 'Try to Destabilize the World', But That's What She's Done
Complaints about Donald Trump don't make the U.S. any more a responsible player on the world's stage.
Hillary Talks Police Brutality at Debate, Connects Reform to Black-on-Black Violence
Deploys bromides on police training and techniques, but not accountability or transparency.
Neither Trump Nor Clinton Know a Damned Thing About Cybersecurity, and Yes, You Should Be Concerned
Who will actually be defining the agenda, because it won't be these two?
Trump's Foreign Policy in the Debate: Skeptical of Past Wars, Eager for New Ones
Last night Trump's foreign policy mouth seemed in some cases to be outrunning his mind, making a strict interpretation of his meaning difficult.
Next Time, Make Trump and Clinton - And Johnson and Stein! - Answer Each Other's Questions
Why do we insist on using the "most stupid arrangement of any debate in the history of debating" for presidential candidates?
The President Can't Stop Gun Violence
Clinton and Trump agree on a fantasy of presidential power to keep guns out of bad hands in a manner that would be effective, constitutional, and not harass the innocent more than stop the guilty. It can't be done.
Hillary Clinton Just Made the Same Point About Obama Not Ending the Iraq War That Romney Did in in 2012
What the 2012 Democratic nominee took credit for the 2016 nominee blames on Bush.
Trump and Clinton Declare (Again) Support for Denying Guns Based on Gov't Suspicion
'No fly, no buy' rears its unconstitutional head at the debate.
Donald Trump Said Stop and Frisk Wasn't Unconstitutional. It Was.
Ending suspicionless searches didn't cause crime to rise in New York City.
Reason Tweets the First 2016 Presidential Debate
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump face off on CNN
USA Today Reporter Blows Jill Stein's Cover; Candidate Arrested at Debate Site
Third party candidates apparently not allowed anywhere near presidential debate in case voters become aware of other choices.
Ask Gary Johnson and Bill Weld Questions on Facebook Live With Matt Welch at 6 p.m. ET!
Libertarian Party ticket may be banished from the debate, but not from social media
Moderators Should Do More Than Fact-Check Debates: They Should Proactively Present Candidates With Facts
Journalists have a responsibility to present voters and candidates with accurate information.
Can Trump Be Trusted on Supreme Court Appointments?
The GOP candidate releases an expanded of potential SCOTUS picks.
Gary Johnson's Polling Finally Starts to Go Down
On the eve of the first presidential debate, the leading third-party candidate sees a mini-flurry of negative numbers
Clinton Suggests Paying States and Cities to Fix Bad Licensing Laws
What Hillary Clinton gets right (and what she gets wrong) about occupational licensing and the need for reform
Maybe Donald Trump Is the Real Ferguson Effect
The FBI releases 2015's crime statistics on the day of the first Trump/Clinton debate.
Gary Johnson Getting Nearly as Many LGBT Voters as Trump
Clinton is still the heavy favorite.
Spending Other People's Money Makes Trump a Perfect Fit for Washington
Staring into the abyss.
Cruz Is the Latest Republican to Endorse a Man He Thinks Is Unfit to Be President
Trump's supporters have called him a "ridiculous" showman, a "con artist," "a pathological liar," and "a cancer on conservatism."
7 Issues That Won't Be Treated Seriously at Tonight's Debate in Gary Johnson's Absence
Remove the Libertarian and there goes fiscal sanity, federalism, and free speech.
Even Donald Trump Wants Gary Johnson in the Debates
Sixteen years ago, Trump advocated opening up the presidential debates to third parties. His arguments hold true today.
Against Democracy and Elitism
The people's best political framework is neither democracy nor epistocracy but original liberalism, or what we today call libertarianism.
I'm the ONLY One Talking About Entitlements, Free Trade, Regime Change: Gary Johnson on ABC News' This Week
Libertarian candidate notes he's polling better than Perot was in 1992 when allowed into debates.
Miami Marlins Pitcher Jose Fernandez, Survivor of Cuba's Castro Regime, Dies at 24
The father-to-be was one of three killed in a late-night boating accident.
A Reading Guide to Lefty Panic Attacks About Gary Johnson
Why, this devious Libertarian monster doesn't even want to give free college to everybody!
Burn-It-All-Down Political Antinomianism Is Not Libertarian
The lawless passions fueling the rise of Trump are not likely to bring us a freer society.
Donald Trump and the Appeal of Political Antinomianism: New at Reason
Wanting to "burn it all down" is not libertarianism.
Libertarian Optimism: Nick Gillespie Talks With Ben Kissel on Lincoln's Top Hat
If you're under 50 and worried about the 2016 election, automation, and your future, listen up!
Why Isn't Hillary Clinton as Popular as She Wants to Be?
Matt Welch discusses that plus Donald Trump's policing ideas on FBN's Kennedy tonight at 8 pm ET
#LetGaryDebate! Johnson Supporters Push To Get LP Nominee in Debates
Backers of the former two-term governor of New Mexico say he's a "sane centrist" while Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are dangerous extremists.
Gary Johnson Continues to Avoid the Third-Party Fade
The Libertarian maintains support while the Green recedes, as the campaign enters what has historically been the best stretch for third-party candidates.
Hillary Clinton, Zach Galifianakis, and the Enduring Sadness of Political Hollywood
Unfunny "Between Two Ferns" interview is one more dreary exercise in liberal virtue signaling.
#NeverTrump Celebrities Say Vote for Hillary Clinton and Mark Ruffalo Will Show You His D*ck
From Robert Downey Jr. to Martin Sheen to Julianne Moore to Scarlett Johansson, a "shit-ton" of movie stars tell you the proper way to vote.
Gary Johnson, on Carl Bernstein's Rumor About Bill Weld Dropping Out: 'That is Bullshit'
Libertarian nominee rejects "spoiler" frame in USA Today interview
Trump Responds to Terrence Crutcher Shooting: Maybe the Cop Shouldn't be a Cop
Simple sentiment not articulated by many other mainstream politicians.
Gary Johnson and Donald Trump Tied For Lead in New Military Poll
Libertarian, Republican candidates within the margin of error among U.S. military personnel; Hillary Clinton trails by more than 20 percentage points.
Gary Johnson Shatters Monthly Record for Fundraising
L.P. nominee brings in $5 million, "the largest monthly haul of any Libertarian presidential candidate in at least 20 years," but the feds rebuff his requests to be treated like a serious candidate. Meanwhile, Debate Commission protested, pro-Johnson documentary financed, plus other campaign news.
Reason's Podcasts at iTunes and Soundcloud! Subscribe Now!
It's all here, from "libertarian Star Trek" to Penn Jillette on the 2016 race to Katherine Mangu-Ward talking Reason history with Virginia Postrel.
Trump Is Wrong About Terrorism and Immigration
The costs of a moratorium would far outweigh any conceivable security benefit.
