The Incredible Cluelessness of Donald Trump
Trump has demonstrated over and over again that he doesn't know the slightest thing about policy. The GOP is supporting him anyway.
Politics
First the Good News: Most Voters Want 'Radical Change.' Now the Bad News…
The state of the electorate
Trump: I'll Force Mexico To Pay for Wall by Threatening To Cut Off Remittances
That money U.S. residents send to the old country? They didn't earn that, it turns out.
Another Troubled City, Another Subsidized Stadium To the Rescue
Perpetually broke Hartford bets big-and stupid-on minor-league ballpark.
Panama Papers Previews What Donald Trump's Jacksonian Economics Would Look Like
When the biggest economy on the block gets to write the global rules, foreigners and regular Americans get screwed, elites skate, and hypocrisy rules the day.
Bernie Sanders Says Scott Walker's Ideology 'Kills People'
Sanders, who is a fan of communist regimes, accuses a center-right governor of being responsible for people dying because of his policy preferences.
Free Speech and Comedy Documentary Can We Take a Joke? Gets Distribution From Samuel Goldwyn, Hits Theaters This Summer
The film features Penn Jillette, Gilbert Gottfried, Jim Norton, Lisa Lampanelli, and other comedians talking about outrage culture and comedy.
The Battle for the Right to Challenge Environmental Edicts in Court Continues
New SCOTUS case continues the legal fight over property rights and the Clean Water Act that Sackett v. EPA started.
Meet The Conservative Tea Party Republican Who Legalized Pot Cultivation to Save His Town From Bankruptcy
Adelanto turns from prisons and predator drone manufacturing to pot in hopes of generating jobs.
Reminder: Watch 3 Libertarian Presidential Candidates Debate Each Other at 9 pm ET on FBN's #StosselForum (UPDATED)
Gary Johnson, John McAfee, and Austin Petersen slug it out on Fox Business Network's Stossel; Matt Welch and Kennedy provide commentary
Whose Foreign Policy Is Really Dumb; the Elephant Man Theory of Beauty Pageants, and 'Some Idiot Wrote This'—Introducing The Fifth Column Podcast
Matt Welch, Kmele Foster and Michael Moynihan talk smack about culture and current events
How Donald Trump & Hillary Clinton Have Made the Libertarian Party Relevant
Will the LP take advantage of voter hate for Trump and Clinton to finally present a viable alternative?
Former New York Times Editor: 'Hillary Clinton Is Fundamentally Honest and Trustworthy'
Reputation-laundering from the elite press almost as nauseating as the candidate's own easily provable lies
I Want To Be the Secretary of Catering in Andrew WK's New Party Party
Musical genius and motivational speaker launches bold new initiative to address failure of existing politics.
If You Think Life Was Better 50 Years Ago, You're Voting Republican. Or Democratic.
And you're probably betting that your life will suck even more in 2066.
On Marijuana Legalization, Chris Matthews Sounds Dumber Than Donald Trump
"Does anybody trust anybody that's high to do anything?" the MSNBC host wonders.
Donald Trump is No Non-Interventionist
Doesn't quite want to get rid of NATO, but may want to get rid of the Geneva conventions.
Are You Ready for the First Nationally Televised Libertarian Party Presidential Debate?
Tune into Stossel Friday at 9 pm ET on Fox Business Network to watch Gary Johnson, John McAfee, and Austin Petersen debate war, Nazi wedding cakes, and legalizing heroin
How Decades-Old Drug Offenses Kept Two Elected Officials Out of Office
Youthful non-violent drug indiscretions are "Infamous Crimes" in Pennsylvania.
Trump's Politically Incorrect Abortion Comments Complicate Republican Narrative
The GOP frontrunner's off-the-cuff comments about abortion don't fit with the preferred pro-life spin.
Roy Choi and the Next Street Food Revolution
Popular chef wants to bring healthier choices to the inner city with new restaurant LocoL.
GOP's 2012 Rule to Thwart Ron Paul Now Inconvenient for Thwarting Donald Trump
A frantic establishment reaches for any club in a political brawl, intellectual consistency be damned
Why An Ugly Trump Is Better Than a Lovely Trump
He embodies and exposes the ugliness of the modern conservative agenda
On Taxes, Economics, and Trade, Trump Is an Incoherent Mess
The reality TV star's policy positions are all over the place.
Smokeless Tobacco Bans Lubricate the Slippery Slope With Gross Brown Spit
Starting today, professional ballplayers at Dodger Stadium will be legally prohibited from chewing tobacco, because of hypocritical local pols who recognize no restraint on their power
The Clinton Investigation Enters a Dangerous Phase
The presumptive Democratic nominee faces a prudent legal but treacherous political decision.
Gary Johnson Has High Hopes President Obama Will Reclassify Marijuana
The once and possibly future Libertarian presidential candidate thinks Obama will remove marijuana's Schedule I classification before he leaves office.
Donald Trump Has Wrecked the Republican Party. Here's What a Better GOP Could Look Like.
Three senators offer models for the future.
The Demise of the Republican Party, and Duverger's Law
Melding socially liberal businesspeople, non-warmongering Democrats, and avowed libertarians into a new party
Transgender Bathroom Panic May Help Decide Who Will Be North Carolina's Governor
Attorney general challenging for the job will not defend new law.
Obama Screws, Skewers the Media, But They Do Love Him So
The president who has prosecuted more whistleblowers than all other combined tells the press to do its job better.
Donald Trump Revealed To Be Most-Successful Troll-Bot Ever Created
At last night's town hall on CNN, the billionaire developer sounded less like a living, breathing human being & more like a genius chatbot.
Judge Dismisses Felony Charge Against Michigan Jury Rights Pamphleteer
Keith Wood still faces a misdemeanor jury tampering charge for exercising his freedom of speech.
Ted Cruz Endorses Mass Surveillance
The presidential candidate's plan to snoop on Muslims is neither fair nor smart.
Donald Trump, Mystified by Pen, Responds to Reporter Michelle Fields
After his campaign manager was charged for grabbing Fields, Trump taunted the reporter on Twitter, asking "Can I press charges?" against her.
Cuban Internet Censorship is a Good Thing, According to The Nation
Venerable progressive mag argues in favor of a repressive regime controlling access to information, because it beats "corporate control."
Trump's Campaign Manager Charged with Battery Against Reporter
There goes another news cycle.
Hillary Clinton Demands Bernie Sanders Change Tone If He Wants More Debates—Blames Cruz, Trump on Disregard for Rule of Law
Cognitive dissonance in the 2016 election.
Would Conservatives Have Formed a #ForeverTrump Movement If He Were a Less Crazy Strongman?
There is little fundamental policy disagreement between him and various conservative factions
CIA-Backed Syrian Rebels Fighting Pentagon-Backed Syrian Rebels
The Pentagon resumed funding and training rebels this month.
Hillary Clinton's Use of a Private Email Server Perfectly Explains Why People Don't Trust Her
The Democratic presidential candidate ignored the rules when she set up the system-and has refused to play it straight during the investigation.
