Politics
The Post-Orlando Trump/Clinton Crackdown
Matt Welch talks terrorism and the political instinct to control & clench on tonight's Kennedy
Trump and the Terror Vote
Terrorist attacks bolster turnout, but that doesn't tell you whom voters will support
In America, Muslims Are More Likely to Support Gay Marriage Than Evangelical Christians
Don't succumb to the fear that U.S. followers of Islam are time bombs waiting to explode.
Millennials Bringing More Racial Diversity to Libertarianism
Just over half of self-identified libertarians in the 18- to 29-year-old age range are white.
Trump Reiterates His Call for a Ban on Muslim Immigrants Because a Tiny Percentage Are 'Implicated in Terrorism'
The presumptive Republican presidential nominee exaggerates both the number of immigrants and the number who pose a domestic threat.
After Orlando, Donald Trump Hints That President Obama Might Be Linked to Radical Islam
Trump is once again indulging in paranoid conspiracy theories about the president's background.
"If he murdered because he saw two men kiss, I say: find someone to kiss"
Edward Snowden's reply to Orlando Pulse shooting is perfect.
Obama Mentions Guns But Not Radical Islam in Orlando Pulse Shooting Remarks
"This massacre is a further reminder of how easy it is for someone to get their hands on a weapon," says Obama.
Orlando Pulse Shooting a Reminder That FDA's Gay Blood Donor Ban Is Incredibly Stupid
Federal government completely wrong about risks of gay men donating blood.
Orlando Shooting: 5 Rules for Coping with Tragedy
Rule 1: Don't use early moments to advance your longstanding grievances against immigrants, Muslims, or guns.
Mitt Romney Might Vote for LP Ticket of Gary Johnson and William Weld
2012 GOP nominee excoriates Donald Trump's "trickle-down racism, trickle-down bigotry, trickle-down misogyny."
Libertarian Gary Johnson Thinks Millennials Need Him
Johnson hopes for an electorate eager to be left alone and to turn around a debt-riddled government.
Liberals, Not Conservatives, Express More Psychoticism
Psychoticism: Uncooperative, hostile, troublesome, socially withdrawn, manipulative, and lack of feelings of inferiority
Gary Johnson on Science Policy: New at Reason
Climate change, GMOs, Yucca Mountain, vaccination, fetal pain, evolution, and Ebola
Gary Johnson On Science Policy
Libertarian Party presidential candidate scores pretty well.
Can Gary Johnson Keep Rising By Not Stinking As Bad As the Other Two?
He's not a major party candidate and so he doesn't have the luxury of vagueness
Hillary Clinton's Terrible Record on Free Speech: Matt Welch on Tonight's Stossel
Watch Fox Business Network at 9 p.m. for a full hour on America's front-running statist
Gary Johnson, Bill Weld on Colbert: Always "coming down on the side of choice"
LP presidential ticket stakes out differences between Democrats, Republicans, and Libertarians.
Local California Political Duel Shows Limits of Ethics Reform
Political fight includes controversy over robocall in favor of ethics commission
A New Place to Think About "Free Cities"
Can special economic zones and private cities morph to arenas for widespread, unprecedented market and regulatory liberty?
Johnson Rising! Libertarian Party Candidate Hits 12 Percent in New Fox Poll [UPDATED]
Other poll this week indicates he pulls more from Clinton than Trump. Fox poll shows him pulling 23 percent from independents, 18 percent from under-35s.
Deepak Chopra Blames Donald Trump For Making the Guru Call the Billionaire "Retarded"
Whether he's right about the GOP presidential nominee, Chopra has a lot of explaining to do about why his brand of medicine gets taxpayer support.
Don't Let Hillary Clinton Off the Hook for Her Foreign Policy Mistakes Because of Donald Trump
Her finger on the trigger isn't safer.
New Episide of The Fifth Column Features Anthony L. Fisher on Muhammad Ali's Anti-War Legacy, and So Much More
Also, Michael Moynihan and Matt Welch talk about what it's like to be among the clapping seals in the audience of Real Time with Bill Maher.
Illinois Denies First Amendment Rights to Medical Marijuana Businesses
Law forbidding businesses involved in medical marijuana distribution from giving to candidates in Illinois, or candidates accepting such money, challenged in federal court.
Sign of Progress: Millennial Women Don't Care That Hillary Clinton Is a Woman.
It's a BFD that nobody really cares that Hillary might become the first female president.
Californians Will Get Their Choice Between Coke, Diet Coke for the Senate
Top-two primary system guarantees a Democratic replacement for Sen. Barbara Boxer.
Roseanne Barr, Socialist for Trump
Why a leftist sitcom star prefers Donald Trump to Hillary Clinton
Trump Presidency Could Cost United States the World Cup, U.S. Soccer Prez Says
Hysterics hitting eleven.
The Libertarian Party Was the First Modern Crew To Nominate a Woman To Ticket
Tonie Nathan ran for vice-president in 1972 and, along with presidential nominee John Hospers, won an electoral vote.
It's Pretty Clear Clinton Does Not Think Americans Have a Constitutional Right to Guns
The Democrats' choice for president refuses to say what the Second Amendment protects.
Trump's Thin Skin vs. Clinton's Thick Head
On war and peace, he's dangerously unpredictable, while she's predictably dangerous.
Hillary Clinton Declares Victory, Claims Democratic Party's Nomination
Clinton won New Jersey tonight, and as polls closed in California Clinton was on verge of becoming first woman to lead a major party's presidential ticket.
Gary Johnson: America Gets to Know the Libertarian Candidate's Policy, and Family
Kill NSA and IRS; maybe NAFTA was a bad idea? And driven by asking whether any government action will really "make things better."
More Seeking Out Info on Libertarian Party, Gary Johnson Than in 2012
But the numbers pale against the searches for Trump and Clinton.
"This Libertarian Is Too Freakey-Deakey To Be President": Gary Johnson on Full Frontal
Former Daily Show reporter Samantha Bee sits down - and goes rock climbing - with the LP nominee for president.
Is This Where Libertarians Say Goodbye to Conservatives?
To right-wingers, Gary Johnson's embrace of "social liberalism" negates his pledge to "sign off on any reduction in the federal government."
Bernie Sanders Wants Democratic Socialism to Remain Relevant, So He Won't Quit
There won't be a "Bernie Sanders 2020" campaign and he has no political heirs, so he's staying in until the convention.
Hillary Clinton Makes History. Does Anyone Care?
This is a "historic, unprecedented moment," said Clinton. The response has mostly been a collective 'meh.'
Paul Ryan Calls Trump's Judge Remark Racist, Continues to Endorse Trump Anyway
House Speaker calls Trump's remarks about a Trump U judge "indefensible," but says he still has common ground with the presumptive GOP nominee.
