Politics
Gary Johnson May Be Running a General Election Race Already
Libertarian Party candidates offer perspectives on government and freedom you'll never get from the two major parties.
Bernie's Job Interview, Lessons From the Panama Papers, and Racial Disparities in Cop Violence: The Fifth Column Podcast Returns
Matt Welch, Kmele Foster and Michael Moynihan argue about the meaning and value of "democracy"
Watch the First Part of the Libertarian Party Presidential Debate in Full!
Prepare for tonight's Part II by re-living John Stossel grilling Gary Johnson, John McAfee, and Austin Petersen last week
$15 Minimum Wage Follies in California and New York
Good intentions, but a near total failure as an anti-poverty policy
Ted Cruz Comes Out Against Liberal Democratic Values
They're the real problem with New York, he says.
Stossel Debate Offers Libertarians a Way to Make Their Ideas Matter
Part two airs tonight on Fox Business.
Bill Clinton's Mendacious Defense of the 1994 Crime Bill
The former president says Republicans made him support longer sentences, which were a necessary response to 13-year-old murderers "hopped up on crack."
Sorry—Economic Conservatives are Nothing Like Trump
Prepare to hear a lot of conservatives and free market types compared to Trump.
New York Values, Sexting Panics, and Gender-Neutral Cats: Watch Matt Welch on Red Eye
Tune into Fox News at 3 a.m. ET
When Donald Trump Fondled Rudy Giuliani's Breasts in Ultimate Display of New York Values
Meanwhile, the erstwhile "America's Mayor" is voting for the authoritarian billionaire, but not endorsing him.
Watch Bill Clinton Accuse Black Lives Matter of Defending Gang Leaders, Child Murderers
'You are defending the people who kill the lives you say matter.'
Will the LP Please Nominate Gary Johnson Already & Crack Double Digits in 2016?
The former governor of New Mexico is the real deal and could pull great numbers in November.
GE CEO Fighting Back on Bernie Sanders' Anti-Corporate Rhetoric
While Hillary Clinton starts to call into question whether Sanders understands banking policy.
Randy Barnett: How To Secure Our Liberty Through "Our Republican Constitution"
The intellectual leader of the libertarian legal movement talks about Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, third parties, Merrick Garland, and how to roll back the state.
Clinton Blames New York Gun Violence on Vermont
Trying to impugn Bernie Sanders, she falsely claims his state provides a big share of crime guns in hers.
Who Will Win the Battle of New York?
Watch Matt Welch discuss Trump vs. Cruz & Hillary vs. Bernie on tonight's Kennedy, Fox Business Network at 8 p.m. and midnight ET
Police Misconduct Led to a Federal Monitor in Cleveland, Which Will Host July's GOP Convention
The same PD that led city to accept a federal consent decree will be responsible for keeping peace at Republican convention.
The Alt-Right Is Wrong: Trump Is an Enemy of Western Civilization, Not Its Champion
If your candidate opposes free trade and free speech, he's not a defender of classical liberalism.
"When He Is Not Delusional, He Is Simply Hypocritical"
Don't feel the Bern; pour some water on it.
Nearly 1 in 10 Knows Somebody Who Has Had Property Seized Without Criminal Charges
Polls consistently show the public, when informed, opposes civil forfeiture.
Is Bernie Sanders as Big a Joke Candidate as Donald Trump?
Leading media Democrats want you to think so. Here's why they're wrong about Sanders and Trump.
French Farmers Dump 90,000 Bottles Worth of Spanish Wine Because…Spanish!
Tale from the EU breakup? Or the future of a protectionist America?
Watch Matt Welch Talk Wisconsin Primary and Beyond at 6:30 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. ET on Fox & Friends
God help us, but the fate of the 2016 race now rests in part on New York
Trump and Clinton Trip on Abortion Taboos
The two presidential candidates accidentally complicate the debate.
Libertarian Presidential Debate: Free to Disagree
Gary Johnson, John McAfee, and Austin Petersen at the first nationally televised Libertarian debate in U.S. history.
Watch Matt Welch Defend the American Dream on PBS's Brand New Late-Night Talk Show Point Taken
11 p.m. ET & PT, 10 p.m. CT, to decide whether we've finally killed off all hope
Bernie Sanders Hates the World's Poor, and Wants to Hurt Them
His socialism remains sadly nationalistic when it comes to trade, the surest way out of real poverty for the world.
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.
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
