Marijuana Legalizers Who Ran for President
Major-party candidates who opposed pot prohibition before Bernie Sanders
Politics
Asking Tough Questions About the Death Penalty
Journalists and prisoners stage a First Amendment challenge to state secrecy regarding executions.
How Obama's War on Drugs Destroys Legal Immigrant Families
When it comes to legal immigrants and drug policy, you are guilty until proven innocent.
Trump's Operation Police State
Trump's proposed violence against families and communities is a recipe for social strife fueled by bigotry.
The Most Shameless Moment at Tonight's Democratic Debate
A noun, a verb, a gender reference, and 9/11
Democratic Debate: Candidates So Different You Can Barely Tell Them Apart
All three candidates are determined to increase the government's power over labor, wages, the economy, and health care, among other things.
Bernie Sanders Campaign Refuses to Focus on Foreign Policy at Tonight's CBS Debate
Running for president but needs more time to prepare for breaking news changes.
American Military Boots Are on the Ground in Syria, But Does President Obama Have a Plan?
"ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror" co-author Michael Weiss on how Obama allowed a bad situation to get worse in Syria.
Some Terrible Responses To The Paris Attacks
Never let a terrible event got to waste when you've got an obsession, an enemy, or an empty cliche left standing.
Three Pro-Free Speech Statements About College Campuses
Purdue's Mitch Daniels, Brookings' Jonathan Rauch, and students at Claremont-McKenna speak up loudly for the free and open exchange of ideas.
Wired: Paper Airplane Activism. Tired: Hashtag Activism. Expired…
...Activia probiotic yogurt? CNN's #FlyToFreedom campaign asks people to make paper airplanes to protest slavery.
Rand Paul's Grand Return: That and More on Tonight's Stossel [UPDATE: Show Postponed Until at Least 10 p.m. Due to Paris Attacks]
Watch Matt Welch and others discuss the 'elephants in the room' at 8 p.m. on Fox Business Network
Carbon Bubble: Activists' Wishful Thinking?
Does the stock market know something that environmental activists don't?
In Order to Live: Yeonmi Park's North Korean Defector Story
Yeonmi Park escaped from North Korea. But will her story survive scrutiny?
Rand Paul Blasts Chris Christie's "Learning Problem"
The Kentucky senator says his GOP rival fails to understand, "You can use the Fourth Amendment and still get terrorists."
On Campus Free Speech, the Bad Guys Have Won [UPDATED]
So warns FIRE President Greg Lukianoff, in a must-read new 2012 interview
Paternalistic Condoms-in-Porn Rules Will See California Statewide Vote
Initiative essentially creates a bounty for citizens (and lawyers) to sue producers.
Bernie Sanders Is Not The First Major-Party Presidential Candidate To Say Marijuana Should Be Legal
But he has had a bigger impact than the others.
Why the Best Arguments Against Religious Liberty Should Still Be Rejected
The Obama administration needs higher standards for violating the right to free exercise.
Can We Take A Joke? Standup Comedy vs. Political Correctness
A new doc featuring Penn Jillette, Gilbert Gottfried, Adam Carolla, & Lisa Lampanelli asks why comedy is treated differently that other forms of expression.
The Anarchist Who Became President
Which occupant of the Oval Office flirted with anti-authoritarian ideas in his youth?
Ben Carson's Disqualifying Foreign Policy Incoherence
Debate answer exposes a revealing problem not just for the inexperienced candidate, but for the bellicose GOP
How Obama's War on Drugs Destroys Legal Immigrant Families
When it comes to legal immigrants and drug policy, you are guilty until proven innocent.
HUD Proposes Nationwide Smoking Ban in Public Housing
This is class-based paternalism in action.
Election 2016 Needs a Radical, But Bernie Sanders Isn't It
Despite his intentions, Sanders is an unwitting defender of the status quo.
Republican Tax Fantasies
Tax cut promises are divorced from actual spending discipline.
Post-Debate, Is Rand Paul Back?
Rand Paul can balance the budget, he blames the Fed, he'll talk rather than start wars we can't afford, and generally seemed the most thoughtfully radical guy up there.
Trump's Morally Retarded Plan to "Make America Great Again" Through Operation Wetback and the Trump Wall
He'll kill everything exceptional about America
How Partisanship Killed the Anti-War Movement
Opposition to war depends largely on which party is waging it.
Rand Paul is Not an Isolationist
Rubio's mischaracterization may have been a good applause line but it's the kind of lack of thinking sinking Republicans.
The Dangers of Trump's Militaristic Isolationalism
Trump is a threat to the United States and the world.
The 3 Best and Worst Moments of Last Night's GOP Debate
After the circus in Colorado, did Fox Business deliver a debate of ideas?
Memo to Rubio: We Already Spend Far More on 'Defense' Than Any Other Country
If Congress cut the Pentagon's budget in half, the U.S. would still be "the strongest military power in the world."
Reason Tweets the GOP Debates
Join the Reason staff for news, views, and abuse about tonight's Fox Business Network/Wall Street Journal GOP debate in Milwaukee.
Trump Calls for Starbucks Boycott. For Xmas Sake!
In calling for a boycott of the popular coffee chain, The Donald Scrooges himself all over again.
Rand Paul vs. Marco Rubio: Tea Party Fracas Over Foreign Policy and Immigration "Amnesty"
In the debate tonight, Paul needs to sell his foreign policy, but he's got nothing fresh on immigration
The Environmental Case for School Choice
Allowing parents to stay in cities can help families and alleviate traffic congestion.
Obama's Cynicism Just Screwed Over Undocumented Latinos Big Time
A 5th Circuit panel just blocked the implementation of DAPA, effectively killing the program
5 Substantive Policy Questions to Ask the GOP Candidates at Tonight's Presidential Debate
Tonight's debate is also the first to come in the wake of widespread dissatisfaction from the campaigns about the ways the debates have been handled.
