Politics
Today at SCOTUS: Property Rights vs. USDA Crop Seizures
The federal government seeks to confiscate raisins without paying just compensation to raisin farmers.
Rand Paul Isn't Perfectly Libertarian, But He's the Best Presidential Contender We've Got
Yes, he avoids alienating conservatives. But has he violated his principles?
Obama Breaks Promise to Call the Armenian Genocide a 'Genocide' for 7th Year in a Row
Official language remains hostage to U.S.-Turkey relations
Bearing Witness to the Charter School Revolution
Reason Foundation's Lisa Snell and National School Choice Week President Andrew Campanella
Lopsided Bureaucratic Rationing Won't Cure California's Water Crisis
What's needed is market pricing
Three Questions About Rand Paul
How his presidential campaign can help or hurt the cause of liberty
Federal Judge Attacks Pro-Police 'Orthodoxy' in 4th Amendment Case
Judge Janice Rogers Brown makes the case for reviving 4th Amendment protections.
Supreme Court Says Police Violated 4th Amendment When Use of Drug-Sniffing Dog Prolonged Routine Traffic Stop
Law enforcement loses 6-3 in Rodriguez v. United States.
How Libertarians Are Changing Conservative Views on Economic Liberty and the Constitution
The Cornell Law Review says libertarians are reshaping the conservative legal movement.
The Earl Weaver Case for Rand Paul's Libertarianism
Instead of dwelling on how the candidate falls short on foreign policy, it's worth imagining what a President Paul might do
Marco Rubio Is Inclined to Raid State-Licensed Marijuana Businesses
The presidential contender says "we need to enforce our federal laws" in states with legal pot.
I Don't Care Which Presidential Candidates Would Attend Gay Weddings and Neither Should You
The debate gets really tiresome as we wait for the Supreme Court to rule.
How Can Liberals Be Pro-Choice on Abortion and Anti-Choice on Everything Else?
The left makes a first-principles defense of abortion rights regardless of its consequences, but is hostile to individual autonomy on nearly every other issue.
Inside the Raids and Investigations that Targeted Wisconsin's Conservative Leaders
Sunrise SWAT raids and secrecy orders
Why Chris Christie's Vow to Suppress Marijuana Legalization Is Risky
Most Republicans think the feds should not interfere.
Conversion Therapy and Other 'For the Children' Measures As Efforts to Curtail Liberty
In the name of children's rights.
How to Break the Internet
The biggest threat to the Net isn't cable companies. It's government.
Another Infuriating Crackdown on Sharing Food With the Homeless
San Antonio targets a good Samaritan, because rules are rules.
Who Is This Mike Huckabee Guy, and Is He Running for President?
He says he'll tell us his plans on May 5.
Murdered Charlie Hebdo Editor Slams Critics, Racists and Fascists in Posthumous Book
Letters to the Swindlers of Islamophobia who play into the Hands of Racists is one of the better titles
Maggie Gallagher's Refusal to Attend Gay Weddings Shows Why Government Shouldn't Compel Service-Providers to Work Them
When you debate with words instead of government force, acceptance of gay marriage will win
Mike Huckabee Attacks Chris Christie Over Social Security and Medicare
Opposes raising the eligibility age or means-testing the programs
Florida Gov. Rick Scott Says He'll Sue the Obama Administration Over Obamacare Medicaid Expansion Threat
Scott says the Obama admin's threat to cut off health care funding if the state doesn't expand Medicaid is coercive.
Jeb Bush Calls for Deference from Senate on Loretta Lynch's A.G. Nomination
'I think presidents have the right to pick their team'
Friday A/V Club: In a Parallel Universe, a Steakhouse Won the 1992 Election
Don't blame me, I voted for Sizzler.
Why Are the Democrats So Old and Tired?
2016 field so far looks like an AARP convention, minus the Viagra
Liberal Pundit Says America Should 'Ignore' the 'Antidemocratic' Supreme Court. Should America Start By Ignoring Roe v. Wade?
A writer at Slate makes a left-wing case for judicial abstinence.
The Big Coffee Table Book of Doom!
Neo-Malthusians again predict doom to celebrate Earth Day 45
Lincoln Chafee Will Probably Get Eaten Alive by Hillary Clinton, But Take a Look Anyway
Former R.I. senator really hoping people still care about Clinton's Iraq War vote.
The Rise and Fall of Cybernetic Communism
The Soviets, the cyberneticists, and the SNAFU Principle
Poll: Republicans Prioritize Israel's Interests Over America's
"Their Country, Right or Wrong!"