Should Women Be Allowed to Rent Their Wombs?
The battle to legalize commercial surrogacy.
Politics
The New York Times, a Corporation, Worries That the First Amendment Is Now 'Embraced by Corporations'
Are liberals turning on the First Amendment because it protects the free speech of corporate entities?
Is That a Nuke in Your Pocket or Are You Just Happy to See Me?
New book, The Future of Violence, is terrified about 'technologies of mass empowerment'
Liberty U. Students Forced to Attend Ted Cruz Speech, Make Stand for Rand [UPDATED]
'Stand for liberty!' presidential candidate demands of captive audience.
The Conservatarian Manifesto: Should Libertarians and Conservatives Unite?
Q&A with National Review's Charles C. W. Cooke.
Ted Cruz Just Announced That He's Running for President
Cruz hopes to be the top second choice for libertarians.
"In Batgirl-Joker Cover, the Batshit Hits the Fan":
Is online activism a form of censorship or an act of audience participation?
Does Camille Paglia Have Any Hope for Our Modern Society?
The Cultural Critic Discusses Sexuality, Race, Gender, Feminism, and Hillary Clinton
Here's What's Wrong With the Nation's "Investigation" of New York's Evil Charter School Plot and the Greedy Hedge Fund Moguls Who Fund It
A useful compendium of all the head-scratching arguments commonly voiced by school choice opponents.
Anti-Pot Activist on Support for Legalization: 'What Goes Up Must Come Down'
Kevin Sabet implausibly takes solace from a drop in public approval between 1977 and 1985.
Arguments for Military Sequestration for Conservatives
Arguments strong enough for a conservative, but made for everyone.
'Kill All Gays' Law Proposed in California—Crazy or Trolling?
Lawyer prepares initiative; state may have to let him collect signatures.
The Democrats Have a New Warren/De Blasio, and He's Awful (UPDATED)
Rahm Emanuel challenger Chuy Garcia is setting progressive hearts aflutter, largely because his economic ideas are terrible
Obama's 'Signature Achievement' Will Be Bypassing the Constitution
Obama is on his way to circumventing checks and balances with more regularity than any president in history.
Hillary Clinton Wants to Send Citizens to Camps—Fun Camps!
Politician famous for humorlessness says we have a "fun deficit."
Ben Carson: Put the Baltics in NATO! Beware the Sunni-Shia Alliance!
Three madcap foreign policy claims by the GOP's resident super-outsider
A Win for School Choice: Charters Are Coming to Alabama
The State Will Be the 44th to Allow Charters
Mandatory Voting Is a Terrible—And Insulting—Idea
The political parties have no right to demand our stamp of approval for their elections.
The GOP's Budgetary Shenanigans Discourage Necessary Pentagon Reform
The Department of Defense will continue to avoid hard choices if the war hawks prevail and gut spending caps.
Matt Welch: 'Every single GOP strategist under the age of 40' Might Be Unacceptably Libertarian
What the Liz Mair firing tells us about Scott Walker, GOP politics, and libertarianism
Conservatives, Progressives, and Judicial Deference
A reply to National Review's Ramesh Ponnuru.
What if Hillary Doesn't Care?
What if the real reason for Clinton's email secrecy was not personal convenience but fear of exposure of her true thoughts and unguarded behavior?
Rand Paul Talks SAE Controversy, Drug War with MTV News: 'Still Vestiges' of Racism
"There is a problem in the criminal justice system."
Matt Welch to Talk About Scott Walker Firing Liz Mair Tonight on MSNBC's All In With Chris Hayes
Can the GOP tolerate well-respected campaign consultants who have mildly libertarian views and have said impolitic things about Iowa?
FCC Chairman Denies Receiving "Secret Instructions from the White House" About Internet Rules
Tom Wheeler didn't need secret orders to do the administration's bidding on net neutrality.
What Does Netanyahu's Re-election Mean for the Future of Israel?
Bibi wins big after promising no two-state solution and exploiting far-right fear of Israeli Arabs voting in "droves."
AirBnb Fights Crummy Laws and Crummy Attitudes
Why can't our politics and culture handle expedited exchanges of services and goods for money?
