Politics
Why Won't Anyone Challenge Hillary?
Despite the generous treatment she's received from the media, Hillary has never been an especially electrifying or potent political power.
New York's $4 Billion Train Station: In 100 Years, Will Anyone Still Care About All That Wasted Money?
New York magazine's Andrew Rice defends Santiago Calatrava's "glorious boondoggle." Here's what he gets wrong.
Gangs in Control of American Prisons: "The Social Order of the Underworld"
Q and A with author David Skarbek.
The FCC's New Internet Rules Put the FCC in Charge of the Internet
New net neutrality rules give the agency veto power over ISP innovations.
Obama's Tepid Response to the Clinton Email Scandal
Mr. President, are you not troubled that your secretary of state had a non-secure email account and used it for all of her work?
Lindsey Graham: 'I would literally use the military to keep [Congress in session]…until we restore these defense cuts'
The 2016 presidential longshot wants to love American democracy to death.
The United States of Corporate Welfare
Which company got the most targeted tax breaks, subsidies, and grants in the state where you live?
Rand Paul's Plan for Kurdistan: 'Draw New Lines' and 'Promise Them a Country'
Kentucky's junior senator courts the hawks.
The Melodramatic Strain In Feminist Politics
Students suffer as social-justice signaling demands increasingly hyperbolic vulnerability.
GOP's New Foreign Policy Hero Is a Surveillance-Loving Interventionist Nightmare
Freshman Sen. Tom Cotton wants to invade Iran and Syria, jail journalists and whistleblowers, eavesdrop on Americans, and keep the 'savages' locked up in Gitmo.
Rand Paul: Iran Letter Was Meant to Strengthen President's Hand
To show Iranians there are hardliners in an effort to squeeze a better deal.
What "Out of Control" Biohacking Means for the Future
Q&A With Disinformation Encyclopedia Authors R.U. Sirius and Jay Cornell
"Fascinating": Anti-Abortion Idaho Pol Says He Knew That Vagina & Stomach Aren't Connected
Anti-abortion legislators are using bogus safety concerns about telemedicine to win victories that they cannot via straight-up political arguments.
Great News: ATF Backs Down (For Now) on Big Ammo Ban
Agency admits "the vast majority of the comments received to date are critical" of the plan
Hillary Clinton Says She Used One Phone and Private Email While Secretary of State for 'Convenience'
Yet just a few weeks ago, she said she used two different phones.
Polls Show More and More Support for Gay Marriage. Will GOP Candidates Let It Go?
Rand Paul continues trying to thread the needle with "private contract" argument.
When Joe Biden Loved Defying the President's Foreign Policy
Back in 1986, the then-senator led the charge against Ronald Reagan's treatment of South Africa
Why the Supremes Need to Scrap Obamacare's Federal Exchange Subsidy
The court's job is to enforce the law as written, not fix it
Republican Letter to Iran Dismissed as 'Propaganda Ploy,' Negotiations Not Bilateral
Iran's foreign minister dismissed the Republican letter explaining the Constitution as a "propaganda ploy" and pointed out a deal wouldn't be bilateral.
It's Stupid Season. Have You Been Vaccinated?
How the press turned a local issue into the first controversy of the 2016 presidential campaign.
Scott Walker's Brave Stand Against Big Labor
The Wisconsin governor has shown courage under fire from organized labor and its allies.
Scott Walker Flip-Flops in Favor of Federal Ethanol Mandate
Wisconsin governor, no stranger to corporate welfare, sings a new tune in front of Iowa farmers
GOP Candidates Quizzed on Farm Policies, Fuel Mandates at Iowa Ag Summit
A Huckabee gem from the Summit: "If I were the president, I would like to have all the authority there is."
Republicans Poised to Rubber-Stamp Another Debt Ceiling Increase
This is what you get with GOP control of Congress
Beltway Bubble Alert: Americans Split on Whether Being Gay Is a Choice
Equal numbers say it is and isn't. Whether that will help Ben Carson remains to be seen.
Why Conservatives Should Fight for Death Penalty Drug Transparency
Capital punishment fails the "conservative litmus test."
Marijuana Federalism Is Principled and Popular
Republican presidential candidates find a way to achieve a tricky balance.
"That's It, House of Cards. You Lost Me."
A show that was once darkly great has descended into prosaic moralism. God save us from fictional pols who are serious about jobs programs.
Fresh Out of Bankruptcy, City Announces Multimillion-Dollar Housing Project
Stockton has apparently learned nothing from its embarrassing financial boondoggle.
Hillary Clinton's Question-Dodging Response to the Private Email Scandal
Clinton's behavior shows that her only priority is herself.
Ted Cruz's Cannabis Conversion Reflects the Political Prudence of Marijuana Federalism
For Republicans, letting states go their own way is principled and popular.
The Blockchain: A Supercomputer for Reality
"Everything that can be decentralized, will be decentralized."
The Lame Liberal Attack on the 'Secretive' Federalist Society
There's nothing secretive about this well-known conservative legal organization.
The Battle for Death Penalty Transparency
Journalists and prisoners stage a First Amendment challenge to state secrecy regarding executions.
