Pew: Americans Say Obama is a "Good Man" Who is "Incompetent"
While most of us will be tuning out tonight's SOTU, here's a reason to watch: It frames the president's thinking about the next year.
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The State of the Union Address Will Be Awful, Because the State of the Union Address Is Always Awful
Let's go back to the Jeffersonian system.
Obama's Sinking SOTU Ratings: Tune In, Turn Off, Watch Netflix Instead
Barack Obama's ratings for his annual State of the Union Addresses have gone down like the Titanic. What's behind the slide? Anger and disappointment mostly.
Why Bobby Jindal is Wrong to Tell Hyphenated Americans to Lose the Hyphen
They are good for America just the way they are
How Ronald Reagan Described the Economy in His 7th-Year State of the Union
Comparing the rhetoric of two presidents who inherited economic messes reminds us of the wide gap between their respective recoveries.
Join Reason Tonight at 9 P.M. As We Tweet Obama's State of the Union Address!
Analysis, snark, helpful links, and more-all in realtime as the president chatters
Reason and Science Make Us Moral: Michael Shermer on The Moral Arc
Skeptic magazine editor discusses his new book.
What Both Pauls Got Wrong About the Charlie Hebdo Massacre
Ron Paul's blowback didn't cause the attack and Rand Paul's war on immigration won't cure it.
Beware Obama's State of the Union Tax Hike
The president's new tax plan will wreak economic havoc.
The Eternal State of the Union, 2015 Update Edition
What happens when you take one sentence from each SOTU since 1961? You realize how empty American speechmaking has become.
The Fine Print in Holder's New Forfeiture Policy Leaves Room for Continued Abuses
An exception for joint task forces allows evasion of state property protections.
Aversion to Truth Isn't Specific to Any Ideology
When it comes to the truth, the real bias is thinking any one side has a monopoly on it.
Cancel the State of the Union
You may want to skip the State of the Union address and prepare for something humbler, like the Super Bowl.
WATCH: Hands Off The Raisins! Property Rights Case Headed Back to SCOTUS.
Can the government take your raisins?
VID: Campbell Brown on Her Fight To Get Lousy Teachers Fired
The former CNN journalist has a new career as an ed reformer.
California's Foie Gras Ban Was Overturned. Now See How It Passed in the First Place.
Special interests, threats, and propaganda
Ted Cruz: Loose Cannon or Libertarian Reformer?
The Texas senator might be just crazy enough to win the GOP presidential nomination.
Immigration Roundup: The Good, Bad and Ugly in the GOP-controlled Congress
Congressional Republicans are divided and could break out into a major civil war on immigration
Obama's 2014 State of the Union Scorecard
The president didn't get much of his wish list last year and he'll get even less this time. That's a good thing.
Ben Carson's Comparison of ISIS to the Founding Fathers: Bad Politics, But Worse Thinking
A free and prosperous society should have fewer, not more people prepared to die for it at any given time
Obamacare Goes to Its Caretakers: Another Top Health Official Steps Down
Marilyn Tavenner, one of the key officials behind Obamacare's botched federal exchange, is leaving her post.
Poisoning John Boehner, Talking Smack About Campbell Brown, and More: Katherine Mangu-Ward on Bloggingheads
Plus Mitt Romney, snow removal, the financial transaction tax, and more.
Joel Klein on the NYC School System: "The Most Complex Bureaucracy in America"
The former schools chancellor on the wisdom of shutting down "perpetual failure factories."
Charlie Hebdo: Rand and Ron Paul's Lowpoint
Blowback isn't the cause and immigration restrictions aren't the cure
"The Increasingly Irrelevant Christian Primary" for the Republican Nomination
The GOP should stop talking about bringing God back and start talking about cutting spending and regulation.
Ron Paul Institute Publishes a Charlie Hebdo 'False Flag' Piece
Defending the decision, RPI director levels various baseless accusations
Massive Scale of Improper Payments Show Govt is Too Big NOT to Fail
Medicare may be making mistakes 20% of the time, school lunch programs 15%, and the Earned Income Tax Credit 25%.
The White House Has No Backup Plan If It Loses on Obamacare at the Supreme Court
GOP Senator says President Obama doesn't believe there's a need for a King v. Burwell contingency plan.
New York Times Editor Dean Baquet Continues to Beclown Self Over Charlie Hebdo Cartoons
The Paper of Record is in the increasingly lonely position of not reprinting newsworthy cartoon image, yet agonizing over it
Rand Paul Rejects Judicial Restraint, Says 'I'm a Judicial Activist'
The libertarian-leaning Republican wants the Supreme Court to strike down offensive state and federal laws.
On The Independents: The Best of 2014
Featuring Montel Williams, Killer Mike, John Bolton, K-Walking, Keepin' it Kmele, Where it's Matt, and Two Minutes Hate!
Jeff Sessions' Handbook of Immigration Lies
Sessions' anti-immigration narrative has little basis in the economic literature
