Politics
L.A.'s Minimum Wage Hike: A Teaching Moment for Those Trying to Help the Underprivileged
It's harder to do good for someone if doing good costs a lot more. And employing someone is often doing good for them.
Watch Nick Gillespie, Alex Winter, and Lyn Ulbricht Discuss Silk Road Trial at 5pm ET
Does Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht deserve a life sentence? And how exactly did the government prove its case?
Lindsey Graham for President Makes Nine on the GOP Side
Another anti-Rand Paul candidate who claims affinity for libertarian ideas.
Americans Getting Increasingly Pro-Choice on Abortion
'Pro-choice' identification is back up to late 1990s levels.
Vince Vaughn Celebrates Snowden, Denounces Drug War, and Defends Guns in Schools!
True Detective star calls Edward Snowden "a hero," the drug war "fucking ridiculous," and denounces gun free school zones.
Unchecked Checkpoints
A federal appeals court gives a pass to unconstitutional harassment by border cops.
If Rand Paul's PATRIOT Act Activism Raises Him Money, Maybe Listen to What He's Saying?
Some senators, tellingly, see listening to Americans' surveillance concerns as a bad thing.
Supreme Court Rules for Criminal Defendant Who Posted Violent, Threatening Rap Lyrics to Facebook
Federal conviction overturned in Elonis v. United States
Rand Paul, Ron Wyden, and the End of the 9/11 Terror Fog
Is the expiration of Patriot Act provisions"just politics and posturing"? No, it's a sign the country is moving in the right direction.
Watch the First-Ever Greg Gutfeld Show on Fox News Tonite at 10 PM ET
The co-host of The Five and former host of Red Eye debuts his take on news and media.
5 Supreme Court Cases to Watch in June
The High Court prepares to rule on Obamacare, gay marriage, death penalty drugs, and more.
As Long as Government Exists, Our Freedom Is Insecure
The only way for the state to truly respect our liberty would be to dismantle itself.
As Martin O'Malley Enters Presidential Race, Protesters Undercut His Progressive Image
Trouble for a would-be Great Left Hope
Everything's Awesome and Camille Paglia Is Unhappy!
The author of Sexual Personae talks about feminism, rape, academia, and Hillary Clinton.
Rand Paul: "Tomorrow, I will force the expiration of the NSA illegal spy program."
So long bulk collections under Section 215 of the Patriot Act, which courts say are unauthorized and the FBI says are ineffective.
Bernie Sanders' War on Chinese Bobbleheads!
Why "Made in America" isn't always the best slogan to get behind.
That Time Dennis Hastert Became Speaker of the House Because He Was Asexual
He was not only an undistinguished leader but a exemplary Republican during the Bush years, when the small-government party lost its way.
Environmental Protection Agency
The EPA Manufactures Its Own Consent
Justifies new water regs on the grounds that 90 percent of public comments it solicited favored them.
Carly Fiorina and John Kasich Crack Republican Top 10, Ousting Perry and Santorum
Five-way tie at the top between Bush, Carson, Huckabee, Rubio, and Walker.
Bernie Sanders and the Liberal Hawks
A dove in the '80s, something more complicated since then
Christie Should Really Stop Bragging About That Time He Used the PATRIOT Act to Entrap an Idiot
The New Jersey governor says he has a record of locking up dangerous terrorists. A closer look at one of his biggest cases suggests otherwise.
The DOJ is About to Take General Motors on a Rough Ride
The criminal penalties that GM faces for the Cobalt debacle could be massive and deleterious to the driving public
Brawl for Liberty: Watch Rand Paul's Awesome New Wrestling-Inspired Attack Ad
And in this corner... Obama the email reader
Friday A/V Club: A Younger Ron Paul and a Younger Reason
Then-Rep. Paul speaks at the magazine's 15th anniversary celebration.
Premarital Sex Is 'Not Wrong at All,' Say 58 Percent of Americans
On the other hand, fewer approve of extramarital sex.
A Swingers Club Is Rebranded a Church To Evade Local Busybodies
"It will have the same rules that many churches observe" except adultery is OK.
NSA Surveillance Programs Are a Cancer on the Constitution
Will Congress act decisively to end unconstitutional executive branch overreach?
A Swingers Club Is Rebranded a Church To Evade Local Busybodies
"It will have the same rules that many churches observe" except adultery is OK.
Paul and Cruz Are Running to Clinton's Left on Sentencing Reform
The presumptive Democratic nominee wants to do something about mandatory minimums but won't say what.
Rand Paul Shocker: He Criticizes the Politicians He Disagrees With!
What crazy strategy will the candidate come up with next?
Is Reason Trying to Make the GOP 2016 Field Look Like a Bunch of White Males?
Short answer: No. Long answer: Et tu, Greta?
Nebraska's Republican-Dominated Legislature Abolishes Death Penalty
Nebraska becomes first predominately Republican state to abolish capital punishment in more than 40 years
The Bernie Sanders Save the Children Fund
Why do we need 23 deodorant choices when children are going hungry?
Will Washington's Liquor and Cannabis Board Be More Efficient Under Its New Name?
The historically slow LCB is now charged with licensing medical as well as recreational suppliers.
