Politics
Why Jeb Bush Can't Be Trusted With an Army
His reluctance to criticize his brother's war reflects a dangerous desire to forget the past.
Is the Seasteading Dream Really Dead?
Wired argues that "Silicon Valley is Letting Go of Its Techie Island Fantasies" on insufficient evidence.
Parts of D.C.'s Concealed Carry Gun Permit Process Stopped by Federal Judge
Preliminary Injunction Gained by Second Amendment Foundation Against D.C. Requirement to Have "Good Reason" To Exercise Second Amendment Right.
Mitch Daniels Wasn't Kidding About Free Speech on Campus
As foreshadowed in his Reason TV interview, Purdue president gets free-speech 'green light' from FIRE
Hillary Clinton Mocks Notion that She'll Answer Questions from the Press
Questions? From the press? Sure, fine, she'll get around to answering one eventually, maybe.
Mitch Daniels on How to Cut Government & Improve Services
The former Indiana governor and current president of Purdue University gets real about making the public sector cheaper - and better.
Mitch Daniels on How to Cut Government & Improve Services
The former Indiana governor and current president of Purdue University gets real about making the public sector cheaper - and better.
Does Torture Work?
Frontline examines the brutality detailed in the Senate's report on CIA interrogations.
Hillary Clinton and the Saga of Sidney Blumenthal
Former administration staffer and foundation employee sought to influence Clinton while she served as Secretary of State.
SCOTUS Grants Qualified Immunity to San Francisco Cops Who Shot Mentally Ill Suspect
4th Amendment challenge rejected in San Francisco v. Sheehan.
Shikha Dalmia on a Federal Ban on Late-Term Abortions
Why Republicans pushing the ban are hypocritical
Please, Hillary Clinton: Don't "Make History" on Your Own as President. Just Don't.
If you become president, think less about history and more about restraining the size, scope, and spending of government.
How the Pro-Life Movement Endangers the Unborn
It is hubris to think that the government can improve on the moral choices of mothers.
Make Amtrak Safer and Privatize It
The federal government should not be in the railroad business.
Watch Matt Welch Talk 2016 Race at 4:30 PM on MSNBC's NOW With Alex Wagner
Christie vs. Snowden, Rubio vs. Iraq, Loretta Sanchez vs. her own mouth, etc.
Alarmist Marco Rubio: 'Nothing Matters If We Aren't Safe.' Okay, I'm Alarmed.
Conversely: We are safe, so some things matter.
Graham: I'll Drone You for Your Thoughts. Christie: Beware 'civil liberties extremists'
Republicans think they can win a national election by exhuming the ghost of Zell Miller
Big Government Continues Eroding the Constitution
Lawmakers and the courts keep chipping away at our liberty.
Lindsey Graham Running for President, Because He Thinks 'the world is falling apart'
South Carolina Republican the latest to pre-announce he's running for president.
Jeb Bush Learned Nothing from Iraq
The war wasn't just a bad decision. It's the result of bad foreign policy.
The Dark Side of Police Reform
Gay rights, black neighborhoods, and how reformers paved the way for Eric Garner
Getting a Balanced Budget via Article V Constitutional Convention: 2.0
Nick Dranias of the "Compact for America" Explains How 38 States Could Force Congress to Spend Within Its Means.
Raid on Venice Beach Church Targets Illegal Kombucha Tea
Undercover agents infiltrated a charity fundraiser at the church last Friday and seized the contraband probiotic beverage.
Hillary Clinton's Supreme Court Litmus Test: Overturn the Case That Legalized Anti-Hillary Documentaries
Democratic frontrunner says her judicial nominees must be against Citizens United
When Will Hillary Clinton Answer For Her Iraq Vote?
What difference, at this point, does it make?
Convenience Store Owner Stands Firm Against Outrageous IRS Money Grab, and the IRS Blinks
The feds drop a forfeiture case that violated their own policies.
George Stephanopoulos: Clinton Foundation Donor
Former Clinton official failed to disclose $50,000 in donations to ABC.
Want to Sabotage Bad Laws? Healthy Contempt is More Important Than Legal Strategy.
The enemy of defiance isn't tough cops or clever politicians; it's respect for the law
How Lawyers Pre-Try Cases During Jury Selection
Reason was warning you about this 12 years ago
Universal Savings Accounts Help People Help Themselves
The case for individual economic choice.
Yesterday's Trade Deal Snafu Reveals a Democratic Party Struggling to Find Its Way Past the Obama Presidency
It's Elizabeth Warren vs. Barack Obama-and Elizabeth Warren is winning.
Hacking the Programs in Your Mind: Interview with Evolutionary Psychologists Leda Cosmides & John Tooby
By unlocking mechanisms that evolved in the brain, they've halted implicit racial bias and found the first female advantage in spatial cognition.
