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As Obama's Power Fades, Americans Should Celebrate Hobbled Government

However limited the president's power and influence in Washington, they're about to shrink. And that's a good thing.

Steve Chapman | 5.29.2014 12:00 PM

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Growing Bipartisan Chorus Demands Resignation of V.A. Chief Shinseki

Damon Root | 5.29.2014 10:45 AM

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Hey Young Humans! Come See a Live Taping of The Independents Next Thursday Tonight in New York City!

Matt Welch | 5.29.2014 8:35 AM

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Tonight on The Independents: Obama's Foreign Policy, Snowden's Spycraft, Jared Polis on Email Privacy, Adam Sandler's Cinematic Racism, Ferret Freedom, Videotaping Gun Sales, the Drone-Memo Switcheroo, Plus After-Show!

Matt Welch | 5.28.2014 8:15 PM

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Jacob Sullum on Gun Control, Mental Health, and the I.V. Massacre

Matt Welch | 5.28.2014 6:07 PM

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Rand Paul to SCOTUS: 'The Founding Fathers Would Have Protected Your Smartphone'

Damon Root | 5.28.2014 2:09 PM

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Key Part of Obamacare's Small Business Exchange Delayed Again

Peter Suderman | 5.28.2014 12:15 PM

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Winter Olympics Sports Socialism Goes Out of Fashion in the Free World

Shikha Dalmia | 5.28.2014 11:06 AM

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Obama Gives 10,000 Men Opportunity to be Last Man to Die for Our Mistake in Afghanistan

Nick Gillespie | 5.28.2014 9:12 AM

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Does NYT's Jill Abramson Have It Worse Than Her Indian Sisters?

Sexism might be the result of America's greater sexualization and egalitarianism

Shikha Dalmia | 5.28.2014 8:30 AM

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Shikha Dalmia on Sexism at the New York Times

Reason Staff | 5.28.2014 8:30 AM

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WaPo Notices Jared Polis, "A Pro-Pot, Video Game Playing Congressman"

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 5.28.2014 7:28 AM

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Tonight on The Independents: Jacob Sullum on the I.V. Massacre, Thaddeus McCotter on Afghanistan, I.J.'s Robert McNamara on Eminent Domain Abuse, Kmele Foster on Reparations, Plus Sexy After-Show!

Matt Welch | 5.27.2014 8:29 PM

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Janet Napolitano Heckled at Commencement Speech

Zenon Evans | 5.27.2014 4:24 PM

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AP Poll Finds Public Opinion Continues to Run "Deeply Negative" on Obamacare

Peter Suderman | 5.27.2014 3:31 PM

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Supreme Court Strikes Down I.Q. Requirement in Death Penalty Case

Damon Root | 5.27.2014 3:27 PM

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"Obama Close to Authorizing Military Training of Syrian Rebels"

Nick Gillespie | 5.27.2014 3:09 PM

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"The Death of Money": Q&A With James Rickards

Joshua Swain | 5.27.2014 3:00 PM

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Santa Barbara Stabbing and Shooting Spree Can Be Used to Advance All Kinds of Agendas

But especially the ones trotted out after every sufficiently newsworthy tragedy like this

Ed Krayewski | 5.27.2014 12:01 PM

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Obama 'Welcomes Debate on Terror' To Avoid Debate on Terror

One year after promising dialogue, his administration is silent.

Gene Healy | 5.27.2014 12:00 PM

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Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Police Who Used Deadly Force to End High-Speed Car Chase

Damon Root | 5.27.2014 10:59 AM

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Elliot Rodger, the UCSB Shooting, and 5 Rules for Coping with Tragedy

Nick Gillespie | 5.27.2014 9:06 AM

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How Voting for Mitt Romney Led to Obama's Justice Dept. Cracking Down on Porn Stars (Joke)

Nick Gillespie | 5.27.2014 8:40 AM

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Net Neutrality: Don't Let the FCC Control the Internet!

Nick Gillespie | 5.26.2014 2:28 PM

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The FBI Prospers by Feeding Fears

What begins as a temporary problem becomes a never-ending emergency.

Steve Chapman | 5.26.2014 7:00 AM

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Nothing Left to Cut?

Federal lawmakers lack the imagination to live within their means.

Veronique de Rugy | 5.25.2014 12:00 PM

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Suspected Mass Shooter Elliot Rodger's Final Video is Chilling, Deeply Disturbed

Nick Gillespie | 5.25.2014 9:57 AM

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Free Birth Control and Unfree Photographers

Dubious rights threaten true liberty.

Jacob Sullum | 5.24.2014 12:00 PM

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Tonight on The Independents: Two Minutes Hate & Other Highlights From the Show's First Six Months!

Matt Welch | 5.23.2014 8:37 PM

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Why Conservatives Shouldn't Boycott Chipotle

If conservatives want to boycott bad actors, there are plenty around who have committed far more egregious sins against America than asking customers to keep out guns.

David Harsanyi | 5.23.2014 4:30 PM

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Obama Administration to Quit Releasing Monthly Reports on Obamacare Enrollment

Peter Suderman | 5.23.2014 1:58 PM

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What Thomas Piketty Gets Wrong About Capitalism

The French economist and his admirers perform an intellectual sleight of hand.

Brink Lindsey | 5.23.2014 1:30 PM

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Where the War on Pot Will Go to Die

Nick Gillespie | 5.23.2014 11:24 AM

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"Why Our Political System's Screwed, in One Very Basic Chart"

Nick Gillespie | 5.23.2014 8:50 AM

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Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert: Just Talking About Immigration Reform Leads to Child Sex Slavery

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 5.22.2014 3:10 PM

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Andy Levy, on his V.A. care: 'It was absolutely awful, and nothing horrible I hear about it ever surprises me'

Matt Welch | 5.22.2014 1:04 PM

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How Scalia Helped Legalize Gay Marriage in Pennsylvania

Damon Root | 5.22.2014 12:55 PM

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Fascism Comes to Ukraine–From Russia

Debunking Putin's propaganda to the west

Cathy Young | 5.22.2014 12:00 PM

Policy

Martin J. Sklar, RIP

The man who coined "corporate liberalism"

Jesse Walker | 5.22.2014 11:19 AM

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Read This Chart About Job Recovery, Millennials, and Despair! Especially in Ohio!

Nick Gillespie | 5.22.2014 10:22 AM

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Is the IRS Imposing "Voluntary" Continuing-Education Requirements for Tax Preparers?

Nick Gillespie | 5.22.2014 9:52 AM

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Nick Gillespie on CNN's Erin Burnett Outfront, Talking Life Sentence for Hash Brownies

Nick Gillespie | 5.21.2014 4:47 PM

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Tonight on The Independents: Red Meat Wednesday, With Katherine Mangu-Ward, TV's Andy Levy, Chris Moody on Yesterday's Election, the Co-hosts on #StandWithRand2, and Two Minutes Hate!

Matt Welch | 5.21.2014 3:02 PM