Distract the Voters
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Politics
Palestinian Students at Columbia Are Still Protesting. Is Anyone Listening?
Protesters came back to Columbia during reunion weekend. Palestinians tried to share their tragedies amidst the carnival-like atmosphere of campus politics.
Federal Supervised Release Is a Wasteful Mess. A Bipartisan Bill in Congress Is Trying To Fix That.
The Safer Supervision Act would create an off-ramp for those with good behavior to petition to have their supervised release sentences terminated early.
COVID Accountability Never
Plus: Cryogenic freezing, masking for robberies, Trump surrenders his guns, and more...
Should Donald Trump Have Been Convicted?
Plus: A single-issue voter asks the editors for some voting advice in the 2024 presidential election.
Colorado Hasn't Even Approved Ranked Choice Voting Yet, and Already Lawmakers Are Trying To Delay It
An amendment in the state's election law would delay implementation of a proposed November ballot initiative. Voting organizations urge a governor's veto.
New Article: Bilateral Judicial Reform
This Article offers ten neutral proposals that would equally weaken the right and the left.
Does Donald Trump's Conviction in New York Make Us Banana Republicans?
Welcome to a system in which laws and regulations are weaponized by the powerful against opponents.
Libertarian Candidate Chase Oliver Wants To Bring Back 'Ellis Island Style' Immigration Processing
The Libertarian Party’s presidential candidate says he would address areas from a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants to high-skilled visa reform.
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions
The Monuments Men, ankle monitor prejudice, and a qualified immunity ballot initiative.
The Prosecution's Story About Trump Featured Several Logically Impossible Claims
Whatever Trump did after the 2016 presidential election, it seems safe to say that it did not retroactively promote his victory.
First Felon
Plus: The L.P. candidate for president, flooding in Brazil, TikTok influencers going after rich husbands, and more...
Trump's Conviction Suggests Jurors Bought the Prosecution's Dubious 'Election Fraud' Narrative
There was a glaring mismatch between the charges against the former president and what prosecutors described as the essence of his crime.
Chase Oliver: What Does the Libertarian Presidential Candidate Really Believe?
The L.P. presidential candidate clarifies his views amid criticisms that he is too "woke."
The Congressional Budget Office's Alternative Scenarios Forecast a Dire Economic Picture
Why aren't politicians on both sides more worried than they seem to be?
If Neither One Is Acceptable, Then Neither Is Acceptable
Matthew Franck on "Choosing Not to Choose" in November
War Hawk Autographs Bombs
Plus: SCOTUS wives, Elon Musk's business empire, Italian-style immigration policy, and more...
Trump Jury Instructions Invite Conviction Based on a Hodgepodge of Dubious Theories
The judge said the jurors need not agree about the "unlawful means" that Trump allegedly used to promote his 2016 election.
Americans Aren't Nostalgic for the Past. They Are Nostalgic for Being 15.
There's nothing wrong with thinking the music from your teenage years was the best ever made, but please don't vote as if you'll bring that back.
Glenn Greenwald: Defund Israel and Free Assange
The free speech absolutist and co-founder of The Intercept dives deep into Israel, Latin America, and the necessity of decentralized media in the age of U.S. security state overreach.
Judge David Tatel on the Roberts Court, the Voting Rights Act, and the Notorious RBG
In a forthcoming book. retired Judge David Tatel offers candid thoughts and spills the tea.
In the Hands of the Jury
Plus: A new Cold War, Pope Francis using slurs, Israeli surveillance, and more...
California's $20 Fast Food Minimum Wage Law Is Already Having Disastrous Unintended Consequences
Many have seen their hours reduced—or have lost their jobs entirely.
Trump Decries Disproportionate Drug Penalties While Threatening Dealers With Death
The former and possibly future president hopes voters will overlook his incoherence.
Prosecutors Say Trump Tried to 'Hoodwink the American Voter,' Which Is Not a Crime
Closing arguments in the former president's trial highlight the mismatch between the charges and the "election fraud" he supposedly committed.
Libertarian National Convention: Are You Not Entertained?
Plus: A listener asks the editors for voting advice and commiseration in a predominantly democratic state.
Good and Evil in the American Founding
How Americans ought to think about our founding principles.
Rafah Strike
Plus: Piña coladas, doing business in Hong Kong, edibles at the LNC, and more...
The Great Black Pope and Asian Nazi Debacle of 2024
Exciting new AI tools are still being shaped by human beings.
WATCH: Libertarians React to Donald Trump's Speech at Their Convention
"It was the weirdest room I've ever been in," one Libertarian Party delegate tells Reason
Chase Oliver Is the Libertarian Party's Presidential Pick
After a highly contentious convention, Oliver won the nomination on the seventh ballot.
Trump, Who Wants To Execute Drug Dealers, Promises To Free Ross Ulbricht
Ulbricht is serving two life sentences plus 40 years in connection with the Silk Road, an online marketplace he founded and operated where users could buy and sell illegal substances.
Libertarians Booed Donald Trump Because He Isn't Libertarian
Let there be no confusion: The Libertarian Party overwhelmingly rejects Trump.
