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Unemployment Down to 7.7 Percent, Numbers Still Pretty Awful

Teenage unemployment rate, for example, at 25 percent, nowhere near recent lows

Ed Krayewski | 3.8.2013 9:36 AM

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Competitive Enterprise Institute to Hold Pro-Gay Panel at CPAC

GOProud speakers confirmed

Reason Staff | 3.8.2013 9:34 AM

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Rand Paul vs. Robert Bork

Damon Root | 3.8.2013 9:20 AM

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Georgian Parliament Approves Continued Integration into EU and NATO

Moving further away from Russia

Reason Staff | 3.8.2013 9:18 AM

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GOP Splitting on Immigration and Terrorism

Establishment and Tea Party factions clashing

Reason Staff | 3.8.2013 8:54 AM

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Rand Paul Filibuster Planned Over Red Wine and Lasagna

Idea was mentioned at dinner with one of Sen. Mitch McConnell's political strategists

Reason Staff | 3.8.2013 7:56 AM

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MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell: Rand Paul Is 'ridiculous, sick, paranoid'

Matt Welch | 3.8.2013 7:32 AM

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Senators Expecting More Filibusters

Thanks to Rand Paul's filibustering of John Brennan's nomination vote

Reason Staff | 3.8.2013 7:16 AM

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French Defense Minister Says French-Led Intervention in Mali is in its Hardest Phase

Fighting Islamic militants in the Adrar des Ifoghas mountains

Reason Staff | 3.8.2013 7:08 AM

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Mich. Sen. Carl Levin Won't Run for Re-election

Has been in Senate since 1979

Reason Staff | 3.7.2013 8:00 PM

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Alabama Judge Blocks Governor from Signing School Choice Legislation

Can judges do that?

Reason Staff | 3.7.2013 7:30 PM

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Your Cellphone Is Spying on You

Reason Staff | 3.7.2013 7:18 PM

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Contributors

Reason Staff | 3.7.2013 7:09 PM

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A Punter on Politics

Scott Shackford | 3.7.2013 7:03 PM

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Quotes

Reason Staff | 3.7.2013 7:02 PM

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Don't Mint the Coin

Reason Staff | 3.7.2013 7:01 PM

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Brickbats

Charles Oliver | 3.7.2013 6:59 PM

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20 years ago in reason

Reason Staff | 3.7.2013 6:58 PM

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NIH Director Regrets Taxpayer-Funded Hatchet Job Linking Tea Party to Big Tobacco

Jacob Sullum | 3.7.2013 6:37 PM

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Interior Secretary Candidate Faces Senate Panel Questioning

Three-hour confirmation hearing (but no filibuster, yet)

Reason Staff | 3.7.2013 6:20 PM

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John Yoo, Author of the Bush Torture Memos, Criticizes Rand Paul For Taking an Extreme Position on Drones

Peter Suderman | 3.7.2013 6:16 PM

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Dems Struggle to Explain Absence from Filibuster

They were doing stuff and ... stuff

Reason Staff | 3.7.2013 6:10 PM

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Rand Paul's Filibuster: Its Historical Context, and Its Encouraging Friends

Brian Doherty | 3.7.2013 5:55 PM

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Rep. Markey. Leads in Mass. Senate Race

According to latest polls

Reason Staff | 3.7.2013 5:40 PM

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Venezuelan Opposition Candidates Face Tough Fight

Running against the ghost of Chavez may be a problem

Reason Staff | 3.7.2013 4:50 PM

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Progressive Dems Explain Why They Didn't #StandWithRand Against Drone Strikes

Nick Gillespie | 3.7.2013 4:13 PM

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Senate Approves Brennan as CIA Director

Vote 63-34 day after Sen. Rand Paul's filibuster

Reason Staff | 3.7.2013 4:10 PM

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Senate Committee Okays Gun Sale Restrictions Bill

Attempt to curb straw purchases

Reason Staff | 3.7.2013 4:00 PM

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Obama Administration Considers Expanding Terrorism Targets

War on Terror 2.0

Reason Staff | 3.7.2013 3:50 PM

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Sen. Paul Declares Victory Following Holder Response

No, White House won't drone "noncombatant" citizens on American soil

Reason Staff | 3.7.2013 3:30 PM

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#StandWithRand: Rand Paul, Barack Obama, Drones, and Presidential Kill Lists

Sharif Matar | 3.7.2013 3:09 PM

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Obama Traded Access for Anti-Gun Groups' Silence

With him or against him, it seems

Reason Staff | 3.7.2013 2:28 PM

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Mother Jones Worries That Sequestration Will Hurt the Poor, the Environment…and the War on Drugs?

Jacob Sullum | 3.7.2013 2:09 PM

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Filibuster Sparks Continuing Civil Liberties Discussion

The conversation continues ...

Reason Staff | 3.7.2013 1:56 PM

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Rand Paul's Filibuster Ranks as Ninth Longest Senate Speech

And an important push for civil liberties

Reason Staff | 3.7.2013 1:32 PM

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Did Rand Paul Win? White House Says No Authority to Kill Noncombatants on U.S. Soil

Brian Doherty | 3.7.2013 1:29 PM

Nanny State

Professor Assigns Students To Lobby for Nanny State Policy

An A+ in meddling

Reason Staff | 3.7.2013 1:24 PM

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Brian Doherty Talks Rand Paul Filibuster on Real TV

Brian Doherty | 3.7.2013 1:12 PM

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Fed Warns That ObamaCare Will Negatively Impact Hiring

Peter Suderman | 3.7.2013 12:32 PM

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Prof Tells Students to Lobby for Soda Bans to Get an "A"

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 3.7.2013 12:15 PM

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John McCain and Lindsey Graham Declare War on Rand Paul

Brian Doherty | 3.7.2013 12:09 PM

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Jon Stewart Thinks Katherine Mangu-Ward Is Wrong About Universal Preschool

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 3.7.2013 11:03 AM

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Covered at Reason 24/7: Canada Wins, U.S. Fails to Get Ban on Polar Bear Trade

Ed Krayewski | 3.7.2013 11:00 AM

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FDA Initiates "Voluntary" Recall of Some Tuna Cans Over Loose Seals

No reports of illness at all

Reason Staff | 3.7.2013 10:52 AM

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Jennifer Rubin: Rand Paul's Filibuster Demonstrated How Formidable a 2016 Candidate He'll Be

Quite

Reason Staff | 3.7.2013 10:36 AM

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Al Gore Sued Over Current TV Sale to Al-Jazeera

Media consultant says Gore opposed his idea but then had a "change of heart" and cut him out of the deal

Reason Staff | 3.7.2013 10:20 AM