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The paper attributes the fight over the election of the next House speaker to "anti-establishment fervor" and a lust for "personal power."
The former Libertarian congressman was in the Capitol Wednesday drumming up a Hail Mary quest to become speaker of the House.
For most aid critics, the urge to cut off Kyiv appears unconnected to any sort of principled realism, non-interventionism, or even isolationism.
Plus: Still no House speaker, the gender gap in college scholarships, Meta fined $414 million, and more...
But partisans are having the wrong debate.
A declaration of independence capped a wild day in Pennsylvania's State House.
"We have an oligarchy right now," says Amash.
"When it comes to problems happening in America, [the NBA is] the first organization saying, 'This is wrong,'" says the former professional basketball player. But then they're silent for victims of torture.
We’d all be better off if politicians spared us their experiments in subsidies, wages, and trade.
The release of the former president’s tax returns sets a dangerous precedent.
Plus: Would Adam Smith be a libertarian if he were alive today?
The insurgent Republicans want to balance the budget, impose new barriers to immigration, and increase transparency for future earmark spending.
The former First Amendment litigator and Dispatch co-founder becomes a columnist at the New York Times.
Plus: Appeals court upholds policy linking bathrooms to biological sex, the worst states for taxes, and more...
While rising crime created headwinds for candidates who supported criminal justice reform, the apocalyptic storm never quite arrived.
Standing with blank pages in hand, the protesters' goal is to make manifest the implied violence that authoritarian states use to keep order.
Sikh Marines, MAGA hats, and racist memes.
This week, a clip of Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin claiming that speech that espouses "hate" and "violence" is not protected by the First Amendment made the rounds on Twitter, sparking sharp backlash.
The tendency of those in power to topple or embarrass themselves by overreaching should provide a lesson to policy makers.
Florida threatens a venue for letting minors attend a sexualized holiday cabaret performance with their parents.
If lawmakers keep spending like they are, and if the Fed backs down from taming inflation, then the government may create a perfect storm.
In the mid-'70s, people disengaged from political conflict and took up jogging. Maybe it's time to do the same.
When I was young, I assumed government would lift people out of poverty. But those policies often do more harm than good.
The year’s highlights in buck passing feature petulant politicians, brazen bureaucrats, careless cops, loony lawyers, and junky journalists.
S.B. 58, which emulates an initiative that Colorado voters approved last month, would legalize the use of five psychoactive substances found in fungi and plants.
The massive power of federal government attracts frauds.
After two terms in the Senate as a champion for free markets and limited government, Pennsylvania's Republican senator is heading into retirement.
News of politicians, police, and bureaucrats behaving badly from around the world.
To truly care about virtue is to recognize that it matters how you win: Ends don't justify means.
The final report from the January 6 select committee falls short of proving the elements required to convict the former president.
Cicero, Bentham, Coke, and Kierkegaard.