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What Wouldn't You Believe About the Patriot Act?

Brian Doherty | 3.16.2012 6:05 PM

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What Occupy Wall Street Gets Wrong

Corporatism is not the same thing as the free market.

Sheldon Richman | 3.16.2012 6:00 PM

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Syria: Threat or Menace?

Brian Doherty | 3.16.2012 4:32 PM

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Photograph of Your Federal Taxes at Work, "Traiing" Day Edition

Matt Welch | 3.16.2012 4:31 PM

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Meet Thomas Massie, Kentucky's Next Rand Paul

Much like Rand Paul, Massie's small-government instincts extend beyond keeping a tight grip on the checkbook.

Mike Riggs | 3.16.2012 4:30 PM

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Drug War Incompatible with Human Rights, Says Law Enforcement Against Prohibition

Brian Doherty | 3.16.2012 3:53 PM

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Rep. Justin Amash Profiled: Moving Forward with Ron Paul Republicanism

Brian Doherty | 3.16.2012 2:48 PM

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Socialist Cybernetics

A stylish dream of economic control fails in Salvador Allende's Chile

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 3.16.2012 1:30 PM

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U.S. Moves to Restore Military Aid to Egypt, Rand Paul Does Not Approve

Nick Sibilla | 3.16.2012 1:12 PM

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Dharun Ravi Found Guilty on Most Charges

Tim Cavanaugh | 3.16.2012 1:04 PM

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How Budget Cutbacks Are Helping California Parks

The private sector stets up as the state government admits defeat.

Steven Greenhut | 3.16.2012 12:00 PM

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Friday Fun Headline Self-Parody: Joe Biden Is a "Non-Embarrassment"?

Matt Welch | 3.16.2012 10:43 AM

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Dramatic Wonk Walk! Paul Ryan Previews His Upcoming Budget Plan

Peter Suderman | 3.16.2012 10:29 AM

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Senators Rand Paul, Jim DeMint, Mike Lee Unveil Plan That Balances Budget in Five Years and "fixes Medicare in its entirety"

Matt Welch | 3.15.2012 4:35 PM

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The Perils of Staying in Afghanistan

The best-laid plans of military occupiers rarely work out.

Shikha Dalmia | 3.15.2012 4:30 PM

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The American Prospect on the Kelo Debacle: "It's almost a textbook case of federalism at its best"

Damon Root | 3.15.2012 2:30 PM

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The Coming Medical Ethics Crisis

How the government is putting the medical profession-and your health-at risk

Jeffrey A. Singer | 3.15.2012 1:30 PM

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Joseph Kony is a Terrorist

Nick Sibilla | 3.15.2012 12:59 PM

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Rick Santorum: "Federal Obscenity Laws Should Be Vigorously Enforced"

Mike Riggs | 3.15.2012 11:45 AM

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Bill Maher: There's No Double Standard, Because I'm Funny, and Rush Isn't

Jacob Sullum | 3.15.2012 11:40 AM

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When Wall Street Makes Crap Loans, It's a Crisis; When DOE's Steven Chu Does It, It's Green Energy.

Nick Gillespie | 3.15.2012 10:31 AM

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God Is Not. Great!

Magician and TV performer Penn Jillette on atheism, terrorism, cynicism, libertarianism, and why he'd give a random stranger the keys to a Ferrari

Nick Gillespie | 3.15.2012 10:30 AM

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Rush Limbaugh vs. Rage Against the Machine

Damon Root | 3.15.2012 10:18 AM

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Space X's Elon Musk: "I think it would be cool to be born on Earth and die on Mars. Hopefully not at the point of impact."

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 3.15.2012 10:01 AM

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Mitt Romney is So Money (Ultimate Pic)

Nick Gillespie | 3.15.2012 7:57 AM

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Paul/Romney Deal in the Making, Time Magazine Strongly Hints

Brian Doherty | 3.14.2012 11:10 PM

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You Just Might Fall in Love with Mia Love

Nick Gillespie | 3.14.2012 11:05 PM

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Anecdotes About Horrible, Sexist "Quiverfull" Families Probably Proof That Homeschooling Needs More Government Oversight

Lucy Steigerwald | 3.14.2012 9:15 PM

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Independents Will Decide the 2012 Election

Here are three ways Obama and Romney can woo them.

Nick Gillespie | 3.14.2012 4:30 PM

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When Is Quoting Van Halen a Crime?

Jacob Sullum | 3.14.2012 3:33 PM

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Yes, Mitt Romney Flip-Flopped on the Mandate

Peter Suderman | 3.14.2012 2:33 PM

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Why Santorum and Libertarianism Don't Mix

Matt Welch | 3.14.2012 2:24 PM

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Reason Writers at CNN.com: Matt Welch on What a Second-Place Rick Santorum Might Mean for the GOP

Reason Staff | 3.14.2012 12:36 PM

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Reason.tv: How Sex Offender Registries Fail Us

Tracy Oppenheimer | 3.14.2012 12:28 PM

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Kony 2012's Old-Fashioned War Propaganda

With lots of social-media hoodoo, popular new campaign calls for another U.S. intervention

Tate Watkins | 3.14.2012 12:00 PM

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What's the Left-Wing Case for Federalism?

Damon Root | 3.14.2012 10:55 AM

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Reminder: Mitt Romney Probably Won More Delegates Yesterday

Matt Welch | 3.14.2012 10:23 AM

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Watch/Listen to Matt Welch and Peter Schiff Talk Presidential Politics & Economic Policy

Matt Welch | 3.14.2012 10:06 AM

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Why Super PACs Are Good for Democracy

Wealthy super PAC donors make politics more competitive.

Jacob Sullum | 3.14.2012 7:00 AM

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Santo Hits a Double! Mitt's Third, Twice! Newt Keeps on Walking, Like Eddie Stanky! Who's in Fourth?

Matt Welch | 3.13.2012 11:10 PM

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Newt's Despicable Gasoline Price Promise

Newt Gingrich imagines he can command the law of supply and demand.

Ronald Bailey | 3.13.2012 6:00 PM

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Jane Fonda and Gloria Steinem: Rush Limbaugh "is not constitutionally entitled to the people's airways"

Damon Root | 3.13.2012 5:20 PM

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Invisible Children, Invisible Finances? Kony 2012 Creators Stonewall Critics

Nick Sibilla | 3.13.2012 3:58 PM

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Graphic of the Day, Presidential Politics Edition

Matt Welch | 3.13.2012 3:30 PM