Politics
Taxation, American Style
The U.S. tax code is more progressive and European than you think.
5 New Ways the IRS Is Screwing America
Dumb disclosure laws, xenophobic banking regs, and worse
Inching Toward War in Syria
For the moment, the Obama administration is not beating the war drums. But how long it until it does?
California's Bogus War on Food Trucks
The latest baseless attack on mobile food vendors crashes and burns.
The Business of Medical Marijuana
Two new books about "ganjaprenurialism" capture the confused and confusing state of U.S pot laws.
California's Public Transportation Sinkhole
Thanks to labor unions and big-government activists, transportation has become another form of social engineering.
Detroit's Slow Fiscal Death March
State authorities should have let the city go into bankruptcy this summer.
No Pilot, No Problem
The future of military aviation is unmanned. The sooner it comes, the better.
"The New Debate in the Republican Party Needs to be Between Conservatives and Libertarians"
Sen. Jim DeMint talks about the looming fiscal crisis and the future of the GOP.
You Are Now (Almost) Free to Discuss Ending the War on Drugs
Latin American leaders talk drug legalization. Will Obama join in?