Bitcoin: More than Money
The digital protocol promises to change more than just the future of currency, despite government attempts to rein it in.
December 2013
The Unstoppable Plastic Gun
Cody Wilson distributed plans for 3D-printable weapons to the world, got shut down by the federal government, and won anyway.
Features
George Will's Libertarian Evolution
The nation's most syndicated columnist talks about political philosophy, drugs, isolationism, optimism, and his political development over four decades in Washington.
Print Articles
Culture & Reviews
The Truth About War
Photojournalists capture the brutal consequences of when America attacks
How Poker Became a Crime
The capricious federal crackdown on the Internet version of an all-American game
Kindly Inquisitors, Revisited
Twenty years on, the case for restricting speech in the name of tolerance is weaker than ever.
The Futility of Digital Censorship
A fictional look at governments' desperate efforts to restrict the flow of information on the Internet
Editor's Note
Columns
How Much Would War in Syria Cost?
Defense budgets are out of control. Adding another war won't help.
Watched Cops Are Polite Cops
Requiring law enforcement to wear video cameras will protect your constitutional rights and improve policing.
Number-Crunching the Courts
It's time to bring data-driven oversight to the nation's halls of justice.
Citings
RIP Ronald Coase, the Economist Who Hated Math
Ronald Coase's reach covered everything from the air we breathe to the airwaves through which we communicate.
Just Say No to College
Thiel Fellowship winner Paul Gu skipped higher education to develop a new means of financing higher education.
Briefly Noted
Markets for Meth
Breaking Bad never shied away from the violence of large-scale drug operations, but it also worked from the assumption that those operations were essentially businesslike
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