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Did Congress Just Attempt To Do Its Job?
Plus: The editors each consider a book they might secretly want to write one day.
Anthony Fauci Says If We Could Do It Again, COVID-19 Restrictions Would Be 'Much, Much More Stringent'
The White House's coronavirus adviser answered questions about mask mandates, gain of function research, and more.
Don't Blame New York's Bail Reforms for Quick Release of Congressman's Attacker
One of the candidate’s own supporters is responsible for the defendant’s release. And it may have been the right decision.
Should Libertarians Root for a National Divorce?
Dave Smith discusses the libertarian case for and against breaking up the United States.
How Trump's Tariffs on Chinese Chemical Products Backfired
Tariffs were supposed to make American chemical products more competitive. They made Chinese products more competitive instead.
My Baby Needed Special Formula From Europe. U.S. Trade Policy Made It Almost Unobtainable.
The FDA should not stand in the way of parents doing what’s best for their children.
San Francisco Mayor Slaps Down Clever Plot To Make Housing Crisis Worse
The mayor vetoed a controversial ordinance that would have legalized more types of housing on paper while making it harder to build in practice.
Texas Lieutenant Governor Candidate Says 'Vouchers Are for Vultures'
Despite such attacks, school choice programs find broad support from American parents.
Most Americans Think Government Is Corrupt, a Third Say Armed Revolution 'May Be Necessary' Soon
Plus: Hawley's illiberal nationalism, Santa Monica's housing obstructionism, and more...
It's Becoming Easier To Get Permission To Work, But Not by Enough
Occupational licensing reform is a popular cause, but barriers remain too high.
Biden Expands Dubious Subsidies for Manufacturers
The Export-Import Bank enjoys bipartisan support, even though there is little evidence that it's effective.
Hobbes' Leviathan and Thousands of Others Were Off-Limits to Catholics
Leviathan was a challenge to the governing independence of the Holy See.
You Can't Stop Pirate Libraries
Where there's demand for books, the internet will supply them.
New Jersey Breweries Push Back Against Crushing New Rules
New rules from the state alcohol control board could grind breweries into insolvency.
Little Libraries, Free at Last?
Good news for fans of literacy and opponents of restrictive zoning codes
A Houston Drug Cop's Lies Sent This Man to Prison for 25 Years
The case shows how lax supervisors, incurious prosecutors, deferential judges, credulous jurors, and inattentive defense attorneys abet police misconduct.
A Black Family's Property Was Seized via Eminent Domain. A Century Later, Their Descendants Just Got It Back.
Segregation-era racists tried to drive the Bruces away from their own beachfront property. When intimidation didn't work, they resorted to the power of the state.
Will Britain's Next Prime Minister Champion Free Markets?
Liz Truss promises a tax-cutting, deregulatory model for Britain.
January 6 Committee Wraps Summer Hearings With Footage of Hawley Fleeing, Detailed Account of Trump's Day
Plus: Electoral count reform, freeing baby formula from useless regulation, and more...
Russia's Imprisonment of Britney Griner Has Some Unfortunate American Parallels
The U.S. justice system also has a staggeringly low acquittal rate and over-charges on drug offenses.
How Demands for 'Local Control' Become an Excuse for NIMBYism
Conservatives' guiding principle should always be less government control, not more.
Biden and Trump Repulse Voters as GOP Shows Signs of Becoming Normal Again
America’s experiment with strongman politics may turn out to be blessedly brief.
Review: The FDA's Awful Labeling Regulations Made the Baby Formula Shortage Worse
Elaborate labeling requirements blocked the importation of direly needed European baby formula.
Eric Boehm: Georgia Ballot Access Is Insane
Reporter Eric Boehm unpacks the batty requirements confronting third party candidates in a Georgia congressional race.
Republicans and Democrats Battle To Control What Google Shows People Seeking Pregnancy Help
It's none of their business.
Venue Cancels Dave Chappelle Performance, Vows To Become 'the Safest Space'
"We hear you and we are sorry."
Why Do Travelers to the U.S. Have To Wait an Average of 247 Days for Their Visa Interviews?
The State Department's network of consulates are keeping tourists and business travelers in limbo.
Both Democrats and Republicans Want To Break Up Big Tech. Consumers Would Pay the Price.
Government often proves to be biased against large, successful companies that legislators don't understand well but customers love.
The Senate's Election Reform Bill Is Surprisingly Logical and Bipartisan
Former President Trump's attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election relied on three potential pressure points. This bill addresses all three.
Chuck Schumer's Doomed Marijuana Monstrosity Is Not a Serious Attempt To Repeal Pot Prohibition
The Senate majority leader's 296-page bill would compound the barriers to successful legalization.
Margaret Thatcher Looms Large in British P.M. Race
Both major candidates to replace Boris Johnson have branded themselves as heirs to the neoliberal icon’s ideological legacy.
Glenn Greenwald on Tucker Carlson, Chelsea Manning, Russia, and Big Tech
"The kind of values I've always embraced are heard more on Fox than on CNN and MSNBC, where they're not welcome."
Fight Fire With Fire
What Florida gets right about using controlled burns to prevent damaging wildfires, and what California could learn from it.
Big Labor's Covert Plan To Kill Union Elections
Union partisans in the Biden administration want to bypass Congress and enact controversial labor policies by dusting off rejected 1940s-era legal theories.
Truckers Shut Down California Port Fighting for the Right To Be Their Own Bosses
The terrible consequences of A.B. 5 keep coming.
Viral Video Shows Protester Tased For A 'Fuck Bad Cops' Sign
For the officer's excessive force, the protester was later awarded a $175,000 settlement over the 2016 incident.
House Passes Bill Declaring Right to Contraception
Plus: Supreme Court approval drops drastically, truckers protest California gig-work law, and more...
How SEC Gag Orders Silence the Accused
"They don't want the defendant to tell this side of the story," says Clark Neily of the Cato Institute.
Read the Real Romeo and Juliet, Not the Kid-Friendly Version
Though book banners may try to convince otherwise, students don't need protection from the passion portrayed in Shakespeare's classic.
President Biden Asserts 'Climate Change Is an Emergency'
But does not declare that it is a "national emergency."
America's Meat Shortage Is Self-Inflicted and Fixable
How can it be that with so much cattle in America, we sometimes can't buy meat?
Glenn Greenwald: Tucker Carlson, Left-Wing Authoritarians, Identity Politics, and Free Speech
''The kind of values I've always embraced are heard more on Fox than on CNN and MSNBC," says the Pulitzer Prize–winning progressive journalist.
House Democrats Revive Their Court-Packing Push
Adding progressive justices to the bench would eventually backfire.
