Sen. Mitch McConnell Looks To Undermine Efforts to Protect Americans From Secret FBI Surveillance
An amendment to a FISA renewal bill would let the FBI snoop on your online browser history.
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Democratic Governors Threaten Business Owners Who Reopen Ahead of Schedule
Plus: Most people started practicing social distancing well before the government forced them, Elon Musk plans to defy lockdown orders, and more...
A New Synthetic Opioid Is Killing American Drug Users
But we can't ban our way out of the research chemical problem.
Democrats Want To Give Renters $100 Billion To Cope With the Coronavirus
Giving renters direct assistance is a better idea than rent cancelation, but that's not saying much.
Does Questioning Official COVID-19 Statistics Make This Doctor a 'Denialist'?
If you think much about the epidemic remains uncertain, The New York Times warns, you might be part of "the virus 'truther' movement."
Have We Crossed the Threshold of Doom?
The Reason Roundtable discusses eternal New Deals, multi-trillion-dollar mistakes, and sobbing face-first in the parking lot of life. Happy Monday!
Federal and State Governments Have Less Control Over Shutdowns Than They Think
Officials in six Pennsylvania counties say they will allow businesses to reopen without permission from the state government. Expect more of that.
Meet the Press Mangles a William Barr Quote to Make Him Look Awful, and It Backfires
There are a lot of reasons to critique the attorney general. Find one that doesn’t require misleading your audience.
How Fashion Designers Are Thwarting Facial Recognition Surveillance
Privacy activists say we should be alarmed by the rise of automated facial recognition surveillance. Transhumanist Zoltan Istvan says it's time to embrace the end of privacy as we know it.
Working From Home May Be a Permanent Feature of the Post-Pandemic World
That has interesting implications for where people will base themselves in the future.
Tara Reade Tells Megyn Kelly That Joe Biden 'Should Not Be Running on Character'
Biden's sexual assault accuser told her side of the story in a lengthy interview with the former Fox News host.
Prager University and Tulsi Gabbard Lose Censorship Suits Against Google
Forcing Google to behave like a public utility would probably not serve the interests of those demanding that designation—or the rest of us.
Did Louisiana Enact a Bogus Health Law as a Pretext for Banning Abortion?
The Supreme Court will consider the constitutionality of a Louisiana law that requires physicians who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at local hospitals.
Libertarian Party To Choose Its Presidential Ticket in Virtual Vote Over Memorial Day Weekend
Followed by an in-person convention for other business in Orlando in July
HBO Host Bill Maher Thinks Third Party Candidates Can't Win. Justin Amash Says He's Wrong.
"I think you'll find that I'm the normal guy, the regular guy," Amash told HBO's Real Time host. "These other two guys are the buffoons."
Open Borders vs. COVID-19: A Soho Forum Debate
Center for Immigration Studies' Mark Krikorian debates George Mason University economist Bryan Caplan on immigration and coronavirus.
To Stanch COVID-19 Meat Crisis, Let Small Farmers Sell Meat to Local Grocers
The ability of Americans to buy meat in grocery stores is at risk due to serious supply-chain issues caused by COVID-19.
Coronavirus Curfews Are Counterproductive and Un-American
Making businesses close early will not stop the spread of COVID-19.
Mark Ruffalo Shines in Brutal I Know This Much Is True Adaptation
Dual roles highlight harsh, almost masochistic miniseries of twin brothers’ travails.
Anti-Porn Groups Target Websites' Ability to Accept Credit Card Payments
We've seen this before...
We Don't Need a Psychiatric Diagnosis To Assess the President's Obvious Faults
No amount of psychoanalyzing can disguise the grim choice facing voters this fall.
A Pandemic Is Not a Chance To Flog Your Bad National Service Proposals
The federal government has done a terrible job managing the coronavirus. It doesn't deserve our labor.
Were the COVID-19 Lockdowns a Mistake?
Andrew I. Friedson says they flattened the curve. Lyman Stone disagrees.
Courts Grant Qualified Immunity to Cops in More Than Half of Cases When Invoked
A Reuters investigation reveals courts "growing tendency" to grant cops immunity from civil rights lawsuits.
Does COVID-19 Make Immigration Restrictions Necessary? A Soho Forum Debate
The Center for Immigration Studies' Mark Krikorian vs. George Mason University economist Bryan Caplan
We Need Economists, Civil Libertarians, and Epidemiologists in the COVID-19 Discussion
The tradeoffs among considerations of health, prosperity, and liberty are catching up with us even if we don't want to acknowledge them.
Sen. Josh Hawley's Plan To Abolish the World Trade Organization Is Based on Fake Economics and False History
Hawley is charting the next path for the Trump-style anti-trade nationalism that has infected the Republican Party.
Governments Have Screwed Up Mask Purchase and Distribution. Maybe Everyone Should Be a Libertarian in a Pandemic.
The state can have all the capacity it needs and still get things badly wrong.
An LAPD Cop Had Already Shot 3 People on the Job Before Beating the Crap out of Someone
Officer Frank A. Hernandez, who beat a suspect while his hands were behind his back, once shot an innocent bystander in the leg.
The New Great Depression? Unemployment Hits Levels Not Seen Since 1930s
Plus: tax revolts, Mrs. America, sex-worker comedy, reopening poll, and more...
It Took Georgia Officials 2 Months To Arrest and Charge Father and Son With Ahmaud Arbery's Murder
In February, two white men shot and killed Ahmaud Arbery, a black 25-year-old.
Many COVID-19 Lockdown Rules Seem Like Arbitrary Nonsense
In a nation of edicts, we serve at the pleasure of the king.
Sinking in the Swamp
An extended profile of the numerous, eclectic grifters surrounding President Donald Trump
Suffrage
From our modern vantage point, it's easy to scorn some decisions that suffrage movement leaders made. Suffrage adds context.
Justice Department Moves To Dismiss Charges Against Michael Flynn
Feds now say the national security advisor's lie wasn’t “material” and they cannot prove it.
Human Challenge Trials for Coronavirus Vaccines Are Ethical and Should Be Initiated Quickly
Volunteers would earn cash for the risks they take on our behalf.
The NYPD's Violent COVID-19 Arrests Show It Hasn't Learned Much in the 6 Years Since Eric Garner's Death
To the NYPD, everything still looks like a nail.
Texas Will No Longer Send People to Jail for Violating Strict Social Distancing
Gov. Greg Abbott made the change after a Dallas salon owner was jailed for reopening her salon.
Andrew Cuomo's Morally Grotesque Rationale for Maintaining COVID-19 Lockdowns
Even the president is a better moral philosopher than New York's governor.
FISA Surveillance and Possible Reforms Are Back on the Senate's Agenda
The USA Freedom Act expired in March. Some senators are pushing for better privacy protections before the renewal vote.
Supreme Court Can Put a Stop to Rule Compelling Anti-Prostitution Speech From Anti-HIV/AIDS Groups
The anti-prostitution pledge is unconstitutional when applied to U.S. nonprofits. But the feds say it's still OK to compel speech from these groups' foreign affiliates.
Coronavirus Cases Pit Constitutional Rights Against Public Health Authority
The federal courts start to grapple with COVID-19 shutdown orders.
Joe Biden Leads Democrats Back to the Norm of Ignoring Inconvenient #MeToo Accusations
Remember Bill Clinton?
