DEA Agents Sold Opioids, Stole Cash, and Falsely Identified Drug Suspects, Say Feds
Seize the drugs. Sell the drugs. Arrest the buyers. Repeat.
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Fuzzy Math Infects the Governor's Race
School spending should focus on results, not just how much is spent.
No, the U.S. Didn't Just Take a Stand for Executing Gay People
Don't believe the hype about the U.N.'s resolution on the death penalty.
A Statistician Reconsiders Her Support for Gun Control After Looking at the Data
If only politicians were so open to contradiction by reality.
Senators Want to Make Prosecutors Prove Defendants Intended to Break Laws Before Locking Them Up
In a country with so many crimes, many laws don't require proof citizens knew they were doing wrong.
Government Should Get Out of the Way of Disaster Response
Here, as usual, the private sector outperforms the public sector.
A Massacre Is Not an Argument
The Las Vegas attack does not strengthen the case for all the usual gun control ideas.
FDA Warning to Bakery: You Can't Say There's 'Love' in Your Granola
The government taking away your bakery because you listed "love" as an ingredient in your granola isn't very, well, lovable.
Congress Could Let All Patients Have the 'Right to Try' Without Going Through the FDA's Complicated Application Process
The FDA is slashing paperwork requirements for expanded access trials in response to state-level "right to try" laws. That's good, but it's not enough.
Did Bump Stocks Make the Las Vegas Shooting Deadlier?
The accessories, which are legal and widely available, sacrifice accuracy for speed.
Hey Trump, American Manufacturing is Doing Just Fine
Don't ruin it with protectionist trade policies.
Budget Director Mick Mulvaney: 'We Need to Have New Deficits'
The former deficit hawk gets budget-busting religion now that he holds real power.
New York Post Squints Hard to Find Ferguson Effect in Precinct Plagued by Misconduct Complaints
Cops in New York's 42nd District say they're afraid to do their jobs because they could get in trouble. But they've led the city in complaints for years.
Atlanta Decriminalizes Possession of Small Amounts of Marijuana
A $1,000 fine and potentially six months of jail time becomes a $75 ticket.
If You Think Trump Is a Fascist, You Should Oppose Gun Control
Don't combine an authoritarian president with a disarmed populace.
Stossel: 100 Years of Communist Disaster
This year marks communism's 100th birthday. Its horrors should remind us of the value of freedom.
Rick & Morty Takes on the American Presidency
The hit cartoon depicts how out of control presidential power has gotten.
This Is the Time To Defend the Second Amendment and Less-Strict Gun Control
Anti-gun activists are pushing for a crackdown in the wake of the Vegas shooting. That's understandable but wrong.
House Passes Bill Making Abortion After 20 Weeks a Federal Crime
The Trump administration has signaled support for the ban, which would throw abortion doctors in jail and let women who get abortions sue their doctors.
Are We All Gonna Die If Animal Rescuers Remain Unbound by Red Tape?
Worry-warts and rivals team up to impose bureaucratic hurdles on animal-rescue volunteers.
Tom Petty, R.I.P.
One of the most widely and consistently beloved rock songwriters and singers of the past four decades passed away at age 66.
Automatic Weapons Are Already Heavily Regulated and Gun Control Laws Don't Work
Laws aren't the solution you're looking for to crimes like the massacre in Las Vegas.
Las Vegas Shooter Stephen Paddock: What We Know So Far (Update: Explosives Found At Shooter's Home)
No clear motive or explanation is readily available for the worst mass shooting in U.S. history, which left 58 dead and more than 500 injured.
Trump at 9 Months: 'The Least Regulatory President of All'
Significant regulations "are down an astonishing 58 percent compared to Obama," reports the Competitive Enterprise Institute.
How to Stop Post-Tragedy Panic Syndrome: Podcast
Reason's Nick Gillespie, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Matt Welch on the Las Vegas shooting, Trump's Twitter rage at Puerto Rico, and the Jones Act.
Is There Any Hope Left for a Good Sitcom?
The latest new network offerings suggest not. Also: a look at The Gifted.
New Montana Law Limits Use of Automatic License Plate Readers
And restricts how long data can be held.
Outrage at Las Vegas Massacre Does Not Mean Agreeing With Nick Kristof About Gun Control [Updated]
As usual, the policies pushed in response to a mass shooting have little or nothing to do with it.
Vegas Shooter's Dad, Patrick Benjamin Paddock, Was a Convicted Bank Robber Who Escaped Federal Prison, Tried to Run Down FBI Agents With His Car
Stephen Paddock was seven years old at the time of his father's arrest.
Legal Gay Marriages Begin in Germany; Australia Gets Mired in a Messy Referendum
A tale of two parliaments
Before Calling People Racist or Politically Correct, Let's Remember That Law Enforcement Has Conflicting Definitions of the Word 'Terrorism'
Reluctance to use the T-word after mass killings can be routinely found whether perpetrators are white or brown.
Police Violence at Catalonia Vote Reveals Thuggish Nature of Government
This is what democracy looks like.
Feds Give Americans the Frog Treatment
DHS looking to collect social media info from immigrants just the latest development in the surveillance society.
Trump on Las Vegas Shooting: "An Act of Pure Evil"
The president offered condolences, federal law enforcement assistance.
Energy Secretary Rick Perry Orders Regulators to Figure Out How to Keep Renewables from Crashing the Electric Power Grid
New energy market distortions to fix old energy market distortions
