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Harvard Study Promising Huge Health Benefits From Soda Tax Clashes With Reality
Models versus reality.
EPA's New Fracking Report and Regulatory Science
The new report appears to be a parting gift to anti-fracking activists from the Obama administration.
Twelve States Suspended 190,000 Driver's Licenses Last Year for Drug Offenses
Virginia alone suspended nearly 39,000 drivers licenses for drug convictions in 2015, according to a new report.
Pot, Video Games, Whatever. Teens Must Be Addicted to Something, Says Expert.
How to turn good news about today's youths into a demand for more government studies.
The Defenseless American Corporation
You are not at the mercy of corporations. Corporations are at the mercy of you
Napping Child Left in Car While Parents Run Quick Errand, Everyone Loses Their Minds
Child services is still hounding this family.
Why Do Liberals Hate Trump's Trade Policies? Because Bernie Did Not Propose Them
Behold the liberal hypocrisy
The Good and the Bad in Canada's Proposed Marijuana Regulations
How will the government promote competition while banning advertising and promotion?
Why 'Hamilton Electors,' Who Would Make Hillary Clinton President, Are as Dead as Their Namesake
Desperate Democrats would subvert the Constitution to deny Donald Trump the Oval Office.
An Omaha Woman Took Her Business to Iowa Because of Nebraska's Licensing Laws
Unwilling to spend the money for a massage therapist license in Nebraska, Ilona Holland took her business across the bridge to Iowa.
Marginalized Voices Need Free Speech More Than Anyone, Including on College Campuses
PEN America's recent report on the state of free speech on college campuses was a robust - yet nuanced - defense of free expression.
Adolescent Smoking Falls Again, Confounding E-Cigarette Alarmists
The latest survey results deal another blow to the hypothesis that vaping leads to smoking.
Teenagers Dismay Prohibitionists by Consuming Less Cannabis
The latest survey data indicate that legalization has not driven a national surge in adolescent pot smoking.
The Illogic of Indiscriminate Incarceration
A new report concludes that two-fifths of Americans in prison don't belong there.
Skating to Freedom
A skating rink is just one example of how spontaneous order is more effective than central control for organizational purposes.
'The Review Board' Bust: 12 More Men Face Felony Charges for Posting to Seattle Web Forum
The area has previously prosecuted more than a dozen men in 2016 for online speech related to prostitution.
Google Releases Very Small Batch of National Security Letters to the Public
Secret snooping gets slightly less so.
Section 702 Challenge Denied in Portland Christmas Bombing FBI Sting Case
Opportunity to limit government surveillance power missed.
Denver Police Can No Longer Take Blankets From Freezing Homeless People. For Now, Anyway
Mayor temporarily suspends the confiscation of survival gear from homeless during cold weather months.
The FDA's Unauthorized War on Pipes and Cigars
The FDA is extending the meaning of the Tobacco Control Act to cover cigars, pipe tobacco, and even pipes.
Reed College Professor on Social Justice Left: 'I Am a Gay Mixed-Race Woman. I Am Intimidated By These Students'
Queer, leftist professors and filmmakers are afraid of being sent to the guillotine by self-professed radical students.
Free Trade Has Worked. Just Look at Texas.
The state has become the leading exporter in the U.S. since the passage of NAFTA in 1993.
Free Trade Has Worked. Just Look at Texas.
The state has become the leading exporter in the U.S. since the passage of NAFTA in 1993.
Video Evidence Leads to $600,000 Settlement in NYPD Excessive Force Lawsuit
Taxpayers will foot the bill for the vicious beating of 19-year-old Jateik Reed, which started with an illegal stop-and-frisk.
Obama Preserves Torture Report While Keeping It Secret
Will we ever truly know the full extent that we used waterboarding and abusive techniques on prisoners during the war on terror?
Rex Tillerson Nominated for Secretary of State: Climate Activists' Heads May Explode
'The top U.S. diplomat responsible for everything from negotiating international climate agreements to resurrecting the Keystone XL Pipeline'
Maryland Police Association Director Resigns Over Prostitution Charges
And he's not the only criminal justice official in the news for sex offenses this week...
Straitjackets for New Ideas
What happens when an idea doesn't fit the regular regulatory categories?
Rick Perry Wanted to Eliminate the U.S. Department of Energy: Trump Nominates Him to Head It
Reform or just substituting fossil fuel crony capitalism for Obama's renewable energy crony capitalism?
Man Told to Leave Six Flags Because He Looked Too Much Like Santa Claus
The park does not allow unapproved individuals to interact with children.
Bouncy Houses and American Idol: How Local Governments in Pennsylvania Blew Drilling Tax Revenue
The money is supposed to offset environmental consequences of natural gas drilling, but some localities used it as a slush fund for pet projects and parties.
Bakersfield Cops Shoot 73-Year-Old Man After Responding to Report of Someone Brandishing a Gun
No gun was found anywhere on the block or in the family's home or cars
Bernie Sanders: Donald Trump Won Because People Are Tired of Political Correctness
"I think he said some outrageous and painful things, but I think people are tired of the same old politically correct rhetoric."
Trump Nominating Rex Tillerson Secretary of State
Exxon-Mobil CEO could become an advocate for liberalization and cooperation as top diplomat.
The Most Important Graph in the World
There has been a massive increase in wealth throughout the world in the last two centuries.