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Prohibition Gives Us Heroin Spiked With an Elephant Tranquilizer
Carfentanil-related deaths illustrate how banning drugs makes them more dangerous.
Making the Most of the Next Recession
Another downturn is inevitable. What matters is how we respond.
Trump's 'Softening' Can't Make His Immigration Stance Popular
Most voters do not agree that unauthorized residents pose an intolerable threat.
Big Corporations Band Together to Fight the Government's Secrecy in Collecting Citizen Data
The Justice Dept. doesn't think we need to know when they're looking at info about us.
Police Chase Ends With Cops Killing Suspect on Live TV
Phoenix police cornered a suspected bank robber and fired at least four shots through the front windshield of the suspect's SUV.
Of COURSE Donald Trump Hates Jeff Flake: The Senator Preferences Fiscal Conservatism Over Party Politics
Weekend spat reveals much about the state of the contemporary GOP.
New Round of Fearmongering Over Texting and Driving
Fatal accidents down over recent years, and distracted driving makes up a small portion of those.
Colorado Libertarian Lily Tang Williams Will Make the Debates After All
Instead of falling 0.023 percentage points short, the U.S. Senate candidate has just squeaked past the requirements
Philly Can't Turn Entire Airport Into Emotional Safe Space, Say Judges In NAACP-Ad Case
The NAACP just won a years-long First-Amendment fight with the city of Philadelphia.
Liberals Have No Clue How to Fix Obamacare
The president's signature law is failing spectacularly.
The American Legion Wants Marijuana Reclassified to Help Treat PTSD
How much do politicians really care about veterans' health?
Washington Post and Matthew Sheffield Dig a Deeper Hole While Grudgingly Correcting Clumsy Falsehoods About Reason (UPDATED)
Maybe the third time will be the charm for blaming Donald Trump on libertarians
New 7% Showing in CNN Poll Almost Certainly Dooms Gary Johnson's Debate Chances
Libertarian nominee needs the next three polls to average 20% to qualify, unless the Commission on Presidential Debates changes its criteria at the last minute.
Where Gary Johnson and Jill Stein Are Strongest
Which states are the most fertile territories for alternative candidates?
Probation for Sex With Another Teenager, 3.5 Years in Prison for Failing to Register
The 9th Circuit upholds retroactive application of Arizona's registration requirement for sex offenders.
Reforming Police Unions Necessary to Restore Public Confidence in Law Enforcement, Says New York Times
Police unions protect bad officers from being held accountable for their actions, and local governments have to stop letting that happen.
UMass-Amherst: Harambe Jokes Are Racist Microaggressions, Violate Title IX
'Any negative remarks regarding 'Harambe' will be seen as a direct attack to our campus's African American community.'
Did the Free Market Create Political Incorrectness?
"The real threat to free inquiry isn't students, but that same market imperative that First Amendment defenders claim to hold dear." Wrong!
Cash Means Freedom, Which Is Why So Many Officials Hate It
Opponents and proponents of folding money agree that the stuff protects you from the state-but they differ about the value of that protection.
A New Look at the Kennedy-Reagan Growth Recipe
JFK and the Reagan Revolution argues that America can return to prosperity by looking to the Kennedy-Reagan model of income tax cuts and a strong, stable dollar.
Government's Obamacare Failures Spur Calls for More Government Meddling
From the public option to stiffer penalties, Obamacare supporters won't admit government is the problem.
Body of Jacob Wetterling, the Missing Kid Who Launched the Sex Offender Registry, Found After 27 Years
Tragedy makes for terrible public policy.
Cornell College Republicans Decertified After Endorsing Gary Johnson
The group calls the Libertarian nominee "the true conservative in this election."
The Constitutional Remnant
How a 229-year-old document disrupted both major-party conventions
The DEA Thinks All Kratom Use Is Abuse
The agency says the psychoactive leaf must be banned because it has never been approved.
The Worst Case for Republicans: Trump Wins
The GOP would be saddled with responsibility for his behavior.
Political Correctness Prevents Syracuse University from Screening Israeli Film
'I will lose credibility with a number of film and Women/Gender studies colleagues.'
More on Richmond Times-Dispatch Endorsement of Libertarian Gary Johnson for President
The former New Mexico governor won't win in November but he does represent the future of policy.
Melissa Click, Having Learned Nothing, Somehow Teaching Again
Gonzaga University hires the controversial former Mizzou communications professor.
How To Build a Better EpiPen—or Something Totally Different That's Much Better
Drug company Mylan is able to charge monopoly prices due to government regulation, not free-market forces.
Conservatives Against Incarceration
How criminal justice reform found support on the right—and what it will take to push it further
Gary Johnson Lands Newspaper Endorsement in Virginia
The Richmond Times-Dispatch breaks from decades of Republican candidate support.
Where Did Trump Come From?
A new history of the American right sheds light on the GOP in 2016.
