Obama Proposes Basic Plan to Close Gitmo, Needs Congress to Approve
Doesn't appear to be doing much to get Congress on board.
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The GOP Primary Race Demonstrates How Little Republicans Care About Governance
Trump has turned his lack of political experience into a virtue.
'Unfortunately we have not been able to trust the federal government when it comes to surveillance'
Kennedy and Matt Welch defend Apple against the FBI
Wisconsin City Finds New Way to Punish Sex Workers and Their Clients
Anyone advertising as an escort without a license or attempting to hire an unlicensed escort could be charged $5,000.
US Marshals Shoot Innocent Man While Looking For Someone Else—No Explanation Provided
Feds don't wear body cameras.
Spike Lee Endorses Bernie Sanders
The Brooklyn director is feeling the Bern, but neither Sanders nor Clinton is worth a damn on education policy.
New York Yankees Don't Understand The Free Market
Baseball's ultimate capitalists don't like fans buying tickets for the prices they're actually worth on Stubhub.
Bill Gates Expects an 'Energy Miracle' in Next 15 Years
"World will discover a clean energy breakthrough that will save our planet and power our world."
3 of the Most F*cked Up Ways the Feds are Controlling Sex Work
From telling hotel workers to look for used condoms to shuttering escort sites to nation-wide stings, cops are going after prostitutes with new energy.
Ted Cruz's Assault on the Citizenship Rights of Americans
The Expatriate Terrorist Act will terrorize Americans more than ISIS
Donald Trump Is Totally Incoherent On Health Care Policy Because Policy Is Irrelevant to His Campaign
His flip-flop on Obamacare's individual mandate is an admission that policy details don't matter.
Rep. Justin Amash Attempts to Rally Libertarian Conservatives to Sen. Ted Cruz
An endorsement that emphasizes points of agreement.
Joe Biden in 1992: No SCOTUS Nominations 'Until After the November Election Is Completed'
Biden changes his tune on election year Supreme Court appointments.
Cruz Joins Trump in Promising Expulsion of '12 Million Illegal Aliens'
"Yes, we should deport them," the Texas senator says.
North Dakota City Rewriting Rules to Keep Theater From Getting Liquor License
A theater in Bismarck applied for a liquor license, so city leaders decided to change the requirements.
Listen to Matt Welch and Michael Moynihan Talk Bernie Sanders and Foreign Policy on Sirius XM Today/Weds./Thurs. at Noon ET
Channel 121 for your listening pleasure; call in at 877-974-7487 to heckle. Kmele Foster comes tomorrow.
Most Americans Dislike Hillary Clinton, But They Like Her More Than Donald Trump
What does it means when each party's frontrunner is detested by a majority of Americans? That we are smarter than we vote.
What Unmarried Women Want: Big Government?
In 2016, unmarried women will-for the first time-make up a majority of the potential female electorate. Should we worry?
Apple Versus the FBI
It's possible that the FBI is not primarily concerned with the particular evidence stored on the San Bernardino shooter's phone at all.
How Political Correctness Caused College Students to Cheer for Trump
Donald Trump and Milo Yiannopoulos as anti-leftist provocateurs.
World Getting Safer, No Daily Threat of Armageddon
Wars are getting rarer and nuclear stockpiles are going down.
Obama Falsely Implies His Gun Controls Could Have Stopped the Kalamazoo Shooter
Background checks do not affect murderers who are legally allowed to own guns.
The Dying of the Poor White Americans
Rising white mortality is associated with increasing rates of opioid overdosing, suicides, and alchohol abuse.
Liberal Student Invites Conservative Speaker to Campus, College President Overrules Him
Free speech under threat at Williams College.
Watch Kennedy and Matt Welch Defend Apple from the Surveillance State (and its Enablers) Tonight at 8 p.m. ET on FBN!
Would the government really limit itself to just this one terrorist iPhone? Tune into Kennedy on Fox Business Network; replay at midnight
Mississippi Alcohol Beverage Control Reportedly Cancels Hip-Hop Concert Over Twerking Concerns
Alcohol agent said he saw "things on YouTube that might be against Mississippi code."
Tesla's Direct Sales Battle Comes to Connecticut
The electric car company might achieve victory in another state but the win should not be limited just to Tesla.
After Scalia, Obama Faces Tough Choices on Nomination
Will Obama go for a fight that will mobilize the Democratic base, or choose a candidate who has some distantly plausible chance of confirmation?
Nassim Taleb Calls Me an 'Idiot' - You Decide Who Wins GMO Debate
Taleb's anti-GMO precautionary nonsense is unethical and harms poor people
John Kasich Said Women Had to Leave Their Kitchens. Offensive? Not in Context.
Media seizes on another false dispatch from the GOP War on Women.
Troops Withdrawing in Afghanistan—Afghan Troops
U.S. troops still in the country to "train" and "assist."
Searching for Jane Jacobs' Influence
Some of her most powerful ideas never got much traction.
Does Anybody Believe the FBI Isn't Out to Defeat Encryption?
The talking points insist this Apple case is an isolated incident. Evidence suggests otherwise.
California's Bipartisan Push Against Occupational Licensing
Removing barriers to entrepreneurship for the poor.
Bernie Sanders & Hillary Clinton Are Running For President of Geritol Nation
Liberal Dems won't talk about obvious fixes to our politics, such as ending restrictive land-use rules, stopping drug war, and GMO foods as "progress." Why?
Stealing Music Was the Late '90s Version of Drug Experimentation in the '60s (New at Reason)
How Music Got Free author Stephen Witt on the creation of the MP3 and the death of the music industry
