Latest
Make the Feds Get a Warrant to Listen to Our Phone Calls
If section 215 of the Patriot Act expires next week, the feds will need individualized search warrants to spy on us.
Let the Clock Run Out on the NSA
If nothing happens, the NSA metadata collection program will die at midnight on Monday.
Is Reason Trying to Make the GOP 2016 Field Look Like a Bunch of White Males?
Short answer: No. Long answer: Et tu, Greta?
Nebraska's Republican-Dominated Legislature Abolishes Death Penalty
Nebraska becomes first predominately Republican state to abolish capital punishment in more than 40 years
The Bernie Sanders Save the Children Fund
Why do we need 23 deodorant choices when children are going hungry?
The Bernie Sanders Save the Children Fund
Why do we need 23 deodorant choices when children are going hungry?
Is On the Run Flawed Sociology or Interesting Impressionistic Journalism?
There may be a touch of Hunter S. Thompson in Alice Goffman's tale of inner-city life
Will Washington's Liquor and Cannabis Board Be More Efficient Under Its New Name?
The historically slow LCB is now charged with licensing medical as well as recreational suppliers.
Let's Put Harriet Tubman on the $20 Bill
Andrew Jackson was a slaveholder and serial abuser of executive power. Harriet Tubman championed human freedom.
The Politics of Tomorrowland
The Fountainhead? More like The Open Conspiracy crossed with "The Gernsback Continuum."
Blame the Killer, Not the Rugby Team, for Murdering a Feminist at U. of Mary Washington
Title IX complaint alleges cyber bullying and sexual harassment on campus
Worst School Shooting Drill Ever Featured Actual Hooded Assailant
Terrified kids huddled together
Tomorrowland: 'Atlas Shrugged reimagined by Mickey Mouse'
Is director Brad Bird's film an "insidiously political" argument for the value of individual achievement?
NYPD Injury Caused Atlanta Hawks' Thabo Sefolosha to Miss Playoffs: Claim
Little coverage by sports press.
Camera-Stealing Cop: 'How Do You Stop Your Phone?'
Police in Wake Forest, North Carolina, admit an officer was wrong to bust a bystander for recording a friend's arrest.
Bobby Jindal: 'Senator Paul Unsuited to Be Commander-in-Chief'
The anti-Rand bandwagon is getting crowded
How the Internet Changed Conspiracy Theories
...and other topics from DigBoston's recent interview with me
Democrats Want to Force Religious Pregnancy Centers in California to Offer Abortion Info
Some crisis pregnancy centers are shady. But the point should be making them be honest about what they are, not trying to turn them into something they're not.
L.A. Unions Seek Exemption from Minimum Wage Hike They Helped Push Through
Corrupt labor leader has the gall to call his rule-bending 'freedom'
'Dark Money' and Anonymous Speech Are Awesome, Unless You Want Political Thugs Jumping on Your Head
Exhibit A: Sheriff Joe Arpaio
Kids, Go Ahead and Talk to Strangers: Lenore Skenazy in The Washington Post
The free-range movement is growing
How Virginia Lawmakers Are Harassing Short-Term Renters
The sharing economy faces big government obstacles.
Rand Paul: Blame 'Hawks in Our Party' for Creating ISIS
Calling out Lindsey Graham, Hillary Clinton
The Unjust Law That Led to Freddie Gray's Death
If cops and prosecutors can't agree on whether his knife was legal, how was he supposed to know?