The Value of Privacy
What we really value is the freedom to choose when we'll give up some privacy and when we'll tell people to butt out.
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A Constitutional Case for Gay Marriage
The Equal Protection Clause demands equal treatment for same-sex couples.
Hedwig and the Angry Inch is Neil Patrick Harris' One-Man Show
The onstage band kicks, and the songs are fierce.
Promise and Peril in Tech Approaches To Stopping Child Sex Trafficking
From surveying to surveilling to spreading information, one organization is showing promise and raising concern.
Detroit Retirees Get a Bailout; Detroit Residents the Shaft
Last week's bankruptcy deal was a missed opportunity to restructure the city's insane pension system
Obama and the Most [REDACTED] Administration in History
He now has explain when he feels legally entitled to kill you.
'You Can't Have Freedom for Free': On Rush, Ayn Rand, and Not Compromising
"I don't want to 'grow up,' if growing up means abandoning the principle that individuals matter," writes Matt Kibbe in Don't Hurt People and Don't Take Their Stuff: A Libertarian Manifesto.
More Minimum Wage Nonsense in New York
The latest dubious innovation in left-wing political economics.
Bitcoin is No Substitute for Government Money, But a Refuge From Control
Bitcoin has the ability to bypass capital controls. If you can convert your wealth into Bitcoin, you can get it out of your government's reach.
Stop Attacking Charter Schools
Unions and politicians are trying to kill the best hope for many disadvantaged kids.
In Your Eyes: A DIY showcase
Joss Whedon's newest flick isn't just a great new movie. Its distribution model may be the future of great new movies.
Save E-Cigarettes From the Children
Concerns about underage consumption should not dictate the choices available to adults.
What's Wrong With Victims' Rights?
If victims get higher priority, something else will have to get a lower priority-resulting in fewer arrests, fewer prosecutions or more clogged court dockets.
A Libertarian Society Owes Itself More Than Non-Aggression
To treat people as ends, not means, is a libertarian issue.
Tax Collectors for the Warfare State
We should never agree to trade tax deductions for lower tax rates.
Bans on Sharing Food With Homeless Persist
It will take a concerted effort by advocates for the homeless to pressure cities to repeal these inane, mean-spirited, and un-American laws.
Conservatives Still Don't Want You to Get Sick and Die
It is possible to deem Obamacare destructive policy and still support "expanding affordable health coverage."
Blame Lefties if India Elects a Sham Free Marketer Hindu Extremist
The left's opposition to liberalization has made Indians desperate for an economic savior
Is This the Supreme Court's Next Big Gun Case?
The Second Amendment protects the right to armed self-defense. Does that include the right to carry guns in public?
Milk Debate Touches Raw Nerve in California
Special interest groups are stopping Mariko Yamada's raw milk bill.
Regulating Hateful Speech Won't Stop Hateful Crimes
Glenn Miller's long trail of bigotry and violence is not an argument for censoring speech—or for spying on people who have done nothing more than say ugly things.
"Automatic Government" is Leading to an Automatic Spending Disaster
Philip K. Howard, "The Rule of Nobody," and how technocracy is strangling the future.
Obama and the Appeasement Myth
The stark fact is that Ukraine is not a place over which the U.S. and NATO should be ready to go to war, and nothing short of going to war will change its fate.
America's Fear of Iranian Nuclear Power Is Overblown
U.S. hawks aren't telling the full story about Iran's agenda.
Hope for the Dead
When the government takes away our free will, the government steals a gift from God; it violates the natural law; it prevents us from having and utilizing the means to the truth.
Earth Daze: Overcoming Environmental Hysteria
Environmentalism is now more religion than science.
The Dumbest Federal Policy You'll Read About Today
It benefits special interests, hurts consumers, and harms the planet. What could be worse?
Progressives Fight to Keep Poor Kids Trapped in Failing Schools
With NYC's per pupil spending at $20,000, why can't public schools afford pens?
Deputizing Everyone Doesn't Stop Terrorism, but Officials Keep Trying
We're generating an atmosphere of perpetual, low-level anxiety and excuses for official harassment.
62 Percent of Americans Say They Favor a Flat Tax
They also say it is not the responsibility of the government to reduce the differences in income between people.
A Conservative Defense of Brandeis University
No, Ayaan Hirsi Ali did not have her speech "suppressed."
Bipartisan Hypocrisy on Free Speech
From the Dixie Chicks to Mozilla, free speech is under fire from both right and left.
Gay Rights, Intolerance, and Racial Parallels
Persecution of dissent on gay marriage is bad not only for intellectual freedom and the cultural climate but ultimately, perhaps, for gay equality as well.
Harmless Drones Get Federal Flak
The FAA is throwing its weight around, not protecting the public.
Put Cameras in the Supreme Court
Australia, Canada, and England all allow cameras in their high courts. So should the U.S.
National School Lunch Program Embarrassment Continues
The USDA has managed to make school lunches stink even more. So why does the government continue to double down on the program?
Jeb Bush: The GOP's Legacy Underdog
For the chattering class, Jeb will always be the Bush who got away.
The Biggest Obstacle to Gender Neutral Bathrooms? Building Codes.
Government went beyond mandating that employers give workers a place to do their business to specifying exactly how and in what ratios this must occur.
California Demands $55 Million from Microprocessor Inventor
The state has been harassing him for decades
A Democratic Dilemma on Legalizing Pot
There's only one thing standing in the way of the Democratic Party using the pot issue to win elections: Democratic politicians.
Your Tax Returns Are Hacker Bait
The IRS is a terrible guardian of information, and the tax man keeps a treasure trove of personal data about almost every American.
