Overestimating 'Inequality'
Paul Krugman is wrong.
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Obama's 'Opportunity' Makes Everybody Less Well Off
It's easier to climb a ladder that's been cut-off by politicians.
Obama and Kerry Jeopardize Peace With Iran
Why does their rhetoric make us doubt their sincerity about seeking a diplomatic resolution?
Labor Day and Tim's Vermeer
Kate Winslet in a slushy romance, Penn and Teller on the trail of an artistic mystery.
Is Crazed Super Bowl Security a Taste of America To Come?
Think of a TSA checkpoint that goes on, forever.
Freedom Feminism Still Isn't Either
Any so-called "freedom feminism" that includes Phyllis Schlafly and the anti-choice wing of the conservative movement is not libertarian, says Sharon Presley.
The No-Fly List Takes a Hit
For more than a decade, the federal government assumed it could consign thousands of Americans to travel purgatory without justifying itself to anyone. That may be changing.
Pot Prohibitionists Can't Handle the Truth
Obama's observation that marijuana is safer than alcohol exposed a central myth underlying support for the war on drugs.
Obama Should Shut Up About Race to the Top Already
Every year in the State of the Union, the president brags about the same small ed reform victory-because there's nothing else to say.
In Virginia, Education Isn't Always Liberal
When "humor and jokes" become a free speech issue.
The GOP's Faultlines on Display
Three Republican responses to the State of the Union Address.
Let 50 Cannabis Flowers Bloom
Federalism avoids the need for a national consensus on marijuana.
Rick Snyder's Artless Bailout Plan For Detroit
It'll set a bad precedent while preventing a deep restructuring
How Republicans Could Replace Obamacare
A new proposal from three GOP Senators tackles access and affordability.
Most Americans Shrug at State of the Union Spectacle
As President Gerald Ford once said, "the state of the union is not good"
Free-Market Labor Wins Wage-Boost Victory
Economic liberty shouldn't simply assume a pro-business stance, or discuss only the privileges government extends to unions.
Guacamole Is the Real Winner of the Super Bowl
As is so often the case, popular and consumer culture are ahead of our political culture.
Net Neutrality Isn't Dead Yet
The court decision is disastrous, but not because it struck down the net neutrality rules.
The Bipartisan Commission Ruse
These panels are the equivalent of the participation awards handed out to every kid in little league.
The Mythical Invasion of the Super Bowl Hookers
There's no reality behind the idea that some Lost Tribe of Gypsy Harlots wanders about the world from mega-event to mega-event, unimpeded by the usual logistics of transport and lodging.
Big Government Fans Rally Around the Surveillance State
One cannot critique the surveillance state without critiquing the rest of the existing political apparatus.
Ending the War on Pot is Obama's Best Hope for a Legacy
He knows it's wrong, so why won't he do something to change federal policy?
Can Detroit's Rich Business Kings Save the City?
Not if their grand plans require grand corporate welfare
America Isn't Destined To Be More Liberal
If anything, we're trending toward libertarianism.
Secret Government Is the Chief Threat to Liberty
Obama's NSA reforms flunk civil libertarian tests.
Kelly Thomas Police-Beating Verdict is Cause for Deep Cynicism
The Kelly Thomas case makes it hard to be optimistic about police.
Guns Against Government
A maker of the gun ad the NFL didn't want in the Super Bowl wants Americans to understand they might need guns to fight tyranny.
President Obama's NSA Placebo
His most recent speech was a thinly disguised effort to change the subject.
Citizens United Decision Fulfilled Earl Warren's First Amendment Vision
He and two likeminded justices saw no room for muzzling speech.
The Surveillance State Lives
In sizing up Obama's "reforms" of the indiscriminate gathering of data on every American, remember this: Politicians will do everything they can get away with in pursuit of their own agenda.
Chill Out About Global Warming
We can love nature and still hate the tyranny of bureaucrats' rules.
Obama's Privacy Epiphany
Why it's hard to believe the president is serious about surveillance reform
Prosecutor's Crusade Against Indian Diplomat Is About His Moral Fanaticism
Preet Bharara's wage crusade will hurt foreign housekeepers.
Obama: Champion of the Surveillance State
From a critic of the Patriot Act to its defender, it's been quite a transformation.
Tech Innovation Outstrips Government Obstructionism
Which one offers more hope and change right now, West Coast tech start-up culture or Washington political culture? The question answers itself.
School Choice Foes Are Wrong
Opponents of school choice sincerely believe that if you make everybody stay on the Titanic, then maybe it won't sink as fast.
Mass Surveillance Proves Pointless
Never have so many Americans been brought under surveillance for such a meager payoff.
Force Isn't the Only Wrong
The erroneous belief that only rights violations may be condemned leads too easily to the corollary error that if some conduct is wrong, it must somehow be a rights violation.
