Don't Let Uncle Sam Seize Your Salami
Civil import violations carry penalties tied to either the value of the article itself or to the taxes you would have been assessed if you'd declared it.
Features
What to Know Before You Pay for Sex
Tips, tricks, and common sense to make hiring an escort a breeze
Protectionism vs. Cheap Beer
If you tax something, you get less of it, and Trump's tariffs are a tax on making things-including cans, kegs, and the beer that goes into them.
If You Can Afford a Plane Ticket, Thank Deregulation
Forty years after the Civil Aeronautics Board was abolished, look how far we've come.
'Assault Weapons,' Explained
How a scary name for an arbitrary group of firearms distorts the gun control debate
When Cancer Was Conquerable
To win the war on cancer, we must recapture the bold spirit of the early days of discovery.
The Economic Case for Free Trade Is Stronger Than Ever
But working-class identity politics threaten to ruin everything.
In Defense of Cash
Around the world, governments are trying to kill paper money. It's a terrible idea.
Scott Gottlieb Is Not a Free Market Firebrand
The FDA chief's mixed, moderate record has surprised both his champions and his critics.
Gerrymandering Is Out of Control
Computers could be the key to resolving partisan fights over congressional boundaries.
A Heretical Plan for Cutting Spending on Education
Government at all levels fuels an educational arms race through lavish and indiscriminate funding.
America's War on Pain Pills Is Killing Addicts and Leaving Patients in Agony
The government's efforts to get between people and the drugs they want have not prevented drug use, but they have made it more dangerous.
This Man Is on Death Row for Killing a 6-Month-Old. But What If We're Wrong About Shaken Baby Syndrome?
A controversial medical examiner, exaggerated testimony, and bad forensics branded Jeffrey Havard a rapist and a baby killer.
Making the Fairness Doctrine Great Again
Media bias has been far less harmful than media regulation bias. That can seal off whole markets and make everyone who's left too nervous to speak freely.
Can Big Data Help Save Abused Kids?
The quest to fix our messy, meddlesome foster care bureaucracies
Split the Baby. Drink the Poison. Carry the Hot Iron. Swear on the Bible
How courts exploit superstition to uncover hidden truths
Sanctuary Churches Take in Immigrants and Take on Trump
With deportations on the rise, hundreds of houses of worship are joining the resistance.
The Myth of the Playground Pusher
In Tennessee and around the country, "drug-free school zones" are little more than excuses for harsher drug sentencing.
The End of Free Speech
In 2017, the left eats its own and the right shows its true colors.
In Search of the Elusive Bitcoin Billionaire
Bitcoin is booming. Libertarians were there first. So where are all the cryptocurrency tycoons?
The Noble, Misguided Plan to Turn Coal Miners Into Coders
Expensive high-speed internet and job training won't transform Appalachia into "Silicon Holler."
The Cops Were Chasing a Shoplifter. They Ended Up Destroying an Innocent Man's Home.
The outcome of this case may bring clarity to the property rights of Americans living in the shadow of police militarization.
How Immigration Crackdowns Screw Up Americans' Lives
The war on immigration has taken a great toll on unauthorized aliens, its targets. But it is also badly affecting Americans themselves, its intended beneficiaries.
Enlisting Marijuana and MDMA to Fight PTSD
Veterans turn to forbidden cures for relief from their nightmares.
Getting Veterans Back to Work
Occupational licensing laws are keeping returning servicemen and their families out of their chosen fields.
The Fragile Generation
Bad policy and paranoid parenting are making kids too safe to succeed.
Who Benefits from the Status Quo?
Several key groups benefit from the current tax-funded, government-run air traffic control system.
Your Flight Is Delayed
The frenzied battle to reform American air traffic control
Government Almost Killed the Cocktail
80 years after Prohibition, the Dark Ages of drinking are finally coming to an end.
Whiplash and Backlash in the Republic of Cuba
Starvation won't turn Cubans into capitalists. Trade and tourism might.
Hemp Comes Home
Legal hemp has returned to Kentucky. Will the Feds step aside and let the industry flourish?
Reefer Madness at The New York Times
America's Paper of Record, which officially turned against marijuana prohibition in 2014, spent most of the previous century credulously promoting it.
A Rogues' Gallery of Bad Forensics Labs
Despite improvements in DNA matching and reliability, forensics labs across the country still continue to train and monitor technicians improperly.
DNA Evidence Frees the Innocent
But when we're not careful, this powerful technology can help imprison the wrongly accused
Russia's Global Anti-Libertarian Crusade
How Vladimir Putin's desire for domination and acceptance is scrambling American politics.
Are Robots Going to Steal Our Jobs?
Many technologists think so, but economists aren't so easily convinced.
