Government Shutdown May Not Be That Politically Risky, History Suggests
More Americans Hold Obama Responsible Than They Did Clinton for a Shutdown
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What Obamacare Will Do For (Or To) You
Conservative and libertarian health policy experts weigh in.
Let Us Be Clear: Obama Deserves Chief Responsibility for Gov't Shutdown.
Boehner and the GOP may well be "anarchists" and Reid and the Dems may be useless. But it's the president who runs the show.
Republicans Should Convert Obamacare Into a Free-Market System
Give patients control of their health care dollars
Government Shutdown: The Fight Is Win-Win for GOP
Why the looming shutdown is a boon for the Republicans.
Tesla Motors and the Folly of Government Intervention
Why the government can't create winners in the marketplace.
The Real Meaning of the "Redskins" Debate
Should Congress care about the name of a professional sports team?
Americans Aren't Bound To Pay the Government's Debts
If the "consent of the governed" is a sacred American principle, how does the government borrow money in our names and compel us to repay the debt?
British Students Ban "Blurred Lines" From Their Own Universities
Once upon a time, students' political leaders kicked against authoritarianism; now they enforce it.
Would Conscription Put the Brakes on War?
Andrew Bacevich's new book offers a powerful critique of U.S. foreign policy-but the solution it proposes is no remedy.
Does "Mountain Dew Mouth" Have Anything To Do With Mountain Dew?
The "Mountain Dew mouth" fuss looks more like a war against a disfavored beverage than a legitimate health concern.
Government Shutdown: Compromise Is Not a Holy Sacrament
Democrats helped create the situation, now they blame GOP "anarchists."
Humans Are the Certain Cause of Climate Change
So says the new IPCC report on the science of global warming.
California Struggles to Solve Its Water Problem
The state's water "superhighway" may dead end in a delta.
Don Jon, We Are What We Are and Muscle Shoals
Joseph Gordon-Levitt scores, horror finds a new style, and Southern R&B lives again.
Papers, Please, Politics in Games, and the Growth of Indie Development: An Interview with Lucas Pope
The surprising success of a video game about checking paperwork
The Federal Government's Budget: Basic Facts You Need To Know
If we're to get even close to balancing the books, "mandatory" spending is in for deep cuts.
The Return of Illegal Immigration
A massive and costly federal scheme failed to work. Who could have seen that one coming?
Is the FISA Court Constitutional?
The Constitution requires more than a rubber-stamp judicial tribunal.
Who Decides Who Can Practice Law?
The federal government wants the final word on who states license to practice law. And it wants to keep undocumented immigrants out.
Stop Worrying and Learn to Love Technology
From cell phones to 3D-printed guns, technology keeps making the world better.
The GOP's Flawed Plan to Defund Obamacare
Republicans should focus on entitlement cuts, not P.R. stunts.
The Kenyan Massacre's Roots in America's Somalia Policy
How many times do we have to experience blowback before the American people cry, "Enough!"?
Ignorance Is Ratification
How Congress unknowingly approved the mass collection of Americans' phone records
American Foreign Policy Has Failed in the Horn of Africa
Al Shabab continue to wreak havoc despite U.S. policy since 9/11
The Libertarian Challenge to Obamacare
How the constitutional challenge to Obamacare pitted liberty against power.
Rand Paul Fights Unjust Sentences
A Senate hearing highlights the case against mandatory minimums.
GOP Food Stamp Bill Will Increase Government Spending
Don't believe what you read in The New York Times
How Much Surveillance Can We Accept?
Surveillance advocates must demonstrate that they're worthy of trust
Free Speech Is So Annoying to Elected Officials
They want to control the terms of the debate.
Grand Theft Auto is Today's Great Expectations
Why video games are the defining cultural medium of the 21st century.
Obama's University Scorecard Plan Deserves an "F"
It will promote a political agenda, not educational goals
Better Mental Health Care, Not New Gun Laws, Will Prevent Future Mass Shootings
Aaron Alexis requested mental health help. Why are we answering with gun control?
Aaron Alexis, the Navy Yard, and the Case Against New Gun Laws
Legislating by crisis is bad governance.
Is Farm Aid Still Relevant?
Farm Aid's original mission is a good one. But some of the policies it supports are less appealing.
Four Washington Scandals That Still Matter Despite the Distractions
They're still there, festering
17,679 Things the Federal Government Has Done Since Sequestration
Opponents of the sequester say budget cuts are ruining America and that austerity kills. Reason offers a look at what the feds have been up to since the cuts kicked in.
Moderate Reforms Don't Prevent Immoderate Results
It will take radical measures to save California from the recklessness of its officials.
Eight Things That Could Go Wrong With Obamacare
Congress passed it, now we're seeing what's wrong with it
Nullification Is Not the Answer to Gun Control
Gun rights advocates need to drop their misguided embrace of nullification.
The Vanity of American Exceptionalism
Charles Murray's latest book mixes American history with American flattery.
