The Democrats' Fake Freedoms
The president's party can't seem to distinguish between defending rights and soliciting subsidies.
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The Democratic Party's Science and Technology Policy Platform
What the Dems think about sex education, fracking, climate change, drilling, renewables, R&D 'investments,' and much more.
9/11 and Its Legacy of Fear
Sept. 11th has changed America radically--and not for the better.
The Obama Paradox
He's been a failure as a president, but he looks headed for reelection, anyway.
The Most Interesting Race Being Ignored This Year
The Senate battle between Tim Kaine and George Allen might as well be a battle for town council.
The Cloud Over Football
Because modern players are bigger and faster, they may be inflicting even worse brain damage on each other.
Antonio Villaraigosa Bombs In National Debut
L.A. Mayor, already several levels above his level of incompetence, reveals Dems' shallow Golden State bench.
The New Normal: It's Okay to Be Cliché
Why does a TV show about gay parenting feel so dated?
Is Organic Food a Waste of Money?
A new study challenges the conventional wisdom on organic food.
Iceland Shows Other Europeans How to Survive Bankruptcy
Small Atlantic nation enjoys growth and employment gains after failing to rescue its banks. Mainland Europe remains stuck with stagnation, decline, and ruinous "rescue" packages.
California Lawmakers Refuse to Accept Any Limits on Their Power
Only a return to constitutional principles can save the Golden State.
Bachelorette and The Words
Kirsten Dunst out of her element, Bradley Cooper lost in a bad book.
Romney Likes to Fire People, But Will He Fire Teachers?
A look at the education planks in the two party platforms
Democrats Lose Their Grip on Reality
Apparently, America was an awful place before Obama showed up.
Gas Prices and Political Mythology
If there is any issue you can be sure will come up during a presidential election campaign, it's gasoline prices.
Americans Too Dumb to Vote, Says Time National Correspondent
A 500 page defense of the stimulus fails to make the case that Obama is just misunderstood.
What John Stossel Would Ask of Romney and Obama
Liberals and conservatives have real differences. We should state them.
3 Ways Obama and the Democrats Can Win Libertarian Votes
Get transparent, legalize reality, and earn your Peace Prize already, Mr. President.
The Worst Welfare Benefits the Best-Off: Corporations
Corporate welfare has all of the disadvantages of social-welfare spending with none of the benefits.
Denialist Democrats
The party of government refuses to even entertain the possibility that we can no longer afford it
The President As Planetary Policeman
The GOP's military hawks squawk louder than its budget hawks.
The Republican Party's Science and Technology Policy Platform
What the GOP thinks about sex ed, fracking, abortion, stem cells, nuclear power, climate change and more.
5 Broken Democratic Promises from 2008
As the party gets set to re-convene, take a tour through the ghosts of broken DNC vows past.
The Death of Christopher Hitchens
The veteran journalist's last dispatch is from his deathbed.
What Is Mitt Romney's Plan for Afghanistan?
Good luck figuring it out from the party's recent convention, which offered conflicting views.
Obama, Democrats, and the Media: You Can't Handle the 'Truth'
The country's political class frets that Americans don't understand how good this president has been.
5 Stupid Government Interventions in Sports
It didn't begin (and won't end) with Lance Armstrong getting stripped of his Tour de France titles.
Individualism, Collectivism, and Other Murky Labels
Understanding the difference between true and false individualism
How Ag Gag Laws Suppress Free Speech and the Marketplace of Ideas
Why states are banning farm photography.
Debt and Loving It
David Wessel's Red Ink is a handy but revealing guide to the federal budget.
Police Unions Cross Line While Bullying Public Officials
California cops employ mafia-style tactics against their critics.
Side by Side
Does the rise of digital movies mean the death of film? Keanu Reeves investigates.
Voters Don't Want Specifics
Bold ideas move people. Big ideas seduce them. And nothing crushes passion like a decimal point.
American Exceptionalism Routs Paul Family's Foreign Policy
Rand Paul gets his four paragraphs in, but the Republican Party is still firmly interventionist.
Slowly Rebuilding New Orleans
Seven years after Hurricane Katrina, the reconstruction effort doesn't fit a simple liberal or conservative narrative.
Ron Paul's Followers and the GOP: Where To From Here, and How?
The Republican Party doesn't want Ron Paul activists. But do they still need the GOP?
'Proximity to Cop' Is a Capital Offense for Many Dogs
Attacks by dogs are vanishingly rare. Attacks on dogs? All too common.
America's War on Drugs Keeps It From Being the Freest Country on Earth
A war on drugs-on people, that is-is unworthy of a country that claims to be free.
Papering Over the Republican Divide
Convention speakers try gamely to sell voters on what the GOP isn't offering
Anders Breivik, Psycho Killer?
The mass murderer's sentencing highlights the fine line between ideology and insanity.
Someone's Watching
If consumers are annoyed with a merchant's monitoring, they can buy elsewhere. With the intrusive state, there is nowhere to go.
Raining on Romney
Mitt Romney is finding ways to tell us about his plans for the country even if Republicans aren't willing to risk getting damp to hear about it.
