Catholic Church: Right-Wing Pawn or Left-Wing Front Group?
Political enthusiasts are by turns infuriated and delighted by the church.
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The GOP's Disputed Soul
As the 2012 Republican National Convention begins, a declining party's core values remain in flux
The Truth About Obama and Welfare Reform
Why is it important to attach work mandates to welfare checks?
Intelligence at Work
Neal Stephenson's new book explores science fiction, underseas cables, Hong Kong, and the art of storytelling.
When Liberals Misread Bastiat
Slate's Matt Yglesias furnishes the latest example of "vulgar liberalism."
It's All About the Pauls: Ron, Rand, and Ryan
Tea partiers' and libertarians' growing influence in the GOP will be on full display when the three Pauls converge in Tampa for the GOP Convention.
How Farmers Markets Dodged a Regulatory Bullet in Pennsylvania
The Keystone State's boom in farmers markets might have gone bust.
Kickstarting Ouya: Crowd-Funded Venture Capitalism or Maybe Just a Big Scam
Can technological innovation be funded the same way as an indie film?
Move Over Lance Armstrong! Here are 5 Great Sports Cheaters!
From Rosie Ruiz to Gaylord Perry to She-Male Shotputters, here's a quick list.
2016: Obama's America
Dinesh D'Souza makes a powerful but ultimately unpersuasive case against the president.
California Still Refuses to Face Fiscal Reality
What the Golden State can learn from the Badger State
Privacy for Sale
Welcome to the brave new world of encryption apps, real-time marketing, and using your face to shop.
Cosmopolis
David Cronenberg's delightfully strange riff on sex, technology, capitalism, and the quest for a good haircut.
What Liberals Don't Understand About Ayn Rand
Critics of the Russian-born writer miss what's important in her ideas.
Obama and Romney vs. the Bill of Rights
We don't know whether Obama or Romney will come out on top in the election. But it's a safe bet that civil liberties will not.
The 5 Dumbest Drug Laws in America
From banning the sale of magazines to regulating chemistry equipment, local and state drug warriors mainline stupidity.
Is Rape a Moral Justification for Abortion?
Rape is among the more horrific violations of human dignity. But it is a crime committed by the male, not the female, or the unborn baby.
Paul Ryan Is a Big Government Conservative
Mitt Romney's vice presidential pick is a friend to the welfare/warfare state.
Who Is Paul Ryan?
If America gets off the road to serfdom, Paul Ryan deserves much of the credit.
Big-Government Ratchet Turns Another Click
Soon, Obamacare II could limit how much you spend on health care.
Romney's Rape Exception
The Republican presidential nominee is less consistently pro-life than Todd Akin or Paul Ryan.
Energy Regulators Think You're Crazy
A new study uncovers what regulators really think of American consumers.
The Bipartisan Imperial Presidency
On core questions of federal power there isn't a dime's worth of difference between the two tickets.
Land Grabs in the Developing World
How powerful interests seize land from peasants, pastoralists, and others around the globe
Move Over Todd Akin! 3 Other Monstrously Dumb Comments About Rape
Featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Bernard Shaw, and Clayton Williams.
Mitt Romney Versus the National Endowment for the Humanities
Romney's attack on the NEH shows an instinct for to go for the capillary rather than the jugular.
The Wrong Side Absolutely Must Not Win
The past several weeks have made one thing crystal-clear: Our country faces unmitigated disaster if the Other Side wins.
Illegal Immigrants, Not So Illegal
If foreign-born students have done everything to qualify for higher education, why shouldn't they be allowed to pursue it on the same terms as their peers?
Rachel Maddow Abbreviates History
An MSNBC host's book on foreign policy leaves out too much of the story of how this mess began.
Where Free-Market Economists Go Wrong
Subsidies, stimulus, regulations, protectionism, trade restrictions, government-bank collusion, zoning, bailouts and more do not equal a "free" market.
Where Are All the "Food Libertarians"?
An interview with Jayson Lusk, whose new report indicates most Americans want more food police
You, Too, Can Purchase a Not-Quite Panopticon
We're almost certainly not yet living in the Panopticon. But any step in that direction-even if it's well-spun marketing-speak-is worth watching.
Even in Bankruptcy, Unions Get Special Treatment
The pension-debt time bomb detonates in bankruptcy court.
Want to Go to Drug Court? Say Goodbye to Your Rights
Why the bipartisan push for drug courts is overrated.
4 Myths Both Parties Want to Maintain Through the Presidential Election
Obama and Romney try to create rhetorical differences where substantive ones may not exist.
The Bogus Attack on Paul Ryan's Medicare Plan
It's time to retire the lame cliché about "ending Medicare as we know it."
What Democrats Mean When They Say 'Radical'
With words like "radical" and "extreme" being liberally flung around, it's probably time to define our terms.
Paul Ryan and the Real Enemy of Medicare
It's easy to improve health care if cost is no object. It's easy to reduce costs if you can tolerate worse health outcomes.
Romney and Ryan Would Return Us to the Bush Years
The Bush years were bad for freedom; without them, we would not have had an Obama administration.
Germany, Not Greece, Should Leave the Eurozone
Why should Germany continue to pay for the fiscal mistakes of other countries?
Misreading the Tea Party
A new book misunderstands the libertarian-leaning portion of the Tea Party movement and exaggerates the importance of the movement's social conservatives.
There Ought Not to Be a Law
Most people see a world full of problems that can be solved by laws.
Defense Cuts Are Not the End of the World
It's a little rich to hear conservative Republicans treat national security as if it were a federal jobs program
Funeral Rights and Speech Rights
The new federal ban on funeral protests sacrifices liberty in an ostentatious display of patriotism.
California Initiative Puts Profit Ahead of Science
Proposition 37 props up profits for organic growers and denies the scientific consensus in favor of biotech crops.
Don't Believe the Hype About Paul Ryan
Ryan was a loyal soldier throughout the free-spending George W. Bush years, and a big government conservative under Obama.
