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Port Authoritarians
The shadowy bureaucracy behind Chris Christie's Bridgegate scandal is a signature failure of excessive government.
The Original NSA Whistleblower
Intelligence analyst William Binney's revelations preceded Edward Snowden's by more than decade. Why didn't anyone listen?
Diplomas vs. Dirty Jobs
TV host Mike Rowe on the educational bias against unglamorous, good-paying work
Five Gun Rights Cases to Watch
What the courts still have to decide about the Second Amendment
Addicted to Brain Scans
The debate about sex addiction reflects a larger cultural confusion.
Laboratories for Prosperity
A comprehensive study confirms that free-market principles work outside Washington.
Crony Capitalism vs. Market Morality
Finding an ethical lobbying line in a fallen age of corporatism
Consumers Should Drive Medicine
David Goldhill on America's deadly, dysfunctional health care system
Crowdsourcing Social Problems
Using distributed technology to tackle society's most intractable challenges.
Guilty Until Proven Innocent
How the government encourages kangaroo courts for sex crimes on campus
Bitcoin: More than Money
The digital protocol promises to change more than just the future of currency, despite government attempts to rein it in.
George Will's Libertarian Evolution
The nation's most syndicated columnist talks about political philosophy, drugs, isolationism, optimism, and his political development over four decades in Washington.
The Unstoppable Plastic Gun
Cody Wilson distributed plans for 3D-printable weapons to the world, got shut down by the federal government, and won anyway.
How to Break an American City
The municipal bankruptcy mess is heading to a local government near you.
Too Stoned to Drive?
Colorado's new DUID standard threatens to treat pot smokers as public menaces--even when they're not.
Colorado's Rump Prohibitionists
A Denver suburb tries to opt out of marijuana legalization.
The Scientific Case for Decriminalization
Neuroscientist Carl Hart on the fundamental ignorance that shapes our national conversation about drug policy.
Be Very Afraid
What we should have known about government spying before Edward Snowden's leak, why even innocent people have plenty to fear, and what you can do about it
Executive Branch 'Dictatorship'
Dirty Wars author Jeremy Scahill on rendition, torture, drones, and how American power operates beyond the law
Confessions of an Anti-American
A former anti-American tells why Americans are so unpopular in Bonn and Milan and Rio-and what changed his mind
Who Says Vouchers Wouldn't Work?
Vermont's been using them for years, but the debate goes on.
Harvest of Power
In 1975, Cesar Chavez and his United Farm Workers union pushed through an unprecedented labor law in California. Now they are reaping the rewards in oppressive control over farming and farm workers.
Rush Hour Remedy
Prescription for unjamming traffic jams: A unique combination of technology and economics.
Is This Any Way to Run an Airway?
Aviation disasters make headlines. The Federal Aviation Administration doesn't. This indictment cites case after case to prove FAA responsibility for major crashes. With airline deregulation leading to a surge in air traffic, replacement of the FAA is imperative, and this article shows how it can be done.
My Week in North Korea
A Soviet-born American tours the Hermit Kingdom and finds humanity in a most inhumane place.
Which Way for Capitalism?
The Nobel Prize-winning economist charts two possible futures for American capitalism.
45 ENEMIES OF FREEDOM
People who have been trying to control your life since reason was founded in 1968
