From Lincoln to LBJ to Frank Underwood
Metaphors for the Obama presidency have gone from heroic to homicidal.
Editor's Note
Rand Paul, Racism, and Prison
Paul has had a busy summer trying to roll back mandatory minimum sentencing, bar federal prosecution of medical marijuana patients, and restrain civil forfeiture laws.
Barack Obama: Stealth Libertarian?
As unlikely as it sounds, anti-interventionists may miss the 44th president when he's gone.
Sovereignty Is Such a Lonely Word
Two decades of promiscuous intervention softened the ground for Putin's expansionism.
When the Left Turned Against Free Speech
The long, ugly journey from the Free Speech Movement to professors assaulting protesters
Progressive Puritans
From e-cigarettes to sex classifieds, the once-transgressive left tries to criminalize fun.
The Prohibitionist Curse
Success softened drug warriors' arguments. Now failure has exposed them.
The Third Lesson of Nelson Mandela
With great foreign intervention comes flawed moral reasoning.
The Death of Obama's "Noble Lie"
The disastrous ObamaCare rollout unmasks liberalism's paternalistic dishonesty.
The Corruptions of Being the World's Policeman
Obama's Syria blunder demonstrates the folly of playing international sheriff.
Making the World a Better Place Since 1968
How reason and freedom have changed since our humble founding in a turbulent year
Obama's Last Gasp at a Legacy
As his potency dwindles, the president should ease up on pot prohibition
How Thatcher Defeated Mitterrand
Lessons from the late prime minister's decisive victory in the war of economic ideas.
When the Madness Began to Lift
Rand Paul's historic filibuster may have changed American politics.
Spending Denialists and the Fiscal Illusion
The late economist James Buchanan predicted our current budgetary impasse. Is there a way out?
America's Free Speech Retreat
The Obama administration's shoddy response to the consulate attack in Libya
Four More Years of War
No matter who wins in November, America will remain overstretched overseas.
The Insatiable Taxman
New laws push expatriate Americans to keep their money in their mattresses.
Unthinkable, Predictable Disasters
The disintegration of the euro, like America's entitlement bomb, is both unfathomable and inevitable.
Why Big Government Is Offensive
The faster the state expands, the more likely it is to violate your values.
The Symbolic Presidency
Obama says he can get you a job. So why can't he produce a federal budget?
Catching Up With Independents
The voters who keep fleeing the two major parties are giving libertarianism a try.
Bailouts for Me, but Not for Thee
Occupy Wall Street demonstrators advocate policies that helped create the mess they're protesting.
What the Left Can Learn From the Tea Party
Independence, not loyalty, is the way to push Democratic politicians on drug policy, civil liberties, and war.
The Day Everything Continued to Change
An overlooked lesson of 9/11: America's strength is based on dynamism.
Shine On, You Crazy Diamond
reason founder Lanny Friedlander, 1947-2011
The Permanent Nongoverning Minority
The 2010 elections showed that unpredictable grassroots politics are here to stay.
Scary Monsters
The growth of government threatens freedom much more than mosque-building Muslims do.
Reclaiming Rights
The never-ending struggle to go about your business without fear of government sanction
