Pot, Poker, and Prohibitionism
Do Republicans want to be the party of unprincipled killjoys?
Columns
Smart Apps vs. Obamacare
The Affordable Care Act locks in the status quo, but new technology is making health care cheaper and more individualized.
The DIY Drug Prize
The federal government should offer prize money for the creation of a safer, better high.
The Moral Case for Designer Babies
Should parents be allowed to know if their fetus will get Alzheimer's?
Hung Up on 'Stand Your Ground'
The absence of a duty to retreat does not explain the outcome of Michael Dunn's murder trial.
The Menace of Secret Government
Obama's proposed intelligence reforms fail to safeguard civil liberties
Department of Cronyism
The Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration is a favor-dispensing machine.
Uncle Sam's Drinking Game
The federal government's definition of excessive alcohol consumption mixes medicine with moralism.
Online Higher Education Retools
For those who believe that higher education should be personalized, inexpensive, accessible, and geared toward helping students acquire useful skills, utopia is on the horizon.
Time for a Guaranteed Income?
The pros and cons of a welfare idea championed by liberals and libertarians alike
Mass Murder Myths
A prosecutor's report debunks misconceptions about the Sandy Hook massacre.
The Best Defense Your Money Can't Buy
Prosecutors disarm defendants by freezing their assets.
Let Money Talk
The Supreme Court should abandon the dubious distinction between campaign spending and campaign contributions.
Slouching Toward Bankruptcy
The longer Washington puts off Social Security reform, the worse the shock will be.
The Benefits of Unregulated Pot
California's "wild west" demonstrates the domesticating power of capitalism.
Ugly Climate Models
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change can't explain the last 15 years.
Watched Cops Are Polite Cops
Requiring law enforcement to wear video cameras will protect your constitutional rights and improve policing.
How Much Would War in Syria Cost?
Defense budgets are out of control. Adding another war won't help.
Number-Crunching the Courts
It's time to bring data-driven oversight to the nation's halls of justice.
The Kids Aren't All Right
Younger Americans are being suffocated by spending, subsidies, and debt
No Utopia for Detroit
Until the Motor City fixes its services, liberal and libertarian renewal ideas will remain fantasy
Eric Holder's Prison Break
The attorney general's belated but welcome criticism of mass incarceration and mandatory minimums
Obama's Flip-Flop on Spying
How the president learned to stop worrying and love unaccountable surveillance
The GOP Flirts With Class Warfare
Will Republicans abandon Ronald Reagan's principles for Rick Santorum's populism?
Replacing Street Lights With Glowing Trees
A tale of crowdsourced DIY bioengineering
Does the Royal Baby Deserve Genetic Privacy?
Revelations about the British princeling's ancestry should remind us that DNA testing is no big deal.
The Cannabis Is Out of the Bag
Why prohibitionists have an interest in allowing marijuana legalization
Freedom Is Good for You
Science proves overwhelmingly that economic freedom helps women, children, and other living things.
Freedom ? Polygamy and Heroin
Conservatives are wrong to worry that libertarian policies will lead to libertinism.
