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Otto Warmbier's Deadly Ordeal Is No Reason to Restrict Travel to North Korea
The difference between adventure and stupid prank is often just the outcome-and that outcome is never a sure thing.
Democrats Accuse Republicans of Mass Murder
The argument carries a powerful emotional charge but it isn't a particularly constructive or clear-minded way to think or talk about writing laws.
The Illusory Savings From Cutting Medicaid
Congressional Republicans promise to achieve greater frugality in Medicaid without inflicting more hardship. It's not gonna happen.
Are Terrible State Alcohol Laws on the Way Out?
A South Carolina Supreme Court decision rejects rules based on economic protectionism.
Gawker Documentary Fails to Make Case for Publishing Sex Tape
Film favors martyrdom over careful analysis.
Police Roadblocks Are Rights-Free Zones In Madison County, Mississippi
For generations, poor, black residents of Canton, Mississippi have lived under siege from a heavy-handed sheriff's department.
California Lawmakers Spend More, Avoid Reform
The latest budget has new spending but no attempts at serious reform.
What If Donald Trump Doesn't Sink the Republican Party?
Distaste for the president may not translate to distaste for other Republicans, as the special election in Georgia showed.
Movie Review: The Big Sick
Kumail Nanjiani and Zoe Kazan in a comedy not quite like any other.
The Dalai Lama Is the Latest Speaker to Cause a Campus Freakout
Chinese UC San Diego students felt the Tibetan spiritual leader "contravened the spirit of respect, tolerance, equality, and earnestness"
When Cops Lie
After being falsely labeled a sexual predator, a man gets justice. But why is the officer still working?
Dropping the BAT Is Key to Passing Tax Reform This Year
Paul Ryan is needlessly holding up tax reform by pushing a harmful Border Adjustment Tax.
It's OK if Entrepreneurs Like Jeff Bezos Are 'Stingy'
By pursuing profit honestly, entrepreneurs like Bezos do much more for the world than charities do.
The NRA Shuns a Second Amendment Martyr
Philando Castile died because he exercised his right to bear arms.
Capitalism Should Be Our Weapon of Choice in Cuba
Embargoes don't work. Let capitalism and socialism duke it out.
Cindy McCain: Crony Philanthropist
From pill theft to cozying up to authoritarians, Trump's pick for U.S. ambassador on human rights has a long history of abusing the system.
Does Classical Liberalism Have a Chance in South Africa?
The long-ruling African National Congress is on its way to losing power, but could go with the "Zimbabwe option."
Mueller Probe Could Set the Stage For Hillary's 2020 Return
Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian influence on the 2016 presidential election could take the blame off Clinton for losing.
The Fatal Flaw in the Fights Against Global Warming and Global Terrorism
Beware the precautionary tales of the left and the right.
PRIME Act Would Help Put the 'Local' Back in Local Meat Production
States could set their own rules for meat that's processed and sold within their own borders.
The Mist Gets Lost in a Baffling Cloud
Confused adaptation of Stephen King's novella dissipates the tension.
California Lawmakers Seek to Subvert Government Transparency
The state legislature is failing to heed the will of the voters.
Movie Review: The Book of Henry
Naomi Watts heads up a good cast in a mess of a movie.
Student Agreed to Orgy, But Later Called It Sexual Assault, Lawsuit Claims
Judge says that University of California, Santa Barbara, may have denied accused male student due process
Scapegoating Businesses for Bad Government Policy
All too often the media demonizes companies for responding to the incentives politicians give them.
Katy Perry Is Very Sorry She Once Wore Her Hair in Cornrows
The cultural appropriation hysteria reaches a fever pitch.
Let Driverless Car Innovators—Not Bureaucrats—Work Out Security, Privacy Issues
Companies are more likely to adapt more quickly to issues.
A Presidency Consumed by Pettiness
By fixating on his election victory, Trump may ensure it's his most impressive accomplishment
More Immigration Does Not Mean Less Economic Freedom
Conservatives who claim that immigrants import anti-liberty attitudes are wrong.
British, French Elections Show Battle of Ideas Not Over Yet
Socialism and big government remain popular, particularly among young people.
A War on Teachers? Let's Hope So.
Betsy DeVos's modest insurgency against failing public schools should be applauded.
To Reduce Food Waste, Government Must Get Out of the Way
Efforts to combat the problem continue to bump up against idiotic and outrageous laws.
Summer Means Time for Television to Go Bonkers
Crimelord manicurists and blood-sucking cars!
Prison Unions Punish California Taxpayers
Costs are rising even as the prison population gets smaller.
Movie Review: The Mummy
Tom Cruise in a seriously unpromising franchise launch.
Playing Tax Collector for the Welfare State Didn't Win British Tories Voters
The party is in trouble because of Prime Minister Theresa May's dementia tax
The Right Way to Boost Infrastructure Spending
The most important thing the federal government can do is get out of the way.
The Trump Administration's Extraordinary Plans to Use Local Cops for Immigration Enforcement
In an unprecedented move, it wants them to assist in border patrol.
Trump's Travel Ban Is Security Theater
Intent on blocking visitors from Muslim-majority countries, the president confuses political incorrectness with seriousness.
Prosperity Cities For Venezuela
Capitalists and capitalism can save the South American country.
Paris Agreement Climate Change
Paris Climate Agreement Wasn't Going to Save the Planet
So America's withdrawal won't lead to global doom.
Americans' Lifespans High Without Single-Payer or Nanny State Health Interventions
Lack of single payer hasn't seemed to hinder superior progress made in terms of life expectancy gains in the U.S. since UN records start in 1960.
Time to Get U.S. Air Traffic Control Out of the 1960s
Dozens of countries have modernized successfully.
The TSA Turns Harassing Travelers Into a Fine—and Pointless—Art
Security officials who fail every test thrown their way, plan to inflict the punishment for those shortcomings on airline passengers.
EpiPen Not Overpriced, Despite New York Times Complaint
Contrary to what The New York Times claims, the outcry over EpiPen prices has made them lower.
