Trump Should Expand Audits of Programs That Waste Taxpayers' Funds
Wouldn't that be nice?
Wouldn't that be nice?
The idea that Twitter should be run by the federal government is silly. But perhaps the platform isn't best operated as a for-profit public corporation.
Leaking privileged information helps keep the powerful accountable, but it also undermines the president's ability to do his job.
America has been trying to have it both ways for too long.
The president takes a reckless stance on free trade, entitlements, and debt reduction.
The president has a complicated take on big government, based on grievances not philosophy.
Donald Trump promises massive military spending increases, but he used to say military cuts didn't go far enough.
If Jeff Sessions tries to shut down state-licensed cannabusinesses, he will betray his own principles.
Zambia sees Zimbabwe's economic missteps as South Africa looks to repeat them.
Libertarian History/Philosophy
The libertarian author of "It Usually Begins With Ayn Rand" and many other books died February 16.
Everything's going to be more or less ok.
Disinviting him from CPAC won't wash their sins.
Michigan lawmakers and the Twenty-First Amendment stink.
The Radio Act of 1927 has enjoyed a nice, long life. It's past time for a retirement party.
Jordan Peele launches his movie career with an instant horror classic.
Not everything is 1933 redux.
Police union-backed rules protect bad cops.
The thin line between reason and delirium.
The unseen government within the government has so much data on Americans that it can reward or punish at its own discretion.
Eisenhower and Jackson now perceived differently. What's going on?
If there is an unjustified asymmetry between bed and breakfasts and Airbnb rentals, why not relax regulations on the former?
Is the OMB's kill list a sign of fiscal seriousness or the opposite?
The media rarely fabricate anything, but they are blind to their biases.
The president talks nonsense about refugees, immigrants, and crime.
Virginia chooses a governor in 2017.
Republicans don't know how to roll back Obamacare's massive expansion of this lousy program.
New bills in Montana and California would make it easier for small food entrepreneurs to thrive and for consumers to have more choices.
CMT explores rock's roots, while CBS presents a spinoff to a popular legal drama.
The "you're with us or you're with him" binary approach alienates potential allies.
Government failed to pay attention to concerns brought up more than a decade ago.
If we accept the models, entirely eliminating all U.S. carbon emissions would have less than a negligible impact on temperatures by the end of the century.
The president has the right to set policy, and the judiciary has the duty to prevent the trampling the rights of an unpopular minority.
The federal agency is attacking the Sixth Amendment right to counsel.
State-level attempts at religious liberty laws pose difficult questions.
Why do U.S. officials insist on obscuring them?
Jacob Zuma promising accelerated "land reform."
Government is a weapon old industries use to squeeze out entrepreneurs.
How can we judge Trump's foreign policy? Perhaps we'll know it's succeeding if our friends are happy and our enemies are worried.
America offers ISIS a useful propaganda recruitment tool.
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