Forget Denmark, Venezuela is the Real Culmination of Bernie's Socialist Dreams
For the Vermont senator who favors press censorship and sees bread lines as evidence of success, the Bolivarian regime would seem to embody his ideals.
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Hillary Clinton, Borrowing From Rubio, Discovers Welders
If you thought the exit of Marco Rubio meant we could forget about the welder issue, alas, no such luck.
FBI's Creepy Intiative to Turn Imams Into Informants
The Shared Committees Responsibility program is surveillance masquerading as community service for Muslims.
Fight Against NC LGBT Discrimination Law Reveals Hypocrisy Over 'Dark Money'
Corporations influencing politics is awful for liberals, unless the influence benefits their political agenda.
Early Lessons From Marijuana Legalization in Colorado
A new report from the state Department of Public Safety considers the consequences.
Prince, Curt Schilling, and the Acceleration of History
Cultural changes can happen quite quickly.
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA's Latest Swerve on Racing
EPA says it won't regulate amateur car racing, legislators not so sure.
Finding the Middle Ground in Debate Over GMO Regulation
Should government policy be to favor or oppose GMOs? No.
Need a Breather Before May Sweeps? Here, Have a Baby Elephant
Nature documentary highlights the rough childhoods of pachyderms.
Earth Day 2016: Paris Climate Agreement Signed
Too weak or a giant bureaucratic threat to democracy?
California GOP Blathers About Freedom, But Mostly Backs 'Secrecy Lobby'
Politicians from the party of Reagan and Lincoln should instinctively know the dangers of giving government officials unaccountable power.
Want to Fight the Terrorist Enemy? Start With Allies Like Saudi Arabia
Squashing terrorism without confronting its Sunni state incubators is like fighting a fire without plugging the gas leak.
Movie Reviews: Elvis & Nixon and Men & Chicken
Michael Shannon does the almost impossible, Mads Mikkelsen the near-unbelievable.
The Land of the Free, But Not Until Tax Day Is Over
Americans' tax burden is growing significantly.
'Buy American' Hurts Americans
"Every part of my product is made in the USA." What could be wrong with that? Lots of things...
Why It's Too Late to Scrap the Iran Deal
It wasn't perfect, but the alternatives are much worse.
The Limits to President Obama's Authority on Immigration Executive Orders
Is the president enforcing laws not as Congress wrote them, but as he wishes them to have been written?
Another Lesson from the Iraq War
Liberals and conservatives are short-sighted even when claiming to have learned their lessons.
Bernie Sanders and the 'Right to Sue' Gun Suppliers
Has he changed his mind, or is he trying to have it both ways?
Free Markets Would Improve Hospital Service
Instead, hospitals are run like socialist bureaucracies.
President Obama's DAPA Order Oversteps His Immigration Powers
Obama's action is good policy, bad law, and terrible precedent.
Yes, Obama's Executive Action Deferring Deportation for Millions of Immigrants Is Constitutional
The immigration laws whose enforcement the president is restricting are themselves unconstitutional.
Containment Offers No Cure to a Plague of Apocalyptic Sci-Fi Fantasies
New CW show boldly goes where many have gone before.
Cuba's Literacy Rate, Life Expectancy Nothing to Lionize
Dictatorships may value literacy as much as democracies, but they value life a lot less.
Trump's Plan for Making Financial Black Markets Great Again
The presidential wannabe's scheme will likely draw more illegal immigrants and fuel illegal evasion of capital controls.
Hooray for Hillary Clinton's Ties to Walmart
Sen. Sanders, however, seems to think that voters will be horrified to learn of Alice Walton's support for Clinton.
Four Progressive Minimum Wage Myths Debunked
Democrats are just making things up to advance their job-killing cause.
The Lemonade Is $150. The Pot Is Free.
Exchanging marijuana "gifts" for "donations" is not, alas, legal in Washington, D.C.
California's New Retirement Plan for Private Sector Workers Is a Stunning Display of Hypocrisy
If the program is so good, shouldn't government workers be included, too?
Runaway Farm Subsidies and Diet Guideline Fights: Federal Food Policy Is a Mess
Two recent examples illustrate deep and broad problems.
Killer Robots: Protectors of Human Rights?
Why a ban on the development of lethal autonomous weapons now is premature.
There Are Better Ways to Handle Unwanted Animals Than Through Government
Private, market-based solutions less likely to end with the killing of animals.
Movie Review: Green Room
Patrick Stewart goes dark in an intense skinhead shocker.
Congress and Crony Capitalists Want to Take Over the Contact Lens Market
Special interests collude with government to hurt consumers.
Hillary Clinton's Overdue Shift on Crime
She acknowledges harsher penalties implemented in the '90s were a mistake.
Obama's Faint Praise of Hillary is Either Machiavellian or Dumb
The president characterizes his former secretary of state's use of a private email server as "careless," but under the law it's negligence.
Virginia's System of Injustice
Wrongful convictions like Keith Allen Harward's are made easier without open discovery rules.
Charlie Hebdo, Terrorism, and the Culture of 'You Can't Say That'
The strangling of free, open commentary on Islam in Europe has had an impact that is as predictable as it is dire.
Bill Clinton's Crime Bill Ambivalence
The former president can't decide whether he should brag about the 1994 law or apologize for it.
Another Libertarian Moment?
Candidates vying for the Libertarian nomination sound better than those on the Republican-Democratic side.
The Crypto Wars Are Not About Terrorism, They're About Power
Make no mistake: the War on Crypto is not primarily about "terrorism" or "fighting crime" or "public safety" at all.
Ten Reasons to Defect From North Korea
What would make someone want to flee "The Hermit Kingdom"?
Remembering The Woman Who Helped Keep Massachusetts' Taxes Down
Barbara Anderson worked hard to improve the state's economic climate.
Shut Up, They Explained
Increasingly, free speech ends where the listener stops agreeing.
When It Comes to Wall Street Regulation, Bernie Sanders Has a Short Memory
Big banks needed government help to pull off the heist.
Do More Teenagers Smoke Pot When It's Legal?
Contrary to what prohibitionists claim, the numbers from Colorado are equivocal.
Liberals and Conservatives Should Reject Sanders
His policies come from a fantasy world.
