North Dakota City Rewriting Rules to Keep Theater From Getting Liquor License
A theater in Bismarck applied for a liquor license, so city leaders decided to change the requirements.
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Apple Versus the FBI
It's possible that the FBI is not primarily concerned with the particular evidence stored on the San Bernardino shooter's phone at all.
World Getting Safer, No Daily Threat of Armageddon
Wars are getting rarer and nuclear stockpiles are going down.
After Scalia, Obama Faces Tough Choices on Nomination
Will Obama go for a fight that will mobilize the Democratic base, or choose a candidate who has some distantly plausible chance of confirmation?
California's Bipartisan Push Against Occupational Licensing
Removing barriers to entrepreneurship for the poor.
Scalia on Drugs
Cases involving drug prohibition reveal the late justice's fickle fidelity to the Fourth Amendment and federalism.
No Comfort In Trump Foreign Policy
Trump's shameful wimping out under firm questioning about Iraq may reflect troubles in the polls.
'Common Sense' Means Repealing the FDA's Menu-Labeling Mandate
Congress considers amending the rules. What it should do is get rid of them.
PBS Paints Rosy—Maybe a Little Too Rosy—Picture of Technology's Future
Documentaries on robots and big data avoid some big issues.
GMO Alarmist Nassim Taleb Backs Out of Debate. I Refute Him Anyway.
Fallacious arguments against developing and growing modern biotech crops is cause for great moral concern.
Republicans Shouldn't Fear a Supreme Court Fight
Republicans stand to lose more if they don't fight an Obama nomination
What the Eagles of Death Metal Can Teach Us About Fighting Terrorism
The police can't be everywhere.
Complex California Pot Act Created Unseen Problem
Governor signs law to fix flaw that caused cities to ban marijuana cultivation
Trump Was Right About Bush, 9/11, and Iraq
George W. Bush has culpability for both 9/11 and the Iraq war. Keep the pressure on, Donald.
Ted Cruz's Supreme Court Folly
What he really wants is a justice that will agree with what he believes the law should be.
Obama's Budget Is a Tax-and-Spend Travesty
The president wrongly believes government spending will grow the economy.
Justice Scalia Liked the Court. He Loved the Constitution.
Law students jokingly called him the pope of originalism, a phrase he loved.
Contraception, Immigration, and Liberal and Conservative Hypocrisy
Partisans decide their position on religious liberty based on their partisan agendas toward the specific issues.
The Second Amendment Without Scalia
What will happen to gun rights if a Democrat picks his replacement?
Rise of the Robot Cars
Bureaucrats stand athwart technological progress, yelling stop.
Antonin Scalia Was a Great Jurist for Criminal Defendants
The Supreme Court Justice's opinions often favored the accused-because their rights were in the Constitution.
Global Warming Fund a Slush Fund for World's Dictators
Third World tyrants salivate at the prospect of largesse from the green climate fund.
Step by Step, Pot-Legalizing States Free Their Marijuana Markets
Officials learn the hard way that high taxes and red tape just encourage black markets to continue
Don't Punish All Drug Offenders for the Crimes of One
Opponents of sentencing reform say a triple murder in Columbus means drug war prisoners must remain behind bars.
Trump and Sanders Offer Illusions of Solutions
They promise a world they cannot possibly provide.
Justice Scalia and the Libertarian Legal Movement
Libertarians disagreed with Scalia on many issues, but they also have to give him credit.
How to Convert the FAA's Air Traffic Control Into a Non-Profit
The Reason Foundation's director of transportation policy testified before Congress.
How Antonin Scalia Shaped—and Misshaped—American Law
The late Supreme Court justice's mixed legacy on liberty and the Constitution
Minnesota Inspectors Check Whether You Cleaned Your Toilet
Rental properties are checked regularly top to bottom, and some landlords are challenging the intrusion on their right to privacy.
Is Mexico's Soda Tax Really Working?
Can we really say taxes that reduce consumption but aren't reducing obesity are effective?
Stephen King's Baby Boomer Time Travel Fantasy Comes to Hulu
Watch 11.22.63 for the thrilling plot, not for the idiotic politics.
Of Course It's Ethical To Make 'Three-Parent' Babies
Yet Congress is keeping parents from using modern biotech to prevent disease in their offspring
Movie Reviews: Deadpool and Zoolander 2
Ryan Reynolds in a delirious superhero outing, Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson in a losing search for laughs.
Is California Infrastructure About Taxes or Priorities?
Legislators and activists target governor's focus on bullet train and Delta tunnels
End, Don't Extend, the Draft
The only fair measure would be to abolish registration and never draft anyone again.
Obama's New Oil Tax Would Drive Up Gas Prices
The president is virtue-signalling during his final year in office.
What If There Is No Difference Between the Presidential Candidates?
All major candidates in both major political parties promise a federal government that can right any wrong.
Rand Paul Is Out—But Libertarianism Is Finally Mainstream
The candidate seeded a generation of liberty-minded young people.
Don't Put Right-to-Work in the Virginia Constitution
Right-to-work laws are a response to federal mandates, and don't belong in state constitutions.
What Rand Paul Brought to the Presidential Race
The Kentucky senator encouraged his fellow Republicans to be more consistently skeptical of big government.
How Ted Cruz Defeated Iowa's Ethanol Cartel
His strategy wasn't lovely, but it was a blow to crony capitalism.
Apocalyptic Warnings About 'Water Wars' Too Pessimistic, Too Premature
Freshwater reserves are falling but access to drinking water is up.
