Federal Dietary Policies Are an Unsteady Diet of Nothing
Follow the new guidelines at your own peril.
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Alien Invasion Series Colony Focuses on Human Intrigue
Collaborate or resist? There are no easy answers.
Death Rates Rise for Young White Americans Too
It's not just midlife whites - mortality rates for whites ages 25 to 34 are also increasing
Alabama Cops, Confederate Flags, Racism, and an Over-Eager Media
Despite unsubstantiated claims that police planted evidence on black men, credible accusations of systemic racism and police malfeasance remain.
Obama's Legacy is Executive Abuse
The temptation to use the Obama model of legislating through the executive branch will become increasingly attractive to politicians and their supporters.
California Poverty Plan Offers a Wealth of Bad Ideas
Donations flowing to statewide initiative that would impose surcharge on pricey properties
Movie Review: The Revenant
Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy in a brutal tale of survival and revenge.
Whatever's Going on in Oregon, It's Not Terrorism
Terrorism is the use of violence against noncombatants for a political purpose. That's not what's happening here.
How Government Aggravates Airline Delays
Federally mandated solution to tarmac wait times made problems worse.
Retailers Don't Need Another Regulatory Handout
Hidden consequences of banking regulation hurt poor people the most.
Obama Oversteps His Authority With Gun Orders
The president is without authority to negate the congressional will, and any attempt to do so will be invalidated by the courts.
What Are the Odds You Know Who's Going To Be President?
Prediction markets do better than pundits or polls.
2016: A Look Ahead at the Year in California Government
Forget Star Wars. New Year will see existential battle between innovation and regulation
In Gun Sales, Whose Hands Are 'Wrong'?
Obama wants to make it easier for the government to take away people's Second Amendment rights.
Where Are the Centrists Who Care About Economic and Personal Freedom?
If you are fed up with both the left and the right, the 2016 candidate pool is a sad state of affairs.
The Federal Ban on Medical Marijuana Was Not Lifted
Some observers got carried away when Congress renewed the Rohrabacher-Farr amendment.
Germany's 500-Year-Old Beer Purity Law Needs to Go
A new study shows Germany's Reinheitsgebot is turning off younger drinkers and driving them to non-German beers.
Three New Television Comedies Greet the New Year
A look at Superstore, Telenovela, and Angel from Hell
Price Controls Will Slow Drug Innovation
Ballot box is the wrong place to debate drug-price intricacies, in California or anywhere else.
Political Predictions for 2016
Take Judge Andrew Napolitano's quiz about the year ahead.
The Season of Peace Requires Action, Not Songs
Singing about peace and goodwill while cheering America's warrior state is a repulsive spectacle.
Libertarian History/Philosophy
It's Time To Embrace Free-Market Existentialism!
Capitalism provides the most choices and opportunities for philosophical self-definition.
The Year in Blame Shifting
How to dodge responsibility, whether you're a cop or the president
What Went Right in 2015
There may have been terrorism, crimes, storms, and Hillary Clinton, but 2015 was also full of good news.
Congress Snuck a Massive Surveillance Expansion Into the Omnibus Budget
At the heart of the measure is expansion of the feds' ability to access data without a warrant.
America's Decaying Institutions
United States slipping in some very important measures of institutional quality.
With Every Call for Encryption Restrictions, Officials Make the Technology's Case
Of course secure communications frustrate governments. That's the whole idea.
Predictions for 2016
Test your pre-cog skills with this pop quiz about the year ahead.
Why Ground Troops Won't Work Against ISIS
Sometimes even when there is a will there is no way
Dems, GOP Giving Hillary Clinton All She Wants for Christmas
She's a terrible candidate, but the parties seem to be in a race to the bottom.
The Year's Best Drug Scares
Impossibly potent marijuana edibles, formaldehyde in e-cigarettes, pills of war, MDMA disguised as Halloween candy, and superhuman flakka zombies.
Ringing Out What's Old—and Ringing In What's New—in Food Policy
Food policy cognoscenti discuss the top issues of 2015 and predict what might happen in 2016.
Regulation a Sure Bet for Fantasy Games
California attorney general asked to clamp down on online sports games
Admit It. You Just Want Your Own Dictator
Calls for "leadership" are unsavory, dangerous, and unAmerican.
Movie Review: The Hateful Eight
Quentin Tarantino's long, slow Western is a surprising misfire.
The Government Wasted Money on 'Shrimp Fight Club' and a Million Other Things
Waste, fraud, abuse, and monkeys on hamster wheels.
Feds Still Owe the $30 Billion Woodrow Wilson Borrowed for WWI
Who could run a household or a business the way the feds have run the government in the past 100 years?
Don't Let Principals Censor the Internet
Public schools should not have the power to punish off-campus speech.
Holiday in Thailand, $60 for a Hospital Visit
With growing prosperity came an extension of the healthcare system to the smallest islands.
There is a War on Christmas—In the History Books
The holiday has been surprisingly strife-torn since America's beginning. But today's controversies don't begin to compare to the colonial-era ban.
The New York Times Complains of Drug Price Hikes While Raising Its Own Subscription Fees
The freedom to set prices free of government coercion makes for better newspapers and better medicine.
