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Tim Burton takes on the king of kitsch.
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'Tis the Season for Politics to Make Us Worse
Minimal government has virtues beyond lower debt, less crowded prisons, and less militarized police. It might even save your family.
In 2014, Frightened Rulers Did Scary Things
Autocracy showed staying power in conspicuous places.
The Christmas Truce of World War I
Recalling the time, 100 years ago, when soldiers refused to fight each other
The State Department's Naughty List
The identification of terrorism sponsors is driven by politics rather than facts.
Pakistan is Still Not Ready to Root Out Terrorism
Peshawar might not be the last massacre on its soil
Soft Hearts and Hard Minds: The Enduring Challenge of U.S. Foreign Policy
In the case of CIA torture, hard hearts mixed with soft minds to further a policy that was not only grotesque, but unwise.
Political Predictions for 2015
What to expect in Congress, foreign policy, technology, the stock market, and more.
Virginia's New Gun Control Proposals Won't Protect Public Safety
Most Second Amendment restrictions take rights away from people who don't commit crimes and never will.
The Strange Source of Our Cuba Policy
What does the Electoral College have to do with our shunning of Cuba? Plenty.
What Obama's Cuba Deal Means for the Future of Cuban Cigars
Don't stop hoarding those Cuban cigars just yet.
Libertarian History/Philosophy
Monopoly Means Aggression, Not Just Limited Choices
Impossible to have one without the other
Cops Seized Couple's $160,000 Wine Collection—And Want to Destroy It All
When it comes to alcohol laws, Pennsylvania is about as close to Saudi Arabia as you can get in America.
Elizabeth Warren's Dynamic Appeal
Warren's positions far more closely reflect the sensibilities of the modern-day Democratic Party than Hillary Clinton's.
The Paris Climate Negotiations Next Year Will Be a Fiasco
Why there will not be a global climate change treaty in 2015
How Far Will Cop Unions Go to Halt Reform?
A look into the way some police unions across California intimidate political opponents into silence
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Peter Jackson's bloated trilogy finally wheezes to an end.
Dragon Age: High Fantasy Meets the Security State
A video game that shows the corrupting influence of power.
The Newtown Families' Lawsuit Ignores Fact That Vast Majority of AR-15s Are Used Responsibly
Gun control advocates fighting "assault weapons" have two formidable enemies: the law and experience.
Getting Away With Torture
Regular Americans are held accountable for their actions. Why aren't government officials?
How a Bipartisan Majority in Congress Shredded the Constitution, Again.
Hidden in the Cromnibus was a clause allowing the NSA to gather your private data and share it with law enforcement and foreign governments.
Centralized Policing Is the Wrong Solution
Elinor Ostrom and the case against centralization
Capitalism Does Much More for Poor People Than Government Playing Santa Claus
Government creates loyalty in the minds of citizens by pretending to be Santa Claus.
Elizabeth Warren Is Right: The Cromnibus Aids Crony Capitalism
Give her credit where credit is due.
The Emerging Battle Between Political Outsiders and Insiders
Spending bill vote reveals a new political battle - not the left versus the right, but the edge versus the center
Why Obama's Immigration Policy Is Constitutional
Obama's immigration order does not undermine the rule of law-but the expansion of federal criminal law does.
The Lame Liberal Case for Expanding Executive Power
So much for the constitutional system of checks and balances.
Did Congress Stop Marijuana Legalization in D.C.?
An anti-pot rider reflects prohibitionist weakness.
Mortgage Binges and Painful Hangovers
After the last mortgage binge, we woke up in the gutter. Isn't once enough?
Libertarian History/Philosophy
Nathaniel Branden, RIP, and The Pursuit of Happiness
Pursuit of happiness intersects with political freedom
The Government's Mandatory Calorie Counts May Be Hazardous to Your Health
For some people, calorie counts fuel shame and send them chasing after numbers instead of listening to their bodies.
Congress Talks GMO Labeling, Actually Makes Sense
The early results of this bipartisan effort, it may surprise you to learn, aren't half bad.
Republican Powerbrokers Intend to Clear the GOP Field for a Favored Establishment Candidate
Republicans actually have to sort out some substantive differences on policy. Coronations do not lend themselves to self-examination.
Demographic Changes Threaten Pensions
New report: There eventually will be more retirees collecting pension checks than there will be employees paying into the system
Debunking John Kerry's Claim That Climate Change Is a Great Investment Opportunity
If renewable, new nuclear, or even fusion energy is actually becoming cheaper than conventional fossil fuels, why would the world need an international treaty at all?
As Student Activism Grows, So Does Campus Resistance to Free Speech
"Procedure" is quite the effective tool for stifling student expression, but calls for "civility" and "tolerance" do the trick, too.
The Government Killed Eric Garner for Threatening One of Its Revenue Streams
Here's one way to help reduce how often cops harass, beat, and kill peaceful citizens.
Government Ineptitude, CIA-Style
It's not clear the CIA workforce is appreciably different from the rest of the Washington bureaucracy.
How Torture Became Just Another Government Bureaucracy
The battle isn't about morals or ethics, but rules and control.
