How a Republican Congress Can Kill Common Core
Opponents and supporters of national standards in education both want the federal government to back off.
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Advice to the New Republican Congress: Don't Pass More Laws
GOP should put the wish lists away and let state and local governments manage themselves.
Drug Task Force in Rural Missouri Denies Own Existence
Secret drug task force will not disclose any public records
Run the Jewels Talks About Gun Rights, Government Surveillance, and the Political Power of Big Beats
Reason has a conversation with "top tag team for two summers."
Lena Dunham, Sexual Predator? Or Just Really Weird?
Dunham's memoir-one in which she positions herself as a sexual assault victim-also highlights some blatant sexual and political double standards.
Can We Save Nature by Making It Economically Useless?
"Decoupling" human economy from ecology could render large areas of pastures, croplands, and managed forests too remote for exploitation.
Crazy U.K. Copyright Laws Suppress WWI Soldiers' Letters, Other Historical Documents
How the U.S. and Britain can learn from each other to make unpublished and orphaned works available to the public.
What Is the Libertarian Response to Ebola?
How a free society should respond to a communicable disease outbreak.
Cannabis and Capitalism: The Horror?
The specter of Big Marijuana did not scare voters into rejecting legalization.
How San Francisco's Progressive Policies Are Hurting the Poor
Left-wing regulations are increasing inequality, reducing affordable housing, and killing economic opportunities.
Britain Poised to Muzzle 'Extremist' Speech
The country that gave us free expression may be backpedaling.
The Midterm Election Debunked Big Myths About Gridlock, Obamacare
Guess what. Voters don't really hate "obstructionism." They hate the other party.
Why the Stockton California Bankruptcy Ruling Can't Stop Public Sector Pension Reform
A federal judge approved Stockton's bankruptcy exit plan which punts on pension debt. But other cities are free to tackle the problem, and they must.
From Election 'Spoilers' to Weaponized Libertarians
Major-party candidates love blaming libertarians for the consequences of their own failings.
The U.S. Launches Another Dumb War in the Middle East. Why Hitting ISIS Will Just Make Matters Worse.
For most of this century, we've been fighting wars to enhance our security, and each time, we find ourselves with more enemies and less security.
Election 2014 Is Over. Here's Why Your Vote Didn't Really Matter
Voting rewards irresponsibility. That's just one problem with democracy.
Manufactured Culture Wars
The two major political parties are more alike than they are different when it comes to abortion and free speech.
Polling Fail: Democrats, Even More Than Libertarians, Underperformed in 2014 Midterms
An unexpectedly strong showing for the GOP shows pollsters still have work to do.
Should Obama Push Executive Action on Immigration After His Shellacking?
Yes, if he doesn't want 2016 to be an even bigger debacle
Midterm Election Results Are In. Who Cares?
Neither Republicans nor Democrats consistently protect something far more important than either party: individual liberty.
Here's How the Government Is Wasting Your Tax Dollars
Manure marketing, golf course renovations, a DEA museum, and other wastes of public money.
Ebola Panic Control
A nurse's successful quarantine challenge is a victory for reason and due process.
How to Make Life Inconvenient for Politicians Not Just on Election Day — But Every Day
Voting is fine, but there are better ways to keep government officials on their toes.
No Matter Who Wins the 2014 Midterm Elections, Obama Loses
Both major parties are due for resets and everybody is running against his agenda.
Postal Service Mail-Tracking: Three Big Questions
Inspector general's report finds that postal workers screw up even creepy surveillance.
9 Reasons Government-Funded Infrastructure Is a Bad Idea
Let private investors take the lead.
How Urban Renewal Destroys Neighborhoods
What happens when central planners bulldoze communities and try to build better ones? Trampled property rights, dislocated families, wasted money, and failed development.
How Not to Legalize Pot
Thanks to regulatory missteps, legal marijuana remains scarce and expensive in Washington.
Ebola Quarantines Ignore Experience and Trample Freedom
When did it become a badge of toughness to succumb to irrational panic?
Midterm 2014 Guide: Third-Party Senate Candidates Give Establishment Republicans Conniptions
Liberty-minded small government views may be the missing ingredient.
Psychedelic Science
Despite steep regulatory barriers, researchers are exploring the therapeutic possibilities of ecstasy, acid, and mushrooms.
Prohibition Battle in Arkansas: Local Control or Individual Rights?
On Tuesday Arkansas voters decide whether to end prohibition in the state
Misandry in the GamerGate Controversy
One of the weirder bouts of gender conflict in the culture wars.
The Feds 'Modernize' Food Safety Without Making Food Safer
Proposed FDA food-safety rules under the FSMA show the expensive campaign to modernize food safety shouldn't be confused with one that improves food safety.
The Deteriorating Relationship Between Israel and the Obama Administration
None of this is especially shocking, considering the antagonism the administration has shown toward the Jewish state from the start.
Is Capitalism Environmentally Unsustainable?
The goal must be to find ways for liberty and the environment to flourish together, not to sacrifice one in the vain hope of protecting the other.
Government Agencies Use Their Power to Bolster Their Own Budgets
A northern California legal case involving state and federal efforts to secure a massive financial settlement from the state's largest land owner is rife with allegations of fraud, corruption, and official misconduct
Spooky Politicians That Go Bump in the Night
The end of October brings children disguised as pretend ghosts and goblins, and politicians whipping up fears of supposedly real ones.
Nightcrawler and Horns
Jake Gyllenhaal brings the creepy, Daniel Radcliffe gets lost in a failed fright flick.
America Cannot Kill Its Way Out of the ISIS War
This is not a simple "we win, they lose" scenario.
'No Drama Obama' and the Virtues of Inaction
What President Obama has displayed when dealing with the Ebola crisis are his best qualities, not his worst ones.
Vote Democrat for Real Libertarian Values
Republicans don't live up to their tax reform claims, while Democrats pave the way for tech innovation, says Jared Polis.
Seven Reasons to Vote for the Libertarian Party
When you vote Libertarian, the other parties have to become more libertarian.
Voting Republican Is the Smart Choice for Libertarians
There are liberty GOP candidates on the ballot. Let's not give those up to Democrats by voting Libertarian, says Grover Norquist.
