Taking Exception to Vermont's Proposed GMO Labeling Rules
Defending an unconstitutional law may prove as costly as it is foolhardy.
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Both Gay and Heterosexual Marriages Are Equally Stable
It's past time for gays and lesbians to be given the opportunity to wed. The evidence suggests that they will do no worse in marriage than their fellow heterosexual citizens have done.
California Cops Become Mind Readers, Seize Your Guns
The new law is less about the firearms and more about trying to identify people who might be too dangerous to own them.
Birdman and Fury
Michael Keaton at his high-flying best, Brad Pitt bogged down in the mud of war.
Guns, Drugs, and Money: Here's What's on State and Local Ballots in the 2014 Midterms
Ballot initiatives across the country offer more substance in the midterm elections than the battle for Senate control.
This Is How Ebola and ISIS Could Kill Us All
Irrational fears encourage policies that are more dangerous than the threats they are supposed to defuse.
Stop Letting Politicians Scare You Into War in the Middle East
The best way to avoid terrorism is to stop dropping bombs on Muslims.
How Federal Agents Illegally Force Twitter, Google, and Banks to Turn Over Private Customer Data Without a Proper Warrant
Private companies are fighting the federal government in court over the Patriot Act's "National Security Letters," which violate the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution.
How to Solve the Campus Rape Crisis: Lower the Drinking Age
A lower drinking age might curb alcohol excess and sexual assault.
Does the Constitution Still Matter?
Americans right and left tend to give up on the Constitution whenever it gets in the way of policies they like.
Crony Capitalism: Taxpayers Forced to Fund Virginia Brewery
Government handouts leave a bitter taste.
How Bogus Threats of Voter Fraud, Dangerous Abortions, and Other Phony Emergencies Make Honest Debate Impossible
Two Texas laws illustrate a politically poisonous legislative habit.
Pressure Builds to Commit U.S. Troops Against ISIS; Why It's Still a Bad Idea
We may defeat ISIS at an unknown price in lives only to find that keeping the situation from deteriorating again requires putting the region under indefinite occupation.
The Dumb Republican Calls for a Travel Ban to Fight Ebola
If anything, it will make matters worse
Why Government Websites Cost More and Perform Worse Than Private Sector Sites
Nearly 2,000 pages of cumbersome federal contractor regulations could be to blame.
Farmers' Markets and Organic Farms: More Special Interests Get Millions in Government Handouts
From farm grants to "green" technology subsidies, politicians hand out goodies while taxpayers get stuck with the tab.
Fictional Infractions and Furry Judges
Two cases give the Supreme Court a chance to limit cops' broad power to stop and search your car.
GamerGate: Part I: Sex, Lies, and Gender Games
A controversy over videogames has become a battle in a larger culture war.
Will the FCC Let Televised Football Be?
The micromanagement of pro football's television policies, it seems, will continue without interruption.
Stop Referring to Gay Marriage as 'Marriage Equality'
How can one argue that gay marriage is OK but polygamy is not?
How Cutting-Edge Medicine Might Have Spared Us the Ebola Epidemic
The promise of technical end-runs around government ineptitude
'Power Drunk' Agency Targets Local Winery
California's Department of Industrial Relations slapped the owners of the Westover Winery with more than $115,000 in fines and assessments for using volunteer workers.
It's Nobel Prize Season Again!
Why Israel Kirzner should win the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
Whiplash and The Judge
J.K. Simmons and Miles Teller jazz it up, Downey and Duvall go to court.
Where Rape Victims Are Forced to Pay for Their Own Forensic Exams
Why should sexual-assault victims have to pay the state to investigate the crimes against them?
This Is How the Feds Illegally Obtain Evidence of a Crime and Lie About It in Court
The NSA and Justice Department go after suspects in crimes unrelated to national security using an unlawful, deceptive practice called "parallel reconstruction."
A Libertarian Party Moment?
Three high-polling L.P. candidates contemplate a possible banner year for the third party
Taste Is Personal: A Primer in Nobel Prize-Winning Literature
The subjective theory of value in action.
The Free Market Is the Best Antidote to Poverty
Left free, the market will provide the greatest benefit to workers, employers, and consumers.
'Acting White' Remains a Barrier for Black Education
Blaming the issue on society is like telling someone on a rainy day not to use an umbrella, but to support efforts to eliminate weather.
No Local Option on Gay Marriage
Federalism is no longer a viable approach to same-sex unions, if it ever was.
From Moscow With Liberty: Meet the Head of Russia's Libertarian Party
Andrey Shalnev just won an election, and he's sowing the seeds of freedom in an unfree nation.
Cop Cams May Just Empower the Surveillance State
Instead of curbing abuse, cop cams could be surveillance cameras with feet.
What to Expect from a GOP Congress
Will it matter if the Republicans retake Congress next month?
What the Hannah Graham Disappearance Says About U.S. Culture and the Media
The dangers of "Missing White Woman Syndrome."
How Internet Activism Helps Sex Workers
Marginalized groups seek justice, community, and self-help online.
Must Conservatives Be Cop Lovers?
Rand Paul challenges fellow Republicans to rethink their reflexive support of law enforcement.
What's Inside a Washington, DC Food Desert?
Baylen Linnekin looks inside a Washington, DC food desert-which features a Starbucks and a campus dining hall. And pomegranates.
Please Don't Vote
The biggest fans of "democracy" treat this orgy of vacuous lever pulling as if it were sacred or patriotic. It's neither.
