Senior Editor, Cato Institute
Diplomatic deterrence has a more impressive track record.
Serious political movements shouldn't try to knock down all the barriers to power whenever they temporarily enjoy it.
That's not as reassuring as they think
Given the disaster his presidency has become, you can't blame the guy for wanting some alone time.
He was lawless, reckless, and anything but a national treasure
Unfortunately, the federal government still remains capable of tremendous technological feats.
Instead of confirming Jeh Johnson, the Senate should abolish DHS.
Why are we engaged in another war?
It's time for Obama to back down from his ill-conceived and unnecessary call for war.
The president finally follows the Constitution. Will it matter?
As if "VIPR" squads and "BOSS" surveillance weren't worrisome enough.
Whatever justification the ban once had, it now rests on the insulting notion that you're not mature enough to handle what goes on in the courtrooms you pay for.
How the president uses language as a cover for the abuse of power.
Christie says Rand Paul's views are dangerous. Is he right?
Corrupt FBI let mobster Whitey Bulger keep killing-and it cost innocent lives.
Both agencies reveal a government that's out of control.
The NSA presents a grave threat to liberty, but the pundits just talk about the Snowden sideshow.
The Obama administration doesn't understand what the average citizen does: Stay out of the Middle East.
The president needs to take responsibility for the actions of his own administration.
We've had too few impeachments in American history, not too many.
The long, disturbing history of using the Internal Revenue Service to target political opponents.
These days, millennials are growing less gullible.
Let America's former presidents burnish their legacies on their own dimes.
Terrorist tactics should not scare us into undermining the Constitution.
There's no guarantee new regulations will prevent another tragedy.
Despite Kim Jong Un's bluster, his regime is only a threat to the U.S. to the extent that we've put ourselves in harm's way.
Most "solutions" wouldn't make us any safer but would make us less free.
Remembering the bipartisan efforts to expand the size and power of government.
The Republican senator takes aim at modern conservative orthodoxy.
Why the nation's capital is a clown show consumed by trivialities
It's not just Congress that needs to change its expectations.
Obama's drone strikes are an affront to the entire Anglo-American constitutional order.
The Senate Armed Services Committee seems to think that the best defense is a good offense.
The only part of the inaugural ceremony required by the Constitution is the oath of office.
Self-congratulatory, schoolmarmish earnestness and warmed over Beltway pap
The drive toward regimented, Panopticon-style schools won't make students any more secure.
Bad arguments and bad writing from the nation's top opinionmongers
A decade of frantic overreaction and wasteful, destructive policies based on the false promise of perfect safety
The War on Terror has come home, and the "battlefield" is everywhere.
Let's hope separation of powers and the rule of law have better defenders in Congress and the courts.
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