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Matt Welch: It's Stupid Season. Have You Been Vaccinated?
Journalists weren't interested in vaccine policy, they just wanted to find fools and laugh at them.
Steve Chapman: Superbugs Are Outstripping Antibiotics
Bacteria can evolve. Maybe federal policymakers can as well, before it's too late.
Jacob Sullum on the French Right Not to Be Offended
Under French law, insulting people based on their religion is a crime punishable by six months in jail.
Sheldon Richman on How the War of 1812 Made Republicans Embrace Permanent Taxes and a Strong Military
The war dramatically changed American people and government.
Sara Mayeux: Cruel, Unusual, and Crowded
Will Brown v. Plata bring mass incarceration to an end?
Brendan O'Neill: France Dishonors Charlie Hebdo By Policing Hate Speech
To grant the state the authority to police hatred is to open the door to the policing of thought, conscience, and morality.
Greg Jones: Will Robots Kill Labor Unions?
Automation needn't be scary for workers, but for traditional unions, the robot future may hold a different fate.
David Harsanyi on Netanyahu's Holocaust Remarks
Netanyahu was right to bring up the Holocaust, writes David Harsanyi.
Ronald Bailey Extols the Revolutionary Implications of Blockchain Technology
Review of Blockchain: Blueprint For A New Economy
Steven Greenhut on Cal State's Ban on 'Belief' Requirements for Campus Groups
State bill targets university's 'believe it or not' edict.
Kurt Loder Reviews Chappie
A sci-fi misfire from Neill Blomkamp.
Steve Chapman: Netanyahu's Impossible Dream
Arms control tends to bring out unwarranted panic and fury, and Netanyahu is squarely in that tradition.
Sheldon Richman Says America Must Reject Netanyahu's War Cry on Iran
If there is an "existential threat," Israel is the source and Iran is the target.
Reason TV: Killer or Artist?
Prosecutors' use of rap lyrics as evidence is chilling artistic speech.
Andrew Napolitano on Obama's Lone Wolf Presidency
When the president effectively writes the laws, Congress is effectively neutered.
Michael Tanner: Medicare and Social Security Tabs Coming Due
Unless we want to drown future generations in a sea of red ink, we need to have a serious conversation about the future of entitlements.
Prepare to Meet Your Replacements! Why Robots Will Win in the End.
New developments will change human relationships with machines
Shikha Dalmia on the Misplaced Feminist Outrage Against Patricia Arquette
Feminism no longer knows how to help real women with real problems
Ronald Bailey: The Vampire Cure for Aging
Watch out Millennials! Baby Boomers are out for blood.
Sheldon Richman on How the War of 1812 Eroded U.S. Liberalism
It's not too much to say that modern America was born in 1812-1815.
Noah Berlatsky on Shady Chicago Police Practices
Chicago policing echos Abu Ghraib.
