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Politics

How Public Employees and Taxpayers Got Scammed

The politicians are the real problem.

Steve Chapman | 2.24.2011 7:00 AM

Policy

Police Cameras and Crime

Can a surveillance state make us safer?

Steve Chapman | 2.21.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

For Chicago Mayor, A Race Against Race

Understanding the politics of the Windy City

Steve Chapman | 2.14.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

Why Obama Wants to Cut Corporate Taxes

Is the president serious about encouraging business?

Steve Chapman | 2.10.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

America the Conservative?

How to understand U.S. politics

Steve Chapman | 2.7.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

A Mandate Too Far

Why ObamaCare deserves to fall

Steve Chapman | 2.3.2011 7:00 AM

Policy

Should We Ban Walking While Wired?

The Nanny State targets hand-held gadgets.

Steve Chapman | 1.31.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

For the Budget Crisis, a Fake Solution

The trouble with Obama's State of the Union

Steve Chapman | 1.27.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

Inoculating Against True Health Care Reform

We can't all live at the expense of everyone else.

Steve Chapman | 1.20.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

A Birthright, and a Mess of Pottage

The misguided effort to remove birthright citizenship

Steve Chapman | 1.17.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

Why Gun Control (Still) Won't Work

Restricting the Second Amendment is not the answer to the Tucson shootings.

Steve Chapman | 1.13.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

Irrationality in Football and Politics

Is it time for a change?

Steve Chapman | 1.10.2011 7:00 AM

Culture

The Return of the Minivan

From soccer moms to Generation X

Steve Chapman | 1.6.2011 7:00 AM

Policy

Does Sexual Fare Cause Sexual Violence?

The truth about pornography

Steve Chapman | 1.3.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

The Death Penalty On the Wane

Is it time to abolish capital punishment?

Steve Chapman | 12.27.2010 7:00 AM

Politics

Surveying the State of Global Freedom

In 2010, the world stalled on the road to democracy

Steve Chapman | 12.23.2010 7:00 AM

Policy

Curbing Excellence

The trouble with American education

Steve Chapman | 12.20.2010 6:00 PM

Politics

An Unhealthy Mandate

Does ObamaCare violate the Constitution?

Steve Chapman | 12.16.2010 7:00 AM

Politics

Left and Right, Fooled by Obama

Is the president really a liberal?

Steve Chapman | 12.13.2010 7:00 AM

Politics

Robert Gates' Inconspicuous Virtues

Replacing the defense secretary won't be easy

Steve Chapman | 12.9.2010 7:00 AM

Politics

Up from Homophobia

It's time to let gays serve openly in the military.

Steve Chapman | 12.6.2010 10:30 AM

Policy

The Folly of Attacking Iran

Haven't we learned anything from the Iraq war?

Steve Chapman | 12.2.2010 12:00 PM

Policy

The Case Against Motorcycle Helmet Laws

This is not a public health issue.

Steve Chapman | 11.25.2010 7:00 AM

Politics

Will Republicans Get Serious on Spending?

Don't count on it.

Steve Chapman | 11.22.2010 7:00 AM

Politics

Time to Tear Down Wrigley Field?

Why the Cubs shouldn't receive any stadium welfare

Steve Chapman | 11.18.2010 7:00 AM

Policy

Get the Government Out of Our Pants

Has the Transportation Security Administration finally gone too far?

Steve Chapman | 11.15.2010 7:00 AM

Politics

Letting Ex-Cons Vote Is No Crime

The case for ending felon disenfranchisement

Steve Chapman | 11.11.2010 7:00 AM

Policy

Attack of the Food Police

Why the government has no business banning Happy Meals

Steve Chapman | 11.8.2010 7:00 AM

Politics

The More Things Change

Why the Republican victory won't matter

Steve Chapman | 11.4.2010 7:00 AM

Politics

In Washington, Division Can Be a Plus

The case for divided government

Steve Chapman | 11.1.2010 7:00 AM

Politics

The Incumbent Protection Racket

How gerrymandering hurts democracy

Steve Chapman | 10.28.2010 7:00 AM

Politics

Obama's False Alarm on Corporate Electioneering

Understanding the president's attacks on Citizens United

Steve Chapman | 10.25.2010 7:00 AM

Politics

Rahm's Residence and the Appeal of Absent Pols

Does it matter if politicians live in the places they represent?

Steve Chapman | 10.21.2010 7:00 AM

Politics

Two Wars and We Don't Feel a Draft

The benefits of a volunteer military

Steve Chapman | 10.18.2010 7:00 AM

Politics

Pandering to Geezers

It's a bipartisan problem.

Steve Chapman | 10.14.2010 7:00 AM

Policy

How to Profit by Expanding Freedom

The case for drug legalization

Steve Chapman | 10.11.2010 7:00 AM

Policy

Our Non-War Over Islam

Tolerance and assimilation are the real story.

Steve Chapman | 9.27.2010 7:00 AM

Politics

The Failure of Obama's Stimulus

Big spending has only produced bigger government.

Steve Chapman | 9.23.2010 7:00 AM

Politics

Cuba and the Death of Communism

Fidel Castro finally admits the obvious.

Steve Chapman | 9.20.2010 7:00 AM

Politics

The Tea Party and the Value of Craziness

Extremism in defense of liberty isn't necessarily a vice.

Steve Chapman | 9.16.2010 7:00 AM

Politics

If Palin Runs for President

Twitter and Facebook won't help her in the debates.

Steve Chapman | 9.13.2010 7:00 AM

Politics

What Mayor Daley Left Behind

Surveying the state of Chicago

Steve Chapman | 9.9.2010 7:00 AM

Economics

Not Enough Labor Day

How the government is destroying jobs

Steve Chapman | 9.6.2010 7:00 AM

Politics

The Pointless Prosecution of Roger Clemens

All perjuries are not created equal.

Steve Chapman | 9.2.2010 7:00 AM

Politics

Hatching Bigger Government

Is government regulation making our food any safer?

Steve Chapman | 8.30.2010 7:00 AM

Politics

Inconvenient Facts About Stem-Cell Research

Understanding Judge Royce Lamberth's recent decision

Steve Chapman | 8.26.2010 7:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Republicans for Religous Freedom

Why the GOP should beware the dangers of putting religion at the mercy of government.

Steve Chapman | 8.23.2010 7:00 AM

Policy

The Truth About the Pay Gap

Does gender discrimination hurt women's salaries?

Steve Chapman | 8.19.2010 7:00 AM

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