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Nanny State

No Shopping, Please, We're German

Should German businesses have the right to remain open on Sundays?

Steve Chapman | 10.6.2008 9:00 AM

Politics

Palin's Small-Town Snobbery

Why it's time to bury the myth of rural virtue

Steve Chapman | 10.2.2008 7:00 AM

Economics

Beg, Borrow, or Steal

Why the bailout is a terrible idea

Steve Chapman | 9.29.2008 7:00 AM

Politics

The Case Against the Bailout

Why the government shouldn't save businesses from their bad choices

Steve Chapman | 9.25.2008 7:00 AM

Politics

Bill Clinton's Interventionist Legacy

President Clinton may be out of office, but his policies carry on

Steve Chapman | 9.22.2008 7:00 AM

Politics

Ladies' Nights and the "Cancer of Discrimination"

Should it be illegal for bars to offer discounts to women?

Steve Chapman | 9.18.2008 7:00 AM

Politics

Crooked Talk

Why is John McCain running a dishonest campaign?

Steve Chapman | 9.15.2008 7:00 AM

Politics

Are You Experienced?

Comparing Barack Obama and Sarah Palin's readiness to govern

Steve Chapman | 9.11.2008 7:00 AM

Politics

When Did Freedom Become an Orphan?

This election season, both the left and right promise big government

Steve Chapman | 9.8.2008 7:00 AM

Politics

Politics First

How Palin Subverts McCain

Steve Chapman | 9.4.2008 7:00 AM

Politics

The Man from Scranton

Joe Biden's mythical blue-collar roots

Steve Chapman | 9.1.2008 7:00 AM

Politics

Obama and Big Government

Should libertarians fear the Democratic nominee?

Steve Chapman | 8.28.2008 7:00 AM

Politics

Gun Rights vs. Freedom?

How "take your guns to work" laws violate property rights

Steve Chapman | 8.25.2008 7:00 AM

Policy

The Perils of a Lower Drinking Age

Why 18-year-olds shouldn't be allowed to drink

Steve Chapman | 8.21.2008 7:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Surprises from the Divorce Revolution

Has no-fault divorce produced stronger marriages?

Steve Chapman | 8.18.2008 7:00 AM

Politics

Why Don't We Protect the Privacy of Jurors?

The case for making jury duty anonymous

Steve Chapman | 8.14.2008 7:00 AM

Politics

Seeing China Whole

Don't underestimate its capacity for positive change

Steve Chapman | 8.11.2008 7:00 AM

Policy

The Return of Old-Fashioned Paternalism

Will limiting our choices save us from ourselves?

Steve Chapman | 8.7.2008 7:00 AM

Policy

Rx for Economic Pain

It's time to face some uncomfortable truths

Steve Chapman | 8.4.2008 7:00 AM

Policy

Consenting to be Abused

The problem with "voluntary" roadside searches

Steve Chapman | 7.31.2008 7:00 AM

Politics

Team Obama

Has the media fallen for the Democratic candidate?

Steve Chapman | 7.28.2008 7:00 AM

Politics

Should We Stay or Should We Go?

Making sense of John McCain's confusion on Iraq

Steve Chapman | 7.24.2008 7:00 AM

Politics

Change He Can't Believe In

Obama's old-fashioned opposition to school vouchers

Steve Chapman | 7.21.2008 7:00 AM

Politics

Change He Can Believe In

Obama's surprising course on Iraq

Steve Chapman | 7.17.2008 7:00 AM

Policy

Armed and Dangerous?

Why buying a gun is not a suicidal act

Steve Chapman | 7.14.2008 7:00 AM

Politics

Obama, McCain, and Financial Disaster

Empty promises won't fix America's broken budget

Steve Chapman | 7.10.2008 7:00 AM

Politics

Truth and the Gitmo Detainees

Is every prisoner at Guantanamo really a terrorist?

Steve Chapman | 7.7.2008 7:00 AM

Economics

The Pursuit of Happiness

How economic liberty creates personal fulfillment

Steve Chapman | 7.3.2008 7:00 AM

Politics

How Gun Control Lost

The long road to D.C. v. Heller

Steve Chapman | 6.30.2008 7:00 AM

Politics

Politicized Justice

It's time to restore public trust in the Department of Justice

Steve Chapman | 6.26.2008 5:00 PM

Nanny State

Force-Fed the Facts

Will mandatory calorie counts save us from ourselves?

Steve Chapman | 6.23.2008 7:00 AM

Politics

Terrorized by the Supreme Court

Why conservative fears about the habeas decision are way overblown

Steve Chapman | 6.19.2008 7:00 AM

Politics

The Limits of Power

Why the Supreme Court is right on Guantanamo

Steve Chapman | 6.16.2008 7:00 AM

Economics

The Return of Stagflation?

These may not be the days of wine and roses, but the 1970s never had it so good

Steve Chapman | 6.12.2008 7:00 AM

Politics

A Liberal Like No Other

Understanding Obama's bipartisan appeal

Steve Chapman | 6.9.2008 7:00 AM

World

Whose Iraq Is It, Anyway?

A majority of Iraqis are calling for us to leave. Maybe we should listen.

Steve Chapman | 6.5.2008 7:00 AM

Politics

Rocky Road to the White House

McCain and Obama both stumble as the race heats up

Steve Chapman | 6.2.2008 7:00 AM

Economics

Oil Prices and Economic Reality

There's no reason to panic about rising costs

Steve Chapman | 5.29.2008 7:00 AM

Politics

Balancing Act

What sort of running mates should Barack Obama and John McCain pick?

Steve Chapman | 5.26.2008 7:00 AM

Politics

Mythmaking for the Next War

John McCain's reckless foreign policy proposals

Steve Chapman | 5.22.2008 7:00 AM

Civil Liberties

No Reason to Rush

California voters-not judges-should decide the future of gay marriage

Steve Chapman | 5.19.2008 7:00 AM

Politics

Republicans and Tax Realities

Why the GOP was wrong to cut the capital gains tax

Steve Chapman | 5.15.2008 12:00 PM

Politics

Sailing into a Storm?

John McCain's shipwrecked foreign policy

Steve Chapman | 5.12.2008 7:00 AM

Politics

How to Lose a War

John McCain is ditching the policy that defeated Communism

Steve Chapman | 5.8.2008 1:00 PM

Politics

McCain Finds His Own Radical Friend

Who's more of a threat to America, Liddy or Ayers?

Steve Chapman | 5.5.2008 7:00 AM

Policy

A Better Way to Fight Crime

The brilliance of DNA swabbing

Steve Chapman | 5.1.2008 7:00 AM

Politics

Clinton's Endearing Fictions

Do Americans prefer a shameless liar in the White House?

Steve Chapman | 4.28.2008 8:00 AM

Policy

The Cops That Couldn't Shoot Straight

Chicago police and their proposed, unworkable gun ban

Steve Chapman | 4.24.2008 7:00 AM

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