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The United States needs to be realistic about its interests abroad and the limits of our ability to influence events militarily, says the former nominee to be ambassador to Afghanistan.
Figuring out the limits of big-tent libertarianism is no easy matter, but it's central to the movement's success.
In the new book Free Speech, the Danish activist defends radical self-expression from Socrates to social media.
Nearly 90 gag-order bills would ban schools from teaching the grisly particulars of American history. This activist is fighting against the censorship and for school choice.
The novelist and essayist attacked CNN's handling of Neil Young vs. Joe Rogan—and promptly drew the ugly ire of the podcaster's admirers!
Covid lockdowns, insane teacher-union demands, and fed-up parents are fueling historic breakthroughs in all sorts of education reform.
In The Mind of the Censor and the Eye of the Beholder, the legendary First Amendment lawyer exposes the tricks of today's "anti-free speech movement."
The San Fransicko author on fighting homelessness and mental illnesses without shredding civil liberties.
The National Review staffer's new book is a spirited defense of capitalism, individualism, and free speech.
Ronald Bailey and Jacob Sullum on the future of COVID-19, the politicization of science, the failure of mandates, and how to talk with anti-vaxxers.
This Brooklyn-bred New York Post columnist and her family are fleeing to Florida due to bad education policy and COVID mismanagement.
A new survey of single people confirms that we have more sexual choices than ever. Match.com's chief science adviser explains why such a libertarian outcome doesn't lead to libertinism.
The Inconvenient Minority author and head of Color Us United says it's time for the country to become truly colorblind.
The HBO documentary Listening to Kenny G brilliantly explores the gulf between market success and critical acclaim.
The Cuisine and Empire author dishes on the anti-French origins of Turkey Day, why she hates "organic" food, and the genius of Julia Child.
The New York Times columnist and Columbia University linguist on the "new religion" he says has "betrayed Black America."
Misinformation and bad policy can only be defeated by robust, open debate in the public square.
The grandmaster and human rights activist talks about the lessons the world—especially American democratic socialists—must remember three decades after communism's collapse.
The Drug Policy Alliance founder and Psychoactive podcast host on how to build a post-prohibitionist America.
The former presidential candidate talks about UBI, race relations, ranked-choice voting, his new political party Forward, and how "the duopoly is killing us."
The Harvard linguist says Enlightenment reasoning and critical thinking are behind massive increases in material and moral progress.
Rafia Zakaria's controversial Against White Feminism challenges the status of icons like Simone de Beauvoir, Betty Friedan, and Eve Ensler.
Young people who came of age after 9/11 aren't snowflakes despite being exposed to a series of catastrophic events and apocalyptic news narratives.
The Reason senior editor argues that attempts to break up tech giants and rein in social media are based on flawed arguments.
When government "gets out of the way, we're going to see again, the creativity of the American people," says the 80-year-old optimist.
The Reign of Terror author on fighting surveillance and interventionism done in the name of stopping jihad.
"You don’t get to lose a war and expect the result to look like you won it," says the author of Tomorrow, the World: The Birth of U.S. Global Supremacy.
The findings of the newest IPCC report on the future of the planet—called a "code red" for humanity—have been wildly distorted.
The Enough Already: Time To End the War on Terror author on fixing foreign policy in the Joe Biden era.
The When Rabbis Bless Congress author and C-SPAN honcho on a weird political tradition and the glorious death of legacy media
Forget Robin DiAngelo and White Fragility. Theory of Enchantment uses popular culture to make workplaces more inclusive and welcoming.
The popular podcaster and comedian on the future of the Libertarian Party, his vaccine hesitancy, and fighting the culture war
Why postwar culture from Jack Kerouac to Andy Warhol to James Baldwin to Susan Sontag to Yoko Ono battled boundaries hemming them in.
Demonstrators are making themselves heard via Facebook, Signal, and other platforms. Is that enough to overthrow an authoritarian regime?
The Irreversible Damage author talks about getting deplatformed from Target and her support for gender-reassignment interventions.
The cryptocurrency pioneer explains why governments can't stop bitcoin 'despite all their guns and weapons.'
The former Michigan congressman says "horrible messaging" is a sign of insecurity.
The former Google engineer talks about inflation, the Austrian school of economics, and how bitcoin is revolutionizing banking.
The Wyoming Republican believes bitcoin provides a serious alternative store of value, will spur renewable energy, and just might save the dollar.
The Extra Life author on past scientific breakthroughs, COVID-19 vaccines, and renewing trust and confidence in public health agencies.
The creator of Titania McGrath on cancel culture, government overreach, and younger generations' willingness to censor
A third-generation Marxist critiques the contemporary left and discusses what progressives and libertarians might have in common.
Americans have a reputation for being cockeyed optimists, but we're suckers when it comes to "declension narratives" about the fallen state of our world.
A member of the board (and a Cato Institute vice president) defends the controversial decision to kick the former president off the social media platform.
The Columbia linguist discusses his new book Nine Nasty Words and dismisses the ideological excesses of the 'anti-racism' movement.
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How Axl Rose reflected a country desperate but unwilling to move on from a worn-out postwar consensus on national identity, gender roles, and global hegemony.
"At some point, a regulation or a law with the absolute best of intentions will be wielded by people who may not have the absolute best of intentions."
From "power poses" to the self-esteem movement to implicit bias tests, Americans are suckers for bad ideas from psychologists.
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