Barack Obama

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Oil Gushes and Power Rushes

Obama's "$20 billion shakedown" exemplifies his lawlessness.

Jacob Sullum | 6.23.2010 7:00 AM

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P.R. Troubles for the Afghanistan War

Brian Doherty | 6.22.2010 11:21 AM

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New Afghanistan Withdrawal Deadline: When We're Good and Ready

Brian Doherty | 6.21.2010 2:45 PM

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Penn Jillette on Bush-Obama: "They both want to kill people, they both want the government to be bigger, and they both want less freedom for individuals."

Matt Welch | 6.21.2010 11:58 AM

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A Narrative Is a Narrative Isn't a Narrative

Matt Welch | 6.21.2010 11:08 AM

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Jon Stewart on Energy Independence: "Why didn't it work? Why didn't we do it?"

Matt Welch | 6.18.2010 5:22 PM

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Ron Paul: Leading the Great Independent Masses?

Brian Doherty | 6.17.2010 6:46 PM

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You Can Go Home, But You Pretty Much Have to Stay Here

Brian Doherty | 6.17.2010 12:31 PM

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Keith Olbermann to Daily Kos: I Break With Thee

Matt Welch | 6.17.2010 10:26 AM

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As the Spill Expands, So Does Presidential Power

More fallout from the BP oil spill

Steve Chapman | 6.17.2010 7:00 AM

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Jon Stewart: "Your campaign was premised on reigning in presidential power. WHAT HAPPENED??"

Matt Welch | 6.16.2010 10:18 AM

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Spill Speech Only The Latest Instance of Obama's Vision Deficit

Reason Staff | 6.16.2010 6:33 AM

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Reason.tv Replay: 3 Reasons Obama Should Kick His Own Ass

Reason Staff | 6.15.2010 7:10 PM

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Unions Just Have More Muscular Grandfathers Than The Rest of Us

Nick Gillespie | 6.14.2010 2:37 PM

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Tea Party Metaphysics and Other Terrifying Spectres

Matt Welch | 6.14.2010 11:34 AM

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Why, Oh, Why Doesn't Obama Save Us?

Why a president who does too much is far more dangerous than one who does too little

Steve Chapman | 6.14.2010 7:00 AM

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Glenn Greenwald, on "this suffocating, two-party monster"

Matt Welch | 6.11.2010 3:08 PM

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Don't You Go Calling Obama an "ex-state senator," Hater!

Matt Welch | 6.11.2010 12:48 PM

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Reason.tv: 3 Reasons Why Obama Should Kick His Own Ass

Reason Staff | 6.10.2010 3:00 PM

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Where Different Sorts of Fame Get You With California Voters

Brian Doherty | 6.9.2010 4:32 PM

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Daniel Ellsberg on Obama: "His actions are totally uncoupled from his public statements. I don't even listen anymore."

Matt Welch | 6.9.2010 2:53 PM

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National Deficit-Reduction Commissioner: "The market-worshipping, privatizing, de-regulating, dehumanizing American financial plan has failed and should never be revived"

Matt Welch | 6.8.2010 4:56 PM

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The 'Costs' of Free Speech

Consequentialism and the First Amendment don't mix.

Matt Welch | 6.7.2010 12:00 PM

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Obama Theory of the Month

Jesse Walker | 6.6.2010 8:15 PM

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Republicans of Obama's Fantasy World Believe "government has little or no role to play"

Matt Welch | 6.4.2010 6:53 PM

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Days of Irritation

Jacob Sullum | 6.3.2010 11:55 AM

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"What the President wants is a Supreme Court that will stand aside when or if Congress enacts the programs the President favors"

Damon Root | 6.2.2010 3:41 PM

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"According to their bios, Thomas Friedman and Maureen Dowd are 57 and 58 years old, respectively. You'd never guess it from their columns."

Matt Welch | 6.2.2010 11:59 AM

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Obama's Glamour Problem

Former reason editor Virginia Postrel on the economics of health care and the intersection of glamour and politics.

Ted Balaker | 6.1.2010 7:00 AM

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Who's Chooming Who in Obama's America?

Matt Welch | 5.26.2010 11:40 AM

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Gushy Sportswriter Nonsense About "the First Fan"

Matt Welch | 5.25.2010 4:35 PM

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Obama DOJ Prosecutes FBI Linguist For Leaking

Nick Gillespie | 5.25.2010 12:06 PM

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War: At Least It's Something We Can All Agree On

Brian Doherty | 5.24.2010 10:56 PM

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Fact-Checking Obama's Fundraising-Letter Claims About Wall Street "Special Interests"

Matt Welch | 5.24.2010 2:09 PM

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Government Backslides on Agriculture-Subsidies Transparency

Matt Welch | 5.24.2010 10:13 AM

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And the Enlightened Tyrants Will Lead Us

Is freedom getting in the way of progress?

David Harsanyi | 5.19.2010 12:00 PM

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The 9/14 Presidency

Barack Obama, like George W. Bush, is operating with war powers granted three days after the 9/11 attacks.

Eli Lake | 5.12.2010 3:00 PM

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Obama Drug Policy: No Surprises, Lots of Alarms

Matt Welch | 5.12.2010 1:34 PM

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Obama Works the Refs

Matt Welch | 5.10.2010 11:46 AM

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Obama: College Experimentation Is Great, Keep That Mind Open, and Now if You'll Excuse Me, I'm Going to Continue Presiding Over Our Militarized War on Personal Drug Consumption

Matt Welch | 5.9.2010 10:32 PM

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Bikes: Good for the Environment, Bad for the President

Brian Doherty | 4.29.2010 7:50 PM

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Barone: The Election's Winged Chariot Hurries Near Obama

Tim Cavanaugh | 4.28.2010 12:41 PM

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Don't Hope for Audacity

Jesse Walker | 4.25.2010 9:40 AM

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Reason Writers Around Town: Matt Welch in the New York Post on the VAT Trial Balloon

Reason Staff | 4.25.2010 8:29 AM

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There He Goes Again

Matt Welch | 4.23.2010 12:01 PM

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David Brooks: It's a Pity We Didn't Drive a Stake Through Barry Goldwater's Dead Heart When We Had the Chance

Matt Welch | 4.23.2010 11:04 AM

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Reason Morning Links: Alcoa, the Southern Strategy, and a New Sort of Sex Scandal

Jesse Walker | 4.23.2010 8:19 AM

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Health Care Shocker!: Reform Will Add to, Not Reduce, Government Deficits

Nick Gillespie | 4.23.2010 7:23 AM