Change Stupid Immigration Laws
Matt Welch spoke with Grover Norquist about immigration reform at the FreedomFest conference in Las Vegas.
Big Government
A Rare Victory Against Health Care-Strangling Red Tape
With Obamacare coming into effect, things are going to get worse before they get better.
In Just One Month, Politicians Prove the Power To Govern Is the Power To Destroy
Taxation is only one hammer available to politicians when they set out to smash the world around them
No Utopia for Detroit
Until the Motor City fixes its services, liberal and libertarian renewal ideas will remain fantasy
How to Break an American City
The municipal bankruptcy mess is heading to a local government near you.
A Step Toward Facebook.gov?
Get ready for the government to determine what bullying online is (and therefore, what free speech isn't)
The Shutdown Shows Us That Government Treats People Like Garbage
The state has become entwined in our lives, and we are much worse off because of it
Audit Finds IRS Employees Don't Follow Their Own Rules
On the bright side, this makes them vulnerable to lawsuits
Obamacare Buyers' Remorse
Maybe congressional Republicans should quit trying to repeal Obamacare and let the president do it for them.
Stop and Frisk: How the Right Learned to Love Gun Control
If any other program had a 98 percent failure rate, conservatives would hold it up as a shining example of everything that's wrong with big government.
Stop-and-Frisk: How Government Creates Problems, Then Makes Them Worse
We should be concerned whenever the executive branch unilaterally declares it will write its own law.
Forfeiture Laws Turn Public Officials Into Profiteers
The lure of revenues has distorted police priorities as money-hungry agencies think more about grabbing property than about fairly applying the law.
Climate Change Myths
Just because humans sometimes damage the environment doesn't mean government is competent to fix the problem.
Is America on the Decline?
The fall of Rome is a pattern repeated by empires throughout history. Does that include us?
Melissa Harris-Perry Couldn't Be More Wrong About the Roots of Detroit's Bankruptcy
Detroit in 2011 had around twice as many municipal employees per capita as cities with comparable populations.
The "Insanity" of Obamacare
Who are the real crazies when it comes to pushing for bigger government?
Life-Strangling Laws from the Unelected
Lawyers are making a killing off barber shops and bars with poor claims of inequality.
President Obama Puts Politics Above the Rule of Law
From aiding Egypt to Obamacare, this administration demonstrates no regard for the Constitution.
Independence Day Celebrates a Nation Founded on the Right Ideals
Why the U.S. is still prosperous.
What We Know About Government Is Scarier Than What it Knows About Us
We have bigger problems than the NSA.
Big Government Is the Problem, Not Edward Snowden
If the media spent half the time investigating the NSA that they spend sneering at whistleblowers, Americans might demand an end to spying.
How Obamacare Empowers the IRS
The president's health care overhaul requires a massive expansion of the controversial tax agency.
Let's Divorce Marriage from the Government
Government neutrality is the best way to ensure fairness and social peace.
Modern-Day Puritans Want to Ban Things That Make Us Happy
The government bans fun, not danger.
Motives Aside, the NSA Should Not Spy on Us
We may have more to fear from spies acting out of patriotic zeal than those acting out of power lust or economic interest.
