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The dangers of government surveillance.
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As Evidence of Higher Prices Mounts, Trump Announces Yet More New Tariffs
Prices for steel, washing machines, and lumber spiked after Trump imposed tariffs on them. This time it will be different, right?
Trump Will Hit Americans With Import Taxes on $50 Billion in Chinese Goods
Don't believe the administration's claim that this will hurt China.
Trump's Ignorant Trade War
The president should stop worrying about the trade deficit and learn to love free trade.
Mnuchin: 'We're Putting the Trade War on Hold'
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says Trump administration is withdrawing plan to impose 25 percent tariffs on $150 billion of Chinese imports.
Trump, Reagan, and Why Republicans Flip-Flopped on Free Trade
The Donald is more like The Gipper on trade policy than you think. And not in a good way.
Tariffs Are Self-Imposed Sanctions
We restrict trade to punish our enemies. Why would we do the same to ourselves?
China Moves to Restrict Social Media Dissemination of 'Peppa Pig'—My Two-Year-Old's Favorite TV Show
The government fears that the popular children's cartoon has taken on a "subversive hue" and may "hamper positive societal morale."
The Economic Case for Free Trade Is Stronger Than Ever
But working-class identity politics threaten to ruin everything.
Are We Already in a Trade War With China?, Venezuelans Blame Maduro for Food and Medicine Shortages, Russia Wants to Ban Encryption App: Reason Roundup
"We are not in a trade war with China," President Trump tweeted this morning.
10 Ways Trump's New Tariffs Will Piss You Off
And 1,300 more that will make you scratch your head.
'Free-Market' Conservatives Welcome Their New Protectionist Overlord
Even Larry Kudlow is calling Trump's tariffs a "growth action."
Everyone Loses as China Escalates Trade War With Tariffs on American Pork, Fruit, and More
"No one wins in these tit-for-tat trade disputes, least of all the farmers and the consumers."
The Geopolitical Risks of Trump's Protectionism
If China can't fight back economically, it'll fight back with guns.
Stossel: China's Freedom-Crushing 'Social Credit Score'
Americans should be wary of something similar.
Trump's Steel Tariffs Will Help, Not Hurt, China
The proposed tariffs are an exercise in ego, not economics.
Bob Poole on Trump's Gas Tax, Rep. Beto O'Rourke on Challenging Ted Cruz
Matt Welch hosts Sirius XM Insight (channel 121) from 9-12 ET
When Governments Suspend Their Own Rules
Special economic zones can be anything from tools of crony capitalism to seeds of a freer world order.
Mass Surveillance Is One Chinese Export We Should Ban
Privacy law is eons behind surveillance technology
Vatican Official Says China, Which Persecutes Christians and Murders Dissidents, Is the Country 'Best Implementing the Social Doctrine of the Church'
An Argentinian bishop in Rome may not be the best authority on Chinese politics.
Trump Launches Solar Panel Trade War with China
Will the economic and social benefits of the solar panel tariffs outweigh their costs? Not likely.
GW Students Organize to Fight Oppression By Oppressing Reading Choices
Obvious propaganda should be labeled propaganda, obviously.
A Rising China Bets Big on Infrastructure Spending Overseas, As U.S. Wavers
China's recent moves to be a world leader could be beneficial in some areas, particularly when it comes to those investments in the developing world.
First Whole Body Transplant Is 'Imminent'
In the case of "head transplants" - it's better to be the "donor" than the recipient.
Trump Trip to Asia Mostly a Welcome Shift in U.S. Foreign Policy
Diplomacy and dialogue are more fruitful than containment and condemnation.
How Trade Tariffs Screw Over the Little Guy (Aluminum Foil Edition)
Donald Trump's protectionist tariffs against Chinese aluminum will double the price of a very widely used product: aluminum foil.
Trump Trade Speech Undermines Beleaguered Free Trade Consensus
Free trade benefits all participants.
U.S. Steel Manufacturers Eager for Trump to Impose Long-Promised Tariffs
Trump, tariffs and the art of the deal
Stossel: 100 Years of Communist Disaster
This year marks communism's 100th birthday. Its horrors should remind us of the value of freedom.
China and Russia Warn U.S. About Regime Change in North Korea
The best way for them to prevent regime change is to offer more attractive alternatives.
Five Cities That Got F*cked by Hosting the Olympics
Brazil, Russia, Greece, and China were all suckers in one of the oldest scams in sports
Individualism Increasing Across the World
The richer people become, the more eagerly they throw off the shackles of collectivism.
South Korea's New President Gives Trump Opportunity to Keep Campaign Promises
Moon has also been skeptical of U.S. defense commitments in the region.
No, North Korea Isn't "Super-Mighty"
Stooping to the level of North Korean bluster is both unnecessary and reckless.
Tillerson: U.S. Has 'No Further Comment' on North Korea Missile Tests. Good.
Often the best move is to not play.
Concern Over Tillerson Skipping NATO Meeting Misplaced
The secretary of state is staying in the U.S. to be at President Trump's meeting with China President Xi Jinping.
Tillerson Suggests Pre-Emptive Military Action Against North Korea a Possibility
The U.S. is warning North Korea to denuclearize or else.
U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions Fall 3 Percent
Global emissions flat for 3rd year in a row despite strong economic growth
Chinese Premier Says China Doesn't Want a Trade War—But That U.S. Firms Would Bear the Brunt
Everybody loses in trade wars, especially workers, consumers, and entrepreneurs
Could Impeachment of South Korean President Improve Relations with North Korea and China?
Leading candidate to replace supports more engagement with North Korea, fewer sanctions
