Who Can Free Traders Vote for in 2016? Trump, Hillary Are Dead-Set Against It.
Only Libertarian Gary Johnson supports free trade and opposes tariffs, "period."
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The Unbearable Triteness of Brexit Commentary
Does everything always have to be about America? Yes, pretty much, if you're an American.
Jon Favreau Defends Obama's Record on Surveillance and Transparency
Obama's former chief speechwriter goes to bat against information leakers.
Surprise: Donald Trump & Hillary Clinton Pledge To Hike Historically High Spending Levels
Only Libertarian Gary Johnson promises to balance budget while reducing outlays.
Don't Believe Any Headline Showing Hillary Clinton with a 12-Point Lead over Donald Trump
Journalists are hyping poll results that look quite different when Gary Johnson is properly included
Gary Johnson: You Can Look at Brexit as a 'Catastrophe' or an 'Opportunity'
Three out of four presidential candidates have made a statement on Brexit.
George Will Leaves the Republican Party over Trump: 'Make sure he loses'
Iconic conservative commentator officially joins the ranks of independents
Trump in Scotland: Would Put UK at 'Front of Line' for Trade Deal, Support Scottish Independence
Says the British "took their country back," just like Americans will
Impotent Gun-Grabbery, Redacted Islam, Deflated Trump, and O.J. All Day: The New Fifth Column
Three-headed podcast argues amongst itself over race, terrorism, and...infrastructure?
Two Kinds of Social Conservatism
Whether Donald Trump is "socially conservative" depends on what sort of social conservatism you mean.
Johnson Polling Solidifies at 9%, Taking 3 Points Each from Clinton, Trump, Other
Libertarian is competitive among independents and Millennials in two new polls, while doing his best to date against a rising Jill Stein
How Trump and Bezos Can Bury the Hatchet
If Donald Trump is the dealmaker he touts himself as, he'll make public peace with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. Here's why.
One Year Ago Today, Donald Trump Announced He Was Running For President
Now he's the presumptive Republican nominee who's carved out a place in American history, win or lose
Gary Johnson Taking the Same Support from Clinton as Trump
Don't assume that the Libertarian is only poaching Republicans
How Not to Fight Islamic Terrorism
Overseas attacks haven't worked, and pursuing more of them will only make things worse at home.
Why People Vote for Trump
Some are drawn to the appeal of what he says, not the substance.
Donald Trump Was Right That U.S. Soldiers Stole Money in Iraq—Why Are Democrats Denying The Truth?
Trump Derangement Syndrome leads to Democrats whitewashing the Iraq war.
No-Fly List, No Guns: Trump Agrees with Obama, Clinton. He Thinks the NRA Should, Too.
After Orlando, Trump wants to meet with NRA to convince the organization to support denying guns to people on the no-fly list, terror watch list.
Terror Semantics, the AR-15 McGuffin, Runaway Aboutism, and the Clinton/Trump Follies: Working Through Orlando on The Fifth Column
Your favorite libertarian podcast tackles the nation's deadliest mass shooting
U.S. Can't Be Responsible for ISIS in Syria Because There Wasn't an 'Intervention,' Says Vox
Blind spots big enough to get rebels through.
Decoding Donald Trump's Conspiracy Talk
Lots of politicians are conspiracy theorists, but Trump brings his own style to the game.
Trump Takes Credit for Hillary Clinton Using 'Radical Islam,' Calls on Her to Return Saudi Donations
Says he wants a safe society that's tolerant and open and also railed against Muslim immigration.
The Post-Orlando Trump/Clinton Crackdown
Matt Welch talks terrorism and the political instinct to control & clench on tonight's Kennedy
Trump and the Terror Vote
Terrorist attacks bolster turnout, but that doesn't tell you whom voters will support
Ken Burns Slams Donald Trump in Stanford Address
"Asking this man to assume the highest office in the land would be like asking a newly minted car driver to fly a 747."
Green Party Candidate Jill Stein Says Hillary Clinton Could Be Worse Than Donald Trump
Trump "says very scary things," Clinton does them.
Trump Reiterates His Call for a Ban on Muslim Immigrants Because a Tiny Percentage Are 'Implicated in Terrorism'
The presumptive Republican presidential nominee exaggerates both the number of immigrants and the number who pose a domestic threat.
After Orlando, Donald Trump Hints That President Obama Might Be Linked to Radical Islam
Trump is once again indulging in paranoid conspiracy theories about the president's background.
What Trump, Clinton, Obama, Sanders, Others Are Saying About Orlando Pulse Shooting
"When will this stop? When will we get tough, smart & vigilant?" tweets Trump.
Mitt Romney Might Vote for LP Ticket of Gary Johnson and William Weld
2012 GOP nominee excoriates Donald Trump's "trickle-down racism, trickle-down bigotry, trickle-down misogyny."
Gary Johnson, Bill Weld on Colbert: Always "coming down on the side of choice"
LP presidential ticket stakes out differences between Democrats, Republicans, and Libertarians.
Deepak Chopra Blames Donald Trump For Making the Guru Call the Billionaire "Retarded"
Whether he's right about the GOP presidential nominee, Chopra has a lot of explaining to do about why his brand of medicine gets taxpayer support.
Don't Let Hillary Clinton Off the Hook for Her Foreign Policy Mistakes Because of Donald Trump
Her finger on the trigger isn't safer.
New Episide of The Fifth Column Features Anthony L. Fisher on Muhammad Ali's Anti-War Legacy, and So Much More
Also, Michael Moynihan and Matt Welch talk about what it's like to be among the clapping seals in the audience of Real Time with Bill Maher.
Sign of Progress: Millennial Women Don't Care That Hillary Clinton Is a Woman.
It's a BFD that nobody really cares that Hillary might become the first female president.
Roseanne Barr, Socialist for Trump
Why a leftist sitcom star prefers Donald Trump to Hillary Clinton
Trump Presidency Could Cost United States the World Cup, U.S. Soccer Prez Says
Hysterics hitting eleven.
Harvard Law Prof: First Amendment Is 'Almost Entirely Without Content'
Does Donald Trump show contempt for the First Amendment? Not according to one liberal academic.
Trump's Thin Skin vs. Clinton's Thick Head
On war and peace, he's dangerously unpredictable, while she's predictably dangerous.
Is This Where Libertarians Say Goodbye to Conservatives?
To right-wingers, Gary Johnson's embrace of "social liberalism" negates his pledge to "sign off on any reduction in the federal government."
Paul Ryan Calls Trump's Judge Remark Racist, Continues to Endorse Trump Anyway
House Speaker calls Trump's remarks about a Trump U judge "indefensible," but says he still has common ground with the presumptive GOP nominee.
Pro-Drug War Texas Congressman Tells Donald Trump to Shove the Border Wall 'Up His Ass'
Says he agrees with Trump on fighting drug cartels and deporting felons
"Let people do what they want with their own bodies and property": Q&A with Todd Seavey
'Libertarianism for Beginners' was born in seeing the Soviet Union collapse.
