In 2022, Pay Attention to Right-Wing Authoritarianism
For decades, libertarians have focused on illiberalism coming from the political left. But authoritarianism has taken root among many conservatives across the world.
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2021 Was Another Disappointing Year for Immigration Policy
Joe Biden promised to do better by migrants upon taking office, but he fell short in 2021.
Why the Pandemic Will End Only When We Demand It's Over
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.
The Year's Highlights in Blame Shifting
Politicians and cops found creative ways to dodge responsibility in 2021.
California Reinstates Mask Mandate as Omicron Panic Devours Team Blue
Plus: Trump's family members and cable news supporters pleaded with him to stop the January 6 riot, the D.C. metro needs a reckoning, and more...
D.C. Circuit Rejects Trump Effort to Block Release of Documents to January 6 Committee
Will the Supreme Court step in?
Is Dr. Oz Fit To Join the U.S. Senate?
The TV personality's extensive history of promoting dubious nostrums suggests that he isn't.
Two More Lawyers Sanctioned for Filing Frivolous Election Challenges
A federal magistrate judge in Colorado orders two attorneys to pay over $180K in fees to cover defendants' legal costs.
The Case for Compensating Victims of Trump's Brutal Child Separation Policy
Both legal and moral considerations support it.
Don't Worship an FBI That Took the Steele Dossier Seriously
Why trust an agency that conceals information from judges but prosecutes us for lying to it?
DC Circuit Temporarily Blocks Release of White House of January 6 Documents
A panel of the court will hear Trump’s challenge to the release of material on an expedited basis.
District Court Rejects Trump's Executive Privilege Claim for January 6 Records (Updated)
In a well-reasoned opinion, the district court rejects the former President's efforts to prevent the release of information by the National Archives to the January 6 Committee.
Let Trade Topple Cuba's Tyranny
Biden should denounce Cuba’s communist tyranny while pushing for more free trade with Cubans.
Trump Laid the Groundwork for Biden's Infrastructure Boondoggle
It's Biden's bill, but Trump helped set the stage.
Justice Department Charges a Steele Dossier Source With Lying to the FBI
The investigation of Trump aide Carter Page has exposed major problems with federal secret surveillance warrants.
Joe Biden Says Families Separated at Border Won't Be Receiving $450,000 Settlements
Plus: Children's vaccine passports in San Francisco, investors' inflation fears are on the rise, and more...
Mad, Trump-Averse Parents Finally Had Someone To Vote Against
Politicians continue to ignore—or insult—independents at their peril.
Congressional Report Confirms Trump's USDA Food-Box Program Was a Huge Waste of Money
Replacing parts of SNAP with a poorly overseen food delivery program turned out to be an expensive disaster.
Popular Progressive Policies Helped Ruin Venezuela. They Won't Work Here Either.
The idea that massive government spending, hate speech laws, and gun control will improve America—when they failed horribly elsewhere—is a dangerous myth.
Garry Kasparov: From Communism's Last Chess Champion to Freedom Fighter
30 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, its greatest—and last—chess champion reflects on the awful system that produced him.
Biden's Support Among Independents Has Crashed
As Democrats wrangle over his domestic agenda, and anti-Trump conservatives agonize over political strategy, both should pay more attention to the 27-point drop in presidential approval among self-described independents.
Holding Steve Bannon in Contempt
Congress prepares to assert its investigative authority.
Biden Administration Set To Reinstate 'Remain in Mexico' Policy Next Month
The Trump-era border measure relegated 70,000 migrants to dangerous conditions in Mexico while they awaited immigration court dates.
Trump's Tariffs Didn't Work. Biden's Won't Work Either.
They favor special interests, hurt consumers, and have utterly failed to rein in China.
Does Executive Privilege Extend Beyond a President's Term?
President Trump is telling former aides to assert executive privilege to frustrate the congressional investigation of January 6.
The Ohio GOP Senate Primary Is an Embarrassing Spectacle
Josh Mandel and J.D. Vance are locked in a race to the bottom.
Way Too Many People Want an All-Powerful President
Rather than fighting for power, Americans should ignore each other and go about their lives.
Biden to GOP: 'Get Out of the Way, So You Don't Destroy' the Country
The President's inaugural "unity" rhetoric has given way to apocalyptic condemnation.
Trump's 'Eastman Memo' Proposed an Unconstitutional Power Grab by the Vice President
A conservative law professor advised Donald Trump that Mike Pence could unilaterally overturn the 2020 election.
From Russiagate to the MyPillow Guy, Let's Stop With Electoral Conspiracy Theories
Before Mike Lindell's lunatic claims and Donald Trump's sour grapes over 2020, there was Hillary Clinton and the media's false insistence on Kremlin interference.
Blame Both Parties if the Federal Government Shuts Down in December
Democrats want to raise the debt ceiling, while Republicans occasionally remember they're against big government spending.
George Will vs. 1619 Project: The U.S. Founding Is 'the Best Thing That Ever Happened'
The Washington Post columnist says President Joe Biden isn't a progressive but "will go where the [Democratic] party goes, and the party is being driven by other people."
The Eastman Memo: Poor Lawyering for a Disreputable Cause (Updated)
An audacious last-minute attempt to undo the results of the 2020 election.
Taxing the Rich Isn't Enough to Pay for Democrats' Welfare State. They'll Need To Soak the Middle Class Too.
There simply aren't enough rich people to finance all the new spending.
George Will: Why He's Against Biden, Trump, and the 1619 Project—And Bullish on the Future
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.
Biden Won't End the Warfare-Surveillance State
National security reporter Spencer Ackerman on 9/11, mass surveillance at home, and failed wars abroad.
9/11's Lesson: War Doesn't Work
Historian Stephen Wertheim says two decades of failed wars have finally made America more likely to embrace military restraint.
Stephen Wertheim: 9/11, Afghanistan, and Failed Foreign Policy
"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.
Crises Bring Out the Toddler in Power-Hungry Politicians
Thwarted politicians rant, pout, and are outraged by anybody who pushes back.
Key Medicare Fund Will Be Insolvent in Just Five Years
The health program won't be able to pay all of its bills starting in 2026, according to a new Trustees report.
Illegal Immigration Isn't an 'Invasion'
Overheated rhetoric is a ploy to treat migrants like enemy combatants.
The Court Order Approving Sanctions Against Sidney Powell Shows How Hastily She Assembled Her Kraken
A federal judge concluded that Powell and eight other pro-Trump lawyers who challenged Michigan's election results made frivolous arguments and treated evidence recklessly.
Since Platform-by-Platform Censorship Doesn't Work, These Researchers Think, the Government Should Help 'Halt the Spread of Misinformation'
Their study found that Twitter's efforts to police Donald Trump's false election fraud claims were ineffective and may even have backfired.
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Is Right That Democrats Have a Vaccine Hesitancy Problem, but It's Not Nearly As Big As the GOP's
Although Patrick notes that blacks are less likely to be vaccinated than whites, the gap between Republicans and Democrats is much larger.
Why It Took So Long To Leave Afghanistan: Antiwar.com's Scott Horton
The foreign policy author and podcast host discusses Joe Biden's withdrawal and how to fix U.S. foreign policy.
If Government Is Good at One Thing, It's Making a Crisis Worse
The same institution that's unable to run the Postal Service or Amtrak orchestrated our invasion and withdrawal of Afghanistan.
Nothing Was Gained From 20 Years in Afghanistan
Why did it take presidents so long to realize this?
