No, Joe Biden, Cops Can't Just Shoot People in the Leg
The former vice president's comment during the ABC town hall was idiotic.
The former vice president's comment during the ABC town hall was idiotic.
No, it’s not “bad for democracy” to keep giving a platform to the President of the United States.
Journalists should correct the story rather than pretend it doesn't exist.
Although Democrats think the composition of the Supreme Court is a big election issue, their nominee won’t say what he plans to do about it.
Republicans understandably prepared for attacks on Barrett's faith which thankfully haven't materialized.
But on big-picture fiscal issues, are Democrats and Republicans really so far apart?
A survey of presidential preferences and regrets
The growing movement to fund students rather than government monopolies
Granting clemency to nonviolent offenders like Alice Marie Johnson would be low on the list of priorities for Yates and Biden.
Politeness is nice. Answering questions would be even nicer.
Too bad Biden's position isn't as good as Pence makes it sound.
The position is likely the strongest any major-party candidate for president or vice president has taken on the issue in such a prominent venue.
Lockdowns are forcing students, parents, educators, and even taxpayers to look for all sorts of alternatives to the status quo.
Libertarian faces potential "spoiler" charge in Ohio, North Carolina, Iowa, and Georgia.
Plus: Libertarian Jo Jorgensen draws biggest support from millennials and Gen Z, John McAfee being charged with tax evasion, Trump released from hospital, and more...
A vigorous disagreement on The Reason Roundtable
The former vice president has a long history of reckless responses to the menaces du jour.
Like Trump's presidency, the debate destroyed unfounded respect for the people who rule us.
Trump is right that police unions support him more than Biden. That doesn't speak as well of the president as he thinks.
Biden's refusal to address court packing in the first presidential debate reflects his lack of concrete positions.
President Trump accepts the scientific findings about climate change "to an extent."
After the trainwreck that was the first Biden-Trump debate, some people will likely call for future debates to be canceled. America needs the exact opposite.
Both sides in the debate about face masks make claims that are not justified by the scientific evidence.
Plus: Trump administration drops bid to block undocumented teens from getting abortions, and more....
Chris Wallace asked both candidates on Tuesday night if they would urge "supporters to stay calm during this extended period, not to engage in any civil unrest." Trump rejected the premise.
Joe Biden has said plenty of regrettable things about criminal justice, but that wasn't one of them.
Though the presidential debate was pure chaos, Trump destroyed Biden on the question of reopening the economy.
The U.S. tax code should be front and center.
Major-party politicians avoid tax simplification almost as aggressively as the rich avoid taxation, argue the Reason Roundtable panelists.
The Libertarian presidential nominee is polling at 5 percent. Who are her followers?
The Libertarian presidential nominee won't win but is upbeat about Gen Z and protests against lockdowns and police violence.
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death elevates a familiar health care policy dynamic to the foreground of the election.
The fight to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg reveals a long-degraded political culture.
If only that signaled a broader respect for legal limits on executive power.
Is it too much to ask for a presidential candidate who cares about America's fiscal health and respects the limits of his office?
Removing single-family zoning will not dismantle the suburbs, but it will dismantle the ability of NIMBYs to use the government to control other people's property.
Plus: America's global prestige continues to drop, marijuana law enforcement is still racist, Wisconsin and Minnesota voters prefer Biden, and more...
Biden is proposing about $3 trillion in new taxes, mostly on the rich, to pay for up to $11 trillion in new spending. That's a recipe for even bigger budget deficits.
If Biden retains his 2–1 advantage among 2016 Libertarian and Green voters, Trump is probably toast.
Sadly for the president, 2016 Libertarians are not "all Republican voters." Sadly for us, his opposition to "endless wars" doesn't translate into ending them.
Bridget Phetasy on why Trump and Biden fail to inspire and how new media are reshaping politics.
While that's nothing to sneeze at, it is a modest accomplishment in the context of a federal prison system that keeps more than 150,000 Americans behind bars.
The podcaster and comedian offers a 12-step plan for political independence and recovery.
Whether Biden or Trump wins this November, we're in for big, unaffordable government. How much bigger and how unaffordable are the only real questions.
The president's daughter says "we’re just getting started." Some details would be nice.
Plus: Biden asks America: "Do I look like a radical socialist with a soft spot for rioters? Really?"