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?"
The Reason Roundtable spits fire at street violence, poison politics, and the nationalization of every local story.
"Do I look like a radical socialist with a soft spot for rioters? Really?"
Plus: Alice Marie Johnson's RNC speech, Twitter bans bots pretending to be disillusioned black Democrats, and more...
Better still: Let's have lots of debates that include all candidates who can technically win the election.
The president's case rests on two accomplishments, while his plans for a second term echo the mindless toughness he intermittently condemns.
Sen. Tim Scott (R–S.C.) criticizes Joe Biden's record on mass incarceration.
The Reason Roundtable assesses one convention, previews another, and pleads with everyone to get their kids out of politics.
We suffered through it so you didn't have to.
The focus on personality over policy obscures as much as it reveals.
School choice, restrained executive power, no taxes, and less military fighting abroad!
Plus: Emoji law, food trucks, and more...
The last time an incumbent president was defeated, the fact that he'd raised taxes on Americans played a major role. Trump's done the same thing, but the DNC didn't talk about it.
The rhetoric may not be accurate, but it is definitely useful.
Stop pandering to Joe Biden and listen to Americans who want to stop shielding abusive officers from liability.
Compared to 2016, fewer people are watching on broadcast and cable TV because they know a dull infomercial when they see one.
The vice presidential candidate opportunistically painted the site's co-founders as villains when they were actually helping law enforcement to catch sex traffickers.
Plus: Court rules for Robert Kraft in massage parlor video case, Trump talks QAnon, and more...
Untested rape kits are a national scandal, but more funding isn't the answer.
Substituting drug courts for prosecution unfortunately still often leads to incarceration.
Hostility to political opponents sustains what's left of the legacy parties.
Plus: Laura Loomer's win, another hotel accused of sex trafficking, and more...
The Democratic presidential candidate favors the same magazine limit that a federal appeals court just declared unconstitutional.
Plus: The 19th Amendment turns 100, DOJ doubts about Google antitrust case, and more...
Is Bernie Sanders' mouth writing checks that Joe Biden's administration won't be able to cash?
