Preet Bharara's Crusade to Clean Up New York Politics Is Redundant, Counterproductive, and Curiously Selective
U.S. attorney Preet Bharara has managed to turn tax-and-spend liberal New York Mayor Bill de Blasio into a sympathetic figure.
Liberalism
America Needs a Liberal Party
True defenders of real liberalism need to take the word back from progressives and conservatives.
Frederick Douglass Would Have Ardently Supported Milo Yiannopoulos's Free Speech Rights
Frederick Douglass was an ardent defender of free speech, a principle dismissed by Berkeley protesters and rioters and their apologists.
Looking for a Left/Libertarian Alliance Against Trump? Maybe Rethink Reflexive '#DeleteUber' Reactions
Constantly looking for people to punish doesn't square with a commitment to liberty.
Democrats' Crusade Against Betsy DeVos Only Discredits Them
They should take her argument for school choice seriously, not brand her as an ideologue
The Idiotic Democratic Crusade Against Betsy DeVos
National Choice Week would be a good time to get off their high horse
Finally: The Case Against Hamilton
The hit Broadway musical was all that was wrong with 2016, and will likely be wrong with 2017, too.
5 Republicans Liberals May Learn to Love in the Trump Era
Amash, Paul, McMullin, Will, and Scalia will help keep the unpredictable billionaire in check.
5 Republicans Liberals May Learn to Love in the Trump Era
Amash, Paul, McMullin, Will, and Scalia will help keep the unpredictable billionaire in check.
You Opposed Donald Trump, So Why Aren't You Freaking Out?
President-Elect Trump hasn't really done anything out of the ordinary-not yet.
'Identity politics on the Left eventually triggers identity politics on the Right'
And individual liberty loses. So argues New York University social psychologist Jonathan Haidt.
America Called Bullshit on the Cult of Clinton
The one good thing about Trump's win? It shows a willingness among Americans to blaspheme against saints and reject the religion of hollow progressiveness.
Actively Open-Minded Thinking About Climate Change
It's not really all that open-minded. Science curious people on the other hand ...
Liberals Have No Clue How to Fix Obamacare
The president's signature law is failing spectacularly.
On the Day That Hillary Clinton Accepts the Democratic Nomination, Bernie Sanders Hangs Out at the Hampton Inn
It's an on-brand choice for the Democratic Socialist senator.
Liberals, Not Conservatives, Express More Psychoticism
Psychoticism: Uncooperative, hostile, troublesome, socially withdrawn, manipulative, and lack of feelings of inferiority
Trump Is Emboldening the Illiberal Hindu Fringe in India
America may survive a Trump presidency. But will the rest of the world?
Conservatives More Susceptible to Bullshit Than Liberals
Supporters of Trump, Cruz, and Rubio more likely to see profoundness in bullshit than supporters of Clinton, Sanders, and O'Malley
Trump Fans and 'Social Justice Warriors,' Two Sides of the Same Authoritarian Coin
Both the social-justice left and the alt-right view the world primarily through identity politics.
Free Markets Linked to Less Human Trafficking
Score one for capitalism and economic liberalization: countries with freer markets handle human trafficking better, say researchers.
Why the Merrick Garland Nomination Is a Disappointment to Progressives
Left-wing activists complain about Obama's SCOTUS pick.
Bosses Who Donate to Republicans Are Less Likely to Promote Female Staff
A new study of U.S. law firms looks at how managers' personal political views affect gender roles at work.
Is Social Science Politically Biased?, Asks Michael Shermer in Scientific American
Surely as scientists, liberals are able to maintain their dispassionate objectivity
What To Do About Flint? Evacuate The Residents And Turn it Into a Landfill for Liberal Good Intentions
Liberals simply won't quit blaming privatization for the government-made disaster
Today in History: Franklin Roosevelt Tries to Pack the U.S. Supreme Court
Remembering the lessons of FDR's executive overreach.
Liberals Are Simple-Minded
...and often more dogmatic than conservatives, according to a new study.
How Making a Murderer Helps Explain Liberals' Reaction to the Oregon Standoff
We all deserve fair treatment under the law, and we all lose when people let aesthetic and ideological differences obscure that basic truth.
Good Stuff Comes from the Bottom Up
How culture, economies, technology, and government evolve
Free Speech for Pro-Lifers
The ideals of freedom and autonomy must be put back at the heart of the pro-choice agenda. Let's start by defending the right of the pro-life side to say whatever it wants.
The Left's Smears on Research That Doesn't Support Their Conclusions
From gun control to climate change
The Democrats' Denmark Fetish
Is confiscating half of GDP and high energy prices a winning Democratic strategy?
Baby Boomers Share Blame for Today's Censorship-Happy Students
The students of today aren't super-coddled, they're just following the logic of censorship that earlier liberals either helped to set in motion or shrugged their shoulders at.
Covenant House Spreads Lies About Sex Trafficking
Leftist political mag Mother Jones is serving as a mouthpiece for sex-trafficking propaganda from religious nonprofit Covenant House.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Why Are Conservatives Rejecting College Reading Materials?
The author & basketball great castigates William F. Buckley & conservatives for anti-intellectualism and "an attack on reason."
Liberals Are Done Debating
When a group confuses its politics with moral doctrine, it may have trouble comprehending how a decent human could disagree with its positions.
Fixing Liberal Bias Will Improve Academic Research
Trying to turn back the herd of independent minds.
'Free speech is not about being sensitive,' Says Chapman University President
Jim Doti speaks out on campus free speech issues and the value of a liberal arts degree.
Bernie Sanders and the Liberals' Moment
Don't overanalyze positive, emotional, early reactions to candidates.
