Trump's Defiance of an Assassin's Bullet Reaffirmed Populist Appeal
Can the candidate turn crowd-pleasing nostrums into a program that will do more good than harm?
Political Identification
The Battle of the Sexes Turns Political
Political polarization poisons yet another area of life.
Jennifer Sey Keeps Getting Canceled for Speaking Up
"I think the Democratic Party has severely underestimated how many people like me there are," says the 1986 USA Gymnastics national champion.
Americans Oppose Big Government, Unless Their Party Is in Power
Supporting restraints on government only for your opponents is a recipe for continued conflict.
Social Media Interaction Does Not Improve Political Knowledge, but It Does Polarize Us
Two new studies say there's no evidence of political learning on social media, but it does increasingly teach us to hate our opponents.
America's Biggest Political Division Isn't Left vs. Right
It's the superpolitical vs. everyone else.
Another Centrist Project Offers Mushy Technocracy To Soothe a Divided Country
Andrew Yang's rebooted Forward Party glosses over Americans’ conflicting values and preferences.
Poll: Democrats Drop and Republicans Rise, but the Real Juice Is With the Independents
Plus: EFF fights ban on discussing digital locks, Walmart to launch cryptocurrency, and more...
Americans Dislike Both Biden and Trump
Hostility to political opponents sustains what's left of the legacy parties.
Competing Brands of Authoritarianism Are All Trump and Democratic Candidates Offer
The real resistance is made up of those who refuse to be governed by any of the wannabe rulers.
Reporters Become Participants in Tribal Political Warfare
Journalists, like other Americans, will have an easier time only when the struggle for control of government stops mattering so much.
Why We Need Ideology
Niskanen Center President Jerry Taylor argues that we should reject libertarianism and other ideologies in favor of "moderation." But, in truth, we cannot and should not abjure ideology. Trying to do so is likely to increase bias, not curb it.
Two Minutes of Listening Beats a Two-Minute Hate
Reflexive "outgroup" outrage and retaliation just leads into tit-for-tat wars.
Steven Pinker Loves the Enlightenment
The Harvard psychologist splits the difference between Dr. Pangloss and Pope Francis.
Dr. Helen Fisher on How Brain Chemistry Determines Personality and Politics
Is the libertarian mind a product of elevated dopamine and testosterone?
71 Percent of Millennials Say U.S. Politics Needs a Third Major Party
White men and black women were the most likely to endorse America moving beyond the Dem-GOP binary.
'The New Center' Is Full of the Same Old Worship of a Powerful Federal Government
This is not the antidote to Trump. This is not an "alternative" to anything.
Libertarian History/Philosophy
Libertarianism Isn't a 'Gateway Drug' to the Alt-Right
Those who migrate from libertarianism to the alt-right have rejected the essence of the freedom movement and its philosophy.
White Working-Class Millennials Are Less Christian, More Republican Than Their Elders
Nearly half of young working-class whites do not identify with any religious affiliation.
Welcome to Adulthood, Gen Z
The post-millennial generation starts turning 18 this year, while the eldest members of the post-Gen Z cohort are starting to be born.
Universities Lean Left, but Are Diversity Laws the Answer?
An Iowan legislator introduced a bill to require diversity of thought on college campuses in the state.
Surveys Show Gary Johnson Appeal Growing Among Asian, Black, Hispanic, and White Millennials
Asked about our biggest problems, the most common answer among young black voters was racism, while Hispanics said immigration, Asians said education, and whites said terrorism/homeland security.
Does Facebook Consider You a Liberal, Conservative, or Moderate?
Here's how to find out how the social-media giant classifies your politics for advertisers. And how to change its obvious mistakes!
Californians Will Get Their Choice Between Coke, Diet Coke for the Senate
Top-two primary system guarantees a Democratic replacement for Sen. Barbara Boxer.
Advocate Libertarian Philosophy with This One Trick! (It's the Socratic Method)
Making the case for less government to people who want alternatives to authority.
'There Are Dumpster Fires In My Town More Popular' Than Clinton or Trump, Complains Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse
"Our Founders didn't want entrenched political parties. So why should we accept this terrible choice?"
The Demise of the Republican Party, and Duverger's Law
Melding socially liberal businesspeople, non-warmongering Democrats, and avowed libertarians into a new party
Trump Supporters—in Their Own Words—Demonstrate How Little GOP Understands What's Happening
Nobody cares that he's not a 'real conservative.' That's not the point.
Stop Playing Fallout 4 a Moment and Read About This Gamer Survey
Industry-funded poll shows gamers as likely voters, party members.
Is It Unethical for Caucasians to Cook Chinese Food?
The pernicious silliness of cultural appropriation censorship.
The Conservatarian Manifesto: Should Libertarians and Conservatives Unite?
Q&A with National Review's Charles C. W. Cooke.
Midterm Identity Crisis
On election eve, the two major parties don't seem to know who they are any more.
Past the Primaries: What to Expect When You're Expecting Midterms
The final brackets have all been determined. What is there to learn from how the 2014 primaries played out?
Americans Say Country is 'More Divided.' Maybe It's Not Divided Enough.
Fortunately, our countrymen plan to vote this November, presumably to enact their vision of the good life into law and stuff it down the throats of the folks on the other side of the divide.
Progressive Puritans
From e-cigarettes to sex classifieds, the once-transgressive left tries to criminalize fun.
