The crowd at the socially conservative FAMiLY Leadership Summit was not receptive, and Glenn Beck likened the Arkansas governor's performance to the crash of the Hindenburg.
It's a familiar program. And it will result in higher prices, slower growth, and fewer jobs.
Many politicians offer a simplified view of the world—one in which government interventions are all benefits and no costs. That couldn't be further from the truth.
At a minimum, the national debt should be smaller than the size of the economy. A committed president just might be able to deliver.
The 2024 hopeful has put together a platform full of big-government action.
Why are some Republicans turning their backs on the free market principles we’ve advocated for generations?
Plus: Was Gerald Ford right to pardon Richard Nixon?
Unlike Democrats, Senate and House Republicans have released proposals that would actually tackle the root causes of increasing student loan debt.
Left-wing totalitarianism and right-wing authoritarianism are not our only options.
The legislation—which was introduced in response to the derailment in East Palestine, Ohio—pushes pet projects and would worsen the status quo.
In 2019, the Trump administration blocked a costly and ineffective mandate for two-man railroad crews long sought by unions. Now, the former president wholeheartedly supports it.
Plus: A rundown of recent nonsensical proposals for constitutional amendments
Plus: Mark Zuckerberg reacts to the Twitter Files, CNN's lockdown hypocrisy, and more...
Farewell to the senator's son who pioneered a TV genre, helped create the Christian right, ran for president, and earned the grudging respect of Abbie Hoffman
Projections of huge savings are making the rounds. Nothing could be further from the truth.
The paper's editorial board is happy to endorse the centralization of decision making when it supports their liberal policy preferences.
Join Reason on YouTube and Facebook at 1:25 p.m. Eastern for a discussion with Dave Rubin about Gov. Ron DeSantis' entry into the 2024 presidential race.
Plus: A listener question cross-examines prior Reason Roundtable discussions surrounding immigration, economic growth, and birthrates.
Plus: A.I. helps a paralyzed man walk again, how Wall Street is preparing for a possible U.S. debt default, and more...
The U.S. tax system is extremely progressive, even compared to European countries—whose governments rely on taxing the middle class.
The post-liberal conservatives who disparage "right-liberalism" are unapologetic proponents of actual left-wing policies.
Plus: A listener asks if the Roundtable has given the arguments of those opposed to low-skilled immigration a fair hearing.
The political landscape doesn’t fit on a simple map.
J.D. Vance and Co. are trying to give themselves permission to wield public power unconstitutionally.
The ideology champions the same tired policies that big government types predictably propose whenever they see something they don't like.
Why the businessman launched a long shot campaign for the presidency.
Plus: A listener question concerning the key to a libertarian future—should we reshape current systems or rely upon technological exits like bitcoin and encryption?
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The GOP nominee can forge a humbler path on foreign policy—or turn back to failed neoconservatism.
Enjoy a special video episode recorded live from New York City’s illustrious Comedy Cellar at the Village Underground.
"Once a woman became pregnant for any reason, she would now become property of the state of South Carolina," said one state senator.
In 2019, discretionary spending was $1.338 trillion—or some $320 billion less than what Republicans want that side of the budget to be.
If a national consensus on abortion ever emerges, it won’t be forged in the White House.
The network has abruptly parted ways with one of its biggest stars.
An impasse created by years of politicized, myopic decision making in Washington is pushing the federal government ever closer to a dangerous cliff.
The COVID-19 lab leak theory was labeled "misinformation." Now it's the most plausible explanation.
There are some jarring contradictions in the Florida governor's pitch to voters.
In 10 years, the programs' funds will be insolvent. Over the next 30 years, they will run a $116 trillion shortfall.
Vernon Smith weighs in on Biden's budget, how government causes inflation, and why bailing out Silicon Valley Bank was a bad idea.
If Republicans refuse to gore their three sacred cows, a new CBO report shows that balancing the budget is literally impossible.
There's little reason to believe that any of the tactics Republican politicians are proposing would be effective in keeping fentanyl out of the country.
According to a recent report, the system Palin once said was "so weird" that it "results in voter suppression" worked just as well as intended.
DeSantis' foreign policy seems to be defined by a simple rule: Whatever Democrats do is wrong, but whatever Republicans do is right.
While inflammatory comments about "gender ideology" abounded at CPAC, the issue is hardly a top priority for Americans in general.
Does he want to limit government, or is he just out to win at all costs?
Both parties are complicit in the lethal policies that gave us fentanyl disguised as Percocet.
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