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Election 2020

Is There Hope for Libertarianism Within a Post-Election GOP?

This is not your older brother's "Libertarian Moment," caution Reason Roundtable podcasters.

Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Peter Suderman, and Nick Gillespie | 11.16.2020 4:20 PM

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Tom Cotton Won't Debate His Libertarian Challenger. The Event Will Happen Anyway.

Ricky Dale Harrington is polling at 38 percent in a two-way race against one of the leading voices of the GOP's ascendant authoritarian nationalism.

Eric Boehm | 10.12.2020 3:10 PM

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Reason Roundup

Josh Hawley Doesn't Want Trump's SCOTUS Endorsement (Thank Goodness). But Ted Cruz and Tom Cotton Do.

Plus: The case for paying plasma donors, Joe Arpaio welcomes furries, and more...

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 9.10.2020 9:30 AM

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Libertarian Party

Tom Cotton's Only Challenger Is a Black Libertarian Prison Chaplain

Ricky Dale Harrington, Jr., is running to keep Tom Cotton out of the White House.

Zuri Davis | 7.31.2020 4:20 PM

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Journalism

The New York Times Says Tom Cotton's Essay 'Fell Short of Our Standards.' What Standards?

The paper's editors are blind to the sins of writers whose conclusions they like.

Jacob Sullum | 6.10.2020 12:05 PM

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Media

The Struggle Sessions Are Real

Elite journalism's bizarre week, analyzed on the Reason Roundtable.

Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Peter Suderman, and Nick Gillespie | 6.8.2020 5:00 PM

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Media Criticism

James Bennet's Resignation Proves the Woke Scolds Are Taking Over The New York Times

Staffers framed their opposition to Sen. Tom Cotton's op-ed as a matter of workplace safety.

Robby Soave | 6.8.2020 9:59 AM

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New York Times

New York Times Journalists Scared To Have an Op-Ed Page

Elite media institutions are noisily abandoning liberalism.

Matt Welch | 6.4.2020 3:52 PM

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Authoritarianism

Tom Cotton Wants to Double Down on the Authoritarianism That Sparked Riots

Police brutality brought Americans into the streets. What would military force do?

J.D. Tuccille | 6.3.2020 4:00 PM

Iran

Reason Roundup

Iran Will Exceed Nuclear Stockpile Limit in Response to U.S. Sanctions

Plus: Oberlin College must pay $33 million for aiding student activists' defamatory campaign against a local bakery.

Robby Soave | 6.17.2019 9:30 AM

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Immigration

White House Increases Temporary Work Visas; Proposes Keeping Immigration Flat

Restrictionist allies seethe as Jared Kushner's reform plan fails to reduce overall numbers.

Matt Welch | 5.8.2019 11:42 AM

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Immigration

Republican Senators Introduce Bill To Cut Legal Immigration in Half

The RAISE Act would strongly prioritize high-skilled immigrants.

Billy Binion | 4.16.2019 8:55 AM

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Criminal Justice

Keep Feds Out of Cop Killer Cases

Sen. Tom Cotton pushes a poison pill amendment to a vital criminal justice reform bill.

Sarah Rumpf | 12.18.2018 1:55 PM

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CIA Director Tom Cotton: A Disaster for Foreign Policy or a Boon for Better Lawmaking?

The Senate would lose an authoritarian who wants to crack down on immigrants and fight the drug war. But he's also a hawk in favor of foreign interventions.

Scott Shackford | 11.30.2017 12:30 PM

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Tom Cotton's Immigration Restrictions Are Delusional and Counterproductive

Cotton's idea that a flood of immigrant labor is to blame for depressed low-skill wages is just flaky

Ira Stoll | 1.2.2017 5:40 PM

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Criminal Justice

Tom Cotton Says U.S. Facing an 'Under Incarceration' Problem, Slams Criminal Justice Reform as 'Criminal Leniency'

This guy.

Ed Krayewski | 5.19.2016 9:19 PM

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Encryption

Sen. Tom Cotton's 'Brand' Depends on Americans Remaining Ignorant, Fearful of Apple's Encryption

Accusing Apple of "hyperbole" is pretty ballsy...and utterly wrongheaded.

Scott Shackford | 3.17.2016 3:35 PM

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Rand Paul

GOP Should Side with Civil Libertarians Rand Paul and Mike Lee, Not Mitch McConnell and Tom Cotton, on Patriot Act Provisions

The Arkansas senator's commitment to a national security state and bellicose foreign policy seems like a fan fiction version of Dr. Strangelove.

Nick Gillespie | 5.20.2015 7:36 PM

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Tom Cotton

GOP's New Foreign Policy Hero Is a Surveillance-Loving Interventionist Nightmare

Freshman Sen. Tom Cotton wants to invade Iran and Syria, jail journalists and whistleblowers, eavesdrop on Americans, and keep the 'savages' locked up in Gitmo.

Matt Welch | 3.11.2015 11:53 AM

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