Bourgeois Libertarianism Could Save America
Don't underestimate the civilization-saving powers of respecting private property and generally minding your own business.
Violence
The Guillotine Mystique
The French Revolution has long inspired progressive radicals ready for change at any cost.
Major Cities Spend Weekend Prepping for Possible Election Night Riots
Plus: Fate of Texas drive-thru ballots still uncertain, exposure to diverse news sources is up, Oregon may lessen penalties for possessing drugs, and more...
The Dangerous Lure of Political Violence
How seriously should we take the threats of protesters who recently built guillotines outside of Jeff Bezos' house?
Joe Biden Should Stop Bragging About the Violence Against Women Act
The Democratic nominee championed the law as a way to protect women. Instead, it hurt them.
The Portland Protest Shooter's Death Looks More and More Like Excessive Force—but Trump Keeps Bragging About It
Plus: A tale of two townhalls, Matt Welch interviews Jo Jorgensen, Bill Gates talks antitrust, Ajit Pai moves on Section 230 study, and more...
Guns and Control
San Francisco writer Guy Smith finds little evidence that the availability of firearms explains differences in suicide and homicide rates.
Are Americans Provoking Each Other Into Political Violence?
Failing a renewed national commitment to live and let live, we may be in for a long and bloody road.
End the War on Drugs
Drug prohibition turns police officers into enemies to be feared rather than allies to be welcomed.
There Is No Defense for Looting
It is one thing to peacefully march against injustice, and quite another to burn down what others built up.
Nixon May Be Trump's 'Law and Order' Model, but He Was Smarter on Crime
He did not overpromise, and he had the good sense to stop talking about a country beset by violence when he ran for a second term.
Are the Democrats Right That We Are Seeing an 'Epidemic of Gun Violence'?
The rhetoric may not be accurate, but it is definitely useful.
Kamala Night at the DNC: The Party Anoints Harris and Brags About Biden's Crime Bill
Plus: Court rules for Robert Kraft in massage parlor video case, Trump talks QAnon, and more...
Feds Send Outside Agitators To Escalate Conflict in Portland
Plus: How H-1B visa restrictions cost U.S. jobs, a woman sues the British health service over hormone blockers, and more...
New York Is Having a Violent Summer, But It's Not Because of Bail Reform
The NYPD is still blaming jail releases, but the data simply doesn’t back that claim up.
In 2020, Words Are 'Violence,' Arson Is Not
The redefinition of the term diminishes actual victims of violence and trivializes why people are protesting.
Riots May Be Destructive, but Abusive Policing Is Tyranny
"Rioting is a form of tyranny," Tucker Carlson said on his Fox News show. He's wrong.
Public Health Measures Enforced by Violence Aren't as Healthy as Governments Pretend
When will Americans learn?
Will Pandemic Fears Grease the Way for Authoritarian Gun Controls?
Lawmakers are peddling restrictions on self-defense and other rights to a frightened public.
Michael Bloomberg's Claim About 'Children' Killed by 'Gun Violence' Is Off by 73%
Such inflammatory exaggeration seems designed to avoid a substantive discussion of the presidential candidate's gun control proposals.
The Government Has Been Lying About Afghanistan All Along
Plus: Provocative reindeer cause trouble for beer label, Law & Order's sex work fantasy, and more...
The Chance of Your Uber Ride Ending in a Rape Is .00002%
Plus: Free trade and free speech, a teen's death in detention, and more...
U.S. Secret Service Wants Schools To Treat Unhappy Students as Potential Violent Threats
Most teens who are depressed or bullied will never respond with mass violence. You wouldn't know it from these threat assessment recommendations.
Study Finds Marijuana Legalization Had Little Impact on Crime in Colorado or Washington
A comparison with other states finds "no statistically significant long-term effects" on violent or property crime rates.
The New York Times Says 'Free Speech Is Killing Us.' But Violent Crime Is Lower Than Ever.
The 2018 Uniform Crime Report contained bad news for pessimists but good news for everybody else.
Drone Strike in Afghanistan Results in Deaths of 30 Civilian Pine Nut Farmers
The war on terror leaves more dead civilians in its wake.
2018 National Crime Victimization Survey Declares the Age of Declining Violence Over
But with one huge exception—a massive spike in reported sexual assaults—the 2018 survey found only statistically insignificant increases.
Beto's Impossible Gun Ban Dreams
A growing number of prominent Democrats want owners of "assault weapons" to surrender them to the government. History says most people will ignore any such law.
The Media Claimed Andy Ngo Was Complicit in a Far-Right Attack on Antifa. But the Video Doesn't Support That.
“There’s some merit in some of the criticisms of things that I’ve gotten wrong,” admits the former Quillette reporter.
When Governments Act on Fear and Panic, Injustice Is Often the Result
It's necessary to confront the threat of white nationalism on the political right, but it must be done without handing new powers to law enforcement and government.
James Alan Fox: There Is No Evidence of an 'Epidemic of Mass Shootings'
The nation's leading scholar of mass shootings explains how media coverage of horrific events such as El Paso and Dayton stoke unwarranted fear and anxiety.
Hong Kong Cops Beat and Blind Protesters As PRC Sends Trucks and Tanks to the Border
Nine people were injured during the weekend's protests in Hong Kong, including one woman who might be permanently blind after a violent encounter with the police.
Democratic Socialists of America Voted To Establish an Anti-Fascist Working Group. It Was Controversial.
Some DSAers were worried about being associated with antifa, but the motion passed 521–493.
'Red Flag' Laws Leave Gun Owners Defenseless
The Trump-endorsed response to mass shootings gives due process short shrift.
To Stop Mass Shooters, Trump Says, We Should Make Involuntary Psychiatric Treatment Easier. No, We Shouldn't.
Because psychiatrists are terrible at predicting violent behavior, the wider net would catch lots of harmless people.
Trump Says Mental Illness 'Pulls the Trigger' in Mass Shootings
Plus: Monday market swings spark freakout, Hong Kong "now a revolution," and more...
Cloudflare, Not the Government, Should Decide Whether It Wants to Do Business with 8chan
Companies should forced neither to help spread offensive speech nor to suppress it.
What If Man Is a Killer Ape Beset by Original Sin?
A new book probes the roots of humans' destructive impulses.
With No Info Whatsoever, Fox News Host Randomly Speculates That Video Games Caused El Paso Shooting
Studies show no connection between games and real-world aggression.
Pete Buttigieg Pushes Dubious Gun Controls in Response to a Nonexistent 'Epidemic'
The presidential contender feels no need to defend the policies he favors, because "we all know" they are "the right thing to do."
Ted Cruz Wants Antifa Investigated by the FBI
This is a bad idea—and even the director of the FBI says so.
Antifa Mob Viciously Assaults Journalist Andy Ngo at Portland Rally
Masked activists attacked the Quillette editor with fists and milkshakes, sending him to the emergency room.
In 2018, 55 U.S. Law Enforcement Officers Were Killed by Attackers
In contrast, police killed nearly 1,000 people last year.
Colorado's New 'Red Flag' Law Illustrates the Pitfalls of Disarming People Based on Their Future Behavior
The process for obtaining "extreme risk protection orders" that take away people's Second Amendment rights is rigged against gun owners from the outset.
Cancel Culture Comes for Counterculture Comics
Today it's creators, not cops, who want to banish R. Crumb, onetime king of the comics underground.
