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Jamie Oliver's Ministry of Food Control
The nannying British chef brings reality TV to West Virginia
Baylen Linnekin
March 25, 2010, 2:17pm
Repeal the Davis-Bacon Act
How prevailing wage laws benefit unions at the expense of taxpayers
Damon W. Root
March 24, 2010
The Lie of Fiscal Responsibility
Health care bill worsens nation's financial future
Peter Suderman
March 22, 2010
Education Lessons Are Lost on Obama
Not every failure occurs in the classroom
Steve Chapman
March 22, 2010
Actually, The Process Does Matter
Why the Democrats are wrong to "deem and pass" the health care bill
David Harsanyi
March 19, 2010
Louis Brandeis’ Partial Justice
How the famous jurist shaped—and misshaped—American law
Damon W. Root
March 19, 2010
In for a Dime, In for a Dollar
Why it's time to change the faces on our money
Steve Chapman
March 18, 2010
The Obama "Narrative" Narrative
Imagine what the president could do if only he had a better bumper sticker!
Matt Welch
March 18, 2010
Politicians Smother Cities
How to bring life back to great American cities
John Stossel
March 18, 2010
‘You Cut Spending’
Former New Mexico governor and possible presidential candidate Gary Johnson talks about Obamanomics, ending the drug war, and climbing the highest mountains.
Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch
March 16, 2010
Dying People Shouldn't Have to be Beggars
It's time to consider the economics of organ transplants
Steve Chapman
March 15, 2010
The ObamaCare Quagmire
Launching an optional war against the American health care system will sink the Democratic Party
Shikha Dalmia
March 12, 2010
Mass. Hysteria
Scenes from the revolutionary takeover of Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat
Michael C. Moynihan
March 12, 2010
The Children of George Metesky
Not every terrorist is a product of the left or the right.
Jesse Walker
March 10, 2010
Repeal ObamaCare? Unlikely
Don't count on the GOP to clean up Obama's health care mess
David Harsanyi
March 10, 2010
Obama and the L-Word
The president’s habit of telling untruths
Matt Welch
March 9, 2010
A Sorry Complaint About Obama
Does being American mean never having to say you're sorry?
Steve Chapman
March 8, 2010
Russia's Winter Games of Discontent
Why the Russians are so upset about the 2010 Winter Olympics
Cathy Young
March 5, 2010
Guns for All, Privileges or Immunities for None
The hearings in McDonald v. Chicago promise an unrevolutionary victory—but still an important one
Brian Doherty
March 4, 2010
Two Steps Forward, No Steps Back
The latest version of ObamaCare
David Harsanyi
March 3, 2010
Cap and Trade is Dead
Long live cap and trade.
Ronald Bailey
March 2, 2010
The Five Varieties of Bad Political Thinking
Understanding what's wrong with politics today
Michael Weiss
March 2, 2010
A Tale of Two Libertarianisms
A new book of unpublished critiques by Murray Rothbard reveals a divide in the larger libertarian project
Brian Doherty
March 1, 2010
A Bipartisan Solution to ObamaCare
Why Republicans should call their own summit
Shikha Dalmia
February 26, 2010
Obama Embraces Nixonomics
The folly of imposing wage and price controls
Steve Chapman
February 25, 2010
The Paulpocalypse
A longtime Ron Paul watcher wonders if his CPAC victory is the dawn of a new age, or the beginning of the end
Brian Doherty
February 24, 2010
Fight the Power
The unfulfilled promise of “constitutional conservatism”
Jacob Sullum
February 24, 2010
Clemency Under Fire
A parolee turned cop killer sparks an ill-informed debate about pardons and commutations.
Radley Balko
February 23, 2010
A Libyan Charm Offensive
To the shores of Tripoli with the son of Qaddafi
Michael C. Moynihan
February 22, 2010
Is Texas About To Execute Another Innocent Man?
State officials would rather kill a prisoner than give him a DNA test.
Radley Balko
February 22, 2010
A Conspiracy So Immense
What a new history of conspiracy theories tells us about Birthers and Truthers
Michael C. Moynihan
February 19, 2010
The System Isn't Broken
Partisanship is par for the course
David Harsanyi
February 19, 2010
The Real Reason for Obama's Unpopularity
Every honeymoon ends
Steve Chapman
February 18, 2010
Congress’ Phony Price Tags
Legislators have a lousy track record of keeping costs anywhere near their initial projections.
Veronique de Rugy
February 16, 2010
The Presidential Commission on Birth, Death, and the Meaning of Life
Obama's new bioethics czar just wants us all to get along.
Ronald Bailey
February 16, 2010
The Fable of Market Meritocracy
Markets don't reward smart people. They reward value.
Shikha Dalmia
February 12, 2010
Do Smart People Make Markets Tick?
Shikha Dalmia
February 11, 2010, 11:49am
Who Killed Apartheid?
Was it the African National Congress' armed struggle that ended white rule in South Africa? Or was it nonviolent civic resistance?
Jesse Walker
February 11, 2010
Palin Exposes the Tea Partiers' True Colors
Why trading liberty for security is not consistent with a limited government philosophy.
Steve Chapman
February 11, 2010
A Rand Revival
Understanding the best—and worst—of Ayn Rand's philosophy
Cathy Young
February 11, 2010
Hurtling Down the Road to Serfdom
Do we want a culture of takers or makers?
John Stossel
February 11, 2010
Back to the Drawing Board
Democratic fantasies face the bracing slap of reality.
Matt Welch
February 8, 2010
Fiscal Fraud—or Frugality?
Runaway spending is a bipartisan problem
Steve Chapman
February 1, 2010
Our "So-Called" Leader
The trouble with Obama's State of the Union
David Harsanyi
January 29, 2010
It's the Economy, Stupid
Understanding Obama's plummeting approval ratings
Steve Chapman
January 28, 2010
Obama's Rhetorical Retreat
Has reality finally caught up with the president?
David Harsanyi
January 27, 2010
Advice to Barack Obama by Two People Who Didn't Vote for Him (or John McCain)
But just might if he ever got serious about governing.
Matt Welch and Nick Gillespie
January 26, 2010
Five Reasons Why Libertarians Shouldn't Hate Government
Plus, Five Big Projects That Went Well and Five That Were Disasters
William D. Eggers and John O'Leary
January 13, 2010
Class War
How public servants became our masters
Steven Greenhut
January 12, 2010
Ayn Rand on the Economic Crisis
Adam Summers
November 9, 2009, 12:51pm