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Txting 2 Cut Gov't
The GOP launches a new site to allow citizens to vote on defunding pork
Katherine Mangu-Ward
May 12, 2010
There's No Lying in Baseball
Why ideology should have no place in professional sports
David Harsanyi
May 12, 2010
A Drug Raid Goes Viral
A violent drug raid posted to YouTube catches fire online. But the only thing unusual about the raid is that it was caught on video.
Radley Balko
May 11, 2010
The Pill: The Male Version
In 1960, the female contraceptive pill changed the world. Would a pill for men do the same?
Ronald Bailey
May 11, 2010
You Don't Know Jack
What a new documentary gets wrong about Jack Abramoff and the lobbying-industrial complex
Mark Hemingway
May 10, 2010
Meeting Stupidity with Stupidity
For every action, there is an equal and opposite overreaction
Steve Chapman
May 10, 2010
The Failure of Surveillance Cameras
When it comes to preventing and solving crimes, cameras are about as useful as a pet rock.
Steve Chapman
May 6, 2010
LaHood on Trains: If You Build It, They Will Come
Samuel Staley
May 6, 2010, 3:21pm
The Myth of the Menacing Militias
Think the Hutaree are the leading edge of a vast new paramilitary threat? Think again.
Jesse Walker
May 5, 2010
India's Government by Quota
The affirmative-action plan to eliminate caste discrimination was supposed to last 10 years. Instead it has become a permanent, and divisive, fact of life.
Shikha Dalmia
May 4, 2010
Lies of the Ethics Industry
How the champions of "good government" suppress speech and sow cynicism
Terry Michael
April 30, 2010
Free Speech for Us
The Gray Lady’s inconsistent defense of the First Amendment
Jacob Sullum
April 28, 2010
The Revenge of the Brands
How corporate America turned Naomi Klein’s anti-branding manifesto on its head
Andrew Potter
April 27, 2010
Racism and the Tea Party Movement
Don't believe the media hype.
Cathy Young
April 27, 2010
Watching the Detectives
A nebulous "right" to videotape on-duty cops isn't enough. The right needs to be enforced.
Radley Balko
April 26, 2010
School Sucks: The Movie
A review of The Cartel, a documentary about school choice—and the lack thereof.
Katherine Mangu-Ward
April 23, 2010
The American Anti-Revolution
Revolutionary violence is as American as an apple pie we threw away
Brian Doherty
April 23, 2010
Myths About Capitalism
Confronting the biggest lies about American business
John Stossel
April 22, 2010
Psychedelic Men
Did LSD kill the ’50s?
Nick Gillespie
April 21, 2010
The Rise of Decline
Experts say things are collapsing. Maybe they’re not collapsing fast enough.
Tim Cavanaugh
April 19, 2010
The Americanization of British Politics
A defense of television debates and celebrity endorsements
Michael C. Moynihan
April 16, 2010
24-Hour Party People
Scenes from a tax day tea party protest
David Harsanyi
April 16, 2010
From Paris Hilton to John Edwards
Celebrity sex tapes are the signature art form of our age.
Greg Beato
April 16, 2010
A Nanny State Assault on Internship Programs
The trouble with the Labor Department's one-size-fits-all agenda.
Terry Michael
April 14, 2010
The Son Also Rises
Rand Paul’s surprisingly successful campaign for Senate
W. James Antle, III
April 13, 2010
Capitalism for Punks
Malcolm McLaren, RIP
Todd Seavey
April 9, 2010
The Democratic Way of Prohibition
How the party of pot smokers ended up standing in the way of pharmacological freedom
Matt Welch
April 8, 2010
Injustice System
Fox News' Judge Andrew Napolitano on repealing the 17th Amendment, "constitutional activism," and his bestselling new book Lies the Government Told You.
Damon W. Root
April 8, 2010
No Fat Kids!
Michelle Obama's misguided war on childhood obesity
David Harsanyi
April 7, 2010
Traditional Schools Aren't Working. Let's Move Learning Online.
We already work online, play online, and shop online. Why isn't school online?
Katherine Mangu-Ward
April 6, 2010
Red America, White Power
Is the Tea Party movement motivated by race hatred?
Michael C. Moynihan
April 1, 2010
What We Know That Isn't So
The dangers of junk science
John Stossel
April 1, 2010
Sean Penn, Chavista
Understanding the Hollywood star's fatuous defense of Hugo Chávez
Antonio Rumbos
March 31, 2010
Masters of Distraction
Are Republicans "aiding and abetting terrorism" against Democrats over the health care bill?
David Harsanyi
March 29, 2010
Progress and Challenges in Mississippi
Disgraced medical examiner Steven Hayne's career appears to be over, but the state has much more work to do.
Radley Balko
March 29, 2010
Little Grrrls Lost
Angry, anti-capitalist punk girl bands power the U.S. economy.
Tim Cavanaugh
March 29, 2010
ACORN's Original Sin
Critics of the expiring activist group say it was driven by the vision of Saul Alinsky. If only that were true.
Jesse Walker
March 26, 2010
Jamie Oliver's Ministry of Food Control
The nannying British chef brings reality TV to West Virginia
Baylen Linnekin
March 25, 2010, 2:17pm
Don’t Fear the E-Reader
Books are evolving, not dying.
Peter Suderman
March 23, 2010
Missing the Story
Where's Wikipedia in NYU's list of the decade's top journalism?
Greg Beato
March 23, 2010
Bailing Out Big Brother
Media criticism goes from rebelling against media oligarchs to handing them a lifeline.
Matt Welch
March 22, 2010
Reason Saves Cleveland With Drew Carey
How to Save the Mistake on the Lake and other Once Great U.S. Cities
The Complete Series
March 19, 2010
The Obama "Narrative" Narrative
Imagine what the president could do if only he had a better bumper sticker!
Matt Welch
March 18, 2010
The Wrong Kind of Toyotathon
The unintended consequences of an unintended acceleration panic
Ronald Bailey
March 16, 2010
Reason Saves Cleveland With Drew Carey
How to fix the ‘Mistake by the Lake’ and other once-great American cities
March 15, 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
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
Profane, Pointless...and Profound
The history Gimme Something Better charts punk's cultural triumph.
Nick Gillespie
March 5, 2010