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- Government Revenue Trends in 2009
Ahead of the Curve: Do state and local governments really have a revenue problem?
Anthony Randazzo and Harris Kenny
December 27, 2011 - Surveying the State of Global Freedom
In 2010, the world stalled on the road to democracy
Steve Chapman
December 23, 2011 - Save the Net
Abolish the FCC
David Harsanyi
December 22, 2011 - AT&T Kills T-Mobile Deal as Regulation Turns into Industrial Policy
How the Federal Communications Commission Essentially Pulled the Plug on the Potential AT&T/T-Mobile Merger
Steven Titch
December 22, 2011 - Congress Plays Charades with Insider Trading
STOCK Act gives appearance of crackdown but achieves little
James Groth
December 20, 2011 - University of Kentucky Smart to Explore Private Sector for New Campus Housing
Public-private partnerships are saving taxpayers money and helping universities provide better services.
Leonard Gilroy and Harris Kenny
December 15, 2011 - How Economic Freedom Can Ensure an Arab Autumn
Lack of political representation is merely a symptom of the fundamental lack of economic freedom in Arab countries
Hicham El Moussaoui
December 14, 2011 - Trillion Dollar Bailouts Equal Crony Capitalism
The Federal Reserve was supposed to be a lender of last resort, not an ATM for Wall Street.
Anthony Randazzo
December 12, 2011 - Detroit Needs a Regime Change
The Motor City must be liberated from its moribund government if it is going to survive.
Shikha Dalmia
December 6, 2011 - Getting Along With the New Turkey
Governments all over the world should be seeking to partner with Turkey in reshaping a region long fraught with instability and violence
Anthony Randazzo and Murat Yulek
December 2, 2011 - Lessons from the Swedish Model
Entrepreneurial spirit and motivation to work must be cherished like a national treasure; the Swedes lost their moral standing in their embrace of the welfare state
Gustav von Hertzen
December 2, 2011 - How Government Props Up Big Finance
The financial industry has grown large on the backs of government handouts, manipulated regulation, and taxpayer bailouts
Anthony Randazzo and Marc Joffe
November 28, 2011 - Keeping Newt Undercover
America doesn't need Dr. Strangelove dealing with Iran's mad mullahs
Shikha Dalmia
November 22, 2011 - Alabama's War on Immigrants
The state's harsh immigration law will only worsen its economic woes.
Shikha Dalmia
November 15, 2011 - The Fannie and Freddie Conservatorship Cannot Last Forever
Time to end the taxpayer guarantee of mortgage investors
Anthony Randazzo and Christopher Papagianis
November 14, 2011 - Consumers to Dick Durbin, Walmart: Thanks for the New Banking Fees!
As banks conjure up ways to make up for their federally imposed losses, the retail industry is sitting silently on the sidelines enjoying an estimated $7 billion in increased revenue from the transaction fee limitations
James Groth and Anthony Randazzo
November 10, 2011 - Liberal Programs Deserve Blame for Income Inequality
The Congressional Budget Office documents income gains for everyone, not just the wealthy.
Shikha Dalmia
November 8, 2011 - The Impact of Fannie and Freddie's Loan Limits
How might increasing the conforming loan limit impact the housing market?
Anthony Randazzo
November 7, 2011 - The World's Population Reaches 7 Billion, But Don't Let the UN Scare You
UN is wrong on food shortages and climate change
Julian Morris
November 3, 2011 - Don't Mind the Gap
What matters is income mobility, not income inequality.
Shikha Dalmia
November 1, 2011 - Fulfilling The President's Green Dreams Through Private Competition
Instead of handing out loans to companies like Solyndra, the government should offer prizes for actual results
Julian Morris and Adam Peshek
October 31, 2011 - Atlanta's HOT Lanes Need Time to Show Value
Toll lanes have become popular with commuters in other cities
Baruch Feigenbaum
October 27, 2011 - Rick Perry Makes a Good Plan Sound Bad
The Texas governor's energy pitch strikes all the wrong notes.
Shikha Dalmia
October 25, 2011 - The EPA Is Overreaching Again
New boiler regulations could cost economy more than $10 billion
Julian Morris and Adam Peshek
October 25, 2011 - Stop Mortgage Investor Bailouts
An open letter to Occupy Wall Street
Anthony Randazzo
October 21, 2011 - Soak the Rich or Soak the Super Rich?
Harry Reid's "millionaire' surcharge" is a new move in the old Democratic game of class warfare.
Shikha Dalmia
October 18, 2011 - The Upper-Class Entitlement
It’s time to end the mortgage interest deduction.
Anthony Randazzo and Dean Stansel
October 18, 2011 - In Memory of Bob Galvin
The longtime Motorola CEO had a vision for improving our lives and mobility
Adrian Moore
October 13, 2011 - Embrace Competition to Lower Costs, Improve Performance in Prisons
Private sector can drive efficiency, improve offender rehabilitation and save taxpayer money
Leonard Gilroy
October 12, 2011 - A Messy Story
Book Review: How the financial system lost its way
James Groth
October 11, 2011 - Funding Transportation and the Future of the Highway Trust Fund
Getting away from the user pays principle could cause new transportation funding problems
Robert Poole
October 5, 2011 - Why Smart Presidents Do Stupid Things
The GOP's growing anti-intellectualism is a response to intellectuals run amuck.
Shikha Dalmia
October 4, 2011 - Unions: The Cause of Michigan's Malaise
The Great Lakes state's burgeoning right-to-work movement is a backlash against aggressive union demands.
Shikha Dalmia
September 27, 2011 - Democrats Dump on Private Libraries
Bill aims to discourage partnerships that can offset cutbacks.
Harris Kenny
September 19, 2011 - India's Mangled School Reforms
The country’s new voucher provisions won’t increase choice.
Shikha Dalmia
September 14, 2011 - Did Fannie Mae Bail Out Bank of America?
Fannie Mae agreed to buy the mortgage servicing rights of a portfolio of loans from BofA, but the purchase price is unknown because absolutely no one is talking
Anthony Randazzo
September 14, 2011 - Letter to SEC Regarding Assigned Ratings
An assigned ratings system is well-intentioned, but is highly vulnerable to unintended consequences
Anthony Randazzo
September 14, 2011 - America the Exceptional?
The 9/11 attacks did not kill liberty in America.
Shikha Dalmia
September 13, 2011 - Building a World-Class Infrastructure PPP Program in Puerto Rico
Interview with David Alvarez, executive director of the Puerto Rico Public-Private Partnerships Authority
Leonard Gilroy
September 8, 2011 - The Jobs Speech Obama Should Give
AOTC: Solving unemployment requires stripping away unnecessary regulations, encouraging entrepreneurs, and restructuring the American economy.
Anthony Randazzo
September 8, 2011 - The Watchdog That Didn't Bark
Obama avoids scrutiny of his respect for civil liberties.
Jacob Sullum
September 7, 2011 - How Scared of Terrorism Should You Be?
Not very. You are four times more likely to be killed by a lightning bolt than by a terror attack.
Ronald Bailey
September 6, 2011 - Virginia's Big-Government Conservatism
Republicans in the Old Dominion hate government regulations—except when they don't.
A. Barton Hinkle
September 6, 2011 - What the Left Can Learn From the Tea Party
Independence, not loyalty, is the way to push Democratic politicians on drug policy, civil liberties, and war.
Matt Welch
September 6, 2011 - An Economic Lesson from 9/11
How capitalism helped save lower Manhattan
Ira Stoll
September 6, 2011 - India's Anti-Corruption Protests: All Sound and Fury
Indian reformers miss an opportunity to address the real causes of corruption.
September 6, 2011 - Wired for Overregulation
Washington's latest regulatory power grab
Steve Chapman
September 5, 2011 - State of the Union
Obama's approval of the American public slips to an all-time low.
A. Barton Hinkle
September 2, 2011 - Libertarians Hunt Humans—And Other Tales
The latest hysterical response to libertarian ideas
David Harsanyi
September 2, 2011 - The Gay Marriage Debate
Why the state should stay out
John Stossel
September 1, 2011 - Obama's Jobs Program: If the Choice is Between "Go Big or Go Home," Start Packing Now.
Rhetoric, reality, and the Great Recession
Nick Gillespie
September 1, 2011 - The Conservative Reversal on Science
Magical thinking is no substitute for verifiable facts.
Steve Chapman
September 1, 2011 - You Don't Have To Be “Smart,” Just Right
Rick Perry’s intelligence isn’t the issue.
David Harsanyi
August 31, 2011 - Your Lying Eyes
How fallible memories send innocent people to prison
Jacob Sullum
August 31, 2011 - Trading Fertility for Prosperity
Good news about trade from the dismal science
Ronald Bailey
August 30, 2011 - "Mission Accomplished" in Libya?
The Obama Doctrine is nothing to celebrate.
Gene Healy
August 30, 2011 - Michele Bachmann's Unholy Crusade
The GOP presidential hopeful bashes unauthorized workers.
Shikha Dalmia
August 30, 2011 - Damn This Recession!
The rise of the unemployees
Tim Cavanaugh
August 29, 2011 - Hurricane Irene and the Financial Crisis
Two disasters, partially of the government's own making
Ira Stoll
August 29, 2011 - Injustice, In Plain Sight
The trouble with eyewitness testimony
Steve Chapman
August 29, 2011 - A Laughing Matter
Immigration policy is a joke on both the left and right.
A. Barton Hinkle
August 26, 2011 - Reading Is Fundamentally Forbidden
Prison Legal News fights for the First Amendment at South Carolina's Berkeley County Detention Center.
Greg Beato
August 25, 2011 - Russia's Struggling Democracy
Marking the 20-year anniversary of the fall of the USSR
Cathy Young
August 25, 2011 - Almost Everything We're Taught Is Wrong
Using economics to explode fallacies
John Stossel
August 25, 2011 - "Victory" in Libya
Lessons from Obama's war
Steve Chapman
August 25, 2011 - The Fed's QE Makes Life Difficult
How quantitative easing is helping investors but hurting households
James Groth and Anthony Randazzo
August 25, 2011 - Broken Windows Around the World
The day after the East Coast earthquake, Bastiat's glazier is busy.
Katherine Mangu-Ward
August 24, 2011 - "Science" When It Suits Them
Forget about creationism and start worrying about the left's faith-based devotion to government.
David Harsanyi
August 24, 2011 - Liberating Libya
Presidential presumption and congressional cowardice lift the limits on military intervention.
Jacob Sullum
August 24, 2011 - China Derangement Syndrome
Once again, an economic yellow peril is exaggerated.
Ronald Bailey
August 23, 2011 - The Contradictions of a Conservative
The good, the bad, and the ugly in Rick Perry's Fed Up
Gene Healy
August 23, 2011 - Serve and Protect
The dangers of our increasingly militarized police
A. Barton Hinkle
August 23, 2011 - Rick Perry: Economic Wizard?
The truth about job creation and government spending in the Lone Star state
Shikha Dalmia
August 23, 2011 - The Real Hostages
The trouble with Obama's favorite metaphor
Ira Stoll
August 22, 2011 - The Persistence of Fiscal Fantasy
It's time to get serious about government spending.
Steve Chapman
August 22, 2011 - Gary Johnson Bets Big on New Hampshire
Can a nice guy finish first in the Live Free or Die State?
Mike Riggs
August 19, 2011 - Airport Security vs. The Constitution
Government critics deserve their day in court.
A. Barton Hinkle
August 19, 2011 - A False Remedy for Sex Offenders
Draconian laws offer counterfeit comfort.
Steve Chapman
August 19, 2011 - EPA jumps the gun with job-killing rules
Agency’s new blow to air-quality standard comes two years early
Adam Peshek
August 19, 2011 - Rick Perry’s Superficial Extremism
The Texas governor’s record doesn’t live up to his rhetoric.
Peter Suderman
August 19, 2011 - Ending a Failed Social Policy
A Case for Dropping the Mortgage Interest Deduction
Anthony Randazzo and Dean Stansel
August 19, 2011 - Strict Scrutiny
ObamaCare and the long slow death of conservative judicial restraint
Damon W. Root
August 18, 2011 - The GOP Race Heats Up
Surveying the 2012 Republican field
John Stossel
August 18, 2011 - How Long Will It Take Keynes to Die?
You won't find out by reading America's newspaper of record.
Tim Cavanaugh
August 17, 2011 - Obama's Department of Failed Ideas
The White House struggles against economic reality.
David Harsanyi
August 17, 2011 - Looking for Limits
The power to mandate health insurance is the power to mandate almost anything.
Jacob Sullum
August 17, 2011 - About that Debt Ceiling Deal and Those Spending Cuts
Why the S&P downgrade could be just the beginning
Adam Summers
August 17, 2011 - The Myth of Pristine Nature
A review of Rambunctious Garden: Saving Nature in a Post-Wild World
Ronald Bailey
August 16, 2011 - Nixon's Big Government Legacy
Remembering Richard Nixon's wage and price controls
Gene Healy
August 16, 2011 - The Clock Is Ticking
We keep hearing that now is not the time for partisan politics. When would be a good time?
A. Barton Hinkle
August 16, 2011 - The Bankrupt Agenda of the Save Our Schools Movement
True progressives would embrace school choice, not teachers' unions.
Shikha Dalmia
August 16, 2011 - The Religious Test
How will religion affect the 2012 presidential election?
Ira Stoll
August 15, 2011 - The Riot Act
The media demonizes the Tea Party while making excuses for the British rioters.
A. Barton Hinkle
August 15, 2011 - Why Obama Looks So Bad
It's the economy, stupid.
Steve Chapman
August 15, 2011 - Getting a Beer in Iowa Is Tougher Than You Think
The Ames straw poll is on Saturday. You probably need a drink.
Harry Graver
August 12, 2011 - What Would You Do to Improve Job Growth?
Reason asks economists, writers, and wonks for real ways to increase job growth
Donald J. Boudreaux, Bruce Bartlett, John Berlau, Ira Stoll, Peter Schiff, Fred Smith, Deirdre McCloskey, John Stossel, Bryan Caplan, Jeffrey Miron, Allan Meltzer, Walter Olson, Alex Tabarrok, Lucy Steigerwald, Robert Higgs and Amity Shlaes
August 12, 2011 - The High Cost of Low Fuel Bills
New efficiency standards for cars may cost lives
John Stossel
August 11, 2011 - Michele Bachmann Finds Fortune's Favor
At least one person is happy about the downgrade
Steve Chapman
August 11, 2011 - Two Types of Crazy
The downgrade of America's credit rating reveals the nation's long-term fiscal insanity.
Peter Suderman
August 10, 2011 - The Crumbling Cult of Obama
Sorry guys, there are no more kings
David Harsanyi
August 10, 2011 - Conflict Oil or Canadian Oil?
A second dispatch from Alberta's oil sands.
Ronald Bailey
August 10, 2011 - The Great 9/11 Dust Debate
Science finds no link between WTC dust and cancer. Politicians want to pay for treatment anyway.
Jeff Stier
August 9, 2011 - The Man-Made Miracle of Oil from Sand
A dispatch from Alberta's oil sands
Ronald Bailey
August 9, 2011 - Obamaphiles Still Longing for Camelot
Despite setbacks, failures, and outright betrayals, Obamaphiles in the intelligentsia are finding it hard to fall out of love with "the One"
Gene Healy
August 9, 2011 - Al Qaeda Psychos Butcher Newspaper Staff!
Tea Party terrorists on the loose
A. Barton Hinkle
August 9, 2011 - Fiscal Hawks vs. Defense Hawks
The potential defense cuts in the debt deal spell the beginning of the end of the neoconservative military agenda
Shikha Dalmia
August 9, 2011 - Obama Gets a Blank Check for Endless War
Record numbers of U.S. troops are dying under Obama, but the anti-war movement is nowhere to be found.
Ira Stoll
August 8, 2011 - Flights from Nowhere
Why does a flight from Ely, Nevada, to Denver cost taxpayers $3,720?
Steve Chapman
August 8, 2011 - Moody’s Sounds the Alarm on Student Borrowing
Mike Riggs
August 5, 2011 - Breivik and the Anti-Zionist Smear
The Norway terrorist was no friend of Israel
Cathy Young
August 5, 2011 - Eminent Domain in the Old Dominion
In Virginia, the government gives you the sand, then they take the beach.
A. Barton Hinkle
August 5, 2011 - The Myth of the Middle Class Mortgage Deduction
The mortgage interest deduction no longer primarily benefits the middle class
Anthony Randazzo
August 5, 2011 - Don't Give Handouts to Hollywood
Movie production incentives and subsidies amount to little more than corporate handouts.
Harris Kenny
August 5, 2011 - The War of the Debt-Ceiling Analogies
Politicians quibble while real disaster looms
Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch
August 4, 2011 - Balancing the Budget
It's time to get serious about cutting government spending.
John Stossel
August 4, 2011 - Phony Federalism
The Republican Party is a fickle friend to the 10th Amendment.
Steve Chapman
August 4, 2011 - Do the Terrorists Win If We Balance the Budget?
The debt ceiling debate takes an ugly turn.
David Harsanyi
August 3, 2011 - Kinda Cuts
Where are these government-slashing Republicans I keep hearing about?
Jacob Sullum
August 3, 2011 - Reviewing Geithner's Financial Reform Principles Regarding Dodd-Frank
A year has gone by since the Treasury Secretary unfurled his plan, and it is clear that regulators cannot walk Geithner's talk
James Groth and Anthony Randazzo
August 3, 2011 - A Trick of the Mind
Looking for patterns in life and then infusing them with meaning, from alien intervention to federal conspiracy.
Ronald Bailey
August 2, 2011 - Where Are the Reality-Based Candidates?
Surveying the 2012 Republican presidential field
Gene Healy
August 2, 2011 - We're from the Government and We're Here to Help
The government created our current health care mess. So why do progressives want to give the state more control?
A. Barton Hinkle
August 2, 2011 - Obama's Top Four Power Grabs
The president stretches executive power to expand the warfare state and the regulatory state.
Shikha Dalmia
August 2, 2011 - The Falling Middle Class Deduction
AOTC: Most of the benefits of the mortgage interest deduction are no longer for the middle class
Anthony Randazzo
August 2, 2011 - Is the Glass Half Full or Half Empty?
The real political debate is between optimists and pessimists.
Ira Stoll
August 1, 2011 - Why Art Failed Us After 9/11
Trying to make sense of senselessness
Nick Gillespie
August 1, 2011 - Washington's Budget Theater
Spending cuts and the debt
Steve Chapman
August 1, 2011 - The Facts About Spending Cuts, the Debt, and the GDP
Separating economic myths from economic truths
Veronique de Rugy
July 29, 2011 - Rick Perry’s Fair-Weather Federalism
The Texas governor backtracks on his 10th Amendment support for New York's gay marriage law.
Mike Riggs
July 29, 2011 - Does Your Body Belong to You?
Food nannies want the government to control your diet.
A. Barton Hinkle
July 29, 2011 - Too Cute to Fail?
Surveying the 2012 Republican presidential field
Terry Michael
July 29, 2011 - The Writing Is on the Wall
Should we mourn the death of cursive handwriting?
Greg Beato
July 28, 2011 - What We Don't Know Can Hurt Us
Setting the historical record straight
John Stossel
July 28, 2011 - The Danger of Snap Judgments
Lessons from the Norway attacks
Cathy Young
July 28, 2011 - Obama the Immoderate
The facade of our supposedly temperate and judicious leader falls for good.
David Harsanyi
July 27, 2011 - Cannabis Capitulation
The marijuana exception to Jan Brewer's federalism
Jacob Sullum
July 27, 2011 - Why Are People "Irrationally" Generous to Strangers?
New research finds that nice guys tend to finish first.
Ronald Bailey
July 26, 2011 - McDonald's to Kids: Apple Slices For All, Whether or Not You Want Them
McDonald’s nudges kids to eat more fruit, fewer fries after being given a good shove by regulators
Katherine Mangu-Ward
July 26, 2011 - Lessons from Norway's Horror
Don't use a tragedy to score partisan points.
Gene Healy
July 26, 2011 - Is the Tea Party Crazy or Just Nuts?
The media praises far-left politicians while demonizing advocates of limited government.
A. Barton Hinkle
July 26, 2011 - The Coming Autopocalypse
The Obama administration's proposed CAFE rules declare a war on cars
Shikha Dalmia
July 26, 2011 - Five Facts About the Debt
Setting the economic record straight.
Ira Stoll
July 25, 2011 - The Cybersecurity-Industrial Complex
The feds erect a bureaucracy to combat a questionable threat.
Jerry Brito and Tate Watkins
July 25, 2011 - Tim Pawlenty's Illusion of Dullness
The former Minnesota governor has a solid conservative record.
Steve Chapman
July 25, 2011 - Natural Gas Flip-Flop
Big environmental groups were for fracking before they were against it.
Ronald Bailey
July 22, 2011 - No Healthy Deals
Why are Washington’s debt dealmakers ignoring fundamental entitlement reform?
Peter Suderman
July 22, 2011 - Death to the Living Constitution
Can "progressive originalism" become the Next Big Thing on the legal left?
Damon W. Root
July 21, 2011 - A Businessman for President?
Herman Cain aims for the White House.
John Stossel
July 21, 2011 - The Real Effects of Gambling
Don't believe the hype. The epidemic of pathological gambling is hugely exaggerated.
Steve Chapman
July 21, 2011 - When Ignorance Is the Best Excuse
Eric Holder's only defense of the ATF's "Fast and Furious" program is that he didn't know it existed.
Mike Riggs
July 20, 2011 - Good Idea, Wrong Time
The trouble with the debt ceiling debate
David Harsanyi
July 20, 2011 - The Eternal Fallout Shelter
We’re still living in the wake left by Cold War civil defense hysteria.
Greg Beato
July 20, 2011 - Sneak Surrender
McConnell's "Plan B" is a humiliating abdication of legislative responsibility.
Jacob Sullum
July 20, 2011 - An Environmentalist Joins the Reality-Based Community
A review of Mark Lynas' The God Species
Ronald Bailey
July 19, 2011 - Return to Normalcy
When Al Qaeda is defeated, can we have our liberties back?
Gene Healy
July 19, 2011 - Erasing the "I" from Marriage
Conservative candidates pledge to uphold the Christian version of Shariah.
Shikha Dalmia
July 19, 2011 - Fundamentalists vs. the First Amendment
Stop worrying about Shariah. Christian fanatics are the ones using the government to restrict individual liberty.
A. Barton Hinkle
July 19, 2011 - The Declaration of Independents
Meet the future of American politics.
Matt Welch and Nick Gillespie
July 19, 2011 - The Facts About the Debt Ceiling
Separating economic myths from economic truths
Veronique de Rugy
July 18, 2011 - Distorting Reagan's Record
Did Ronald Reagan raise taxes or cut them?
Ira Stoll
July 18, 2011 - Fear of a Muslim America
In the fight against radical Islam, conservatives are trying to limit the property and speech rights of peaceful American Muslims.
Cathy Young
July 18, 2011 - The Dangers of "Caylee's Law"
Fruitless outrage won't prevent future tragedies.
Steve Chapman
July 18, 2011 - The Failure of Quantitative Easing
A perfect storm brews on the economic horizon while the Fed looks the other way.
Anthony Randazzo and James Groth
July 15, 2011 - Temptations of Empire
Two new studies reveal the inherent instability of imperialism.
John Payne
July 15, 2011 - Sports vs. Social Justice
Does Derek Jeter really deserve to earn millions of dollars?
A. Barton Hinkle
July 15, 2011 - The Facebook Friend in the Plastic Bubble
Are we filtering ourselves to death?
Jesse Walker
July 14, 2011 - Fair Tax or Foul?
The promise and peril of changing the way we pay for government
Tim Cavanaugh
July 14, 2011 - David Mamet's Right Turn
Why the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright abandoned the left.
John Stossel
July 14, 2011 - The Red/Blue Paradox
Why do liberal states give while conservative states take?
Veronique de Rugy
July 14, 2011 - Kody Brown and His Four "Wives"
Do anti-polygamy laws violate the Constitution?
Steve Chapman
July 14, 2011 - The Cautionary Tale of Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Understanding the collapsing case against the former I.M.F. chief
Cathy Young
July 13, 2011 - Cheating Teachers Play the Blame Game
Atlanta's dishonest teachers say the data made them do it.
Katherine Mangu-Ward
July 13, 2011 - IPAB: “The Roach After the Nuclear Blast.”
ObamaCare’s Medicare cost-control panel may be unworkable, unconstitutional, and a barrier to real reform. It’s also very difficult to repeal.
Peter Suderman
July 13, 2011 - Plane Truth
If Obama were serious about tax reform, he'd stop obsessing about corporate jets.
Jacob Sullum
July 13, 2011 - Climate Change and Confirmation Bias
A new study suggests that your values, not science, determine your views about climate change.
Ronald Bailey
July 12, 2011 - The TSA's Invasive Search Contest
All it takes to win is the right attitude and a pair of rubber gloves.
A. Barton Hinkle
July 12, 2011 - The Ultimate Bridge to Nowhere
Saying goodbye to the space program
Gene Healy
July 12, 2011 - Obama's Anti-Immigrant Stance
Under the guise of immigration enforcement, the White House pushes a pro-union agenda.
Shikha Dalmia
July 12, 2011 - Cut the Debt By Cutting Government
The first Reason-Rupe Poll shows a country more radical than its politicians.
July 12, 2011 - The Day Everything Continued to Change
An overlooked lesson of 9/11: America’s strength is based on dynamism.
Matt Welch
July 11, 2011 - The Great Basketball Swindle
A riveting new documentary takes on New York's shameful eminent domain abuse
Damon W. Root
July 11, 2011 - The Overhyped Defense Cuts
Don't expect the Pentagon to shrink just because we're being buried in debt.
Steve Chapman
July 11, 2011 - Minnesota's Misguided Cigarette Tax
Minnesota failed to fix its budget with a cigarette tax in 2005. And the state will fail if tries again.
Anthony Randazzo and Carson Bruno
July 8, 2011 - The Facts About Stimulus Spending
Separating economic myths from economic truths
Veronique de Rugy
July 8, 2011 - A New Blueprint for Recovery
AOTC: What Ails the Economy Today and What to Do About Fixing Tomorrow
Anthony Randazzo
July 8, 2011 - Five Uncomfortable Facts About the Wonderful, Horrible Debt-Limit Debate
Don't believe the hype. And it's all hype.
Nick Gillespie
July 8, 2011 - Wal-Mart and Gender Discrimination
The Supreme Court revives a longstanding debate about workplace disparities.
Cathy Young
July 8, 2011 - The Price of Big Government
Do the benefits ever outweigh the costs?
A. Barton Hinkle
July 8, 2011 - The Stimulus Was a Success
...unless you wanted it to stimulate anything.
Tim Cavanaugh
July 7, 2011 - The Turkish Model and Jasmine Revolution
Turkey is not a perfect blueprint for Arab nations seeking reform
Amanda L. Patterson and Anthony Randazzo
July 7, 2011 - The College Scam
Higher education isn't worth the cost.
John Stossel
July 7, 2011 - Romney Strikes a Blow Against Romney
Why does the Republican presidential hopeful keep contradicting himself?
Steve Chapman
July 7, 2011 - Smoked Out
Arizona’s unfortunate reliance on tobacco industry revenues to fund health insurance.
Peter Suderman
July 6, 2011 - The Week of Lying Dangerously
Obama displays a Clintonian desire to have things both ways.
Jacob Sullum
July 6, 2011 - Lukewarmers, Denialists, and Other Climate Change Skeptics
Impressions and reporting from the Sixth International Climate Change Conference
Ronald Bailey
July 5, 2011 - Driving to Delusionville
Obama’s former auto czar is in deep denial about the government’s failed bailout
Shikha Dalmia
July 5, 2011 - The Pernicious Perp Walk
What the Dominique Strauss-Kahn case reveals about spotlight-hungry prosecutors
Gene Healy
July 5, 2011 - Give Peace a Chance
Why does the media keep downplaying the violence at left-wing protests?
A. Barton Hinkle
July 5, 2011 - The Devil’s Bargain
How plea agreements, never contemplated by the Framers, undermine justice
Tim Lynch
July 5, 2011 - Keeping Kids Outside the System
Alternatives to juvenile detention are cheaper and more effective.
Irene Sullivan
July 4, 2011 - Free Trade, Without Apologies
The benefits of unfettered global capitalism
Steve Chapman
July 4, 2011 - A July 4th Postcard to the President
Is there a way forward for America?
Terry Michael
July 1, 2011 - Unsafe at Any Speed
The government’s fuel-economy standards should come with a warning label.
A. Barton Hinkle
July 1, 2011 - Stephen Colbert Lampoons the First Amendment
The Comedy Central host receives government approval to form a political action committee.
Jeff Patch
June 30, 2011 - A New Day in Politics
How libertarianism can fix what's wrong with America
John Stossel
June 30, 2011 - Stimulus to Nowhere
The failure of Obama's economic agenda
Steve Chapman
June 30, 2011 - Nanny State Propaganda
How long before the government places graphic warning labels on junk food?
A. Barton Hinkle
June 29, 2011 - Al Gore's Ugly Rhetoric
The latest pseudoscience from the former vice president
David Harsanyi
June 29, 2011 - Collars for Dollars
How the drug war sacrifices real policing for easy arrests.
Peter Moskos
June 29, 2011 - Big Daddy
The government should let parents regulate their children's entertainment.
Jacob Sullum
June 29, 2011 - Among the Biotech Conventioneers
A dispatch on the value of failed drugs, new vaccines against superbugs, and the prospect of a molecular stethoscope.
Ronald Bailey
June 28, 2011 - Beware the Depends Bomber
The TSA's latest ritual humiliation of an innocent traveler
Gene Healy
June 28, 2011 - Elena Bonner's Rich Legacy
Remembering the life and accomplishments of a Soviet dissident
Cathy Young
June 28, 2011 - The Debt Ceiling Walks the Red Carpet
If Congress and the president can't agree on spending cuts, they should consider ending Fannie and Freddie in exchange for a short-term increase in the debt ceiling.
Anthony Randazzo and Satya Thallam
June 27, 2011 - Bad Boys
A rogue’s gallery of misbehaving prosecutors, plus three worth praising
Radley Balko
June 27, 2011 - All in the Gay Family
Same-sex marriage existed long before it was legalized.
Jesse Walker
June 27, 2011 - Big Government Gets Ugly
Why the new cigarette warning labels won't stop people from smoking
Steve Chapman
June 27, 2011 - The Facts about American Prisons
Separating economic myths from economic truths
Veronique de Rugy
June 24, 2011 - You’ve Got Jail
Is it time to bring America’s prisoners online?
Greg Beato
June 24, 2011 - The Unseen Effects of the Stimulus
Did the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act destroy jobs or create them?
A. Barton Hinkle
June 24, 2011 - A Disgusting Act of Censorship
The British Board of Film Classification freaks out over The Human Centipede II
Brendan O'Neill
June 24, 2011 - The Return of E-Verify
State governments embrace a dangerous employment verification database.
Mike Riggs
June 23, 2011 - Who Is Gary Johnson?
What the libertarian Republican brings to the 2012 race
John Stossel
June 23, 2011 - The Golden State’s Iron Bars
How California prison guards became the country’s most powerful union
Tim Cavanaugh
June 23, 2011 - Another Texas Republican for President?
Why Rick Perry could be a serious contender for the White House
Steve Chapman
June 23, 2011 - Indefensible
Public defenders are too overloaded to protect the rights of the accused.
Clay Conrad
June 22, 2011 - No, Senator, They're Not Isolationists
What’s wrong with the GOP criticizing Obama’s undeclared war?
David Harsanyi
June 22, 2011 - Margarine Bootleggers Sent to Federal Prison
...and other stories of what happens when the government plays with your food.
Katherine Mangu-Ward
June 22, 2011 - War Counsel
Obama shops for Libya advice that lets him ignore the law.
Jacob Sullum
June 22, 2011 - Congress Moves to Ban Frankenfish
Special interests trump science in the debate over transgenic salmon.
Ronald Bailey
June 21, 2011 - What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You
The peril of vague criminal statutes
Harvey Silverglate
June 21, 2011 - The Pre-K Graduating Class of 2011
A theater review
A. Barton Hinkle
June 21, 2011 - Harold Koh Is the Gollum of Foggy Bottom
What Obama's undeclared war in Libya reveals about the corrupting effects of power
Gene Healy
June 21, 2011 - It's Not the Oil, Stupid
Humanitarian concerns are driving America's involvement in Libya
Shikha Dalmia
June 21, 2011 - Rape Factories
Why is the government doing so little to end sexual assault in prisons?
Lovisa Stannow
June 20, 2011 - The Crime Rate Puzzle
Did incarceration reduce the crime rate, or did it get in the way?
Radley Balko
June 20, 2011 - The Obsolete Alliance
Has NATO outlived its usefulness?
Steve Chapman
June 20, 2011 - Why Not Let Prices and Wages Fall?
Bernanke's sophisticated surgical tools keep making the patient worse
Tim Cavanaugh
June 17, 2011 - The Facts about Transportation Spending
Separating economic myths from economic truths
Veronique de Rugy
June 17, 2011 - A Suicide Pact
Can the U.S. afford the Bill of Rights?
A. Barton Hinkle
June 17, 2011 - Fatma Caught Between Secularism and Liberalization
What the re-elected Turkish government should do about its headscarf ban
Stephanie Brewster and Anthony Randazzo
June 17, 2011 - Spend More, Save More
Can Medicare save money by giving patients cash?
Peter Suderman
June 16, 2011 - The Money Hole
Is it too late to get America out of debt? Not if we stop spending and follow the examples set by Puerto Rico and Canada.
John Stossel
June 16, 2011 - Republicans vs. the Environment
Does the GOP have any solutions for environmental problems?
Steve Chapman
June 16, 2011 - Less Time, Less Crime
Conservatives lead a movement toward “tough and smart” sentencing policies.
Julie Stewart
June 15, 2011 - Unfair Labor Practices
Boeing gets hauled before the National Labor Relations Board for opening a new plant in a business-friendly state
Damon W. Root
June 15, 2011 - What Would Ayn Rand Do?
Religious conservatives have plenty to learn from the Objectivist author.
David Harsanyi
June 15, 2011 - I, Pineapple
Reason's science correspondent files a second dispatch from his sustainability tour in Costa Rica.
Ronald Bailey
June 15, 2011 - The Price of Prohibition
Forty years after Nixon declared war on drugs, it's time to give peace a chance.
Jacob Sullum
June 15, 2011 - "If It's Plastic, It's Organic"
Reason's science correspondent goes on a junket to Costa Rica in search of sustainability.
Ronald Bailey
June 14, 2011 - Perverted Justice
Sex offender laws represent the triumph of outrage over reason.
Jacob Sullum
June 14, 2011 - Obama's War on the Rule of Law
The Bush administration's worst policies live on in Obama's White House.
A. Barton Hinkle
June 14, 2011 - Medicare's Least Bad Fix
Why RyanCare beats ObamaCare in a knockout
Shikha Dalmia
June 14, 2011 - Renters are Fiscally Responsible Too
Three reasons renting should be a part of the American Dream
Anthony Randazzo
June 14, 2011 - The Guilt Market
Criminal snitching threatens the integrity of the justice system.
Alexandra Natapoff
June 13, 2011 - Muddled Masses
The immigration detention system treats suspected illegal aliens like criminals, but with fewer rights.
Jesse James DeConto
June 13, 2011 - Obama and the Pursuit of Endless War
There's nothing humble about the president's foreign policy.
Steve Chapman
June 13, 2011 - That ’80s Show
Did Michael Jordan and Michael J. Fox invent modern individualism?
Jesse Walker
June 10, 2011 - The Facts about the Alternative Minimum Tax
Separating economic myths from economic realities
Veronique de Rugy
June 10, 2011 - All Aboard the Latin American Drug War Gravy Train
Waging the war on drugs in Latin America is a gold mine for contractors, a waste for taxpayers
Mike Riggs
June 10, 2011 - Tolerance for Me But Not for Thee
Freedom of association includes the right to discriminate.
A. Barton Hinkle
June 10, 2011 - Affordable Housing Means Your House Is Worth Less
Consumer advocates have their priorities backwards.
Anthony Randazzo
June 9, 2011 - The Cancer of Government Regulation
How occupational licensing laws hurt the poor
John Stossel
June 9, 2011 - Ron Paul’s Radical Vision
The libertarian Republican warns of impending disaster, reaches out to the left, and prepares for a presidential campaign.
Brian Doherty
June 9, 2011 - The Persecution of John Edwards
The only thing worse than Edwards’ ugly behavior is the government’s effort to put him in jail for it.
Steve Chapman
June 9, 2011 - Florida, U.K. Innovate in Corrections Partnerships
Public-private partnerships target recidivism, rehabilitation
Leonard Gilroy
June 8, 2011 - Prison Math
What are the costs and benefits of leading the world in locking up human beings?
Veronique de Rugy
June 8, 2011 - The Trouble with ObamaCare
Counting the problems with the president's health care plan
David Harsanyi
June 8, 2011 - More Central Planning: The Failed Panacea for Health Care Reform
A rebuttal to The New Republic's latest prescription for health care reform
Ronald Bailey
June 8, 2011 - Ends and Means
Suicide is not a medical procedure.
Jacob Sullum
June 8, 2011 - The Lessons of Weinergate
Politicians are less responsible and much dumber than those they seek to rule.
Gene Healy
June 7, 2011 - Wrongful Convictions
How many innocent Americans are behind bars?
Radley Balko
June 7, 2011 - Declare Defeat and Go Home
The War on Drugs has failed. Let's try something else.
A. Barton Hinkle
June 7, 2011 - Shrink the Prisons
Conservatives are as wrong about prison overcrowding as liberals were about welfare reform.
Shikha Dalmia
June 7, 2011 - Locked Up, Locked Out
The social costs of incarceration
Bruce Western
June 6, 2011 - The Ends Didn’t Justify the Means
Our complicity in the devastating war on crime
Matt Welch
June 6, 2011 - The Myths About Legalized Gambling
New casinos won't fix economic woes.
Steve Chapman
June 6, 2011 - The Right To Be a Jerk
The First Amendment protects ugly speech.
A. Barton Hinkle
June 3, 2011 - The Facts about the Government’s Medicare Cost Projections
Separating economic myths from economic truths
Veronique de Rugy
June 3, 2011 - Planet Burma
No, global freedom isn't in a free-fall.
Jesse Walker
June 3, 2011 - Hayek in Tuscaloosa
How talk radio, local churches, and concerned citizens spontaneously organized to help tornado victims
David Beito
June 3, 2011 - Brown v. Plata Ruling Highlights Need for Reform (Not Tax Increases)
A multi-faceted approach is necessary to finally reform California's correctional system
Harris Kenny and Adam Summers
June 2, 2011 - America Pays for Villaraigosa’s Transit Legacy
You can’t say no to federal funds for L.A.’s empty trains, fake transit hubs, and unfixed potholes.
Tim Cavanaugh
June 2, 2011 - Government Against Blacks
How the state perpetuates poverty
John Stossel
June 2, 2011 - David Mamet's Conversion Story
The Pulitzer-winning playwright explains his turn to the political right
Kurt Loder
June 2, 2011 - A War Fit for a King
Obama's "kinetic military action" in Libya violates the Constitution
Steve Chapman
June 2, 2011 - Block Big Brother's Internet Snoops
Online protections against the government's unconstitutional Web searches are needed.
Steven Titch
June 1, 2011 - "Buy American" Is Un-American
We need more competition in the auto industry, not less.
David Harsanyi
June 1, 2011 - Wait and Hurry Up
The artificial panic behind the rush to extend the PATRIOT Act
Jacob Sullum
June 1, 2011 - Does Disease Cause Autocracy?
New studies say that lowering the rate of infection helps lead to political liberalization.
Ronald Bailey
May 31, 2011 - 10 Myths and Facts on Transportation PPPs
Leonard Gilroy
May 31, 2011 - Obama's Imperial Presidency
Executive power continues to expand.
Gene Healy
May 31, 2011 - Political Hacks
How taxi licensing drives up costs while enriching special interests
A. Barton Hinkle
May 31, 2011 - Big Trouble in Little Hoover
Why does the nonpartisan, good-government consensus sound so radical?
Tim Cavanaugh
May 31, 2011 - When Punishment Is a Crime
The Supreme Court takes on California's overcrowded prison system.
Steve Chapman
May 30, 2011 - The Facts About Taxes and Spending
Separating economic myths from economic truths
Veronique de Rugy
May 27, 2011 - ObamaCare’s Disastrous New Long-Term Care Entitlement
The Obama administration makes a CLASS of itself.
Peter Suderman
May 27, 2011 - Separating Charity and State
Why should taxpayers be forced to support charitable groups?
A. Barton Hinkle
May 27, 2011 - Dollar Store Nation
What the success of the dollar store says about the American economy
Greg Beato
May 26, 2011 - Battle of the Budgets
Is it too late to get America off the road to bankruptcy?
John Stossel
May 26, 2011 - The State of Gay Rights
There's still a rocky road ahead.
Steve Chapman
May 26, 2011 - Obama's Success Hinges on Turkey's Upcoming Election
What the June 12 Turkish elections mean for the Middle East and global finance
Anthony Randazzo
May 25, 2011 - Big Brother Is Watching You
Overreaching law enforcement puts privacy rights at risk.
A. Barton Hinkle
May 25, 2011 - There's Something About Marriage
Is the institution of marriage dying out or simply readjusting?
David Harsanyi
May 25, 2011 - Illegal War? Congress Doesn't Care
Capitol Hill still hasn't authorized Obama's war in Libya.
Gene Healy
May 25, 2011 - Home Insecurity
Two privacy rulings hit us where we live.
Jacob Sullum
May 25, 2011 - Will Comparative Effectiveness Research Kill More People Than It Helps?
Consumers, not bureaucrats, should make healthcare decisions.
Ronald Bailey
May 24, 2011 - General Motors Will Never Repay Taxpayers
Obama's spin on GM's latest profit report is pure baloney
Shikha Dalmia
May 24, 2011 - Dead Kids Make Bad Laws
New Jersey may soon repeal one of the most onerous driving restrictions in the country. That doesn’t mean legislators have learned their lesson.
Michael Tracey
May 24, 2011 - Charging Ahead
To speed along the success of the electric car, improvements in battery chemistry will matter as much as the price of oil.
Ronald Bailey
May 23, 2011 - Notes from the Underground
The rise of the alternative media is a story that goes beyond the New Left.
Jesse Walker
May 23, 2011 - "Everything We Do Has an Unintended Consequence"
Republican presidential candidate Gary Johnson on Obama's Middle East speech, U.S. relations with Israel, and his recent PAC setback.
Mike Riggs
May 23, 2011 - Moralizing Against McDonald's
The clownish antics of nanny state busybodies
Steve Chapman
May 23, 2011 - The Facts About Social Security
Separating economic myths from economic truths
Veronique de Rugy
May 20, 2011 - Dear Congress, Your Credit Application Has Been Turned Down
Why should the American people keep extending credit to Capitol Hill?
A. Barton Hinkle
May 20, 2011 - A Fate Worse Than Death Panels?
Legislation that would improve access to pain medication for the elderly is five months behind schedule, and no one will say why.
Mike Riggs
May 20, 2011 - Don't Close State Parks; Lease Them
Partnering with the private sector to save California's state parks
Harris Kenny
May 20, 2011 - Getting Infrastructure Partnerships Right in Ohio
Good start, but room for improvement in public-private partnership legislation
Leonard Gilroy
May 19, 2011 - The New Goldwater?
As the GOP presidential field churns, Ron Paul remains Ron Paul.
Brian Doherty
May 19, 2011 - Plentiful Fuel
The facts about fracking
John Stossel
May 19, 2011 - Poisonous in Pakistan
Should America stop providing aid to Pakistan?
Steve Chapman
May 19, 2011 - Radar Love
The changing status of the radar detector in a hyper-surveilled world
Greg Beato
May 18, 2011 - Wither Medicare?
Newt Gingrich jeopardizes reform by exaggerating small differences.
Jacob Sullum
May 18, 2011 - A Better Way to Frack?
A new technique for natural gas extraction eliminates fears about contaminated water and stops opponents in their tracks.
Ronald Bailey
May 17, 2011 - Obama's War on Fun
The president breathes new life into the Nanny State
Gene Healy
May 17, 2011 - The Difference Between a Tax Break and a Subsidy
Exposing economic confusion on the left and right
A. Barton Hinkle
May 17, 2011 - What Sub-Saharan Africa Can Teach San Francisco
Mass transit doesn’t have to mean massive government spending.
G. Pascal Zachary
May 17, 2011 - The Facts About Gold
Separating economic myths from economic truths
Veronique de Rugy
May 16, 2011 - Fair Tax Fouls
What’s good and bad in Huckabee and Cain’s favorite proposal
Tim Cavanaugh
May 16, 2011 - A Labor Strike Against Economic Reality
The government's pro-union campaign against Boeing.
Steve Chapman
May 16, 2011 - To Boost Economy, Curb Smuggling, Cut Cigarette Tax
Bruce Bartlett and David Godow
May 16, 2011 - The Future of American Energy Policy
Finding middle ground in the battle between drillers and renewers
A. Barton Hinkle
May 13, 2011 - The Book on Mormons
A brilliant new musical from the creators of South Park both mocks and admires religion.
Ronald Bailey
May 13, 2011 - Ron Paul: Less Lonely These Days
Libertarianism is now on the political agenda.
John Stossel
May 12, 2011 - Is Inflation Making a Comeback?
The Federal Reserve isn't likely to repeat past mistakes.
Steve Chapman
May 12, 2011 - Is Obama Serious About Immigration Reform?
His speech this week suggests that he's not.
David Harsanyi
May 11, 2011 - False Forbearance
Obama breaks his promise to respect medical marijuana laws.
Jacob Sullum
May 11, 2011 - Environmentalists Were For Fracking Before They Were Against It
Shale gas is still the bridge fuel to a low-carbon energy future.
Ronald Bailey
May 10, 2011 - Ugly Modeling
Will spending cuts ruin or improve America’s economy?
Veronique de Rugy
May 10, 2011 - How to Spot a Terrorist Mastermind
Some helpful hints for the Pakistani government
A. Barton Hinkle
May 10, 2011 - End the War on Terror
Why the world fears America more than bin Laden
Shikha Dalmia
May 10, 2011 - The Politics of Protection
The battles over the Endangered Species Act are all too human.
Katherine Mangu-Ward
May 10, 2011 - The Most Interesting Man in the Senate
Rand Paul reshapes the national debate.
Matt Welch
May 9, 2011 - Tortured Logic
Does the killing of Osama bin Laden vindicate the use of torture?
Steve Chapman
May 9, 2011 - Blowback
America’s costly, counterproductive War on Terror.
Peter Suderman
May 6, 2011 - The Facts About the Corporate Income Tax
Separating economic myths from economic truths.
Veronique de Rugy
May 6, 2011 - Eat Your Veggies
Why the broccoli argument might backfire in the ObamaCare case
A. Barton Hinkle
May 6, 2011 - Dead or Alive
Did the killing of Osama bin Laden violate U.S. law?
Damon W. Root
May 5, 2011 - Gas Prices and the Market
The government's war on speculators won't make gasoline any cheaper.
John Stossel
May 5, 2011 - Lessons for Al Qaeda, and For Us
What Bin Laden's death means for the War on Terror
Steve Chapman
May 5, 2011 - A Grandstanding Attorney General
Why Ken Cuccinelli should drop his misguided case against climatologist Michael Mann
A. Barton Hinkle
May 4, 2011 - Advocates Calling for More Transportation Spending Need to See the Big Budget Picture
The national debt and deficits at all levels of government mean the landscape for infrastructure funding has changed significantly
Robert Poole
May 4, 2011 - Bin Laden and the Budget Debate
Will the Al Qaeda leader's death impact the unfolding political battles over defense spending and the debt ceiling?
Anthony Randazzo
May 4, 2011 - The Cost of Getting Bin Laden
Lost lives, lost dollars, and lost liberty
Andrea Millen Rich
May 4, 2011 - Our Imaginary Debt Ceiling
Political posturing trumps economic sense.
David Harsanyi
May 4, 2011 - No Surrender
Does Bin Laden's death vindicate Obama's policy of targeted killings?
Jacob Sullum
May 4, 2011 - “No Nation Was Ever Ruined By Trade”
More trade means more jobs.
Ronald Bailey
May 3, 2011 - A Pragmatic Champion of Liberty
Gary Johnson's cross-political appeal will help both the country and the liberty movement.
Shikha Dalmia
May 3, 2011 - Reason-Rupe Poll: 96% Worry About Federal Debt, 74% Want Spending Cap...
And 80% would consider independent/third party candidate in 2012
Nick Gillespie and Meredith Bragg
May 3, 2011 - Why Birtherism Is Here to Stay
The facts don't matter to conspiracy theorists.
Steve Chapman
May 2, 2011 - Ending the Birther Debate
Why Obama should have ignored the conspiracy theorists
Michael C. Moynihan
April 29, 2011 - Spray Paint the Walls
Does graffiti count as art?
Greg Beato
April 29, 2011 - What's Behind the Birther Nonsense?
Why conspiracy theories refuse to die
A. Barton Hinkle
April 29, 2011 - Why Air Traffic Controllers Fall Asleep on the Job
They have the last word on their work schedule, including the notorious 2-2-1
Langhorne Bond and Robert Poole
April 29, 2011 - Ron Paul Explores the 2012 Presidential Race
An interview with the libertarian congressman on the cusp of another GOP presidential run
Brian Doherty
April 28, 2011 - Government Creates Poverty
Freedom leads to prosperity.
John Stossel
April 28, 2011 - Man vs. the State
Economist Walter E. Williams reflects on his long career battling Jim Crow, big government, and liberal orthodoxy.
Damon W. Root
April 28, 2011 - Taking Taxpayers for a Ride
The trouble with Obama’s Department of Transportation
Steve Chapman
April 28, 2011 - Why Isn't Obama Celebrating High Oil Prices?
Understanding the president's environmental inconsistency
David Harsanyi
April 27, 2011 - If You Love Big Bird, Set Him Free
A left/right alliance to end federal subsidies to public broadcasters
Jesse Walker
April 27, 2011 - “If you focus on the deficit, then tax increases are on the table.”
Americans for Tax Reform’s Grover Norquist on why deficits are a distraction, why Republicans shouldn’t compromise on the budget, and why low taxes are the key to cutting spending.
Peter Suderman
April 27, 2011 - Public-Private Partnerships Can Improve Corrections, Safety
Dominic M. Calabro and Adrian Moore
April 27, 2011 - Drug Control vs. Pain Control
A crackdown on opioid prescriptions will hurt patients.
Jacob Sullum
April 27, 2011 - Whither Gasoline Prices?
Prices up, poll numbers down, round up the usual suspects!
Ronald Bailey
April 26, 2011 - Keep Your Hands Off My Drone
Neoconservatives go ballistic over Obama's sham defense cuts.
Shikha Dalmia
April 26, 2011 - Georgia's Proposed Cigarette Tax Increase Would Be Bad Policy
Tax hike would hurt state's businesses and the poor
David Godow
April 26, 2011 - Time to Eliminate the Blight of California's Redevelopment Agencies
Examples in San Jose and other areas show how redevelopment agencies fail taxpayers
Adam Summers
April 26, 2011 - Time to Separate the ATO from FAA Safety Regulation
Shifting air traffic management and aviation safety regulation into two separate and organizationally independent entities
Langhorne Bond and Robert Poole
April 26, 2011 - The Myth of Homeownership Wealth Creation
AOTC: Homeownership is a decent savings account that grows with inflation, but it is not a wealth builder as many believe
Anthony Randazzo
April 26, 2011 - Unwelcome Surprises in Libya
Declaring our intervention in the Maghreb a failure
Steve Chapman
April 25, 2011 - The Truth About Taxes and Redistribution
Do the rich pay their fair share?
Veronique de Rugy
April 22, 2011 - The Jubjub Hole
With apologies to Dr. Seuss
A. Barton Hinkle
April 22, 2011 - Joel Klein
"We have a 19th-century classroom model in the 21st century."
Nick Gillespie
April 22, 2011 - Paul Pastorek
"What Katrina did was it allowed us to think differently."
Nick Gillespie
April 21, 2011 - Watch the Watchmen
It shouldn't be a crime to record the cops.
John Stossel
April 21, 2011 - Posturing Against Pornography
The government should stop trying to censor the Internet.
Steve Chapman
April 21, 2011 - Jeb Bush on Disrupting the Educational Status Quo
"Monopolies don't want to have direct competition."
Nick Gillespie
April 20, 2011 - If Washington Is So Great, Let's All Pay for It
Why should the rich pay the majority of income taxes?
David Harsanyi
April 20, 2011 - Poker Bars
Why should anyone go to prison for helping people play cards?
Jacob Sullum
April 20, 2011 - A Whole Foods Fight in Boston
Grad students and hipsters protest the organic market, but many Latino residents are happy about the new shopping option and the jobs.
Michael C. Moynihan
April 19, 2011 - Why RyanCare Will Fail
Paul Ryan's budget embraces a fatal premise of the Nanny State
Shikha Dalmia
April 19, 2011 - Ending Farm Welfare As We Know It
Why can't we get rid of agricultural subsidies?
A. Barton Hinkle
April 19, 2011 - Jay Greene
"I'm very agnostic about what form choice must take."
Nick Gillespie
April 19, 2011 - Education Showdown
The irresistible force of school reform meets the immovable object of teachers unions.
Katherine Mangu-Ward
April 18, 2011 - Commit Yourself
Self-control in the age of abundance
Daniel Akst
April 18, 2011 - A Conservative Defense of ObamaCare
Reagan's former solicitor general says the individual mandate passes constitutional muster
Steve Chapman
April 18, 2011 - The Fate of the Mortgage Monsters
A great diagnosis of Fannie and Freddie, a weak prescription
Anthony Randazzo
April 18, 2011 - The Truth About Health Care Reform and the Economy
Separating economic fact from economic myth
Veronique de Rugy
April 15, 2011 - Trump Is a Laughing Matter
But the bankruptcy of the Republican Party is not.
Tim Cavanaugh
April 15, 2011 - The Roots of Racism
Will we ever get beyond the notion of racial identity?
A. Barton Hinkle
April 15, 2011 - It's a Mad, Mad World
Self-censorship and political correctness at Robert Morris University
Brendan O'Neill
April 15, 2011 - Not So Stagnant
Are the good times really over for good?
Brink Lindsey
April 15, 2011 - Focus on Results for Smarter Government Budgeting
Budgeting for Outcomes offers a major step forward
Leonard Gilroy
April 14, 2011 - Canadian lessons from Fannie & Freddie
The CMHC controls roughly 70% of the mortgage insurance market — covering approximately $519-billion worth of assets
Jesse Kline
April 14, 2011 - Welcome Budget Talk
What Paul Ryan's plan gets right—and wrong
John Stossel
April 14, 2011 - Licensed to Ill
Will Florida Republicans stand up against occupational licensing abuse?
Damon W. Root
April 14, 2011 - Fertilizing Farms with Tax Dollars
The case against farm welfare
Steve Chapman
April 14, 2011 - Debt Wrong
Obama bets that the government can save itself.
Peter Suderman
April 14, 2011 - Who's the Extremist?
Why are liberals demonizing Paul Ryan's budget plan?
David Harsanyi
April 13, 2011 - Reason.tv: Three Steps to Get Our Highways Moving Again
Samuel Staley
April 13, 2011 - The Post-Postal Society?
The U.S. Postal Service struggles to stay self-sufficient.
Greg Beato
April 13, 2011 - Complex Inferiority
A simpler tax code would be fairer, more efficient, less intrusive, and less infuriating.
Jacob Sullum
April 13, 2011 - Fear Itself
A one-in-a-million risk may not be imaginary, but it's pretty damned close to it.
Ronald Bailey
April 12, 2011 - Welfare for the Well-Off
The case against government subsidies for public broadcasting
A. Barton Hinkle
April 12, 2011 - San Francisco’s Experimental Market-Based Parking Pricing Program
City officials pursue urban congestion relief
Harris Kenny
April 12, 2011 - A Bankrupt Option
States should not be allowed to file for bankruptcy.
Veronique de Rugy
April 12, 2011 - Too Much Information
Conservatives should use state open records laws to go after the government, not individuals.
Shikha Dalmia
April 12, 2011 - Conservatainment
The perennial right-wing plot to seize Hollywood from liberals
Peter Suderman
April 11, 2011 - Constitutional Refuseniks
Stewart Rhodes on his controversial group the Oath Keepers and the orders they won't obey
Radley Balko
April 11, 2011 - The Imperial President at War
Barack Obama continues the long, shameful trend of expanding executive power
Steve Chapman
April 11, 2011 - Atlas Shrugged: The Movie
Scenes from the 38-year struggle to film Ayn Rand's famous novel
Brian Doherty
April 8, 2011 - The Truth About Spending Cuts
Separating economic myth from economic fact
Veronique de Rugy
April 8, 2011 - Housing Finance Reform Creeps Forward
After three years of ignoring the mortgage monsters, House Democrats now think Congress is moving too fast to get rid of them.
Anthony Randazzo
April 8, 2011 - Whose Money Is It?
Not all wealth belongs to Washington
A. Barton Hinkle
April 8, 2011 - Free Speech for Terry Jones!
The idiotic reaction to a lunatic cult leader
Michael C. Moynihan
April 7, 2011 - Gun Owners Have a Right to Privacy
The government has no business infringing on our Second Amendment rights.
John Stossel
April 7, 2011 - The War in Libya and the "Arab Spring"
A Reason roundtable
Hussein Ibish, Michael C. Moynihan, Michael Young, Brendan O'Neill, Shaazka Beyerle, Michael Totten, Christopher Preble and Jesse Walker
April 7, 2011 - Reforming Medicare for the Real World
The status quo cannot last.
Steve Chapman
April 7, 2011 - Trust Obama?
We have to, because his “war powers” have no effective bounds
Brian Doherty
April 6, 2011 - The All-New Failure of the New Economics
Unemployment rates and other useless measurements
Tim Cavanaugh
April 6, 2011 - Paul Ryan's Budget Plan: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
Nick Gillespie and Veronique de Rugy
April 6, 2011 - What's Worse Than 'Ruinous'?
Paul Ryan's budget plan deserves a serious response from Democrats.
Jacob Sullum
April 6, 2011 - It's Hard to Make Predictions, Especially About the Future
The new book Future Babble explains why dart-throwing monkeys are better at predicting the future than most pundits.
Ronald Bailey
April 5, 2011 - The Spook Racket
Magicians Todd Robbins and Teller take on the supernatural in their bloody off-Broadway sensation Play Dead
Damon W. Root
April 5, 2011 - The Arab Spring
The Middle East's breathtaking liberalization really isn't about us.
Matt Welch
April 5, 2011 - But Is It Art?
A new study challenges the merits of modern art
A. Barton Hinkle
April 5, 2011 - Protecting Immigrants From Government Exploitation
Trading birthright citizenship for an expanded guest worker program is a bad deal for both immigrants and Americans.
Shikha Dalmia
April 5, 2011 - Sorry, Charley
Was John Steinbeck’s Travels With Charley a fraud?
Bill Steigerwald
April 4, 2011 - Competition Brings Savings
Competitive contracting a powerful tool to lower costs, help governments better serve taxpayers
Leonard Gilroy
April 4, 2011 - Obama's War of Choice
Did the president mislead the American people about Libya?
Steve Chapman
April 4, 2011 - California High-Speed Rail
The next stop is bankruptcy
Adam Summers
April 3, 2011 - The Truth About Deficits and the Debt
America needs to cut spending now.
Veronique de Rugy
April 1, 2011 - Oh What a Lovely Budget Item
For a neocon, fiscal restraint stops at the water's edge.
Jesse Walker
April 1, 2011 - Whose Body Is It?
Abortion-rights advocates favor a highly selective form of self-ownership.
A. Barton Hinkle
April 1, 2011 - Nuclear News Meltdown
What the media has gotten right—and wrong—about the Japanese nuclear disaster
S. Robert Lichter
March 31, 2011 - Students Who Get It!
College students are rejecting statist dogma and embracing individual liberty
John Stossel
March 31, 2011 - The Unconcealed Truth About Carrying Guns
What the gun control lobby doesn't want you to know
Steve Chapman
March 31, 2011 - Opposing View: Fast Train to Nowhere
Would truly high-speed rail work in the USA?
Robert Poole
March 30, 2011 - The Case for Increasing Domestic Oil Production
Why America can and must produce more oil
Jon Basil Utley
March 30, 2011 - Money for Moochers
Arizona's 'Clean Elections' system is doomed—and for good reason.
Jacob Sullum
March 30, 2011 - Radiation Non-Alert
Japan’s broken nuclear reactors will have no detectable effect on the health of Americans.
Ronald Bailey
March 29, 2011 - Obama's Doctrine of Preemptive War
The "anti-war candidate" puts some multilateral lipstick on George W. Bush's war pig
Matt Welch
March 29, 2011 - Theocracy in America
Should we be more worried about radical Islamists or Christian fundamentalists?
A. Barton Hinkle
March 29, 2011 - Japan's Nuclear Nationalism
Japan has pushed nuclear energy hard—at the expense of safety
Shikha Dalmia
March 29, 2011 - Obama and the Ghost of '68
Will liberal voters abandon their president over Libya?
Steve Chapman
March 28, 2011 - Lost in Libya
Obama's quiet war against Qaddafi
Michael C. Moynihan
March 25, 2011 - The Fogh of War
Should the international community get to declare war on America’s behalf?
Tim Cavanaugh
March 25, 2011 - The Truth About Nuclear Power
Separating economic myth from economic fact
Veronique de Rugy
March 25, 2011 - Obama's Consistency Problem
Like George W. Bush, Barack Obama has abandoned his principles while increasing the power of government.
A. Barton Hinkle
March 25, 2011 - Notes from the Underground
How the underground press of the 1960s revolutionized the American media
Greg Beato
March 24, 2011 - End Corporate Welfare
Stop giving handouts to big business
John Stossel
March 24, 2011 - Obama's Fatal Attraction to War
George W. Bush and Barack Obama have more in common than we thought.
Steve Chapman
March 24, 2011 - A Treasury GSE Management Failure
It is time for Treasury to fulfill it's management responsibility of GSE debt issuances
Anthony Randazzo
March 24, 2011 - The Rosy Scenario System
Optimism won't fix America's fiscal problems.
Peter Suderman
March 23, 2011 - 2010 Highlights in State Government Privatization
Reviewing privatization highlights in lotteries, child welfare, social infrastructure and more
Leonard Gilroy
March 23, 2011 - A War We Don't Need
Why is America intervening in a Libyan civil war?
David Harsanyi
March 23, 2011 - Obama's War of Choice
The dangerously open-ended rationale for attacking Libya
Jacob Sullum
March 23, 2011 - Is the Great Stagnation Real?
In many ways yes, but there is still room for hope and even celebration.
Ronald Bailey
March 22, 2011 - Government's Work Is Never Done
The endless expansion of big government
A. Barton Hinkle
March 22, 2011 - Failing Upward in Criminal Justice
The prosecutor who wrongly put a paraplegic in prison wants to be a judge.
Radley Balko
March 22, 2011 - How Drug Cops Go Bad
We shouldn't be surprised when the police officers we ask to break the laws they enforce turn corrupt.
Radley Balko
March 21, 2011 - The Triumph of Politics Over Economics
David Stockman on TARP, the Fed, Ronald Reagan, and Ron Paul
Nick Gillespie
March 21, 2011 - Nuclear Power's Unchanging Plight
Nuclear is the fuel of the future—and always will be
Steve Chapman
March 21, 2011 - The Truth About Hedge Funds and the Financial Crisis
Separating economic fact from economic myth
Veronique de Rugy
March 18, 2011 - An Overreaching Attorney General
ObamaCare foe Ken Cuccinelli's misguided fight to expand state power in Virginia
A. Barton Hinkle
March 18, 2011 - The Business of the Court
Liberals say the Supreme Court has a pro-corporate bias. Are they right?
Damon W. Root
March 18, 2011 - A Dysfunctional Fix to a Dysfunctional System
The new mortgage servicing regulation proposals are good for regulators, bad for homeowners.
Anthony Randazzo
March 18, 2011 - End the Drug War, Save Black America
Why drug legalization is a civil rights issue
John Stossel
March 17, 2011 - The $6 Billion Scam
Jerry Brown’s plan to kill community “redevelopment” is fiscally smart, morally right, and probably doomed.
Tim Cavanaugh
March 17, 2011 - Downgradocalypse 2015
AOTC: How out of control debt could tangibly hurt America
Anthony Randazzo
March 17, 2011 - Resilient Japan
Three lessons from the week's disasters
Jesse Walker
March 16, 2011 - Let There Be Light
The dim bulbs in Congress have condemned me to pee in the dark.
Jacob Sullum
March 16, 2011 - Nuclear Disaster in Japan
Does it show a way forward for nuclear power?
Ronald Bailey
March 15, 2011 - U.S. Stung By Latest Undercover Sting
Exposing the truth about Barack Obama's presidency
A. Barton Hinkle
March 15, 2011 - The Bogus Case Against Birthright Citizenship
Anti-immigration hysteria has blinded conservatives to their own principles
Shikha Dalmia
March 15, 2011 - The Loughner Panic
Breaking down the media/political breakdown over the Tucson massacre
Katherine Mangu-Ward, Brian Doherty, Radley Balko, Ronald Bailey, Jacob Sullum, Nick Gillespie and Jesse Walker
March 14, 2011 - Getting Forensics Right
The forensics system is finally getting some national attention, but reformers aren't addressing the real problem.
Radley Balko
March 14, 2011 - The Enemy of My Enemy
How U.S. foreign policy stifles democracy in the Middle East
Michael Munger
March 14, 2011 - Why Gingrich Can't Win
Newt's delusions of grandeur aren't enough to land him in the White House.
Steve Chapman
March 14, 2011 - Atlas Shrugged: Is A (the Movie) Really A (the Novel)?
The film should please fans, but might not please everyone.
Brian Doherty
March 11, 2011 - Who Is the Real Enemy?
Terrorism, Islam, and the true threat to America
A. Barton Hinkle
March 11, 2011 - The Truth About the State Pension Crisis
Separating economic myth from economic fact
Veronique de Rugy
March 11, 2011 - 3 Essential Facts About the Current Moment: We're Out of Money, The Public Sector is Overpaid, & We Can't Tax Our Way Out of This.
Nick Gillespie
March 11, 2011 - US Missing Huge Opportunity by Not Opening Up Trade With Turkey
Free trade would mean lower prices on goods here in the US, better opportunities for American companies, as well as increased employment.
Joshua Newell and Anthony Randazzo
March 11, 2011 - Obama's Green-Jobs Fantasy
Don't buy the president's environmental snake oil
John Stossel
March 10, 2011 - The Lobster Underground
Food vendors vs. the state
Baylen Linnekin
March 10, 2011 - To the Shores of Tripoli!
If we had listened to the interventionists, we would have been at war with Libya long ago.
Matt Welch
March 9, 2011 - The Elmo "Vendetta"
It's time to defund public broadcasting
David Harsanyi
March 9, 2011 - Tiny Cuts, Big Complaints
Republicans and Democrats squabble over crumbs as the layer cake of debt keeps rising.
Jacob Sullum
March 9, 2011 - Oil Price Shocks and the Recession of 2011?
Ten of the last 11 recessions were preceded by oil price hikes.
Ronald Bailey
March 8, 2011 - The State Pension Time Bomb
Poor accounting rules and flagrant irresponsibility have sped up the states’ day of reckoning.
Veronique de Rugy
March 8, 2011 - The Real Lesson from Wisconsin
Public unions have no one but themselves to blame for believing government promises
Shikha Dalmia
March 8, 2011 - Against ‘Incitement’
Political speech doesn’t kill people, people kill people
Matt Welch
March 7, 2011 - Leviathan's Lawyers
Obama's stand against DOMA raises the question: Why don't presidents stick up for the Constitution more often?
Radley Balko
March 7, 2011 - Interstate 2.0
Why fiscal conservatives should support rebuilding America’s federal highway system
Robert Poole
March 7, 2011 - Global Warming By Another Name
Obama's clean energy boondoggle will be expensive for America
Shikha Dalmia
March 7, 2011 - Has Anybody Seen Jimmy Carter Lately?
At this point, would America settle for a new 1980s?
Tim Cavanaugh
March 4, 2011 - The Truth About Fannie and Freddie’s Role in the Housing Crisis
Separating economic myth from economic fact
Veronique de Rugy
March 4, 2011 - Housing Finance Reform: The Three Actions Politicians Could Take
It's possible that real reform could take root. But it will be a tricky minefield to cross to get there.
Anthony Randazzo
March 4, 2011 - ObamaCare’s Unreasonable Insurance Regulations
The health insurance rate review puzzle
Peter Suderman
March 3, 2011 - An Academy Award-Winning Movie, Stuttering and Me
Why my stuttering is no longer the obstacle it once was
John Stossel
March 3, 2011 - Zero Hour for Public Broadcasting
It's time for the government subsidies to end.
Steve Chapman
March 3, 2011 - Does Federal Law Trump an Oath to the Constitution?
Obama’s decision to stop defending the Defense of Marriage Act follows conservative precedent.
Damon W. Root
March 2, 2011 - Stop Crying and Start Cutting
What's wrong with a government shutdown?
David Harsanyi
March 2, 2011 - Mitch Daniels' Pot Luck
The Indiana governor's escape from prison taught him the importance of being tough on drug users.
Jacob Sullum
March 2, 2011 - The Political Economy of the End of Tyranny
Will the recent uprisings succeed?
Ronald Bailey
March 1, 2011 - The Reluctant Regulator
What does FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski Really Think About Net Neutrality?
Steven Titch
March 1, 2011 - Evaluating the Nunes Pension Reform Bill
New legislation is a step in the right direction, but more fundamental reforms are needed
Adam Summers
March 1, 2011 - Long Live the American Dream
Why India and China have nothing on America
Shikha Dalmia
March 1, 2011 - You Can Have Sex With Them; Just Don't Photograph Them
A former cop's 15-year prison sentence illustrates the absurdity of federal child porn laws.
Radley Balko
February 28, 2011 - Room for Disagreement on Gay Marriage
Understanding the White House's decision to stop defending the Defense of Marriage Act
Steve Chapman
February 28, 2011 - State Budget Showdowns
Wisconsin Gov. Walker, New York Gov. Cuomo and New Jersey Gov. Christie try to bring public sector pay and benefits under control
February 27, 2011 - Teaching People Power
Gene Sharp talks about nonviolent conflict, the Middle East, and why we need to rethink politics
Jesse Walker
February 25, 2011 - No New Taxes in Idaho... Except on Cigarettes
Taxing smokes is not the way to budgetary health
David Godow
February 25, 2011 - The Truth About Obama's 2012 Budget
Separating economic myth from economic fact
Veronique de Rugy
February 25, 2011 - The Golden State Is Made of Lead
Pollyannas say we’ll all be going back to Cali. I don’t think so.
Tim Cavanaugh
February 25, 2011 - Reality Bites
Debunking the myth of the lazy video gamer
Greg Beato
February 24, 2011 - Why Does Government Suppress Information?
The case for legalizing prediction markets
John Stossel
February 24, 2011 - How Public Employees and Taxpayers Got Scammed
The politicians are the real problem.
Steve Chapman
February 24, 2011 - This Is What a Broke Democracy Looks Like
Wisconsin, Ron Paul, and the obligation to shrink government by any means necessary
Brian Doherty
February 23, 2011 - China’s Beauty Problem
India’s ugly cities are less cruel to their rural migrants than China’s plush ones
Shikha Dalmia
February 23, 2011 - Pennsylvania Railroad
In the Keystone State's juvenile justice scandal, money changed everything.
Jacob Sullum
February 23, 2011 - Down with Gene Tyranny!
Freeing ourselves from our genes
Ronald Bailey
February 22, 2011 - People Who Live in the Shade
Revisionist historian Thaddeus Russell on American renegades, delusional socialists, left-libertarians, and Obama fans
Jesse Walker
February 22, 2011 - The End of a Libyan Crime Family
They might hold out temporarily, but it’s over for the Qaddafi clan.
Michael C. Moynihan
February 22, 2011 - Losing the Brains Race
America is spending more money on education while producing worse outcomes.
Veronique de Rugy
February 22, 2011 - The Mind of a Police Dog
How misconceptions about dogs can lead to abuse of humans
Radley Balko
February 21, 2011 - Police Cameras and Crime
Can a surveillance state make us safer?
Steve Chapman
February 21, 2011 - The End of Fannie and Freddie
Obama plan offers Tea Party and GOP a chance to privatize housing market
Anthony Randazzo
February 21, 2011 - The Truth About Housing Prices
Separating economic fact from economic myth
Veronique de Rugy
February 18, 2011 - Wait, Smoking Is Dangerous?
The FDA's new crusade
Jacob Sullum
February 18, 2011 - In the Long Run, Are We All Undead?
When the zombies come, the neocons will be ready.
Katherine Mangu-Ward
February 18, 2011 - Time to Write Off the Mortgage Interest Deduction
Congress should take the bold step President Obama didn't on housing subsidies
Anthony Randazzo and Jesse Kline
February 18, 2011 - What’s In It for Us?
Dominoes are falling in the Middle East. They’re just not the right dominoes.
Tim Cavanaugh
February 17, 2011 - Is Seasteading the Future?
We need all the alternatives to big arthritic government we can get.
John Stossel
February 17, 2011 - The Man’s Best Friend
Drug dogs sniff at the Fourth Amendment
Greg Beato
February 17, 2011 - Mitch Daniels vs. ObamaCare
Indiana's governor on what's wrong with last year's health care overhaul—and what must be done to fix it.
Peter Suderman
February 16, 2011 - Democracy Isn't Enough
Freedom is more than majority rule.
David Harsanyi
February 16, 2011 - Farewell, My Lovely
How public pensions killed progressive California
Tim Cavanaugh
February 16, 2011 - Got to Be Free
Did Bush's foreign policy set the stage for Middle Eastern democracy?
Jacob Sullum
February 16, 2011 - Deconsumption Versus Dematerialization
How to protect the environment by doing more with less
Ronald Bailey
February 15, 2011 - What Islamist Terrorist Threat?
Al Qaeda doesn't have what it takes to hurt America
Shikha Dalmia
February 15, 2011 - Sticklers for Procedure
Ohio's Supreme Court reverses an acquittal in yet another outrageous sex abuse prosecution.
Radley Balko
February 14, 2011 - The 19 Percent Solution
How to balance the budget without increasing taxes
Veronique de Rugy and Nick Gillespie
February 14, 2011 - For Chicago Mayor, A Race Against Race
Understanding the politics of the Windy City
Steve Chapman
February 14, 2011 - Is There a Global Food Crisis?
Prices are rising, but that’s not the whole story.
Veronique de Rugy
February 11, 2011 - Are We All Originalists Now?
The debate over ObamaCare highlights a growing division on the legal left
Damon W. Root
February 11, 2011 - The Rise of Cybercollectivism
Progressives look for a “master switch” to produce their ideal Internet.
Adam Thierer
February 11, 2011 - Spontaneous Order
Why the "best and brightest" cannot plan the economy
John Stossel
February 10, 2011 - Why Obama Wants to Cut Corporate Taxes
Is the president serious about encouraging business?
Steve Chapman
February 10, 2011 - How to Start the Housing Reform Process
Ten ideas to reform mortgage finance in the near-term while laying the ground work for long-term changes
Anthony Randazzo
February 10, 2011 - The Constitutional Liberty We Lost
Legal scholar David Mayer explains why liberty of contract is about more than economics
Brian Doherty
February 9, 2011 - Obama's Crony Capitalism
It's time to separate market and state
David Harsanyi
February 9, 2011 - Passive Resistance
Excluding inactivity from the Commerce Clause still leaves Congress with far too much power.
Jacob Sullum
February 9, 2011 - The Unseen Consequences of "Green Jobs"
Will investing in clean energy harm the economy?
Ronald Bailey
February 8, 2011 - Bollywood vs. Bin Laden
The soft power of Indian films takes a hard line against extremism.
Shikha Dalmia
February 8, 2011 - Internet Cop
President Obama’s top man at the Federal Communications Commission tries to regulate the Net.
Peter Suderman
February 8, 2011 - The C-Word
An obsession with corporations is driving the left crazy.
Matt Welch
February 7, 2011 - America the Conservative?
How to understand U.S. politics
Steve Chapman
February 7, 2011 - The Truth About the Debt Ceiling
Separating economic fact from economic myth
Veronique de Rugy
February 3, 2011 - Let Your People Go
Egypt’s still screwed up. Should the United States take an interest in the outcome?
Tim Cavanaugh
February 3, 2011 - Let's Balance the Budget
Here's how to reduce the size and scope of government
John Stossel
February 3, 2011 - A Mandate Too Far
Why ObamaCare deserves to fall
Steve Chapman
February 3, 2011 - He Loves the Mandate, He Loves It Not.
The Obama administration’s individual mandate flip-flops.
Peter Suderman
February 2, 2011 - The Right Kind of Activism
Does the federal court system exist to rubber stamp legislation?
David Harsanyi
February 2, 2011 - No Military Immunity
America's bloated defense budget is ripe for cutting.
Jacob Sullum
February 2, 2011 - Bioethicists Can't Handle the Truth
But research shows that normal people can.
Ronald Bailey
February 1, 2011 - Demanding Too Much From the Economy
Why demand is not to blame for our ongoing economic lethargy
David Godow
February 1, 2011 - Colorado Senate Explores Taxicab Regulatory Reform
Recently introduced legislation rekindles reform efforts
Harris Kenny
February 1, 2011 - Wet at Last
Dallas legalizes alcohol.
Jacob Sullum
February 1, 2011 - What’s the Matter with Provincetown?
The Democrats’ two years of control delivered zero social liberalism.
Tim Cavanaugh
February 1, 2011 - The Anti-Cop Trend That Isn't
Despite breathless media reports, there is little evidence that violence against police officers is on the rise.
Radley Balko
January 31, 2011 - Should We Ban Walking While Wired?
The Nanny State targets hand-held gadgets.
Steve Chapman
January 31, 2011 - Man Versus the State
Economist Walter E. Williams reflects on his long career battling Jim Crow, big government, and liberal orthodoxy
Damon W. Root
January 28, 2011 - Florida Taxpayers Ultimately Responsible for Extra High-Speed Rail Costs
Taxpayers cannot be completely protected from potential cost overruns
Wendell Cox
January 28, 2011 - Education and the State of the Union
In which Obama rests on his laurels and tells parents and 20-somethings to get their acts together
Katherine Mangu-Ward
January 27, 2011 - My State of the Union Address
Let's win the future by cherishing individual liberty
John Stossel
January 27, 2011 - The Sorry State of Our Union
Forget the "Sputnik moment," let's have a "Carter moment"
Michael C. Moynihan
January 26, 2011 - We Can’t Win the Future By Repeating the Past
Obama's uninspired State of the Union Address
Veronique de Rugy and Nick Gillespie
January 26, 2011 - President Obama, China, High-Speed Rail and the Sputnik Moment
You can't compare China and the U.S. when it comes to needing, using high-speed rail
Samuel Staley
January 26, 2011 - When Numbers Get Unserious
Are substantial budget cuts automatically "untenable"?
John Stossel
January 26, 2011 - Government Pills
I'm from the government and I'm here to help with new drug discovery
Ronald Bailey
January 25, 2011 - Islam and the Intolerance Problem
Comparing the attack on Gabrielle Giffords with the murder of a Pakistani politician
Cathy Young
January 25, 2011 - Grading Barack Obama
Libertarian legal scholar Richard Epstein on his former University of Chicago colleague
Nick Gillespie
January 24, 2011 - A Beating in Pittsburgh
A year after three cops beat an unarmed music student, they are still getting paid to do nothing.
Radley Balko
January 24, 2011 - Fear of a Red Planet
Should we be worried about China?
David Harsanyi
January 24, 2011 - Gun Control Wouldn't Have Stopped Loughner
And Loughner shouldn't start a new push for gun control
Brian Doherty
January 21, 2011 - Unpacking Jared Lee Loughner
If you're the Southern Poverty Law Center, the media will mistake your guesses for gold.
Jesse Walker
January 20, 2011 - Will the Republicans Cut Government This Time?
It's time for the GOP to walk the walk.
John Stossel
January 20, 2011 - Inoculating Against True Health Care Reform
We can’t all live at the expense of everyone else.
Steve Chapman
January 20, 2011 - Savers Hate America
Ben Bernanke wants you to be a consumption unit. Why are you ignoring him?
Tim Cavanaugh
January 19, 2011 - Obama Isn't Fooling Anyone
The president is no deregulator
David Harsanyi
January 19, 2011 - Looking for Loughners
Would laxer commitment rules make us safer?
Jacob Sullum
January 19, 2011 - Cyberwar Is Harder Than It Looks
Internet vulnerability to attacks exaggerated, says new report.
Ronald Bailey
January 18, 2011 - Just a Matter of When?
Legalizing marijuana has failed in California. But even in defeat, Proposition 19 might mark the beginning of the end for prohibition.
Brian Doherty
January 18, 2011 - Labor’s Last Stand?
A new accounting rule will either sink private-sector unions or trigger the next major bailout.
Mark Hemingway
January 18, 2011 - Justice for Sal
After five years, the family of a Virginia optometrist killed by a SWAT team finally gets some closure.
Radley Balko
January 17, 2011 - A Birthright, and a Mess of Pottage
The misguided effort to remove birthright citizenship
Steve Chapman
January 17, 2011 - Political Discourse and the Tucson Shootings
Is this a teachable moment?
Cathy Young
January 14, 2011 - Weapons of Mass Consumption
Has modern technology ruined our self-control?
Greg Beato
January 14, 2011 - Frame On
What the political class doesn’t get about Jared Lee Loughner.
Peter Suderman
January 13, 2011 - Same as the Old Boss?
Don't count on the GOP to shrink the size of government
John Stossel
January 13, 2011 - When Booze Was Banned but Pot Was Not
What can today’s antiprohibitionists learn from their predecessors?
Jacob Sullum
January 13, 2011 - Why Gun Control (Still) Won't Work
Restricting the Second Amendment is not the answer to the Tucson shootings.
Steve Chapman
January 13, 2011 - Can We Trust Republicans on Spending?
GOP’s fiscal track record and campaign promises should give us pause
Veronique de Rugy
January 13, 2011 - This "Conversation" Is a Set-Up
Political rhetoric is not the problem.
David Harsanyi
January 12, 2011 - The Lone Gunman Theory of Legislation
The perils of letting armed lunatics drive public policy
Jacob Sullum
January 12, 2011 - Just Your Typical Would-Be Assassin
Tuscon shooter Jared Loughner fits the profile of a killer. But not in the way you might think.
Ronald Bailey
January 11, 2011 - Hating the "Sinner"
Gay marriage and social conservatism
David Harsanyi
January 11, 2011 - The View From the Sidelines
The pros and cons of political self-marginalization
Matt Welch
January 11, 2011 - The Year in Clemency
The major pardon and commutation stories of 2010
Radley Balko
January 10, 2011 - Beware Bipartisan School Reform
If everybody on the Hill is happy, Americans probably shouldn't be.
Katherine Mangu-Ward
January 7, 2011 - The Price of Dissent in Putin's Russia
Moscow doubles down on its prosecution of oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky
Cathy Young
January 7, 2011 - Defending the Right to Offend
The never-ending assault on free expression
Michael C. Moynihan
January 6, 2011 - Prohibitionists: Leave Us Alone!
The government has no business attacking caffeinated alcoholic drinks
John Stossel
January 6, 2011 - 2010 Highlights in Local Government Privatization
Reviewing privatization highlights in parking assets, zoos, libraries and animal shelters
Leonard Gilroy
January 5, 2011 - Dignity Doesn't Fly
The meaning of the TSA's latest intrusions
Brian Doherty
January 5, 2011 - Rethinking the Politics of Freeway Congestion Pricing
Getting the details right is key to the future of congestion pricing
Robert Poole
January 5, 2011 - The Constitution Is Dead
Long live the Constitution
David Harsanyi
January 5, 2011 - A Physician's Take on the "Death Panel" Revelation
The truth about end-of-life counseling
Jeffrey A. Singer
January 5, 2011 - No Booze for You
If state alcohol monopolies were good at serving consumers, they'd have no reason to exist.
Jacob Sullum
January 5, 2011 - E.T. Stay Home?
We haven't heard from space aliens and that might be good news.
Ronald Bailey
January 4, 2011 - Nudgers vs. Nannies
The civil war between British busybodies
Brendan O'Neill
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