Vermin Supreme Says This Time, He's Serious

IN 2016, THE Libertarian Party’s presidential ticket, former Republican Govs. Gary Johnson and Bill Weld, had the most executive experience in the field.

Joe Biden Won the Democratic Primary. But Bernie Sanders Won the Party.

TWO WEEKS BEFORE ordinary American life was completely upended by COVID-19, Joe Biden had effectively captured the Democratic primary nomination with a campaign that amounted to a single promise: a return to normalcy.

In Zimbabwe, It's Crisis As Usual

A NEW ROUND OF HYPERINFLATION WAS TAKING A HEAVY TOLL ON DAILY LIFE, EVEN BEFORE THE CORONAVIRUS HIT.

IMMIGRANTS HAVE A RIGHT TO PRIVACY TOO

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION has started forcibly collecting DNA samples from immigrants in detention and sending that information to an FBI criminal database called the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) for permanent storage.

There is no China crisis

Unless we cause one by overreacting to Asia's changing political and economic landscape.

IS THE CRACKDOWN ON PAIN PILLS FINALLY WORKING?

Probably not

How the American Dream Became Unaffordable

THERE’S NO DENYING that a big chunk of the economy feels pretty screwed up right now for millions of working-class and middle-class Americans.

EARTH DAY TURNS 50

HALF A CENTURY LATER, A LOOK BACK AT THE FORECASTERS WHO GOT THE FUTURE WRONG—AND ONE WHO GOT IT RIGHT

Can't Afford Your Rent? - Blame Herbert Hoover.

THE FEDS PUSHED CITIES TO IMPLEMENT ZONING RESTRICTIONS. HIGH PRICES AND SOCIAL INEQUALITY WERE THE INEVITABLE RESULTS.

Populism Comes To Chile

When The Chilean government announced on October 4 that it was hiking subway fares by roughly 4 cents in the capital city of Santiago, high school students started jumping turnstiles en masse.

How Bad Is Online Harassment?

AND HOW DANGEROUS IS IT FOR THE FUTURE OF FREE SPEECH?

Just How Good Is Trump's Economy, Anyway?

IF DONALD TRUMP has his way in November’s presidential election, he’ll coast to victory on the strength of the economy.

The Not-So-Great Society

Historian Amity Shlaes on the good intentions and bad results of LBJ’s war on poverty

The Truth About Income Inequality

“The issue of wealth and income inequality, to my mind, is the greatest moral issue of our time,” said presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I–Vt.).

No Adults in the Room: From Election to The Politician

The recent release of Ryan Murphy’s series The Politician on Netflix has inspired endless comparisons to Alexander Payne’s 1999 film Election.

SEATTLE'S SCHOOL SYSTEM HAS BEGUN DISMANTLING ITS GIFTED PROGRAMS

AS IF TO demonstrate why school choice matters, Seattle’s education system is purposefully dismantling a program to serve its gifted students at one of its schools— and completely ignoring parents’ wishes in the process.

Against the New Nationalism

“Nationalism is not to be confused with patriotism,”

Why Is Nobody Replying To My Emails?

People are less gullible than you think

MASSAGE PARLOR-PANIC

A POTENT COMBINATION OF PURITANISM, RACISM, AND POLITICAL OPPORTUNISM IS PUTTING ASIAN MASSEUSES AND THE PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT THEM IN NEEDLESS DANGER.

Privacy Is Over. We Must Fight Harder Than Ever To Protect Our Civil Liberties.

Once upon a time, privacy was everyone’s default setting.

Kagan And Gorsuch Clash Over Judicial Deference To The Administrative State

A major conflict is now underway on the U.S. Supreme Court between Justices Elena Kagan and Neil Gorsuch over the issue of judicial deference to the administrative state.

Cheap Meds From Canada, Eh?

“For the first time in HHS history, we are open to importation,” Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Alex Azar told reporters in July.

Will Justin Amash Run for President as a Libertarian in 2020?

Freedomfest, a largely libertarian gath­ ering in Las Vegas with a significant con­ servative presence, has been tacking in a noticeably Trumpian direction since the future president spoke there in 2015.

Hells Angels Meet Housewives on Harleys

How bikers turned into their parents and turned off their kids

Bernie Sanders Leads the Anti–charter School Charge

“I believe in public education, and I believe in public charter schools,” explained Sen. Bernie Sanders (I–Vt.) at a CNN town hall in March. What the can­ didate for the Democratic presidential nomination doesn’t believe in, he said, are “privately controlled charter schools.”

Don't Just Do Something

“I don't know what the answer is,” Kacey Musgraves shouted during her set at Lol­ lapalooza on August 7, “but obviously something has to be fucking done.”

Jonathan Kaiman: ‘I'M Radioactive'

Journalist Jonathan Kaiman is one of the least famous, least powerful men to be brought down by the #metoo movement. A year later, the fallout continues.

Elizabeth Warren's Plans Don't Add Up

The Warren Worldview of Ill-founded Economic Pessimism is Both Bloodless and Moralizing.

India At A Crossroads

India is known as the land of contradictions, and recent events do little to undermine that reputation.

Russia's Global Anti- Libertarian Crusade

How Vladimir Putin’s desire for domination and acceptance is scrambling American politics