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End the War on Drugs

DRUG PROHIBITION TURNS POLICE OFFICERS INTO ENEMIES TO BE FEARED RATHER THAN ALLIES TO BE WELCOMED.

Bust the Police Unions

THEY’RE A CONSISTENT FORCE OF ORGANIZED RESISTANCE TO CALMER, SAFER, LESS AGGRESSIVE POLICING.

Wait, Wasn't Peter Thiel a Libertarian?

The Tech Billionaire and his contrarian circle are developing new nationalist visions for American's future.

Capitalism Trumps Hate

CEOs have often been ahead of cops and politicians on gay rights.

WHY DOES HOLLYWOOD HATE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS?

THE TYPECASTING OF BUILDERS AS VILLAINS MIGHT HELP EXPLAIN WHY NIMBYS SO OFTEN WIN THE POLICY BATTLES OVER URBAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT.

Coronavirus Cuisine

IN THE FACE OF THE GREATEST CHALLENGE IN GENERATIONS, AMERICA’S CHEFS, BARTENDERS, AND RESTAURANT OWNERS ARE REINVENTING THEIR FOOD, THEIR BUSINESSES, AND THEMSELVES.

Indians and Aliens

Human beings’ disturbing capacity to manufacture history to serve our own ends

TRUMP'S TRADE WAR MADE THE PANDEMIC WORSE, AND NATIONALISM WILL SLOW THE RECOVERY

PROTECTIONISM IS NOW INFECTING THE GOP TO A DEGREE THAT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO ERADICATE WHEN THE TRUMP ERA ENDS.

Jo Jorgensen Is the 2020 Libertarian Party Presidential Nominee

Jo Jorgensen, a senior lecturer in psychology at Clemson University,

I Don't Want To Be Anybody's Employee

THE PUSH TO RECLASSIFY INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS IS HARMING MANY OF THE WORKERS IT’S SUPPOSED TO HELP.

FROM ANTIFA TO UFOS, ONE JOKE CAN SPAWN A THOUSAND CONSPIRACIES

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A PRANK OR SPOOF SPARKS A REAL BELIEF?

America Wasn't Ready for Coranavirus

Early takeaways from the country's response to a pandemic.

Union Justice Confidence

Did Louisiana enact a bogus health law as a pretext for banning abortion?

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.

WOODROW WILSON'S LIBERTARIAN LACKEYS

Beware the temptation to collaborate with the state.

Traffic Stops in Black and White

Supreme Court imposed new limits on police authority to grill drivers during routine traffic stops last year, Bobbin Singh of the Oregon Justice Resource Center called the decision “incredibly important for communities of color.”

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.

How the Abolitionist Grandfathers of Modern Libertarianism Won by Losing and Lost by Winning

WHILE EUROPE WAS IN REVOLT, AMERICA HAD ITS OWN FREE SOIL REVOLUTION OF 1848.

There is no China crisis

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

Judge Napolitano on the Politics of Impeachment

In two decades at the nation’s largest cable network, Fox News analyst Andrew Napolitano has provided an unapologetically libertarian critique of state power, regardless of the party holding control in the nation’s capital.

IS THE AMERICAN DREAM DEAD?

HERE ARE TWO stories about modern Americans’ economic lives.

Student Loans Aren't Working

BUT FREE COLLEGE WON’T FIX THIS SLOW-MOVING CATASTROPHE

Star Wars' Identity Crisis AND OUR OWN

“IT IS A period of civil war,” begins the opening scroll of the very first film in the Star Wars series, which just goes to show that these movies have always been more than space chases and lightsaber fights.

IS THE CRACKDOWN ON PAIN PILLS FINALLY WORKING?

Probably not

INDIA'S MODI IMPORTS AMERICAN DISCRIMINATION

AMERICA’S SUCCESS IN delivering enviable living standards while protecting human rights has made it the moral gold standard of the world, inspiring global movements for social justice, freedom, and democracy.

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.

How Doctors Broke Health Care AND POLITICIANS MADE THINGS EVEN WORSE

IF THERE’S ONE thing that almost everyone in America can agree on, it’s that the health care system is broken.

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