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Libertarianism From the Ground Up

ARGUMENTS FOR LIBERTARIANISM typically take two forms. Some libertarians base their creed on natural rights-the idea that each individual has an inborn right to self-ownership, or freedom from aggression, or whatever-and proceed to argue that only a libertarian political regime is compatible with those rights.

Lawlessness and Liberalism

THE UNITED STATES is notorious both for mass incarceration and for militarized police forces.

Politics Without Journalism

THE 2024 CAMPAIGN WAS A WATERSHED MOMENT FOR THE WAY WE PROCESS PUBLIC AFFAIRS.

EVERY BODY HATES PRICES

BUT THEY HELP US DECIDE BETWEEN BOURBON AND BACONATORS.

The Great American City Upon a Hill Is Always Under Construction

AMERICA'S UTOPIAN DREAMS LEAD TO URBAN EXPERIMENTATION.

Amanda Knox Tells Her Own Story

\"OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM RELIES UPON OUR OWN IGNORANCE AND THE FACT THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR RIGHTS ARE.\"

Trade Policy Amnesia

WHILE HE WAS interviewing for the job, President Joe Biden demonstrated an acute awareness of how tariffs work. It's worrisome that he seems to have forgotten that or, worse, chosen to ignore it-since he's been president.

Civil Liberties Lost Under COVID

WHEN JOE BIDEN was sworn in as president in January 2021, he had good reason to be optimistic about the trajectory of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bye, Joe

AMERICA'S 46th president is headed out the door. After a single term marked by ambitious plans but modest follow-through, Joe Biden is wrapping up his time in office and somewhat reluctantly shuffling off into the sunset.

Q&A Mark Calabria

IF YOU HAVE a mortgage on your home, the odds are that it's backed by one of two congressionally chartered, government-sponsored enterprises (GSES), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Musical Surveillance

SOMEWHERE IN SAN Francisco's Mission District, they say a solar-powered phone is concealed in a box atop a pole.

No Longer a World Heritage Site, Liverpool Evolves and Thrives

IN 2021, LIVERPOOL made global headlines when the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) revoked its World Heritage status, citing new development along the waterfront as causing the \"serious deterioration and irreversible loss\" of the area's historic value.

Don't Credit Drug Warriors for Reducing Overdoses

DURING THEIR PRESIDENTIAL campaigns, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris both promised to fight substance abuse by disrupting the drug supply.

Taxpocalypse

WHEN THE NEW session of Congress opens on January 3, the clock will already be ticking toward the most important set of fiscal decisions lawmakers will make this decade.

More Creative Corruption

IN SEPTEMBER 2024, federal officials indicted New York City Mayor Eric Adams on charges including wire fraud and bribery.

Glucose Monitors Are Finally Available Over the Counter

THE U.S. FOOD and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the first continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) for over-the-counter sale-a major win for health freedom and common sense.

Nuclear Power Saves Lives

THE PANIC FOLLOWING the catastrophic meltdown of the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl in the Soviet Union in April 1986 resulted in nearly 400 fewer new nuclear power plants being built than had been projected.

Why Kamala Harris Lost

FEW REALISTIC POLITICAL observers expected a blowout for Kamala Harris.

Trump's $2 Trillion?

\"AT LEAST $2 trillion\" was Elon Musk's casual preelection response when asked how much a new Donald Trump administration could cut from the federal government.

Abolish the NSA and CIA

ENDING THESE UNACCOUNTABLE AGENCIES WOULD SAFEGUARD CIVIL LIBERTIES AND IMPROVE INTELLIGENCE GATHERING.

Abolish ICC

THE AGENCY DISRUPTS COMMUNITIES AND FAMILIES, FOR NO GOOD.

We Still Live in the Physical World

The digital world has not effaced our humanity, no matter what social critics like Christine Rosen say.

Blaming Bill Buckley

IT'S THE CLEANEST, neatnest [sic] operating piece of social machinery I've ever seen. It makes me envious.\" When Rexford Tugwell, an adviser to President Franklin Roosevelt, wrote these words in 1934, he was not referring to the New Deal programs in his purview.

The Backpage Trial Finally Ends-With a Suicide and a Sentencing

UNFAIR ALLEGATIONS OF SEX TRAFFICKING CHILLED FREE SPEECH ONLINE AND RUINED LIVES.

Abolish the National Park Service

PRIVATIZATION CAN MAKE AMERICA'S NATIONAL PARKS MORE ACCESSIBLE AND BETTER MAINTAINED.

Abolish the Fed

IT MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE TO IMAGINE AMERICA WITHOUT THE FEDERAL RESERVE, BUT A CENTRAL BANK IS NOT ESSENTIAL TO A FUNCTIONING ECONOMY.

Abolish the FCC

LET THE INVISIBLE HAND REGULATE THE INVISIBLE RESOURCE.

Abolish the Department of Transportation

IT DOESN'T EVEN BUILD THE ROADS. IT JUST INCREASES COSTS.

Abolish Borders

LINES DRAWN BY GOVERNMENTS DON’T HAVE MORAL MAGIC.

Abolish the Army

IMMEDIATE ATTACKS ON OUR SOVEREIGNTY WOULD COME NOT FROM LAND BUT FROM THE SEA.