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P.J.O' Rourke: Things Are Going To Be Fine
Reason magazine

P.J.O' Rourke: Things Are Going To Be Fine

But There's Going To Be Some Trouble Getting To The Fine Part.

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June 2017
The Dangerous Toys Of Christmas Past
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The Dangerous Toys Of Christmas Past

Hungry Cabbage Patch Kids, loose bear eyeballs, hot Creepy Crawlers, and more

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January 2018
Trump Takes On Obamacare
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Trump Takes On Obamacare

Trump Takes On Obamacare

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January 2018
Public Sector Unions On Trial
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Public Sector Unions On Trial

Public Sector Unions On Trial

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January 2018
Against Capitalism
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Against Capitalism

Against Capitalism 

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January 2018
The Annual Federal Spending Frenzy Is A Terrible Fall Tradition
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The Annual Federal Spending Frenzy Is A Terrible Fall Tradition

The Annual Federal Spending Frenzy Is A Terrible Fall Tradition

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January 2018
The Volokh Conspiracy Comes To Reason
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The Volokh Conspiracy Comes To Reason

In December, the cast of characters known collectively as The Volokh Conspiracy left The Washington Post—where they have made their home since 2014—and moved to reason.com. Shortly before the eclectic crew of legal bloggers began their migration, the conspiracy’s namesake and unofficial ringleader, University of California, Los Angeles law professor Eugene Volokh, talked with Reason’s Nick Gillespie about life, liberty, and the law.

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March 2018
When Governments Suspend Their Own Rules
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When Governments Suspend Their Own Rules

Special economic zones can be anything from tools of crony capitalism to seeds of a freer world order.

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March 2018
The Awful Supreme Court Precedent That Helped Create Today's Asset Forfeiture Nightmare
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The Awful Supreme Court Precedent That Helped Create Today's Asset Forfeiture Nightmare

CIVIL ASSET FORFEITURE is one of the most destructive and flagrantly unconstitutional government practices occurring in the United States today.

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March 2018
Will Hawaiians Who Use Medical Pot Lose Their Right To Own A Gun?
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Will Hawaiians Who Use Medical Pot Lose Their Right To Own A Gun?

HAWAII IS ONE of 29 states that allow medical use of marijuana.

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March 2018
America's Secret Death Penalty Drugs
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America's Secret Death Penalty Drugs

IN NOVEMBER, THE Omaha World-Herald sent a simple records request to the Nebraska state government.

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March 2018
bribe bully beg borrow steal
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bribe bully beg borrow steal

is donald trump a crony capitalist? or is he something worse?

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march 2017
Shut Up, Stonewall
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Shut Up, Stonewall

In June 1969, patrons of the Stonewall Inn in New York City clashed with authorities who treated them like degenerate threats to the social fabric.

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October 2016
Are Crusty Boogers Child Abuse
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Are Crusty Boogers Child Abuse

In Scotland, the state becomes mother-in-law in chief.

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October 2016
Yes In My Backyard
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Yes In My Backyard

San Francisco activists push for more construction in Baghdad by the Bay.

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October 2016
What It's Like To Be In Debt to the State
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What It's Like To Be In Debt to the State

Inside the lives of five people who have served their time, but are still paying for their crimes.

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October 2016
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Seeing Trump On The Silver Screen

What A Face in the Crowd and Meet John Doe tell us about populism, pop culture, and fear.

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December 2016
Will Open Bazaar Succeed Where Silk Road Failed?
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Will Open Bazaar Succeed Where Silk Road Failed?

A new company looks to erase the limits on what can be bought and sold online.

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December 2016
Go Ahead, Throw Your Vote Away
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Go Ahead, Throw Your Vote Away

A math lesson for critics of third-party voters.

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December 2016
When The Supreme Court Blessed The Imperial Presidency
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When The Supreme Court Blessed The Imperial Presidency

The Story Of How Classical Liberal Justice George Sutherland Enabled Executive Overreach Abroad

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August/September 2018
Armless Droid Calls Cops After Being Assaulted By Drunken Man
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Armless Droid Calls Cops After Being Assaulted By Drunken Man

The future of humanrobot relations is silly and sensible, not sinister.

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July 2017
The Search For A Place To Toke Up
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The Search For A Place To Toke Up

DENVER HAS A bunch of businesses where you can legally buy marijuana but none where you can legally use it. That is supposed to change under a local ballot initiative approved by voters last fall. But a statewide solution to Colorado’s cannabis consumption conundrum has been derailed by fears of a federal crackdown.

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July 2017
The Democrats' Dullard Dynasty
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The Democrats' Dullard Dynasty

As the pendulum swings against the GOP, an exhausted opposition looks to nothingburgers like Chelsea Clinton.

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July 2017
Are Robots Going to Steal Our Jobs?
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Are Robots Going to Steal Our Jobs?

Many technologists think so, but economists aren’t so easily convinced. 

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July 2017
Cassandra Of The Crash
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Cassandra Of The Crash

An inter view with former Dallas Fed researcher Danielle DiMar tino Booth

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July 2017
Don't Be Like The Rainbow Fish
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Don't Be Like The Rainbow Fish

LIKE SO MANY of the best socialist products, Marcus Pfister’s The Rainbow Fish has been a runaway capitalist success.

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June 2019
Immunize Your Kids Against Intrusive Government
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Immunize Your Kids Against Intrusive Government

DO I VACCINATE my son? You bet—and not just against the usual motley mix of physical childhood ailments. Almost every day our homeschooling curriculum offers a boost to his immunity against excessive respect for meddlers and control freaks.

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June 2019
The Case For Sanctions Fails At Every Turn
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The Case For Sanctions Fails At Every Turn

AS PUNDITS DEBATE how much the Trump administration’s penalties have contributed to Venezuela’s economic crisis and as European governments move forward with a plan to trade with Iran in the face of U.S. sanctions reimposed on the Islamic Republic, it’s time for some calm and straight talk about sanctions.

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July 2019
How To Get Better At Budgets
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How To Get Better At Budgets

YOU DON’T HAVE to be an avid consumer of news about the federal government to know that Uncle Sam’s annual budgeting process is a mess.

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July 2019
Deal With The Devil
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Deal With The Devil

Libertarian reformers and authoritarian nationalists battle it out to reshape Brazil.

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July 2019