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Is There Anything or Anyone for Libertarians at CPAC?
The GOP's nervous breakdown continues apace.
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Donald Trump Calls For Marco Rubio to Drop Out of the Race
Trump seems to have forgotten about John Kasich.
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Super Saturday Primary Updates
Is the GOP on the way to a brokered convention?
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How Risk-Taking by the Wealthy Helps the Middle Class
Aim higher with tax reform to help average Americans.
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Suit Halts New York City's Misguided Restaurant Salt Warning Labels
A judge stopped mandatory labels, which had been set to take full effect this week.
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We Are Witnessing the Last Election of the 20th Century (Hopefully)
Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, and John Kasich—and their parties—are stuck in the past.
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What Trump Supporters Want
If Washington runs on deals, why not embrace a schemer?
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You Think the 2016 Election Is Nasty? CNN Documentary Series Will Show You Nasty.
Race for the White House details the vicious lengths politicians will pursue to win.
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Movie Reviews: Knight of Cups and Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Terrence Malick and Tina Fey in search of things unfound.
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When Is a Tax Increase a Tax Increase?
In California, many Republicans vote for a tax hike they say wasn't a tax hike.
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Trump Supporters—in Their Own Words—Demonstrate How Little GOP Understands What’s Happening
Nobody cares that he’s not a 'real conservative.' That’s not the point.
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Donald Trump Says Military "Won't Refuse" His Orders to Commit War Crimes
At GOP debate, merely pledging boots on the ground in Libya passes for sanity.
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Donald Trump’s Deficit Reduction Numbers Are Total Nonsense
Trump says he can get $300 billion in cuts from $78 billion in spending. Er, what?
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How Mitt Romney Is Totally Wrong About Donald Trump
The billionaire blowhard isn't a threat to modern Republicanism. He's its perfect distillation.
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Obamacare: Rewarding States for ACA Exchange Failures?
More waste, more fraud, more abuse.
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CPAC Features Sheriff Who Likened #BlackLivesMatter to ISIS and Wants to Stop Criminal Justice Reform
"Stop cuddling up to crime."
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Mitt Romney’s Speech Attacking Trump Showed Why Trump Is Taking Over the GOP
The 2012 nominee's remarks were scathing, but omitted his own history with Trump.
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Hillary Clinton's False Hopes
There's been a relentless barrage of bad legal news for Clinton lately.
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Ron Paul: Neither Trump, Clinton, & Others "offer to reduce the size and scope and intrusion of government"
Libertarian former GOP congressman calls Trump, Clinton, Cruz, Rubio, Sanders, et al "authoritarians," won't endorse anyone.
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How Might Libertarian Party Presidential Candidates Deal with Donald Trump as Their GOP Opponent?
Gary Johnson and Austin Petersen speak. Johnson is still waiting for big money that supports small government and the Constitution to look at Trump and come to the Libertarian Party.
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Ben Carson Admits His Presidential Campaign Has No "Path Forward"
He isn't dropping out of the presidential race yet. But he might as well be.
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Male Student Had Drunken Sex with Female Non-Student. Her Dad Called It Rape. Expulsion Imminent.
University of Texas-Austin requires accused student to prove his innocence at due-process-free hearing.
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Republican Elites Are Frightened by Their Own Base
#NeverTrump comes after years of cynical pandering, hypocrisy, and inaction
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Economically Left-Behind Americans Vote Trump
Trump's margins of victory were considerably larger in distressed counties than in more prosperous counties.
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The Sad, Embarrassing Spectacle of Chris Christie’s Donald Trump Endorsement
Let this be a lesson for others looking to back Trump.
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Virginia Legislature's Airbnb Battle: Who Rules Your House?
Right now, renters can't collect.
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3 Takeaways From the Super Tuesday Primary Elections
A good night for Trump and Clinton, and a bad night for Rubio.
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The Huckabee/Trump Bromance
Does Huckabee hope for a place on Trump's ticket?
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The Super Tuesday Super Results Super Thread!
Who is getting the delegates? We'll be updating all evening.
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Donald Trump Promises to Rule as Both Conciliatory Dealmaker, Tyrannical Dictator
No Rick Scott endorsement yet, but will it matter?
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What Are the Polls Telling Us to Expect from Today's Super Tuesday Contests?
The polls are pointing to big nights for Clinton and Trump, but primary state surveys are tricky.
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Early Super Tuesday Wins Demonstrate Donald Trump’s National Appeal
Trump is not a niche candidate.
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The New York Times Just Inadvertently Repudiated Its Own Flawed Nail Salon ‘Expose’
It buried the lede, of course.
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Don’t Trust the FBI’s Ability to Keep an iPhone Back Door to Itself
Federal officials can’t keep their own secrets. Would you really trust them with the ability to access yours?
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What Cell Phones Reveal About the Failures of Government-Run Telecommunications
Private-sector innovations trump government-controlled monopolies.
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Bosses Who Donate to Republicans Are Less Likely to Promote Female Staff
A new study of U.S. law firms looks at how managers' personal political views affect gender roles at work.
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Federal Judge Takes Apple's Side vs. Feds in New York
Says government has overstepped bounds
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Leonardo DiCaprio's Oscar Climate Change Grandstand
Climate change is not biggest problem facing indigenous and underprivileged people.
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SCOTUS Refuses to Intervene After Federal Court Allows Special-Interest ‘Economic Favoritism’ to Proceed
Supreme Court rejects appeal in Sensational Smiles, LLC v. Mullen.
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Bystander Screams at Woman for Leaving Baby in Car for a Few Minutes
Not illegal.
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The Real Power of Cash Is Its Anonymity
Getting rid of the $100 bill is one more trim on our freedom to be left alone.
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More Defense Dollars Don't Guarantee a Better Military
The truth about military spending.
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Would Chris Rock's Edgy Oscars Monologue Get Him Banned from a College Campus?
The comedian confronted Hollywood's race problem, but not in a way that would please the PC left.
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At Oscars, Joe Biden and Lady Gaga Failed to Save The Hunting Ground from Obscurity
Misleading documentary about campus rape goes down in flames
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Amash Says Cruz Isn't a Libertarian, Endorses Him, Wishes Trump Would 'Go Back to The Apprentice'
Reps. Thomas Massie and Justin Amash debate whether the GOP is libertarian enough.
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Americans Have Always Been Obsessed With National Security
Since the beginning of the republic, nationalists have warned that because America is exceptional, it faces constant danger.
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Scalia May Have Supported Obama's Order to Legalize Undocumented Aliens
The justice got an unfair rap from liberals that he was an anti-immigrant bigot.
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Chris Christie’s Trump Endorsement Proves He’s an Authoritarian Who Never Really Cared About Entitlement Reform
Christie's campaign was built around reforms that Trump opposes.
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The Best & Worst Moments of the Texas GOP Debate
The Elephants stampede toward Super Tuesday.
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Should the Government Stop You from Gene Editing Your Kids?
Ordering people to reproduce in only government approved ways is tyrannical and unethical.
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Why President Trump Would be a Bigger Disaster Than President Clinton
Clinton would lead to gridlock, Trump could lead to effective bipartisan anti-freedom coalitions.
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Marco Rubio Scored a Big Hit on Trump By Making Him Look Foolish About Obamacare
But will it matter?
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"Leave aside whether a direct comparison of Trump to Hitler is accurate..."
Washington Post column goes full Godwin on jackass billionaire.
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Boosting Police Transparency in California
Last serious effort nine years ago was crushed by police lobbying, but times are different
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Republican Candidates All Agree: Apple Should Be Obligated to Work for the FBI
Rubio, Cruz accept claim that the encryption fight is over "just one phone."
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Apple's Involuntary Servitude
The DOJ has persuaded a judge to issue a search warrant for a thing that does not exist, by forcing Apple to create a key that the FBI is incapable of creating.
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Sanders and Trump Are Too Establishment on Syria
If this is disestablishmentarianism American-style, we are in bad shape.
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Donald Trump's Orgy of Irresponsibility
He lies and calls for violence, and his supporters cheer him on.
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A Different Policy Agenda Won’t Win Over Donald Trump’s Supporters
New endorsements from GOP representatives make clear that Trump backers don't care about policy.
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North America Has the Smallest Unpaid-Labor Gap Between Men and Women Worldwide
Melinda Gates calls on teens to close the unpaid-work gap globally via entrepreneurship and technological innovation.
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Hillary Clinton, Democracy’s Friend—and Foe
She likes democracy, when it breaks her way.
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Joy and Bad Laws
Oscar nominees offer lessons on freedom and bad government.
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Trump: 'I Love The Poorly Educated.' So Should the Other Candidates.
If you're wondering why Trump is connecting with GOP voters (and why Sanders is with Dems), you're part of the problem.
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Clinton vs. Trump
The good news is one would lose.
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Trump Wins Nevada Caucus
Nevada makes three for the clear Republican frontrunner
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No Debtors Prison in America--Technically, At Least
Still, a Utah man died after being jailed last month over not paying an ambulance bill.
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The GOP Primary Race Demonstrates How Little Republicans Care About Governance
Trump has turned his lack of political experience into a virtue.
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Cal State Says Free Speech Means Conservative Event Must Be Balanced with Liberal Speaker
Delaying Ben Shapiro's talk is a brazen act of censorship.
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Spike Lee Endorses Bernie Sanders
The Brooklyn director is feeling the Bern, but neither Sanders nor Clinton is worth a damn on education policy.
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How Political Correctness Caused College Students to Cheer for Trump
Donald Trump and Milo Yiannopoulos as anti-leftist provocateurs.
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Apple Versus the FBI
It's possible that the FBI is not primarily concerned with the particular evidence stored on the San Bernardino shooter's phone at all.
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Most Americans Dislike Hillary Clinton, But They Like Her More Than Donald Trump
What does it means when each party's frontrunner is detested by a majority of Americans? That we are smarter than we vote.
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North Dakota City Rewriting Rules to Keep Theater From Getting Liquor License
A theater in Bismarck applied for a liquor license, so city leaders decided to change the requirements.
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World Getting Safer, No Daily Threat of Armageddon
Wars are getting rarer and nuclear stockpiles are going down.
Hit & Run Blog
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Donald Trump Calls For Marco Rubio to Drop Out of the Race
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Super Saturday Primary Updates
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Donald Trump's Win on Super Tuesday Proves He's Horrifyingly Real
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Is There Anything or Anyone for Libertarians at CPAC? (New at Reason)
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Tina Fey Calls Out The Oscars for Political Correctness, Liberal 'Hollywood Bullshit'
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Hillary Clinton's False Hopes
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How Mitt Romney Is Totally Wrong About Donald Trump
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Male Student Had Drunken Sex with Female Non-Student. Her Dad Called It Rape. Expulsion Imminent.
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Protesting Donald Trump is Now a Federal Crime
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Weirdest Republican Debate Yet, Military Recruiting Women for Combat, Scenes from CPAC: A.M. Links
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Trump Supporters—in Their Own Words—Demonstrate How Little GOP Understands What’s Happening
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P.M. Links: Romney vs. Trump, L.A. Police Investigating Knife Found on O.J. Simpson Property, U.S. Naval Forces Dispatched to South China Sea
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The Debate Over Global Warming Is Just a Big Misunderstanding, Says Study
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We Are Witnessing the Last Election of the 20th Century (Hopefully)
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