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Gary Johnson Beating the Clinton-Trump Spread Across One-Third of the Country

The Libertarian’s polling support exceeds the Democrat-Republican margin throughout the interior west, Midwest, and in key swing states

Matt Welch | 10.07.2016
Uber, Lyft Will Continue Operating in Philadelphia, Defying Judge’s Order

Ride-sharing services weren’t defendants in lawsuit brought by taxi driver union, but got slapped with a cease-and-desist order anyway.

Eric Boehm | 10.07.2016
Actively Open-Minded Thinking About Climate Change

It's not really all that open-minded. Science curious people on the other hand ...

Ronald Bailey | 10.07.2016
CNN Accused of Bias Against Third Parties By a Post-Debate Focus Group Participant

By replacing "third party" with "undecided" as an option, is the network doing the bidding of the two-party duopoly?

Anthony L. Fisher | 10.07.2016
Here's How Backpage CEO Carl Ferrer Supposedly Profited From Child Sex Trafficking

Behold, 12 things the state of California considers sex trafficking that are totally not

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 10.07.2016
Obama Shortens 102 Sentences, Including 33 Life Terms for Nonviolent Drug Offenses

The president has granted 774 commutations so far, 97 percent of them in the second half of his second term.

Jacob Sullum | 10.07.2016
"Clinton Leads By Double-Digits In New National Poll" BUT IS TIED WITH TRUMP IN ACTUAL RACE...

It's a sad thing when major-party advocates insist that a four-way race only includes two people.

Nick Gillespie | 10.07.2016

81-Year-Old Woman's Single Marijuana Plant Seized in Raid by National Guard and State Police

Authorities want to play "War on Pot"—with helicopters and militarized raids—while they still can.

Anthony L. Fisher | 10.06.2016
Federal Judge Overturns Ban on Openly Carrying Guns in Public

The ruling also rejects an "assault weapon" ban, caliber restrictions for long guns, a heavy handgun tax, and registration requirements.

Jacob Sullum | 10.05.2016
The GOP Should Be Obamacare's Death Panel

Even apologists for Obamacare admit it's in trouble.

David Harsanyi | 10.07.2016

Kennedy Puts Bill Weld Through the Wringer

Fox Business Network host challenges Libertarian veep nominee on his strategy, self-centeredness, and libertarian bonafides

Matt Welch | 10.05.2016
Bill Weld: Media Is Publishing “Made-up” Stories About Me (UPDATED)

In an interview, the Libertarian vice presidential nominee vehemently denies reports by the Boston Globe and New York magazine that he is giving up, focusing only on Trump, and looking to bolt the L.P.

Matt Welch | 10.05.2016
We Have a Clown Crime—But It's Not That Kind of Clown Crime

Media hysteria 101

Jesse Walker | 10.06.2016
If N.C. Food Trucks Can Discriminate Against Gays, Then Why Aren’t They?

Daily Show segment doesn’t illustrate a serious problem. It highlights how culture often works issues out on its own.

Scott Shackford | 10.06.2016

In Afghanistan, a 15-Year Failure

Endemic corruption has prevented any sort of victory.

Steve Chapman | 10.06.2016
Gary Johnson's Radical Foreign Policy Moment: Accused of "Moral Equivalence" Over Condemning U.S. Bombing of Civilians

The New York Times may think this will wound Johnson, but a similar moment of "unpopular" truthtelling regarding American foreign policy was the making of Ron Paul in 2007.

Brian Doherty | 10.06.2016
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Have More in Common Than You Think

Both 2016 presidential hopefuls believe in the primacy of the state over the individual.

Andrew Napolitano | 10.06.2016
The DEA's Contrived Kratom Crisis

The agency's ban on the pain-relieving leaf shows how arbitrary the government's pharmacological taboos are.

Jacob Sullum | 10.05.2016
Nobody Won the VP Debate, Least of All the American Electorate

Nick Gillespie, Paul Detrick & Joshua Swain | 10.05.2016
Paris Climate Agreement Comes Into Effect

U.S. not on track to meet Obama's promised greenhouse gas cuts

Ronald Bailey | 10.05.2016
Tennessee Student Accused of Sexual Harassment Because He Wrote Instructor's Name Wrong

Student had no idea 'Sarah Jackson' was a pornographic model.

Robby Soave | 10.04.2016
Surveys Show Gary Johnson Appeal Growing Among Asian, Black, Hispanic, and White Millennials

Asked about our biggest problems, the most common answer among young black voters was racism, while Hispanics said immigration, Asians said education, and whites said terrorism/homeland security.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 10.04.2016
Hey, Regulators. Hands Off Child Care!

The experts want us to entrust our kids to expensive, micromanaged strangers rather than pay our friends and neighbors to look after them.

J.D. Tuccille | 10.04.2016
Gary Johnson Tied or Slightly Up in 8 out of 8 Recent National Polls

That September swoon sure didn’t last very long.

Matt Welch | 10.04.2016
Prosecutor Wants to Charge 14-Year-Old Girl with Sexual Exploitation for Taking PG-13 Pictures of Herself

When her parents found out she had sexted, they were horrified. When they saw the actual pictures, they were confused.

Robby Soave | 10.04.2016
Donald Trump's Fat-Shaming Fetish

The GOP candidate embraces and exaggerates common prejudices against the overweight.

Steve Chapman | 10.03.2016
Pennsylvania’s New Tax on Vape Shops is Forcing Them Out of Business

Both parties are to blame for a bill that's also making it more expensive for smokers to switch to safer alternatives.

Eric Boehm | 10.03.2016
Janet Napolitano Defends Free Speech on University of California Campus

But UC's president has some blind spots in her pro-free speech stance.

Anthony L. Fisher | 10.03.2016
Pipeline Brings a Property Rights Fight to Virginia

Property owner wants to prevent natural-gas surveyors from coming onto her land.

A. Barton Hinkle | 10.03.2016
Does the Road to the White House Run Through Gary Johnson's New Mexico?

If the former governor wins his home state, he just might block Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump from victory at the ballot box.

Nick Gillespie | 10.02.2016
Supreme Court to Weigh 'Malicious Prosecution' and the 4th Amendment

SCOTUS will hear oral arguments this week in Manuel v. City of Joliet.

Damon Root | 10.02.2016
Fall TV Season Gets Time Travel Type Shows Based on Older Shows and Films

There's time traveling in the shows, and the shows are a bit of a time travel too.

Glenn Garvin | 9.30.2016
Congressman: DEA May Extend Comment Period on Kratom Ban Amid Public Pressure

After meeting with the DEA administrator, Rep. Mark Pocan says the agency may allow for more public comment on whether to make Kratom a Schedule I drug.

C.J. Ciaramella | 9.30.2016
Movie Review: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

Tim Burton back in nearly top form.

Kurt Loder | 9.30.2016
Pension Mess Can't Go On; That's No Reason to Ignore It

You can deal with it now or deal with it later, but eventually you will have to deal with it.

Steven Greenhut | 9.30.2016

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