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The World Is Getting Better, Declare Op-Eds in Leading Newspapers
Doomslayer Julian Simon vindicated after 40 years.
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For Once, the TSA Is Right
Blame normal TSA incompetence, not the government shutdown, for allowing a passenger to smuggle a firearm through security.
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Jeff Sessions Deals One More Blow to Criminal Justice Reform on His Way Out the Door
The former Attorney General has made it much for difficult for the DOJ to crack down on police departments accused of civil rights violations.
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Supreme Court to Consider Whether Police Can Order Blood Draws from Unconscious Drivers
Warrantless "implied consent" laws are under review over Fourth Amendment concerns.
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Apple's Tax Tactics Deserve Defending, Not Shaming
Is it moral to pay higher taxes, even if that hurts employees, consumers, and shareholders? David Brooks seems to thinks so.
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'Our Porous Border' and Other Myths of Trump's Increasingly Popular Wall Mania
Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, and other major Republicans are spreading misinformation in support of the president's fixation on a border wall.
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Press Outlets Dunk on Rand Paul for Going to Canada, Land of 'Socialized Medicine,' for Surgery. But the Clinic Is Private.
Checkmate, libertarians? Nope.
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L.A. Teachers to Strike After Rejecting Offered Pay Raise
They were offered 3 percent, but wanted 6.5. The district probably can't afford that.
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Grocery Store Applies for Historical Designation to Avoid Being Designated as Historical
The anti-development crowd has weaponized D.C.'s historic preservation process. A Safeway wants the city to rule that nothing important happened there.
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Assault Weapon Bans Are All About Appearance
Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s latest bill classifies firearms not by what they do but based on how they look.
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Liberty Has a New Champion on the Federal Bench
Don Willett has championed economic freedom and accountability for cops.
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The Supreme Court's Decision To Duck a Foie Gras Case Is Bad News for Food Freedom
SCOTUS' decision not to hear the case could lead to a vicious food fight between the states
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Tulsi Gabbard, Iraq War Veteran and Skeptic of America's Wars, Will Run for President in 2020
The Hawaii congresswoman will be a voice for humility in U.S. foreign policy.
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Can You Curse On-Air During a Government Shutdown? Reason Investigates
There's one fool-proof way to find out.
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Bill de Blasio: 'We Will Seize Their Buildings, and We Will Put Them in the Hands of a Community Nonprofit'
NYC's mayor takes on private property (again).
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Sorry, Paul Krugman, the Government Shutdown Is No Great Libertarian Experiment
Trump's shutdown is a temporary, political fight that won't save any money or reduce the size of government.
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The Democrats' Alternative to Trump's Wall Isn't Good for Privacy or Property Rights Either
Congressional Democrats want to put more cameras and sensors on private property.
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A New Bill Would Rein in Executive Overreach and the Administrative State. But Does Congress Really Want That Power?
The REINS Act is back. Again.
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70 Years After They Were Wrongly Imprisoned, the Groveland Four Have Been Pardoned
The criminal justice system failed four black men after a white woman accused them of rape.
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Dianne Feinstein Wants to Ban Parts That Make 'Assault Weapons' Legal Again
The latest version of the senator's "assault weapon" ban targets products that highlight the irrationality of "assault weapon" bans.
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Two Governors Kick Off 2019 With Big Occupational Licensing Reforms
A new law in Ohio and an executive order in Idaho require state lawmakers to take a more active role in overseeing occupational licensing boards.
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Movie Review: The Upside
Kevin Hart and Bryan Cranston in a surprising comedy.
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Vampires, Witches, and Aliens: Television’s Winter Premieres Escaped from Halloween
Two book series adaptations and a sci-fi melodrama reboot launch next week.
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Trump's Immigration Rhetoric Carries Shades of 1994 Proposition That Killed California GOP
All this anger about immigration (and a lack of sympathy for the poor people coming here) is not only cruel, but politically foolish.
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Steve King's White Nationalism Is Deeply Un-American
The Iowa congressman and his nativism are deeply at odds with the essential promise of America.
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4 Reasons Requiring Background Checks for All Gun Sales Is a Bad Idea
The policy is very popular and a top priority for House Democrats, but it would hurt innocent people without doing much to improve public safety.
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Rep. Justin Amash Takes on Eminent Domain with 'Just Compensation' Bill
The bill would likely stop Trump from using the "military version of eminent domain."
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A Real Wall Against a Fake Threat Won't Make America Safe Again
Give up your wall, Mr. President.
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Kamala Harris’ New Book Tries to Massage Her Record as a Prosecutor, But the Facts Aren’t Pretty
The book neglects to mention all the times Harris' office appealed cases that were thrown out for gross prosecutor misconduct.
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Time for Senate Republicans to Poke the Bear
The legislative branch is failing its basic constitutional duties, out of cowardly fear of a blustery president.
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Why Drug Traffickers Laugh at Trump's Border Wall
The profit incentives created by prohibition doom any effort to block the drug "pipeline."
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Mom Tells Neighbors Her 9-Year-Old Daughter Could Help Them Do Chores, Cops Arrive With Child Labor Concerns
"Apparently the ad generated multiple phone calls from paranoid neighbors thinking I was using my child as a slave."
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Please, TSA Workers, Don’t Come Back
And take the rest of your federal colleagues with you.
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Mitch McConnell is Keeping the Senate Out of the Shutdown Fight. It's a Hypocritical Abdication of Congressional Responsibility
Five years ago, McConnell declared the need to restore the Senate. Instead, he's broken it further.
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California Police Fight To Stop New Law Releasing Their Misconduct Records
A new year brings new transparency, and new lawsuits to try to limit it.
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Millennial News Site Thinks the CIA Being Run Entirely by Women Is a Progressive Victory
This is not the first time generic "yaaassss slay kween" feminism has been used to obscure an awful person's record.
