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Good Neighbors Can Make Good Fences
But when it comes to Mexico, the United States isn’t being very neighborly.
Will Florida Ban Fracking?
NIMBYism in the Sunshine State
P.J.O' Rourke: Things Are Going To Be Fine
But There's Going To Be Some Trouble Getting To The Fine Part.
Trump Cracks Down On Refugees In Nashville's Little Kurdistan
Trump Cracks Down On Refugees In Nashville’s Little Kurdistan
Mississippi's Jump-Out Boys
The police punish people for living in a bad neighborhood.
An Expensive Experiment With Singlepayer Health Care
An Expensive Experiment With Singlepayer Health Care
Breaking Addicts In Order To Fix Them
How Synanon revolutionized drug treatment and poisoned the politics of prohibition.
Economics
Health Care Costs Are The Reason You’Re Not Getting A Raise
Gerry Mandering Is Out Of Control
Computers could be the key to resolving partisan fights over congressional boundaries.
From Washington To Wisconsin, States Are Punishing Dissent
From Washington To Wisconsin, States Are Punishing Dissent
The Gambia May Beat America To Ending The Death Penalty
The Gambia May Beat America To Ending The Death Penalty
In The U.S., There Are 219,000 Women Behind Bars
In The U.S., There Are 219,000 Women Behind Bars
Russia's Global Anti- Libertarian Crusade
How Vladimir Putin’s desire for domination and acceptance is scrambling American politics
India At A Crossroads
India is known as the land of contradictions, and recent events do little to undermine that reputation.
Your Money Or Your Life
The immorality of insurance
Young Men Are Playing Video Games Instead of Getting Jobs. That's OK. (For Now.)
VIDEO GAMES, LIKE work, are basically a series of quests comprised of mundane and repetitive tasks: Receive an assignment, travel to a location, overcome some obstacles, perform some sort of search, pick up an item, and then deliver it in exchange for a reward—and, usually, another quest, which starts the cycle all over again. You are not playing the game so much as following its orders. The game is your boss; to succeed, you have to do what it says.
We Could Have Had Cellphones Four Decades Earlier
Thanks for nothing, Federal Communications Commission.
Your Flight Is Delayed
THE FRENZIED BATTLE TO REFORM AMERICAN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL
Marie Kondo Understands What Tucker Carlson And Bernie Sanders Do Not
Marie Kondo understands what Tucker Carlson and Bernie Sanders do not.
Whiplash And Backlash In The Republic Of Cuba
Starvation Won’t Turn Cubans Into Capitalists. Trade And Tourism Might.
How Washington Lost The War On Muscle
Steroid Users Hustle To Stay One Rep Ahead Of The Law.
Christians Started the Wedding Wars
Defenders of traditional marriage used the law to persecute polygamists. Now they’re the ones under attack.
America's Biggest Rental Car Company Is Lobbying to Drive Away Competitors
The first time New Hampshire State Rep. Sherman Packard (R–Rockingham) heard of the car-sharing startup Turo, it was from a lobbyist.
Blockchain Is Changing Lives In Africa
Startups from Cape Town to Nairobi think the budding technology is the future of the continent.
Don't Blame Karl Marx For ‘Cultural Marxism'
Political correctness isnt acommunist plot.
Starve The Tax Man
Americans are increasingly reluctant to pay the IRS. Who can blame them?
Would We Have Been Better Off With Perot?
An alternative history of America after 1992
Why The Wall Won't Work
The Legal, Practical, Economic, and Moral Case Against Trump’s Border Barrier
Go Ahead, Put Salt On Your Food
Ignore the feds’ bad advice on diet and nutrition.
Cops Who Claim They Know When Drivers Are Stoned
Even when blood tests say they’re not