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10 Colleges Where You Won't Have To Walk On Eggshells
These schools are seriously committed to civil and diverse debate.
Kamala Harris Is A Cop Who Wants To Be President
The California Senator and former prosecutor has a long record of Pushing Illiberal Policies.
Democracy In Decline?
If its recent record is any indication, Winston Churchill might have been wrong about democracy.
The Prohibition President
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The Wall Won't End Pot Smuggling At The Border. Legalization Will.
Pot is bulky and pungent.
Netflix Bows To The Saudis
Even tech giants have to follow the law.
The IRS Targets Drug Policy Reformers
A recently adopted IRS rule for tax exempt organizations seems to violate the First Amendment by taking aim at groups that support drug policy reform.
Fentanyl Is Not A Nuke, And Drug Dealers Are Not Terrorists
Could fentanyl be a weapon of mass destruction?
Reason Once Tried To Predict The Future. How Did We Do?
IT WAS MAY 1993. Barely two years earlier, a failed coup attempt had marked the last gasp of Soviet Communism. The Cold War was over. Germany was reunified. The Baltic countries were independent. In the former Yugoslavia, Sarajevo was under siege.
The Next Big Fight Over Organized Labor May Already Be Here
JUNE’S SUPREME COURT ruling in Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) freed public sector workers from being required to pay dues to unions to which
We Live In A World Of Reliable Miracles
When I’m having a bad day, I trawl the internet for videos of happy cyborgs.
Trump Just Can't Quit Afghanistan
IMAGINE BEING A U.S. citizen who believes that America should withdraw its troops from Afghanistan after nearly 18 years of increasingly pointless war.
World South Africa Goes Halfway On Pot
JOHANNESBURG’S WORST-KEPT SECRET looks like any other suburban bar, with a bartender who has nothing unusual to offer.
Oh Deer
30 Million of Bambi’s Buddies Are on the Loose in the U.s., Causing Crop Damage and Car Accidents. Markets Can Help.
The Libertarian Party Future, Perennially Out Of Reach
Where does political libertarianism go after the midterms?
D.C. Vs. The Wide Open West
ONE OF THE great ironies of life in mountain and desert states is that many of the people you meet are either escapees or descendants of the East Coast—but they ended up in a place where Washington, D.C., has an enormous presence.
The New Socialists Didn't Win
But they’re still in charge for the next couple of years.
How We Childproofed Our Cities
Kid-friendly spaces make it harder to grow up.