Libertarianism supported apartheid in South Africa. So proposes Mark Ames of PandoDaily. He references a series of articles from Reason’s archives to make his point. (To be fair, as Reason’s Matt Welch rejoins, Ames may have cherry-picked the articles, three from a single author, and one which actually praised rolling …
“1 in 3 grocery workers is on some form of public assistance, “ writes Joe Garofoli in Grocery workers in California see wages shrink. They survive by taking advantage of food stamps and the earned income tax credit. Estimates are that U.S. taxpayers supplement the incomes of Walmart employees to …
In 2008, insurance company AIG had to be bailed out by the American taxpayers to the tune of $182 billion in order to prevent its collapse from kicking off a wave of falling dominoes. Yet in his opening statement at a House Financial Services Committee hearing on the dangers of …
Tammy Duckworth is a Democratic representative from Illinois who serves on the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. She was a U.S. Army helicopter pilot in the Iraq War, where she lost both of her legs as well as the use of her right …
The glaciers are melting. The seas are rising. Droughts are getting worse in Texas, fires are spreading wider in California. Hurricanes are more ferocious in New Jersey. Malaria will creep back into the southern United States. April was the cruellest month, with carbon dioxide levels surpassing 400 ppm, the highest …
Justices John Roberts and Sonia Sotomayor are having (what qualifies in the genteel world of Supreme Court discourse as) something of a pissing match on race. In response to the Roberts’ doctrine first promulgated in 2006 that “The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop …
What if Brendan Eich had given $1000 to support Proposition 8a, which might have stated, “In California, a marriage is defined as a union between one man and one woman…of the same race.” In Mozilla’s Gay-Marriage Litmus Test Violates Liberal Values, Conor Friedersdorf argues against the notion that, “a CEO …
Weaponizing the IRS. Victoria O’Kane has a provocative title for her accusation of Lois Lerner misdeeds at the IRS. She complains that the IRS inappropriately targeted Tea Party groups which delayed them getting their tax exempt status, and that this “resulted in delays that kept conservative groups largely sidelined during …
The article headline is, Obama Factor Adds to Fears Of Democrats. Alex Sink, the Democratic contender, lost a special election for a House seat in Florida. Republican groups, many backed by funds from the Koch brothers, are running adds attacking the new health law. And the Wall Street Journal-NBC poll …
“Throughout this campaign, I’ve shared that story – not because it’s unique, but because it isn’t.” A few weeks back, in response to attacks on her life story, Wendy Davis fought back in an open letter in which she rigorously defended the importance of her life story to her campaign …
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