Freedom

Lawmakers in the House should consider a simple reform that would make sure all state regulations undergo periodic review, which is a good reform that could be doing even more good.

Jacob Sullum explains at Reason’s “Hit and Run” blog why critics are wrong to blast the American Civil Liberties Union for its stance on free speech. In the wake of last weekend’s violence in Charlottesville, the American Civil Liberties Union is facing a backlash from people dismayed that…

Gene Epstein of Barron’s explains why he’s no fan of basing public policy on measures of happiness. Since money can’t buy happiness, the world’s governments must focus on the goal of happiness, placing it above monetary measures like growth of gross domestic product. That view is set forth…

You should know Stancho. I met Stancho this morning. He lived the first two decades of his life in communist Bulgaria, then another ten or fifteen years there as the country tried to become a liberal democracy with a market economy. He came to North Carolina about a dozen years ago. Stancho…

Doing something to help the poor should, at the very least, actually help the poor.

Many retailers would welcome the repeal — especially small retailers, because it would remove an unnecessary expense and administrative burden from them. Repealing the plastic-bag ban is not the same as passing a mandate for exclusively using plastic bags.

An updated look into President Trump's deregulation efforts yielded some impressive numbers.

It's important for policymakers to apply this principle of being rather than seeming to their policies.