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Abolish the Department of Transportation

When money comes down from the DOT, it has copious strings attached to it—strings that make infrastructure more expensive and less useful.

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Abolish the Army

"Standing armies are dangerous to liberty," Alexander Hamilton wrote in Federalist No. 29.

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Abolish the IRS—and the Income Tax Too

Americans spent an estimated $133 billion and 6.5 billion hours filing their tax returns in 2024.

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Abolish FEMA

FEMA has given Americans every reason to believe it is highly politicized, a poor steward of federal resources, bad at establishing priorities, and often unable to communicate clearly to people in distress.

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Brickbat: Don't Make Me Come Back There

A grand jury in Hamilton County, Tennessee has indicted school bus driver Brandy Renee Smith for reckless driving, four counts… The post Brickbat: Don't Make Me Come Back There appeared first on Reason.com.

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Theodore Olson (1940-2024)

A fond memory of the student leadership reception at Ted's palatial estate.

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Trump's First Term Wasn't Fiscally Responsible. Will His Second Be Different?

Even before the pandemic spending increase, the budget deficit was approaching $1 trillion. The GOP has the chance to embrace fiscal sanity this time if they can find the political will.

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The Best of Reason: Is Being a Mom Bad for Your Career?

A recent study shows that women experience a short-term "motherhood penalty," but their earnings rebound within a decade.

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Trump Nominates Matt Gaetz as Attorney General

Gaetz is a loyalist, and that's the only qualification Donald Trump needs.

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The Impact of Trump's Cost-Cutting Initiative Hinges on What He Means by 'Government Efficiency'

Narrowly understood, the president-elect's familiar-sounding plan to tackle "massive waste and fraud" may not give us "smaller government" in any meaningful sense.

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Could President Trump Recess Appoint His Entire Cabinet Under Justice Scalia's Noel Canning Concurrence?

Would a person serving under the Vacancies Reform Act, who resigns, create a vacancy for purposes of the Recess Appointments Clause? Would a presidential adjournment of Congress be an inter-session or an intra-session recess?

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Feds Approve $80 Million Budget for 'Private' Horse Racing Regulator

The government should exit the multi-million-dollar business of preventing horse doping.

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FDA Recalls 80,000 Pounds of Costco Butter Over Missing Milk Allergy Warning

Apparently consumers are too stupid to know that butter contains milk.

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Justice Gorsuch Wants To Hear More (Takings) Cases

Justice Gorsuch shows more interest in property rights challenges than his colleagues on the Court.

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Supreme Court Refuses to Resurrect the Kids Climate Case

Unsurprisingly, no justice showed any interest in reviving a lawsuit that should have died long ago.

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To Succeed at Cutting Government, Musk and Ramaswamy Must Take on Entitlements

When it comes to cutting waste, fraud, and abuse, what's lacking is not ideas but the political will to act on them.

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Kids Are More Anxious. What If We Gave Them Independence?

Giving kids freedom doesn't just help children, says Lenore Skenazy, founder of the nonprofit Let Grow. It helps parents, too.

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Trump Promised More Legal High-Skilled Immigration. His Record Says Otherwise.

Trump’s actions during his first term contradict what he promised to do on the campaign trail.

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Federal Judge Blocks Law Mandating Ten Commandments Displays in Louisiana Classrooms

The law "is not neutral toward religion," wrote Judge John W. deGravelles, who ruled that the law was "facially unconstitutional."

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Texas Cops Fired for 'Inappropriate' Sexual Contact With Massage Workers

As a result of the internal affairs investigation, three Lewisville officers were fired, one was demoted, and seven were suspended without pay.

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Jet Blue and American Airlines Guilty in Antitrust Suit, Despite No Clear Harm to Consumers

The First Circuit's ruling is another blow to the consumer welfare standard.

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Hyrum and Verlan Lewis: Stop Buying the 'Left v. Right' Myth

Political scientists Hyrum and Verlan Lewis discuss the 2024 election and the power of self-narratives in American politics.

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Russian Court Denies Appeal of U.S. Citizen Sentenced to 12 Years for Donating $51 to Pro-Ukraine Charity

Ksenia Karelina was prosecuted as part of a larger “treason” crackdown that is unprecedented even by Russia’s illiberal standards.

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Biden Admin Stops Telling Americans Which Foreigners They Can Debate

The Treasury Department tried to stop an overseas conference that included politicians under sanctions. Now they’re backing down.

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Trump's Next EPA Administrator Is a Lawyer, Not an Environmentalist

Lee Zeldin’s legal prowess may lead to a shrinking of the administrative state.

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