This seemed odd to me. For the pope's arrival ceremony at the White House tomorrow, they're going to give him a 21-gun salute. Now, really, isn't there a better welcome for the Apostle of Peace than a show of firearms?

— Jay Leno, The Tonight Show

Licensure: Not So Bad?

Straining Credibility

Foldvary's Goose and Gander

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Editor's Notes: Good Citizens Fight for Liberty

Deep Throat Didn’t Change a Thing

Tracking America: An All Too “REAL” National ID

Hothouse Flowers and Desert Roses

Erosion of the First Amendment

A Different Kind of Drug Problem

On the Hill: Undoing the PATRIOT Act

A Free Country Project

Media Review: Thomas Woods’ Revisionist Revelation

Is Fake News Better Than Real News?

Editor's Notes: Teamism and Granfalloons

The Environmental Benefits of the FairTax

Towards a Truly Progressive Tax System

In Defense of John Lennon

The Rise of Wilsonianism

Suicide By Sensationalism

Regulating the Bloggers

A Wolf in Banker's Clothing

Blogging’s Impact on Politics: Don’t Hold Your Breath

Congress Loves Baseball

Martha Revisited: Why the Stewart Case Needs a Second Look

So I Asked All the Cops if…

Capitalism and Profits: How Workers Can Gain Power and Share in the Wealth

Real Social Security Reform

Is Sprawl Making Us Fat?

Editor's Notes: A Convergence of Ideas

The Fight Against American Empire

Religion and the State: Doctors, Teachers, and Psychiatrists as the New Priesthood

Lessons from a Communist

The Coming of the Psychotherapeutic State

Gays and Guns Don't Mix?

Green Party calls for Basic Income

Editor's Notes: Liberty and Community

Let's Lose! Why rejecting practical solutions has kept the Libertarian Party in the political basement.

What's Wrong with the IMF

Media Review: Sex Demons, Democrats, and Liberalism

Some Eco-Fundamentalism

Almost Natural