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The Latest Breaking News from Matt Welch

There's No Good Reason to Keep RFK Jr. Off the Debate Stage

I thought democracy was at stake?

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Eating Doritos While Drowning in Debt

Plus: A listener asks if there are any libertarian solutions to rising obesity rates.

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Should Donald Trump Have Been Convicted?

Plus: A single-issue voter asks the editors for some voting advice in the 2024 presidential election.

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Libertarian National Convention: Are You Not Entertained?

Plus: A listener asks the editors for voting advice and commiseration in a predominantly democratic state.

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Rafah Strike

Plus: Piña coladas, doing business in Hong Kong, edibles at the LNC, and more...

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How Free-Range Kids Became an Answer on Jeopardy!

It took a lot of work to clear this quiz show milestone.

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Campaigns Can't Get Worse, Can They?

Plus: A listener asks the editors about President Joe Biden holding up arms shipments to Israel.

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Regulating Smartphones? Jonathan Haidt vs. Libertarians

The author of The Anxious Generation argues that parents, schools, and society must keep kids off of social media.

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Congress Does Not Come Back With a Warrant

Plus: A listener asks the editors for examples of tasks the government does well (yikes).

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The White House Lied About Its IRS Funding Only Targeting the Rich

Plus: A listener asks the editors for examples of left-leaning thinkers who also hold libertarian ideas.

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Trump's and Biden's Terrible Tariffs

Plus: A listener asks if Trump or Biden have done anything to secure the blessings of liberty.

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The CCP Sucks. So Does Banning TikTok.

Plus: A listener asks about Republicans and Democrats monopolizing political power in the United States.

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The State of the Union Is Shouty

Plus: A listener asks the editors a question about progressive taxation in the United States.

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Rank Choices

Plus: A listener asks the editors for short quotes from fictional works that are representative of libertarian ideas.

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'Super' Week

Plus: A partial budget deal, Super Tuesday, the State of the Union, Harris calls for a cease-fire, and more...

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Nikki Haley's Primary Math Isn't Mathing

Plus: A listener asks the editors for big picture thoughts on United States foreign policy interventions in other nation states.

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Biden's Cognitive Shrinkflation

Plus: A listener asks if the state of Oregon’s policy on drug decriminalization should be viewed as a success.

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Trump's Terrible, Popular Tariffs

Plus: A listener asks if it should become the norm for all news outlets to require journalists to disclose their voting records.

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Politics Created the Border Crisis

Plus: A listener asks if libertarians are too obsessed with economic growth.

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DeSantis Down and Out

Plus: Javier Milei’s powerful speech on economic prosperity in Davos

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Matt Welch: What's Wrong With Populism?

Matt Welch discusses the Iowa caucus results, the 2024 election, and the resurgence of "libertarian populism" on the latest episode of Just Asking Questions.

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The Trump Train Rolls Through Iowa

Plus: A listener asks the editors if there are any bad laws that might discourage people from having kids.

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2023's Most Under-Covered Stories

So long, 2023! What fresh hell awaits us all in 2024?

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Welcome to the Hyperbole Factory

Plus: A listener asks the editors to consider the libertarian argument against shopping local.

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Goodbye to George Santos and Henry Kissinger

Plus: an unexpected digression into the world of Little Debbie dessert snack cakes.

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