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Anybody who says alcohol ads cause underage drinking isn't paying attention to the evidence.

The only way forward is to leave the answers to the decisions of health care consumers and producers (informed by prices) in a free health care market.

Eliminating the federal state is an option that should be seriously considered.

The economy, Iran, and Super PACs will all weigh heavily on this election.

Social media brings out an immediate visceral response, not necessarily an educated one. People need to think before they “like.”

Here's your guide to the coolest, hippest political start-ups at SXSW in Austin, Texas.

[Office Hours] Something is rotten at the heart of American politics — something that is the exclusive province of neither liberal nor conservative, Democrat nor Republican.

Stephen Colbert and John Stewart have seized on the 2012 election as a golden opportunity for political satire and media criticism.

Romney is distancing himself from his "very poor" remarks because they reveal that he is a moderate candidate out-of-touch with the Republican mainstream.

It’s now too late in the process for any new candidate to enter the race through either major party. So what’s a concerned voter to do?

Pro-choice people often fundamentally misunderstand the pro-life perspective. If we try to imagine a world in which abortion is murder, then most of our arguments stop making sense.

We have spent way too much time and money trying to fix a problem that many scientists say does not even exist. The days of believing in global warming need to end

The Silent Majority may be revving up to make a real statement, a statement about our political system and save us from being governed by a dangerous ideologue for another four years.

Devastating results and polls cast serious doubt over Romney’s electability. The race is not over yet. Florida will be huge, and Romney’s reaction is critical.

A new Ron Paul ad criticizes Planned Parenthood and shows that the GOP candidates are not protecting women's sexual and reproductive health.

Soda taxes which amount to one or two cents per beverage disparately impact the poorest individuals in society and impose on our personal liberty.

Infrastructure spending and tax cuts for low income earners, not tax breaks for the wealth, will most quickly facilitate the demand the economy needs for recovery.

The GOP candidates have created a straw man character to attack for political gain. His name is “Barack Obama," and he is not the same man who currently sits in the Oval Office.

Paul's libertarian ideology sounds attractive in theory but could have harsh consequences if implemented.

The prevalence of PSA testing should be curtailed to avoid unnecessarily diagnosing and treating men for prostate cancer in order to curb wasteful health expenditures.

Newt Gingrich's 20-point swing in the polls in the last three days of the South Carolina primary is quite an accomplishment.

America has a huge nuclear stockpile, but prohibits other countries from developing nuclear weapons. Shouldn't all nations be allowed to protect their citizens?

The Final Four: As the GOP field dwindles down, here are some key points for future presidential hopefuls.

Mitt Romney is set to win big in New Hampshire, and the real fight will be for second place.

Roe v. Wade protects women's fundamental right to make informed decisions about their bodies and the bundles of cells they carry.

Local, state, and federal governments ban all sorts of products each year. Here are the most ridiculous examples.

The costs of publicly funded science outweigh the benefits. It's time to eliminate it.