The Original NSA Whistleblower

Intelligence analyst William Binney's revelations preceded Edward Snowden's by more than decade. Why didn't anyone listen?

Nick Gillespie | 4.17.2014

America's Fear of Iranian Nuclear Power Is Overblown

U.S. hawks aren't telling the full story about Iran's agenda.

Sheldon Richman | 4.17.2014

Hope for the Dead

When the government takes away our free will, the government steals a gift from God; it violates the natural law; it prevents us from having and utilizing the means to the truth.

Andrew Napolitano | 4.17.2014

Prostitution Precrime? Monica Jones and ‘Manifesting an Intent' to Prostitute in America

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.16.2014

Clinton Leads Potential GOP Contenders in Early 2016 Polling

Peter Suderman | 4.16.2014

Earth Daze: Overcoming Environmental Hysteria

Environmentalism is now more religion than science.

John Stossel | 4.16.2014

The Dumbest Federal Policy You'll Read About Today

It benefits special interests, hurts consumers, and harms the planet. What could be worse?

A. Barton Hinkle | 4.16.2014

Department of Cronyism

The Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration is a favor-dispensing machine.

Veronique de Rugy | 4.16.2014

Pot, Poker, and Prohibitionism

Do Republicans want to be the party of unprincipled killjoys?

Jacob Sullum | 4.16.2014

Progressives Fight to Keep Poor Kids Trapped in Failing Schools

With NYC's per pupil spending at $20,000, why can't public schools afford pens?

Jim Epstein | 4.15.2014

Where Does Your Tax Money Go?

Ed Krayewski | 4.15.2014

Three Cheers for Tax Scofflaws (They Keep Us Afloat and Limit Government's Reach)

J.D. Tuccille | 4.15.2014

Want Useful Data on Obamacare? The Census Bureau Won’t Help You.

Peter Suderman | 4.15.2014

62 Percent of Americans Say They Favor a Flat Tax

They also say it is not the responsibility of the government to reduce the differences in income between people.

Emily Ekins | 4.15.2014

Deputizing Everyone Doesn't Stop Terrorism, but Officials Keep Trying

We're generating an atmosphere of perpetual, low-level anxiety and excuses for official harassment.

Gene Healy | 4.15.2014

Stifling Commerce

How the Department of Commerce smothers what it's supposed to promote

Sonny Bunch | 4.15.2014

A Conservative Defense of Brandeis University

No, Ayaan Hirsi Ali did not have her speech "suppressed."

Ira Stoll | 4.14.2014

Bipartisan Hypocrisy on Free Speech

From the Dixie Chicks to Mozilla, free speech is under fire from both right and left.

A. Barton Hinkle | 4.14.2014

Progressive Puritans

From e-cigarettes to sex classifieds, the once-transgressive left tries to criminalize fun.

Matt Welch | 4.14.2014

Gay Rights, Intolerance, and Racial Parallels

Persecution of dissent on gay marriage is bad not only for intellectual freedom and the cultural climate but ultimately, perhaps, for gay equality as well.

Cathy Young | 4.14.2014

Harmless Drones Get Federal Flak

The FAA is throwing its weight around, not protecting the public.

Steve Chapman | 4.14.2014

Put Cameras in the Supreme Court

Australia, Canada, and England all allow cameras in their high courts. So should the U.S.

S.M. Oliva | 4.13.2014

The War on Porn Continues

Three decades after the Reagan administration crackdown, the crusade against pornography is waged online and overseas.

Peter Suderman | 4.13.2014

Big Government Bigots

The founder of GOProud, Jimmy LaSalvia gives three reasons why the GOP is in trouble.

Jimmy LaSalvia | 4.12.2014

National School Lunch Program Embarrassment Continues

The USDA has managed to make school lunches stink even more. So why does the government continue?

Baylen Linnekin | 4.12.2014

Jeb Bush: The GOP's Legacy Underdog

For the chattering class, Jeb will always be the Bush who got away.

Debra J. Saunders | 4.11.2014

Nevada County Commissioner Implies a Death Threat Against Out-of-Staters Who Might Come to Support Cattle Rancher in His Fight with the Feds: [UPDATED: BLM Backs Down!]

Brian Doherty | 4.11.2014

The Biggest Obstacle to Gender Neutral Bathrooms? Building Codes.

Government went beyond mandating that employers give workers a place to do their business to specifying exactly how and in what ratios this must occur.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.11.2014

California Demands $55 Million from Microprocessor Inventor

The state has been harassing him for decades

Steven Greenhut | 4.11.2014

Cop Block: Cops May Do Bad Things, But Are White Guys Filming Them Worse?

Brian Doherty | 4.10.2014

Only Lovers Left Alive

Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston out for blood.

Kurt Loder | 4.11.2014

Friday Funnies: Deadline Extension

Henry Payne | 4.11.2014

Looks Like We Won’t Have Sebelius to Kick Around Much Anymore

Scott Shackford | 4.10.2014

Boy, I Wonder How the Folks at Salon Feel About Ayn Rand

The troll-the-libertarians business model.

Jesse Walker | 4.10.2014

Issa Accuses Cummings of Colluding With IRS, House Committee Refers Former IRS Official to DOJ

Former director of the Tax Exempt and Government Entities Division at the IRS has pleaded the Fifth twice at Congressional hearings

Matthew Feeney | 4.10.2014

Printed Bong Spells the End for the War on Drug Paraphernalia

Jacob Sullum | 4.10.2014

11 Reasons Unemployment Is So Freaking High

Nick Gillespie | 4.10.2014

Your Tax Returns Are Hacker Bait

The IRS is a terrible guardian of information, and the tax man keeps a treasure trove of personal data about almost every American.

J.D. Tuccille | 4.10.2014

The Myth of Economic Immobility

Americans are actually more mobile than we've ever been.

Greg Beato | 4.10.2014

A Democratic Dilemma on Legalizing Pot

There's only one thing standing in the way of the Democratic Party using the pot issue to win elections: Democratic politicians.

Steve Chapman | 4.10.2014

NSA Admits to Wrongdoing—What Now?

The Director of National Intelligence lied to a congressional committee about the most massive Fourth Amendment violation in history. Will he be prosecuted?

Andrew Napolitano | 4.10.2014

Condi Rice Joins Dropbox Board of Directors. Who Should Worry?

Scott Shackford | 4.10.2014

Leland Yee’s Less Sexy Corruption Just Part of the System

Caught taking money to pass protectionist regulations—how do people think these laws get made in the first place?

Scott Shackford | 4.09.2014

Is There a Dry Cleaning Gender Gap?

President Obama laughingly promised to look into discriminatory dry cleaning pricing, but it's no joke for some.

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 4.09.2014

How the Tax Code Manipulates Us

Every time tax rules nudge us in a chosen direction, they preempt the market's signals.

John Stossel | 4.09.2014

Bush Lied. So Did Obama.

Dishonesty is the order of the day at the White House.

A. Barton Hinkle | 4.09.2014

Free Speech vs. the Collective

Stephen Breyer's dangerously broad rationale for campaign finance regulations

Jacob Sullum | 4.09.2014

Can Bobby Jindal's Health Plan Get the Republican Party on Track?

The Louisiana governor's proposal could be a turning point for the party.

Peter Suderman | 4.08.2014

White House Says Wage Gender Gap Stats Are Misleading...When Applied to the White House

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.08.2014

Republican Bill Boosts 'Imperial Presidency' It's Trying To Squash

Rep. Eric Cantor is more interested in taking shots at Obama than actually fixing the monstrous executive office.

Gene Healy | 4.08.2014

Auto-Safety Bureaucrats Want To Enrich Themselves Over the GM Recall Tragedy

Lawmakers are falling for NHTSA's line that it is too poor to keep drivers safe

Shikha Dalmia | 4.08.2014

The Lost Sisterhood and the Case for Libertarian Novels

A best-selling writer explains the power of historical fiction.

Anne Fortier | 4.08.2014

Tax Reform: Dueling Plans from the GOP

Fair tax or flat tax?

Ira Stoll | 4.07.2014

Obama Administration Deserves Kudos For Surrendering Internet Control

The last step in the Internet’s privatization should be applauded for removing government from the process.

Jerry Brito | 4.07.2014

The Case for Knife Rights

Big government overreach claims a new class of victims.

A. Barton Hinkle | 4.07.2014

Otis McDonald, Civil Rights Hero and Second Amendment Champion, 1933-2014

Damon Root | 4.07.2014

Can Cannabis Cut Car Crashes?

If more pot smoking means less drinking, legalization could make the roads safer.

Jacob Sullum | 4.07.2014

Rich People Will Always Beat Campaign Finance Restrictions

When Congress blocks off one avenue for funding political campaigns, millionaires find other routes—or bulldoze new ones through the wilderness.

Steve Chapman | 4.07.2014

California Senate: Inside the Corrupt Reality of Government

Legislators in the Golden State make Breaking Bad seem mild by comparison.

Steven Greenhut | 4.06.2014

Errol Morris on Donald Rumsfeld and The Unknown Known

"We're all morons" says the Oscar-winning filmmaker. And that's just the beginning of our problems.

Nick Gillespie & Jim Epstein | 4.06.2014

Libertarianism Is More Than Just Rejecting Force

The "thick" and "thin" of libertarian philosophy.

Sheldon Richman | 4.06.2014

The State of Food Policy

From heritage hog bans to the "sriracha apocalypse"

Baylen Linnekin | 4.05.2014

Leaders Are Inevitable, Says Nirvana's Krist Novoselic. But They Shouldn't Suck.

Krist Novoselic | 4.04.2014

If Rand Paul Has Hawks Nervous He's Doing Something Right

The Kentucky senator wants a less aggressive foreign policy, and so do most Americans

Matthew Feeney | 4.04.2014

Uber Faces Backlash From the New Luddites

Americans have become so accustomed to regulations, we’ve ceased to see how freedom might operate.

Steven Greenhut | 4.04.2014

Obamacare's Bogus Enrollment Claims

The program has failed in extending coverage to the uninsured.

Shikha Dalmia | 4.04.2014

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Chris Evans takes on the national-security state.

Kurt Loder | 4.04.2014

Friday Funnies: That Obamacare 'Deadline'

Chip Bok | 4.04.2014

Welcome to the Era of Politically Correct Web Browsing!

Nick Gillespie | 4.03.2014

Bitcoin and Taxes

The IRS's announcement about taxing Bitcoin won't kill the libertarian Bitcoin dream

Brian Doherty | 4.03.2014

Americans Say 75 Percent of Politicians Are Corrupted, 70 Percent Use Political Power to Hurt Enemies

Flight 370 conspiracy theories; college basketball players should share NCAA revenue; distrust of NSA and Facebook; concerns about police misconduct

Emily Ekins | 4.03.2014

Ohio Silences Political Speech, Gets Hauled Before Supreme Court

Damon Root | 4.02.2014

What if Politicians Think Secrecy Trumps the Constitution?

And what do we do about it?

Andrew Napolitano | 4.03.2014

Obama's Victory on Obamacare May Be Short Lived

Peter Suderman | 4.02.2014

Supreme Court Strikes Down Major Campaign Finance Restriction

Damon Root | 4.02.2014

Zoning’s Racist Roots Still Bear Fruit

The long, shameful legacy of state-sanctioned discrimination.

A. Barton Hinkle | 4.02.2014

Sunlight Slays Secret Snooping

Why Obama changed his mind about the NSA's phone record dragnet

Jacob Sullum | 4.02.2014

NSA Pawed Through Americans' Communications Without Warrants, Say Senators

J.D. Tuccille | 4.01.2014

Seven Politicians Making Fools Out of You

And not only on April Fools’ Day...

Ed Krayewski | 4.01.2014

How the End of Obamacare's Open Enrollment Resets the Health Care Debate

Peter Suderman | 4.01.2014

If the U.S. Is Going to Have Dynasties, at Least Have Good Ones

The push for Jeb Bush.

Gene Healy | 4.01.2014

Read Reason's Complete April 2014 Issue

4.01.2014

What a Top Liberal Economist Gets Right—and Wrong

The French economist hailed by Paul Krugman is better than you would expect.

Ira Stoll | 3.31.2014

Zero Tolerance Hurts Kids and Ruins Schools

We need common sense in our schools, not mindless bureaucratic compliance.

A. Barton Hinkle | 3.31.2014

The French Implosion

Tax-and-spend politics has driven Paris to the brink.

Veronique de Rugy | 3.31.2014

NSA Surveillance and the Dangers of Power

The fact that Obama trusted himself with the NSA's surveillance powers is ample reason the rest of us shouldn't.

Steve Chapman | 3.31.2014

College Football Unionization Decision Opens a Can of Worms

As long as most major football schools are state universities, the question of player unionization will likely be decided on political rather than strictly legal grounds.

S.M. Oliva | 3.30.2014

Rand Paul is "Divergent" and So Must be Stopped!

Why are liberals and conservatives freaking out over Rand Paul's popularity? Because he's not one of them.

Nick Gillespie | 3.30.2014

Obama's Iraqi Fairy Tale

America's worst foreign policy decision, whitewashed.

Sheldon Richman | 3.30.2014

6 Big Unanswered Questions About Obamacare

Peter Suderman | 3.28.2014

Cheap Thrills

David Koechner playing for keeps.

Kurt Loder | 3.29.2014

House Raw Milk Bills Give Hope to Farmers, Consumers

Rep. Thomas Massie introduced two raw milk bills this week, with bi-partisan sponsorship and support. "It's a great issue because it's about freedom," says Massie.

Baylen Linnekin | 3.29.2014

The Creationism in Schools Distraction

Nothing turns voters against vouchers more than the idea of funding a religious education with public money.

David Harsanyi | 3.28.2014

Policing Language Gives Ammunition to the Trolls

Don’t make the world responsible for your emotional well-being unless you enjoy getting hurt.

Scott Shackford | 3.28.2014

Angry Parents Crush Race-Quota Revival

Prop. 209 would have hurt Asian-Americans in the name of diversity.

Steven Greenhut | 3.28.2014

Kurt Loder Reviews Noah

3.28.2014

Central Intelligence Arabists

How the CIA tilted toward the Arabs in the 1950s and '60s

Michael Young | 3.28.2014

Friday Funnies: Hit Putin With Obamacare

Henry Payne | 3.28.2014

The Flight 370 Conspiracy Stories Aren't About to Stop

At a time like this, suspicious speculation is inevitable.

Jesse Walker | 3.27.2014

The Iranian Nuclear Threat That Never Was

Does Iran really want nuclear weapons?

Sheldon Richman | 3.27.2014

How Many People Will End Up Enrolled Under Obamacare? We Don’t Know—and It May Be a While Before We Do

Peter Suderman | 3.27.2014

'Ban Bossy': A Bad Remedy for a Fictional Problem

Using girls as props for activism that schools them in invented victimhood is not feminist advocacy, it’s feminist malpractice.

Cathy Young | 3.27.2014

The Battle of New Orleans

NIMBYs and newcomers threaten to regulate the Big Easy's music into extinction.

Chris Kjorness | 3.27.2014

Probable Cause is Too Hard for the NSA? Too Bad.

The NSA knows it is violating the Fourth Amendment, which expressly forbids general warrants.

Andrew Napolitano | 3.27.2014

Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pills? Not In America.

Those with standing to challenge the pill's prescription status also gain from keeping it that way.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 3.26.2014

What FDA Bullies Cost Us

Fewer medical options are the price of bureaucratic "caution."

John Stossel | 3.26.2014

Government Power Rests on Violence and Coercion

From police brutality to the events in Ukraine, we’re reminded daily that government power is based on violence.

A. Barton Hinkle | 3.26.2014

The War on Fun

Go outside and play, already!

Abby Wisse Schachter | 3.26.2014

Free Birth Control and Unfree Photographers

Dubious rights threaten true liberty.

Jacob Sullum | 3.26.2014

The Government’s Appalling Campaign Against Small Bus Companies

“They took a man’s livelihood and threw it in the dirt.”

Jim Epstein | 3.25.2014