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Government Beneficiaries and Other Fairy Tales

Sheldon Richman | May 26

Don't believe everything you see on MSNBC.

Do Organic Consumers Shop Exclusively at the Jerk Store?

Baylen Linnekin | May 26

A new study examines the connection between organic food marketing and anti-social behavior.

Is the Ron Paul the Best Hope for Progressives?

Brian Doherty | May 25

The Texas congressman is more conservative than Romney, but he's also more progressive than Obama.

Robert Zubrin: Radical Environmentalists and Other Merchants of Despair

Matt Welch & Meredith Bragg | May 25

Scott Walker Turns Up the Heat on Flawed Milwaukee Crime Stats

Ryan Ekvall & M.D. Kittle | May 25

Wisconsin gubernatorial candidates debate high-profile police controversy.

When Government Privileges Trump the Rights of Citizens

Steven Greenhut | May 25

California creates a two-tiered system, with government workers on top.

Tracy Thorne-Begland and the Mishnory Road

A. Barton Hinkle | May 25

Discriminating in favor of members of a certain class is only slightly superior to discriminating against them.

Men in Black III and Moonrise Kingdom

Kurt Loder | May 25

Josh Brolin reinvigorates the sci-fi series, Wes Anderson stays true to form.

Friday Funnies

Henry Payne | May 25

Obama Pilgrims' Mandate

Separating Church and State Money

Ronald Bailey | June 2012

If religious institutions want to be left alone, they should stop begging for alms from the government.

Scott Walker Will Survive Wisconsin Recall: Reason-Rupe Poll Results

May 24

The Lighter Side of Electronic Monitoring

Greg Beato | May 24

History shows the benefits of positive reinforcement for Ankleted-Americans.

Outdated Law Behind Scott Walker Recall

Kirsten Adshead | May 24

More than 80 years later, recall laws haven’t changed, but Wisconsin has.

Liberal Christianists Pit Luke Against Leviticus

Terry Michael | May 24

Obama has his TelePrompTer permanently programmed to seek God’s blessing for America in every speech.

Why Business's Desire for Profit Is a Good Thing

John Stossel | May 24

To get our money, businesses--if they can't look to the government for favors--need to give us what we want.

Chinese Communists No Longer Put Much Stock in Communism

Steve Chapman | May 24

China has gone from Mao to 'money worship.'

This Memorial Day, Freedom Is Dying Before Our Very Eyes

Andrew Napolitano | May 24

What if the memory of the past is more fulfilling than the reality of the present?

Montana’s Misguided Attempt to Nullify Citizens United

Damon W. Root | May 23

State officials may not like it, but they’re still bound by the First Amendment.

Haiti's Pepe Trade: How Secondhand American Clothes Became a First-Rate Business

Tate Watkins & Jon Bougher | May 23

Plastic Bag Ban Will Put Los Angeles In Landfill

Jay Beeber | May 23

Proposal would provide no environmental benefits and deepen city’s economic depression.

Church of the Holy Contraception

David Harsanyi | May 23

Contraception has evolved from an optional luxury to a moral societal imperative that must be mandated.

Drones Pose a Threat to Americans' Privacy

Gene Healy | May 23

Pressure is mounting to normalize the use of drones in the United States.

Is That a Spy in Your Pocket?

Jacob Sullum | May 23

How warrantless cellphone tracking threatens your privacy

Political Motivations in Scott Walker-Related Probe

Matt Kittle | May 22

D.A.'s man in Milwaukee decks home with pro-union, anti-governor propaganda.

The Ethics of Egg Freezing

Ronald Bailey | May 22

What's wrong with women resetting their biological clocks?

Reason.tv: Joel Stein on His "Stupid Quest for Masculinity"

Tim Cavanaugh & Zach Weissmueller | May 22

The Amazingly Bogus Scott Walker 'Divide and Conquer' Video

Kevin Binversie | May 22

If the complete clip is so damning, why won't Walker's opponents release it?

Gary Johnson Marches Up Another Mountain

A. Barton Hinkle | May 22

Gary Johnson is not viewed with gravity by a great many people these days. This is too bad, because he should be.

Is the GOP an Echo or a Choice?

Tim Cavanaugh | June 2012

Republicans won’t let principle stop them from losing.

Islamist Extremism Is Not Driving Egypt's Presidential Election

Shikha Dalmia | May 22

How Egyptians are trying to divide power between the country's problematic players

Eduardo Saverin And Echoes of the Reichsfluchtsteuer

Ira Stoll | May 21

The Reich flight tax that the Nazis imposed on Jews trying to flee in the 1930s was 25 percent. Democrats want Saverin to pay 30 percent.

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