- Connecticut Senate Passes Bill Allowing Citizens to Record Cops So Long As the Cops Are OK With It, Mike Riggs, April 23, 2012
- Happy 4/20, Mike Riggs, April 20, 2012
- Legalization Proponent Says There Is Almost No Dispensary Opposition to Colorado's Legalization Initiative, Mike Riggs, April 18, 2012
- Obama’s New Drug Control Report Calls for More Workplace Drug Testing, Nationwide Zero Tolerance Laws, Prescription-Only Ephedrine Products, and the Return of the “Above the Influence” Campaign, Mike Riggs, April 17, 2012
- This Awful Editorial Cartoon Won a Pulitzer Prize Today, Mike Riggs, April 16, 2012
- Why Medical Marijuana Providers Are Opposing Legalization Efforts in Washington and Colorado, Mike Riggs, April 16, 2012
- President Obama: "I don’t mind a debate around issues like decriminalization.", Mike Riggs, April 14, 2012
- Howard Stern Endorses Colorado's Marijuana Legalization Initiative, Mike Riggs, April 13, 2012
- How and Why a Campus Cop at UC Davis Viciously Pepper-Sprayed a Group of Passive College Kids, Mike Riggs, April 12, 2012
- Is The Increasing Number of Cops Killed by Perps Really a "Disturbing Trend"?, Mike Riggs, April 11, 2012
- Van Jones (Sorta) Walks Back His Weird, Fact-Free Attack on "So-Called Libertarians", Mike Riggs, April 10, 2012
- The U.S. Tax Code Is a Godawful Mess (Your Weekly Reminder), Mike Riggs, April 10, 2012
- Dissenting While Enlisted Will Get You Fired, Dissenting While Commanding Gets You Retired, Mike Riggs, April 6, 2012
- A.M. Links: Unemployment Falls to 8.2 Percent, EPA Approves More Corporate Welfare for Ethanol Makers, Marine to Be Discharged for Criticizing Obama, Mike Riggs, April 6, 2012
- A.M. Links: Invisible Children Releases Another Kony 2012 Video, Connecticut Senate Votes to Kill the Death Penalty, Bush Official Says CIA Committed War Crimes, Mike Riggs, April 5, 2012
- A.M. Links: Romney Ready for Obama, NBC Apologizes for Awful Editing of George Zimmerman Phone Call, How Ford Recovered Without a Bailout, Mike Riggs, April 4, 2012
- Van Jones on “so-called Libertarians”: “They say they love America but they hate the people, the brown folk, the gays, the lesbians, the people with piercings”, Mike Riggs, April 3, 2012
- A.M. Links: The FDA Is Out of Control, 98 Delegates Up for Grabs in Today's Primaries, George Zimmerman Will Surrender if Charged, Mike Riggs, April 3, 2012
- Feds Raid Oaksterdam University, Mike Riggs, April 2, 2012
- TSA Craigslist Ad Seeks Screener for "Imperious Security Team", Mike Riggs, April 2, 2012
- A.M. Links: Gingrich and Santorum Mull Alliance, Enhanced Video Shows Wounds on George Zimmerman's Head, Data Breach Hits Major Credit Card Companies, Mike Riggs, April 2, 2012
- A.M. Links: George Zimmerman Has an "Aggressive" Past, Mitt Romney to Challenge Obama on Foreign Policy, Household Income Fell in 2011, Mike Riggs, March 30, 2012
- A.M. Links: Obamacare's Future Looks Bleak, Marco Rubio Endorses Mitt Romney, New Video Challenges George Zimmerman's Assault Claim, Mike Riggs, March 29, 2012
- No-Knock Raid on Wrong House Terrifies 76-Year-Old Man, Mike Riggs, March 28, 2012
- A.M. Links: Day 3 of Obamacare Oral Arguments Begin, Newt Gingrich Fires One-Third of His Campaign and Replaces Them With Twitter, California Dem Accused of $7 Million Fraud, Mike Riggs, March 28, 2012
- The Associated Press Carries Water for U.S. Predator Drone Program, Mike Riggs, March 27, 2012
- A.M. Links: Nearly 70 Percent of Americans Want Afghan War to Be Over, Democrats Introduce $3.6 Trillion Budget, Newt Gingrich Now Charging $50 for Photos With Supporters, Mike Riggs, March 27, 2012
- A.M. Links: Obamacare Oral Arguments Begin Today, Rick Scott Calls for Due Process in Trayvon Martin Case, Tea Partier Mike Lee Endorses TARP-Supporter Mitt Romney, Mike Riggs, March 26, 2012
- Geraldo Rivera: Wearing a Hooded Sweatshirt Is Like Asking Someone to Murder You, Mike Riggs, March 23, 2012
- A.M. Links: Special Prosecutor Appointed in Trayvon Martin Case, Robert Bales to Be Charged With 17 Counts of Murder, The NYPD Spied and/or Spies on Everybody, Mike Riggs, March 23, 2012
- Public School Teacher Assigns Students Oppo Research on GOP Candidates, Instructs Them to Forward it to Obama Campaign, Mike Riggs, March 22, 2012
- A.M. Links: Author of Stand Your Ground Law Weighs in on Trayvon Martin, Oath-Keeping Marine Discharged for Criticizing Obama, Mitt Romney Rushes to Clean up Etch A Sketch Gaffe, Mike Riggs, March 22, 2012
- A.M. Links: Bloomberg Outlaws Food Donations to Homeless People Due to Fat and Salt Content, More Evidence of the OWS Schism, Democrats Attack Paul Ryan Plan, Mike Riggs, March 21, 2012
- This Is the Best Mitt Romney Send-Up of the Campaign Season Thus Far, Mike Riggs, March 21, 2012
- Massive Chicago Cop Chokes Out a Tiny Mouthy Man, Mike Riggs, March 20, 2012
- Robert Bales As Victim, Mike Riggs, March 20, 2012
- A.M. Links: National Debt Increased More Under Obama Than Under Bush, Occupy Wall Street and Big Labor Fall Out of Love, Rick Scott Instructs State Troopers to Investigate Trayvon Martin's Murder, Mike Riggs, March 20, 2012
- Nobel Prize Winner Backs Anti-Gay Laws, Mike Riggs, March 19, 2012
- Ten Years of "If You See Something, Say Something", Mike Riggs, March 19, 2012
- TSA Screener Pats Down a Wheelchair-Bound Toddler in a Hip Cast, Mike Riggs, March 19, 2012
- A.M. Links: Puerto Rico Chooses Romney, Obama Thanks Suckers For Giving Him $45 Million, Brooklyn Man Prepares for the Apocalypse, Mike Riggs, March 19, 2012
- Newt Gingrich Is Surrounded by Idiots, Mike Riggs, March 19, 2012
- A.M. Links: Obama Releases 17-Minute Campaign Ad, Berkshire Hathaway Resembles Greedy Wall Street Bank, Trigger-Happy Sergeant Being Transferred Back to U.S., Mike Riggs, March 16, 2012
- Rick Santorum: "Federal Obscenity Laws Should Be Vigorously Enforced", Mike Riggs, March 15, 2012
- A.M. Links: Mitch McConnell Says Marijuana Can Kill You, Obama Administration to Fire Diplomat for Criticizing Iraq Boondoggle, Afghan President Tells Western Forces to Leave Afghan Villages, Mike Riggs, March 15, 2012
- How Many Law Enforcement Agencies Does it to Take to Prosecute One Man for Buying $200 Worth of Crack?, Mike Riggs, March 14, 2012
- A.M. Links: Romney Wins Hawaii and American Samoa, Santorum Wins Actual U.S. States, Newt Vows to Stick Around, Paul Wins a Single Delegate, Mike Riggs, March 14, 2012
- “I’m looking for a leader who’s not going to play into a war-weary public.”, Mike Riggs, March 13, 2012
- Meet Maj. Joseph Floyd, Leading Candidate for Most Crooked Cop in America, Mike Riggs, March 13, 2012
- A.M. Links: Yahoo! Plays Patent Troll, Murdoch Confidant Rebekah Brooks Arrested, Afghans React to Kandahar Slaughter, Mike Riggs, March 13, 2012
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Mike Riggs is an associate editor at Reason magazine and Reason.com.
Prior to joining Reason, he was a senior staff writer at The Daily Caller, which he helped launch, and an entertainment editor at the Washington City Paper. Once upon a time, he was a Reason Burton C. Gray Memorial Intern.
He has reported and essayed on politics, culture, and entertainment for GQ.com, the Awl, Decibel, Culture 11, Wonkette, GOOD, the Washington Times, and the Dead Mule School of Southern Literature.
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