The Nanny State

• Do Poor People Ignore the Government's Dietary Advice Because They Can't Afford Healthy Food?, Jacob Sullum, May 17, 2012
• Texting While Walking Will Earn You an $85 Ticket In Fort Lee, New Jersey, Katherine Mangu-Ward, May 14, 2012
• School Junk Food Ban Study Loaded With Empty Calories, Scott Shackford, May 14, 2012
• Is Your Flab Imposing a Burden on Society?, Jacob Sullum, May 1, 2012
• Reason.tv: Schools Use GPS Uniforms to Track Students! (Nanny of the Month, April 2012), Ted Balaker, May 1, 2012
• The Mirage of Blooming 'Food Deserts', Jacob Sullum, April 18, 2012
• Katherine Mangu-Ward Talks Happy Meal Toys and Lawsuits on Fox Business Network, April 6, 2012
• Don't You Dare Try to Feed the Homeless in Bloomy's NYC (Nanny of the Month, March 2012!), Ted Balaker, March 30, 2012
• What's Next: Children Barred From Coal Mines? Nanny State Bans Undermine School Tests, Satanic Rituals, Farm Work, Nick Gillespie, March 27, 2012
• Harris Poll Reflects and Reinforces Incoherent Thinking About 'Public Health', Jacob Sullum, March 21, 2012
• 6th Circuit Approves Cigarette Warning Labels and Suppression of Risk Information but Rejects Ad Limits, Jacob Sullum, March 19, 2012
• DFW Readers: Hear Me Talk About Loony Liquor Laws, Jacob Sullum, March 15, 2012
• Do People Eat Too Much Because They Enjoy It Too Little?, Jacob Sullum, March 7, 2012
• FoolProof Approach to Gambling: First Hysteria, Then Facts, Jacob Sullum, March 1, 2012
• Federal Judge Says the Government Can't Use Cigarette Packages for Anti-Smoking Propaganda, Jacob Sullum, March 1, 2012
• Reason.tv: Look out Kate Upton, AZ pol pushing anti-Photoshopping bill! (Nanny of the Month, Feb 2012), Ted Balaker, March 1, 2012
• Mark Bittman: Government Is 'on Our Side' When It Stops Us From Eating What We Want to Eat, Jacob Sullum, February 27, 2012
• No Explanation but Corruption for Wanting to Cut Beer Taxes?, Jacob Sullum, February 21, 2012
• North Carolina Food Inspector Rejects Little Girl's Home-Packed Lunch in Favor of Chicken Nuggets, Jacob Sullum, February 14, 2012
• Throw a Football or Frisbee on an L.A. Beach, Pay a Thousand-Dollar Fine, Matt Welch, February 9, 2012
• Woman Required to Show I.D. to Buy a Six-Pack...of Teaspoons, Katherine Mangu-Ward, February 3, 2012
• First They Came For Sugar Smacks, And I Didn't Care Because I Had Already Moved on to Mueslix..., Nick Gillespie, February 2, 2012
• Reason.tv: LA Forces Condoms onto Porn Actors! (Nanny of the Month, Jan 2012), Ted Balaker, February 1, 2012
• Maybe Schools Don't Control What Kids Eat, Jacob Sullum, January 24, 2012
• CDC: If You Drink Enough to Enjoy It, You've Had Too Much, Jacob Sullum, January 23, 2012
• If Poker Is a Public Health Issue, What Isn't?, Jacob Sullum, January 19, 2012
• Reason.tv: The Foie Gras Fight - Animal Cruelty or Animal Rights Propaganda?, Zach Weissmueller, January 19, 2012
• Norway’s Nanny State Abandons All Pretense of Cultural Sensitivity And Goes Psycho, Shikha Dalmia, January 19, 2012
• Will the Obesity Plateau Allow Us to Take a Breather From Paternalistic Panic?, Jacob Sullum, January 18, 2012
• Nicotine Gum and Patches May Not Work, but at Least They're Officially Approved, Jacob Sullum, January 13, 2012
• Urinegate; Binge Drinking; Foreclosures Up; $1.2 Trillion Loan; and More: PM Links, Tim Cavanaugh, January 12, 2012
• Chuck Schumer, Defender of Cheap Coffee, Wants to Ban Breathable Caffeine Shots, Peter Suderman, January 12, 2012
• Nanny Bloomberg Targets Alcohol, Jacob Sullum, January 11, 2012
• 2012 Brings 40,000 New Laws Across the U.S., January 6, 2012
• Will Scotch in a Can Get the Four Loko Treatment?, Jacob Sullum, January 2, 2012
• Reason.tv: Crackdowns on Consensual Sex, Veggies, and more! Nanny of the Year (2011), Ted Balaker, December 27, 2011
• A. Barton Hinkle's Modest Proposal: Ban All Sports!, December 27, 2011
• DOJ Reversal Could Clear the Way for Online Gambling, Jacob Sullum, December 26, 2011
• Dick Durbin: Ban Flavored Cigars—for the Children, Jacob Sullum, December 23, 2011
• Nevada Legalizes Online Poker, Jacob Sullum, December 23, 2011
• Federal Judge in Texas Lets Beer Be Beer, Jacob Sullum, December 20, 2011
• Why Would Consumers Object to a Policy That Forces Them to Buy Expensive Products They Do Not Want?, Jacob Sullum, December 19, 2011
• When Does X Trump Liberty? When X Is Fear of Marijuana., Jacob Sullum, December 19, 2011
• IOM Report Recommends That the FDA Continue Suppressing Lifesaving Information About Cigarette Alternatives, Jacob Sullum, December 14, 2011
• America’s First Line of Defense Against the Sit ‘n’ Sleep Commercial, Tim Cavanaugh, December 13, 2011
• Clinton Condemns Her Own Government's Internet Policy, Jacob Sullum, December 9, 2011
• FDA Regulation Could Doom Cigar Shops, Jacob Sullum, December 9, 2011
• Smart Kids Do Drugs, Jacob Sullum, December 6, 2011
• To Prevent Kids From Smoking Cigarettes, New York Bars Adults From Buying Flavored Cigars, Jacob Sullum, December 2, 2011
• Study: Food Choice Always an Illusion, Except When it's Not, Baylen Linnekin, December 2, 2011
• Boston Bans E-Cigarettes in Workplaces, Just Because, Jacob Sullum, December 2, 2011
• Official Warning to Iowans: Ice Is Slippery, Katherine Mangu-Ward, December 1, 2011
• Hot For Teacher-Criminalizing Sex Between Legal Adults?! Nanny of the Month (November 2011), Ted Balaker, November 30, 2011
• Aussie Gov't to Citizens: You Are So Fat, We Sank to the Bottom of the Map, Katherine Mangu-Ward, November 29, 2011
• Digital Drugs: The Gateway to the Gateway, Jacob Sullum, November 23, 2011
• But What About the Eyeball Method?, Jacob Sullum, November 22, 2011
• Roll Your Own, Avoid the Taxes, Jacob Sullum, November 22, 2011
• Attorneys General Demand Smaller Four Loko Cans, Jacob Sullum, November 17, 2011
• Occupy Wall Street Response Suddenly Causes Middle Class White People to See Law Enforcement In New Light, Mike Riggs, November 17, 2011
• More Liquor Liberalization, Jacob Sullum, November 14, 2011
• Vodka-Soaked Tampons Are 'Everywhere', Jacob Sullum, November 14, 2011
• Can Congress Stop N.J. From Legalizing Sports Betting?, Jacob Sullum, November 11, 2011
• Post-Punk Icon Joe Jackson on The Nanny State, Smoking Bans, & His Next Musical Adventure, Nick Gillespie & Anthony L. Fisher, November 10, 2011
• Fast Food Is Not a Poor Choice, Jacob Sullum, November 10, 2011
• Better Off Vaping, Jacob Sullum, November 9, 2011
• Federal Judge Blocks New Cigarette Warning Labels, Jacob Sullum, November 7, 2011
• EU Bans Free-Range Kids! Nanny of the Month (October 2011), Ted Balaker, November 1, 2011
• Happy Halloween from the CPSC: Your Costume Can Kill You. Your Candy Can Kill You. Strangers Can Kill You. You Know What? Just Stay Home, OK?, Katherine Mangu-Ward, October 27, 2011
• Mark Bittman Corrects Fact-Resistant Food Policy Analysts...Such As Mark Bittman, Jacob Sullum, October 17, 2011
• Americans Text Each Other While Driving to the Ballot Box to Vote for a Ban on Texting, Katherine Mangu-Ward, October 5, 2011