The Nanny State

• 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
• L.A.’s Insane War on the Porn Industry, . Kennedy, January 30, 2012
• Big Brother Is Now Your Diet Coach, Greg Beato, January 26, 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
• 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
• The Case for Walmart, Greg Beato, December 29, 2011
• 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
• FTC Claims Phusion Projects Misled Consumers by Implying They Could Drink Four Loko Out of the Can, Jacob Sullum, October 4, 2011
• Bloomberg: Paternalism Is 'Government's Highest Duty', Jacob Sullum, October 3, 2011
• Reason.tv: Couple Heading to Court after Hosting Home Bible Study! (Nanny of the Month, Sept 2011), Ted Balaker, October 3, 2011
• Fat Tax in Denmark: Melancholy Danes Have One More Reason to be in Bad Mood, Nick Gillespie, October 3, 2011
• If Traffic Deaths Were Rising, Would the Los Angeles Times Be Less Alarmed?, Jacob Sullum, September 21, 2011
• The Government Blames Full Tilt Poker for the Disruption the Government Deliberately Created, Jacob Sullum, September 21, 2011
• Springfield Police Arrive Seven Months Late for a Suicide, Jacob Sullum, September 21, 2011
• Reason.tv: Smoking Bans Are No Match For New Yorkers, Anthony L. Fisher, September 15, 2011
• Has Rick Perry Neutralized the Gardasil Controversy?, Jacob Sullum, September 14, 2011
• Data From Seven States Show No Connection Between Smoking Bans and Heart Attack Rates, Jacob Sullum, September 13, 2011
• Who Will Protect Children From Dangerously Exciting Cartoons?, Jacob Sullum, September 12, 2011
• WTO Rejects U.S. Ban on Clove Cigarettes, Jacob Sullum, September 9, 2011
• The Riddle of Jerry Brown, Tim Cavanaugh, September 8, 2011
• "Not Every Human Problem Deserves a Law", Katherine Mangu-Ward, September 8, 2011
• 'Childhood Itself Is Now in Crisis', Jacob Sullum, September 1, 2011