Month: May 2012

Politics

California Continues to Be Less Hippie Than Expected: Only 46 Percent of Residents Support Marijuana Legalization

Lucy Steigerwald | 5.31.2012 10:06 PM

Politics

Nick Gillespie Slags Mike Bloomberg's Soda Plan on NBC Nightly News

Nick Gillespie | 5.31.2012 9:22 PM

Policy

How Charlie Rangel's Outrage Shifted From Drugs to Drug Penalties

Jacob Sullum | 5.31.2012 8:31 PM

Politics

"Polish Death Camps" and "American 9/11 Attacks"

Ed Krayewski | 5.31.2012 7:54 PM

Politics

New Yorkers Sound Off on Bloomberg's Drink Ban

Anthony Fisher | 5.31.2012 6:04 PM

Economics

World of Warcraft Creator Finds Itself on Wrong End of a Raid Over Diablo III Troubles

Scott Shackford | 5.31.2012 6:02 PM

Policy

Why Women Gas Off Less Than Men in Print

Shikha Dalmia | 5.31.2012 5:13 PM

Politics

John Edwards Is Still a Scumbag but Not, So Far, a Felon

Jacob Sullum | 5.31.2012 5:05 PM

Nick Gillespie on NBC Nightly News tonight, 6:30 p.m.

Reason Staff | 5.31.2012 4:40 PM

Politics

Former Justice Stevens Suggests the Government Should Be the Nation's Debate Moderator

Jacob Sullum | 5.31.2012 4:38 PM

DOMA Deemed Unconstitutional, Labor Market Slips, Bloomberg Supersizes Nannyism: P.M. Links

J.D. Tuccille | 5.31.2012 4:30 PM

Politics

Scott Walker Enjoys Commanding Lead in Latest Poll

With less than a week before the recall election, incumbent Gov. Scott Walker leads in a new poll from Marquette Law School.

Kirsten Adshead | 5.31.2012 4:30 PM

Kirsten Adshead on Scott Walker's Lead in the Wisconsin Recall Election

Reason Staff | 5.31.2012 4:30 PM

Politics

Buddy Roemer Calls It Quits

Ed Krayewski | 5.31.2012 4:18 PM

Jonah Goldberg on The Tyranny of Cliches, Creating NRO, and the Firing of John Derbyshire

Nick Gillespie and Jim Epstein | 5.31.2012 3:00 PM

Policy

Megaupload Moves To Dismiss Charges Even as the Case Unravels in New Zealand

J.D. Tuccille | 5.31.2012 2:49 PM

Policy

Voodoo Pharmacology Literalized: The Drug That Turns People Into Flesh-Eating Zombies

Jacob Sullum | 5.31.2012 2:42 PM

Politics

Bureaucracy-Building Efforts May Doom California Cigarette Tax Increase Initiative

Scott Shackford | 5.31.2012 2:09 PM

Politics

Douglas Fletcher, R.I.P.

Tim Cavanaugh | 5.31.2012 1:56 PM

Politics

A Petition to the White House for a Do Not Kill List

Ed Krayewski | 5.31.2012 1:45 PM

Politics

Does Mitt Romney Understand Economics?

The GOP frontrunner's comments about Bain Capital suggest a shallow understanding of basic economics.

Sheldon Richman | 5.31.2012 1:30 PM

Sheldon Richman on Mitt Romney's Shallow Understanding of Basic Economics

Reason Staff | 5.31.2012 1:30 PM

Politics

Keynesians and Austrians Agree, the Irish Should Vote "No"

Matthew Feeney | 5.31.2012 1:25 PM

Politics

Jonah Goldberg on The Tyranny of Cliches, Creating NRO, and the Firing of John Derbyshire

Jim Epstein and Nick Gillespie | 5.31.2012 1:25 PM

White House Visitor Logs Show Barack Obama Has Spent More Time With George Clooney Than DEA Chief Michele Leonhart

Mike Riggs | 5.31.2012 12:16 PM

Politics

Bloomberg Insists His Plan to Limit New Yorkers' Soda Sizes Cannot Possibly Work

Jacob Sullum | 5.31.2012 12:06 PM

How to Improve Life for American Workers

Employment rules appear to help workers. But they don't.

John Stossel | 5.31.2012 12:00 PM

John Stossel on How to Improve Life for American Workers

Reason Staff | 5.31.2012 12:00 PM

Politics

Federal Appeals Court Finds Defense of Marriage Act to be Unconstitutional

Damon Root | 5.31.2012 11:45 AM

Politics

The Greatest Trick the Devil Ever Pulled Was Getting a Prime-Time Special

Jesse Walker | 5.31.2012 11:22 AM

Politics

Reason Writers Around Town: Shikha Dalmia on Big Labor's Next Big Battle After Wisconsin

Reason Staff | 5.31.2012 11:21 AM

Five House Members Pledge to Continue Rep. Ron Paul's Fight For Saner Marijuana Policies

Mike Riggs | 5.31.2012 11:20 AM

Politics

Ed Krayewski Talks Mitt Romney's Defense Spending Plans with Abby Martin on RT America

Ed Krayewski | 5.31.2012 10:40 AM

World

Why We Should Stay Out of Syria

Sometimes leadership lies in knowing what not to do-and then not doing it.

Steve Chapman | 5.31.2012 10:30 AM

Steve Chapman on Why We Should Stay Out of Syria

Reason Staff | 5.31.2012 10:30 AM

Policy

FDA Says High Fructose Corn Syrup Can't Change Its Name or Dye Its Hair Blond to Avoid Being Recognized

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 5.31.2012 10:22 AM

Politics

Will Montana's Anti-Citizens United Stance Blow Up in Its Face?

Damon Root | 5.31.2012 9:56 AM

Politics

Union Perk for Portland Police: 48 Hour Waiting Period Before Post-Shooting Questioning

Ed Krayewski | 5.31.2012 9:07 AM

A.M. Links: Ireland votes on EU treaty, Syrian rebels threaten to withdraw from ceasefire agreement, Romney neck-a-neck with Obama in swing states, SpaceX due for splashdown, Ron Paul fans plan a party

Matthew Feeney | 5.31.2012 8:45 AM

Policy

Obama's Secret Kill List

The essence of our values is the rule of law, not the rule of presidents.

Andrew Napolitano | 5.31.2012 7:00 AM

Judge Andrew Napolitano on Obama's Secret Kill List

Reason Staff | 5.31.2012 7:00 AM

Brickbats

To Serve and Protect

Charles Oliver | 5.31.2012 6:00 AM

Brickbat: To Serve and Protect

Charles Oliver | 5.31.2012 6:00 AM