Month: March 2014

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Peter Suderman on April Fool's Obamacare, Waterboarding Fail, #CancelColbert, the Fracking/Earthquakes Connection, Big Men Director Rachel Boynton, Gwyneth Paltrow's Parenting, and Sexy Aftershow!

Matt Welch | 3.31.2014 8:22 PM

Bill de Blasio

NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio Booed at Mets' Opening Day, Approval Rating Down to 39 Percent

Ed Krayewski | 3.31.2014 5:07 PM

Policy

The Case Against Warrantless Cell Phone Snooping by the Cops

Damon Root | 3.31.2014 4:40 PM

Policy

What a Top Liberal Economist Gets Right—and Wrong

The French economist hailed by Paul Krugman is better than you would expect.

Ira Stoll | 3.31.2014 4:30 PM

Ira Stoll on What a Top Liberal Economist Gets Right—and Wrong

Reason Staff | 3.31.2014 4:30 PM

Russian Military Buildup Questioned, HealthCare.gov Still Malfunctioning, French Leaders Step Down: P.M. Links

Scott Shackford | 3.31.2014 4:30 PM

Politics

Leader of U.K. Independence Party Praises Putin

Matthew Feeney | 3.31.2014 4:25 PM

Economics

State Department Spending $400,000 on a Camel Statue in Pakistan

Zenon Evans | 3.31.2014 3:39 PM

Policy

Massachusetts Tackles an 'Epidemic of Opiate Abuse' by Banning One Version of Hydrocodone

Jacob Sullum | 3.31.2014 3:29 PM

Civil Liberties

Flying Out of NYC, Gun Owners? Not So Fast. The Locals Want To Bust You and Steal Your Firearms.

J.D. Tuccille | 3.31.2014 3:26 PM

Politics

Philly Artist Fights City Hall Over Eminent Domain Abuse

Joshua Swain and Nick Gillespie | 3.31.2014 3:00 PM

Kelly Thomas

Cop in Kelly Thomas Beating Death Wants Immunity from Federal Prosecution

Scott Shackford | 3.31.2014 2:29 PM

Politics

People Protest Police Brutality in New Mexico, Cops Tear Gas Them

Zenon Evans | 3.31.2014 2:15 PM

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

New IPCC Report: Cost of Unchecked Man-Made Climate Change Likely Minimal

Ronald Bailey | 3.31.2014 1:45 PM

Policy

Why Bother With Drug-Sniffing Dogs If a Cop's Nose Can Authorize a Search?

Jacob Sullum | 3.31.2014 1:27 PM

Civil Liberties

Campus Police Fatally Shoot Young Man in Columbus State University Chase

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 3.31.2014 1:10 PM

Politics

GOP Hawks Prepare for War—Against Rand Paul

Wary of the noninterventionist's potential 2016 presidential bid

Matthew Feeney | 3.31.2014 12:15 PM

Policy

Zero Tolerance Hurts Kids and Ruins Schools

We need common sense in our schools, not mindless bureaucratic compliance.

A. Barton Hinkle | 3.31.2014 12:00 PM

A. Barton Hinkle on How Zero Tolerance Hurts Kids and Ruins Schools

Reason Staff | 3.31.2014 12:00 PM

Politics

Will Senate's Anti-Torture Report Be Used to Bolster NSA Snooping Defenses?

Scott Shackford | 3.31.2014 11:10 AM

Economics

Useful New Product Threatens Older Company's Market Share; Judge Issues Sales Ban

The continuing saga of the Typo Keyboard Case.

Jesse Walker | 3.31.2014 11:09 AM

Policy

Obamacare Sees Last Minute Sign-Up Surge, But How Many Enrollees Were Previously Uninsured?

Peter Suderman | 3.31.2014 10:45 AM

Politics

A Pre-Marked Voter Registration Card? It's All in the Overrated Tradition of Democracy.

J.D. Tuccille | 3.31.2014 10:30 AM

War on Drugs

Judge Rejects Drug Court Judge's 1.5 Year Plea Deal, Demands 2 Years Instead

Ed Krayewski | 3.31.2014 10:10 AM

Politics

Liberty Lessons

Reason Staff | 3.31.2014 10:00 AM

Economics

The French Implosion

Tax-and-spend politics has driven Paris to the brink.

Veronique de Rugy | 3.31.2014 10:00 AM

Veronique de Rugy on the French Implosion

Reason Staff | 3.31.2014 10:00 AM

Policy

Study: Soda Tax Support Low Overall; Higher Among Millennials, College Grads, Democrats

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 3.31.2014 9:50 AM

A.M. Links: North Korea and South Korea Fire Shells Across Sea Border, Obamacare Site Pages Undergoing Maintenance, GOP Hawks Preparing Anti-Rand Paul Campaign

Matthew Feeney | 3.31.2014 9:00 AM

Politics

Bush vs. Clinton in 2016, Because America is a Land of Opportunity

Nick Gillespie | 3.31.2014 8:15 AM

Science & Technology

Is Skynet Inevitable?

Artificial intelligence and the possibility of human extinction

Ronald Bailey | 3.31.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

A Child's Guide to Politicians

Zenon Evans | 3.31.2014 7:00 AM

Culture

Uneasy Riders

Matthew Feeney | 3.31.2014 7:00 AM

Culture

Mandela's Long Walk

Ed Krayewski | 3.31.2014 7:00 AM

Culture

Private Parts

Peter Suderman | 3.31.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

A Radical in Washington

Jesse Walker | 3.31.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

20 Years Ago in Reason

Reason Staff | 3.31.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

Brickbats

Charles Oliver | 3.31.2014 7:00 AM

Policy

What Legalization Looks Like

Ed Krayewski | 3.31.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

Quotes

Reason Staff | 3.31.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

Cinnaban

Food police

Scott Shackford | 3.31.2014 7:00 AM

Policy

Pumped Up Prices

Fossil fuels, fooled?

Brian Doherty | 3.31.2014 7:00 AM

Culture

Habitats for Freedom

Seastead engineerings

J.D. Tuccille | 3.31.2014 7:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Northern Comfort

Habitats for Freedom

Scott Shackford | 3.31.2014 7:00 AM

Civil Liberties

3D Gun Ban

Don't print this at home

Zenon Evans | 3.31.2014 7:00 AM

Policy

Kidnapped by Feds

Man sues FBI

J.D. Tuccille | 3.31.2014 7:00 AM