Censorship

Policy

In Alabama, They Like Their Bastards Fat and Arrogant, but Not Dirty

Jacob Sullum | 4.24.2012 7:21 PM

Policy

Judge Rules That Advocating Jury Nullification Is Not a Crime

Jacob Sullum | 4.20.2012 11:43 AM

Politics

FCC Asks SCOTUS to Reinstate CBS Nip Slip Fine

Jacob Sullum | 4.18.2012 3:59 PM

Policy

How Long Will Nicholas Kristof Continue to Profit From Sex Trafficking?

Jacob Sullum | 4.12.2012 1:31 PM

Politics

The Freakin' FCC

The increasingly incomprehensible ban on broadcast indecency

Jacob Sullum | 3.26.2012 12:00 PM

Policy

Going to Canada? Leave Your Comic Books at Home.

Jacob Sullum | 3.22.2012 6:17 PM

Policy

Was Nicholas Kristof's Story About an Underage Prostitute Peddled on Backpage.com 'Concocted'?

Jacob Sullum | 3.21.2012 7:03 PM

Policy

Ender's Game Isn't Porn, Teacher Who Read the Book Aloud Won't Go to Jail

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 3.21.2012 4:15 PM

Politics

Obama's Daughter Vacations in Mexico, But Let's Not Discuss It. In Fact, Let's Not Even Ever Have Discussed It

Brian Doherty | 3.19.2012 11:37 PM

Policy

6th Circuit Approves Cigarette Warning Labels and Suppression of Risk Information but Rejects Ad Limits

Jacob Sullum | 3.19.2012 6:56 PM

Politics

Five Ways Citizens United Is Making Politics Better

The controversial 2010 Supreme Court ruling is already bringing us more competitive campaigns, funnier ads and greater freedom of speech.

Tim Cavanaugh | 3.17.2012 12:00 PM

Politics

When Is Quoting Van Halen a Crime?

Jacob Sullum | 3.14.2012 3:33 PM

Policy

With 12 Beholders, You Just Need One to Say It Might Be Art

Jacob Sullum | 3.9.2012 12:26 PM

Policy

Porn So Icky That It Can't Be Obscene

Jacob Sullum | 3.5.2012 3:56 PM

Policy

Drug Paraphernalia Raids Make Books Disappear

Jacob Sullum | 2.23.2012 1:53 PM

Politics

Where Do I Go to Get Back My Valor?

Jacob Sullum | 2.22.2012 3:57 PM

Politics

Iranian Web Designer Faces Imminent Death After Judicial Swindle

Julie Ershadi | 2.18.2012 6:57 PM

Civil Liberties

Blasphemous Saudi Tweeter Has Been Deported, Supporters Could Be Punished

Nick Sibilla | 2.13.2012 4:29 PM

Civil Liberties

Saudi Writer Could Be Executed for Blasphemous Tweets

Nick Sibilla | 2.10.2012 10:05 AM

Civil Liberties

"This is a sad case of the South Korean authorities' complete failure to understand sarcasm."

Lucy Steigerwald | 2.9.2012 4:38 PM

Politics

If You're Reading This, You're (Probably) a Terrorist

Nick Sibilla | 2.8.2012 4:45 PM

Politics

Maldives President and Climate Change Activist Resigns Under Pressure

Nick Sibilla | 2.7.2012 2:31 PM

Economics

Simpsons Figurines: Banned in Iran

Julie Ershadi | 2.6.2012 5:18 PM

Politics

New Jersey Legislators Get a Chance to Fix the First Amendment Problems With Their Anti-Bullying Law

Jacob Sullum | 2.2.2012 1:17 PM

Politics

Can Scientific Censorship Stop Bioterrorism?

The best defense against a deadly attack with avian flu is the open scientific enterprise.

Ronald Bailey | 1.31.2012 4:30 PM

Policy

Is Backpage Responsible for Kidnapping and Rape?

Jacob Sullum | 1.26.2012 4:24 PM

Civil Liberties

The Trouble with the Copyright Debate

Does every illegal download represent a lost sale?

Cathy Young | 1.25.2012 6:00 PM

Politics

Iranian Exiles Protest Iran's Internet Crackdown

Julie Ershadi | 1.24.2012 3:50 PM

Policy

The Internet Dodges the SOPA Bullet—For Now

Those who seek control will not give up easily.

Sheldon Richman | 1.20.2012 4:30 PM

Politics

People Are Indeed People, and Their Right to Talk About Politics Is Guaranteed by the First Amendment

Jacob Sullum | 1.19.2012 11:37 AM

Politics

The Vain Crusade to Purify Politics

How misguided efforts to prevent corruption gave us the pretense of "independent" campaign spending.

Jacob Sullum | 1.18.2012 7:00 AM

Politics

Can 'Scarcity' Justify the FCC's TV Censorship?

Jacob Sullum | 1.11.2012 3:33 PM

Policy

Toddler to Say Fuck on Delightful Family Sitcom Next Week; Nuclear Clock Now Even Closer to Midnight

Nick Gillespie | 1.11.2012 10:13 AM

Politics

The FCC's Incomprehensible Ban on Broadcast Indecency

The Supreme Court examines TV censorship.

Jacob Sullum | 1.11.2012 7:00 AM

Politics

SCOTUS Seems Inclined to Overturn the FCC's Indecency Policy, but Not the Decision That Authorized It

Jacob Sullum | 1.10.2012 6:02 PM

Politics

Aerosmith's Steven Tyler: Prude Looks Like a Lady, Wants FCC to Police Indecency on the TV

Nick Gillespie | 1.10.2012 2:38 PM

Politics

Morality in Media Suggests Another Reason to Vote Against Romney, Santorum, and Gingrich

Jacob Sullum | 1.9.2012 4:55 PM

Politics

How Big a Friend of Free Speech Is the Roberts Court?

Jacob Sullum | 1.9.2012 3:31 PM

Policy

FIRE's Firefly Victory

Jacob Sullum | 12.29.2011 4:29 PM

Policy

Pain Patient Advocate Siobhan Reynolds Dies in Plane Crash

Jacob Sullum | 12.26.2011 1:34 PM

Policy

If You Are a Potential Juror, Do Not Read This Post

Jacob Sullum | 12.21.2011 11:11 AM

Civil Liberties

A Different Kind of Playwright-President Is Dead: Welcome to Hell, Kim Jong-Il!

Matt Welch | 12.19.2011 5:12 AM

Politics

Keep on Rockin' in the Free World

How the Velvet Underground and Václav Havel built a blueprint for toppling totalitarians and other censors

Matt Welch and Nick Gillespie | 12.18.2011 2:15 PM

Politics

Not Newt

If you're looking for a profligate authoritarian, Gingrich is your man.

Jacob Sullum | 12.14.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

India Shows That the Road to Serfdom is a Two-Way Street

Shikha Dalmia | 12.12.2011 5:18 AM

Policy

Clinton Condemns Her Own Government's Internet Policy

Jacob Sullum | 12.9.2011 3:12 PM