Civil Liberties

Politics

Enyclopedia Brown: The Grown-Up Years

Jesse Walker | 7.17.2012 12:33 PM

Politics

Frederick Douglass, Classical Liberal

A fresh look at the political evolution of a great American

Damon Root | 7.17.2012 12:00 PM

Politics

The Mad Dream of a Libertarian Dictatorship

The long-lived, utterly insane idea of an autocrat imposing freedom

Jesse Walker | 7.17.2012 10:30 AM

Politics

Detroit Police Unions Seriously Wonder Why Their Officers Are Paid So Little

Scott Shackford | 7.16.2012 7:07 PM

Policy

Newark's Mayor Calls the Drug War 'Big Overgrown Government at Its Worst'

Jacob Sullum | 7.16.2012 7:06 PM

Nanny State

Facial Recognition Technology Will Make You Hard To Miss

J.D. Tuccille | 7.16.2012 3:55 PM

Politics

Drone Records Gush from FAA Spigot, But Privacy Issues Not a Priority

Scott Shackford | 7.16.2012 2:43 PM

Politics

Seth Adams Investigation Findings Imminent; Sheriff Says They "Verify Exactly" What He's Thought Since the Beginning Anyway

Ed Krayewski | 7.16.2012 1:23 PM

Politics

America's First Rebel: Roger Williams and the Birth of Liberty

Nick Gillespie and Meredith Bragg | 7.16.2012 1:00 PM

Politics

Florida Police Knock on Wrong Door at 1:30 a.m. Without Identifying Themselves, Then Fatally Shoot Armed Resident

Lucy Steigerwald | 7.16.2012 11:15 AM

Policy

Houston Police Kill Unarmed Man, Allegedly Took Witness' Cellphone When She Tried to Record

Lucy Steigerwald | 7.13.2012 8:00 PM

Politics

FBI: Zimmerman Not Racist, Occupy Riot in L.A., Anybody Serious About the Deficit?: P.M. Links

Scott Shackford | 7.13.2012 4:30 PM

Politics

Gay French Will Be Able to Get Married in the Crumbling Ruins of Their Home Country

Scott Shackford | 7.13.2012 1:13 PM

Politics

"Interrogation Has Been Replaced by Assassination"

Jesse Walker | 7.13.2012 11:12 AM

Policy

Why Not Let Cops Stop People for Unbuckled Seat Belts?

Jacob Sullum | 7.13.2012 3:50 AM

Politics

When Romney Left Bain Questioned, Penn State Hid Sandusky, Hackers Hit Yahoo: P.M. Links

Scott Shackford | 7.12.2012 4:30 PM

Politics

What to Do About Zombies at the Polls?

Scott Shackford | 7.12.2012 1:52 PM

Politics

Remaking Marital Law

Does legalizing gay marriage go far enough?

Roderick Long | 7.12.2012 12:00 PM

Politics

Randy Barnett: Losing ObamaCare While Preserving the Constitution

Damon Root and Jim Epstein | 7.12.2012 9:42 AM

Politics

353-Day Probe Exonerates BART Cop Who Shot Transient 25 Seconds After Showing up at Platform

Ed Krayewski | 7.11.2012 3:17 PM

Nanny State

DEA Quietly Builds Its Network of License Plate Scanners

J.D. Tuccille | 7.11.2012 3:06 PM

Policy

Isn't It a Shame the Less Well-to-Do Can't Afford to Have Their Relatives Kidnapped By the State Over Their Consumption Choices?

Brian Doherty | 7.11.2012 2:44 PM

Civil Liberties

Video Shows San Antonio Cop Beating a Handcuffed Pregnant Woman [UPDATED]

Mike Riggs | 7.11.2012 11:58 AM

Politics

Betraying the Arab Spring (Slum Clearance Edition)

Jesse Walker | 7.11.2012 11:46 AM

Politics

Killing California's Costly Death Penalty

Tracy Oppenheimer | 7.11.2012 11:13 AM

Politics

Drafting Millions, What Wouldn't it Solve? Asks New York Times Op-Ed

Lucy Steigerwald | 7.11.2012 11:05 AM

Politics

Stopping Crime Before It Starts

Predictive policing helps police protect citizens. It could also be used to oppress them.

Ronald Bailey | 7.10.2012 5:00 PM

Politics

Houston Student Detained for 12 Hours After Warning Drivers of Speed Trap

Melanie Kruvelis | 7.10.2012 4:58 PM

Politics

Deadly Hug Shooting Under Review, Obama Also Outsources, Doctors on Lance Armstrong's Team Banned: P.M. Links

Scott Shackford | 7.10.2012 4:30 PM

Civil Liberties

Cop Roughed Up Ex-Nun Visiting Nursing Home, Lawsuit Alleges

Ed Krayewski | 7.10.2012 3:56 PM

Politics

Drone Code of Conduct Says and Accomplishes Nothing

Calvin Thompson | 7.10.2012 3:05 PM

Policy

FTC Will Fine Google $22.5 Million, the Largest Fine in Agency History, According to WSJ Report

Peter Suderman | 7.10.2012 2:05 PM

Policy

Travis Jones Spent Three Months in a St. Louis Jail Due to Mistaken Identity; the Real Culprit Was Behind Bars the Whole Time

Mike Riggs | 7.10.2012 1:08 PM

Politics

The Dark Side of Anti-"Swiss Bank Account" Politics

Democratic Swissophobia is hurting patriotic, middle-class Americans.

Matt Welch | 7.10.2012 9:20 AM

Policy

TSA Agents at Louisville Airport Steal Deaf Man's Candy, Call Him "Fucking Deafie"

Mike Riggs | 7.10.2012 9:10 AM

Politics

Police Ask for More Cell Records, Oregon May Vote to Legalize Pot, "Fast and Furious" Suspects Named: P.M. Links

Scott Shackford | 7.9.2012 4:30 PM

Civil Liberties

Unindividualistic Americans Already Live in a "European-Style Social Democracy"

J.D. Tuccille | 7.9.2012 2:58 PM

Politics

Is Obama's Presidency More Imperial Than Bush's?

Jacob Sullum | 7.9.2012 4:44 AM

Politics

Arab Spring Update: Freedom House's Arch Puddington on How 2012 Will Be Like 1989

Matt Welch and Joshua Swain | 7.7.2012 3:30 PM

Policy

Why Wouldn't a Small-City Police Department Need an Armored Vehicle?

J.D. Tuccille | 7.6.2012 10:59 AM

Politics

Voting with Your Feet (Police Edition)

Jesse Walker | 7.6.2012 10:09 AM

Politics

USA Today: Anonymous Political Speech is Bad Because…It Forced Incumbent Senators to Campaign?

Nick Gillespie | 7.6.2012 9:54 AM

Politics

Obama Scaled Back the War on Drugs, and I Missed It

Jacob Sullum | 7.6.2012 2:05 AM

Politics

Ron Paul: From Ending the Federal Reserve to Ending Government Interference with the Internet

Brian Doherty | 7.5.2012 5:13 PM

Policy

For-Profit Colleges Keep Access to Federal Money

Federal judge axes new Obama administration regulations punishing money-making schools.

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 7.5.2012 4:30 PM

Politics

Police Stand on Volunteer's Neck, Destroy Surveillance Cameras During Dispensary Raid

Melanie Kruvelis | 7.5.2012 2:55 PM

Policy

Watch: New York Man Gets Tasered, Jumped on, Beaten by Pennsylvania State Troopers

Scott Shackford | 7.5.2012 12:36 PM