Civil Liberties

Civil Liberties

Culture Warriors Resort to Propaganda

Since the first casualty in war is the truth, it is no surprise to see a great deal of deceit in the culture clash over abortion and contraception.

A. Barton Hinkle | 2.17.2012 12:00 PM

Nanny State

Target Knows Your Daughter Is Knocked Up: More Upsides to Zero Privacy

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 2.17.2012 10:46 AM

Politics

Chuck Norris and R. Lee Ermey Team Up with the NRA

Nick Sibilla | 2.16.2012 2:44 PM

Politics

Obama's Big Government Mandates

Why no one should be forced to act against his conscience

Sheldon Richman | 2.16.2012 1:30 PM

Politics

Afghan Detainees Are in a Lose, Lose, Lose Situation

Julie Ershadi | 2.16.2012 12:20 PM

Politics

George Will on the Unconstitutionality of Rent Control

Damon Root | 2.16.2012 10:04 AM

Politics

Minnesota Lawmakers: Kill Regulations, Create Jobs

Nick Sibilla | 2.15.2012 5:09 PM

Politics

How Super PACs Are Good for Democracy and Transparency

Jacob Sullum | 2.15.2012 3:45 PM

Policy

The Missing Parts of the Drug Czar's Whitney Houston "teachable moment"

Brian Doherty | 2.15.2012 2:09 PM

Politics

LAUSD Principal Focuses On Real Miramonte Criminals: The Children

Tim Cavanaugh | 2.14.2012 8:35 PM

Politics

NYPD Stop-and-Frisk Encounters Have Septupled Since Bloomberg Took Office

Jacob Sullum | 2.14.2012 4:23 PM

Politics

Trial Begins for the Hutaree Militia

Brian Doherty | 2.14.2012 2:45 PM

Politics

Will Gay Marriage Become the Next Roe v. Wade?

Damon Root | 2.14.2012 11:09 AM

Policy

An Orange Country Deputy Shot an Unarmed Marine in Front of His Children Last Week

Lucy Steigerwald | 2.13.2012 6:35 PM

Politics

Obama's Misguided Birth Control Mandate

The president has picked the wrong fight.

Cathy Young | 2.13.2012 6:00 PM

Civil Liberties

Blasphemous Saudi Tweeter Has Been Deported, Supporters Could Be Punished

Nick Sibilla | 2.13.2012 4:29 PM

Politics

Montana Supreme Court Ignores Citizens United. Will the U.S. Supreme Court Set It Straight?

Damon Root | 2.10.2012 3:14 PM

Politics

Chef Geoff Tracy vs DC Speed Cameras

Rob Raffety | 2.10.2012 3:00 PM

Politics

Making State Officials More Accountable in California

Government policy should be driven by what's best for the public, not what's best for public employees.

Steven Greenhut | 2.10.2012 12:00 PM

Policy

A. Barton Hinkle on the State College Ripoff

Reason Staff | 2.10.2012 10:30 AM

Civil Liberties

Saudi Writer Could Be Executed for Blasphemous Tweets

Nick Sibilla | 2.10.2012 10:05 AM

Politics

The Second Amendment Cases the Supreme Court Doesn't Want to Hear

Brian Doherty | 2.9.2012 8:18 PM

Nanny State

More Upsides to Zero Privacy: GPS Tracking for Cheaper Insurance

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 2.9.2012 4:48 PM

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

Guantánamo Bay is Popular and Going Green

Nick Sibilla | 2.9.2012 1:20 PM

Politics

Obama Leads All Candidates With Ooodles of Campaign Money; Pledges to Let Rich Friends Raise Even More

Nick Gillespie | 2.9.2012 9:35 AM

Politics

Dan Abrams on 'the Media's Shameful, Inexcusable Distortion' of Citizens United

Jacob Sullum | 2.8.2012 5:02 PM

Politics

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

Nick Sibilla | 2.8.2012 4:45 PM

Politics

Another Example of How New York Cops Make Their Own Law

Jacob Sullum | 2.8.2012 1:01 PM

Politics

Justice Anthony Kennedy and the Future of Gay Marriage

Damon Root | 2.8.2012 11:32 AM

Policy

New York's Illegal Pot Crackdown

The NYPD continues to make bogus marijuana busts.

Jacob Sullum | 2.8.2012 7:00 AM

Policy

"Tim Tebow Law" Would Let Homeschooled Virginia Kids Play Public School Sports, Already Lets Columnists Complain About Too Much Choice

Lucy Steigerwald | 2.7.2012 6:47 PM

Civil Liberties

Orwellian Irony in the Extreme Double-Plus-Good Update: It's a fake!

Nick Gillespie | 2.7.2012 5:15 PM

Politics

Ninth Circuit Won't Say If "Same-Sex Couples May Ever Be Denied the Right to Marry"

Damon Root | 2.7.2012 3:08 PM

Politics

Maldives President and Climate Change Activist Resigns Under Pressure

Nick Sibilla | 2.7.2012 2:31 PM

Civil Liberties

Court Declares California's Gay Marriage Ban Illegal

Peter Suderman | 2.7.2012 1:19 PM

Policy

Joseph Gordon-Levitt Teams With ACLU to Promote Your Right to Photograph Cops

Mike Riggs | 2.7.2012 12:53 PM

Policy

Surveillance Video Shows the NYPD Kicking Down Ramarley Graham's Door Right Before They Killed Him

Lucy Steigerwald | 2.6.2012 7:24 PM

Economics

Simpsons Figurines: Banned in Iran

Julie Ershadi | 2.6.2012 5:18 PM

Politics

How Michael Bloomberg's Gun Control Campaign Could Hurt Obama's Reelection

Damon Root | 2.6.2012 5:15 PM

Politics

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

Joshua Swain | 2.6.2012 3:00 PM

Civil Liberties

Crooked New Orleans Cops Under Investigation for Theft and Extortion

Mike Riggs | 2.6.2012 1:15 PM

Politics

Detroit's Turn to Vigilantisim, Otherwise Called Private Justice

Shikha Dalmia | 2.6.2012 12:25 PM

Politics

The Well-Deserved Death of California's Redevelopment Scam

A big win for property rights in the Golden State.

Steven Greenhut | 2.6.2012 12:00 PM

Politics

Ron Paul's Pahrump Security Volunteers

Garrett Quinn | 2.3.2012 8:57 PM

Politics

Leak Complaints End Federal Witch Hunt Against Lance Armstrong

Tim Cavanaugh | 2.3.2012 6:52 PM