Civil Liberties

Nanny State

Digital Spelunking

Data mining failure

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 1.1.2009 10:00 AM

Civil Liberties

The Paramour Clause

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 12.31.2008 12:42 PM

Politics

It Takes a Fine Public Servant to Bake a Tasty Apple Pie

Jacob Sullum | 12.30.2008 5:38 PM

Civil Liberties

Child Brides and Mass Kidnapping

Jacob Sullum | 12.29.2008 1:57 PM

Civil Liberties

Slipped a Mickey

One man's light pollution is another man's historic landmark.

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 12.29.2008 12:00 PM

Politics

Out of Sight, Out of Mind

Why the president should come face to face with public criticism

Steve Chapman | 12.25.2008 7:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Merry Christmas, Kwanzaa is Over

The disappearance of a strange holiday

Michael Moynihan | 12.24.2008 3:00 PM

Civil Liberties

Dymond Milburn Update

Radley Balko | 12.23.2008 2:38 PM

Civil Liberties

Puppycide

Radley Balko | 12.23.2008 11:38 AM

Civil Liberties

Do Not Insult, Accost, Molest, or Otherwise Annoy the Politicians

Jacob Sullum | 12.22.2008 4:55 PM

Civil Liberties

"The gay movement should always, always be about expanding freedom for everyone, even bigots"

Matt Welch | 12.22.2008 7:29 AM

Policy

Ride Free, Free Like the Wind!

Brian Doherty | 12.19.2008 4:30 PM

Politics

Outside Agitators Now Welcome in Oklahoma

Jacob Sullum | 12.19.2008 3:33 PM

Politics

Rick Warren, Gay Heartbreaker

What to do when your political party is just not that into you

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 12.19.2008 3:00 PM

Policy

Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Departs With an Anti-Death Penalty Flourish

Radley Balko | 12.18.2008 1:21 PM

Civil Liberties

Names Can Never Hurt You

Jacob Sullum | 12.17.2008 7:15 PM

Politics

Get in On The Ground Floor of the Next D.C. Gun Lawsuit

Brian Doherty | 12.17.2008 1:41 PM

Politics

Well, He Had Ignored the Unspoken Warning

Jacob Sullum | 12.17.2008 1:35 PM

Politics

Is Selling People Porn Worse Than Robbing Them?

Jacob Sullum | 12.15.2008 1:56 PM

Politics

Second Amendment Book Bomb Day

Nick Gillespie | 12.15.2008 1:25 PM

Civil Liberties

Ain't That a Shame

Radley Balko | 12.15.2008 10:20 AM

Politics

Arming India Against Terrorism

Relaxing gun control laws would be a good start

Shikha Dalmia | 12.12.2008 9:30 AM

Politics

Free Speech, Limousine Liberal-Style: A Comedy in Six Acts

Matt Welch | 12.11.2008 5:40 PM

Policy

SPAMitsnot

Radley Balko | 12.11.2008 1:32 PM

Politics

But if You Go Carrying Pictures of Chairman Mao

Matt Welch | 12.11.2008 12:08 PM

Civil Liberties

Killer Chic: Hollywood's Sick Love Affair with Che Guevara

Nick Gillespie | 12.11.2008 7:00 AM

Politics

A Right To Carry Guns in Public?

Brian Doherty | 12.10.2008 9:56 PM

Civil Liberties

SLAPP Silly

Jacob Sullum | 12.10.2008 5:51 PM

Politics

Defending Heller from "Faux Conservatism"

Damon Root | 12.10.2008 3:15 PM

Policy

Lawless Justice

The fatal flaw at the center of the Blackwater indictment

Jacob Sullum | 12.10.2008 7:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Spare the Rod, Spoil Society

Does punishing free riders increase long-run cooperation?

Ronald Bailey | 12.9.2008 4:30 PM

Civil Liberties

"We call for a presumption that mentally competent adults should be able to engage in cognitive enhancement using drugs."

Ronald Bailey | 12.9.2008 1:24 PM

Politics

"Obama: Don't stock up on guns"

Nick Gillespie | 12.8.2008 6:01 PM

Policy

From Saturday Night Special to Early Bird Special

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 12.8.2008 4:09 PM

Civil Liberties

One Way That Institutionalized Racism Finally Died, Division I Football Edition

Nick Gillespie | 12.8.2008 9:00 AM

Policy

Mandatory Minimums, Maximum Stupidity

The criminal penalty NFL star Plaxico Burress faces is inflexible and unfair

Jonathan Blanks | 12.5.2008 3:00 PM

Politics

The Trouble With Thomas Jefferson

The eloquent Founder's original sin

Damon Root | 12.4.2008 12:00 PM

Policy

Free Plaxico

Radley Balko | 12.4.2008 11:57 AM

Politics

When Paternalists Fall in Love With Greedy Lawyers

Jacob Sullum | 12.3.2008 5:57 PM

Civil Liberties

Prop. 8: The Musical

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 12.3.2008 4:40 PM

Politics

D.C.'s Evolving Gun Laws

Brian Doherty | 12.3.2008 12:55 PM

Civil Liberties

Gay Marriage: The Victory After the Defeat

Brian Doherty | 12.3.2008 11:57 AM

Civil Liberties

Gay by Force

Legal equality does not mean requiring universal acceptance of homosexuality.

Jacob Sullum | 12.3.2008 7:00 AM

Nanny State

Happy Security!

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 12.2.2008 6:01 PM

Politics

A Lesson From Mumbai on The Occasional Futility of Common Terror Countermeasures

Brian Doherty | 12.1.2008 7:30 PM

Civil Liberties

The Case for Gay Adoption

Why real family values means putting children first

Steve Chapman | 12.1.2008 7:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Are Inhumane Police Tactics Preferable to Murder?

Mike Riggs | 11.28.2008 2:27 PM