Civil Liberties
Let the Viewer Decide
Documentarian Frederick Wiseman on free speech, complexity, and the trouble with Michael Moore
Americans: Sheep to the Constitutional Slaughter?
An Interview with Judge Andrew Napolitano
Eminent Domain Gone Wild
Reason.tv host Drew Carey visits National City, California, where the local government is taking eminent domain abuse to new lows.
National City
Drew Carey goes to National City, California where he encounters a uniquely perverse example of eminent domain abuse. Instead of using eminent domain to acquire property to build a school or a hospital, National City wants to replace a boxing club for at-risk kids with luxury condominiums.
Thank Deng Xiaoping for Little Girls
The tyrannical roots of China's international adoption program
The Costs of Doing Business
A World Bank report ranks the world's most business-friendly countries
John Edwards vs. the Lobbyists
A presidential candidate promises to clean up Washington--by trashing the First Amendment
Medical Marijuana
When it comes to medical marijuana, voters in 12 states agree with Drew Carey that "People who need it should be able to get it--safely and easily." The feds, however, disagree. More than 10 years after California legalized medical marijuana, the DEA routinely raids medical marijuana dispensaries, depriving people of medicine that can help treat the effects of cancer, AIDS and other serious illnesses.
We Don't Need Another Hero
Former Bush speechwriter Michael J. Gerson's new book unintentionally reveals why Dubya is in the dog house with voters.
