Crime

Culture

Cal Ripken Speaks About Mother's Bizarre Kidnapping

74-year-old woman forced from home at gunpoint, driven around, then returned unharmed.

Reason Staff | 8.3.2012 11:00 PM

Civil Liberties

Seattle Man Steals Back Stolen Bikes

He found his stolen bikes, worth $10,000, on Craig's List a year after reporting them stolen

Reason Staff | 8.3.2012 2:22 PM

Culture

SoCal Professor Accused of Arson, Plotting to Kill at High School

Man's teen son had previously committed suicide, may have been connected to school.

Reason Staff | 7.31.2012 6:53 PM

Policy

Frank Lautenberg Thinks Ammunition Buyers Should Get Out More

Jacob Sullum | 7.31.2012 6:18 PM

Culture

Aurora Shooter Charged with 24 Counts of Murder

Holmes also faces 116 counts of attempted murder.

Reason Staff | 7.30.2012 6:38 PM

Policy

Would a New Law Make Big Magazines Disappear?

Jacob Sullum | 7.30.2012 11:54 AM

Policy

Left and Right Agree: Only Crazy People Oppose Reviving the 'Assault Weapon' Ban

Jacob Sullum | 7.26.2012 5:54 PM

Politics

Obama Still Thinks the Second Amendment Is About Hunting

Jacob Sullum | 7.26.2012 12:42 PM

Policy

The Times on Guns: Still Tendentious, but Improving

Jacob Sullum | 7.25.2012 4:24 PM

Politics

Outrage Is Not an Argument

Politicians should resist demands to do something about guns in response to the Aurora massacre.

Jacob Sullum | 7.25.2012 7:00 AM

Policy

Remnants of Prohibition, and Other Laws That Don't Work As Advertised

Jesse Walker | 7.24.2012 9:43 AM

Policy

Did the Vicodin Make Him Do It?

Jacob Sullum | 7.23.2012 3:09 PM

Politics

More on Batman Shooter: Joker Referenced, Fandom and Cosplayers Blamed

Scott Shackford | 7.20.2012 5:33 PM

Policy

The Map of Florida: Gun Control and Firearm Death Rates

Jacob Sullum | 7.20.2012 2:27 PM

Policy

Brady Campaign's Response to Aurora Murders: Guns Bad

Jacob Sullum | 7.20.2012 11:12 AM

Politics

California's Ballot Initiatives: A Top Ten List Too Boring for Letterman or Buzzfeed

Scott Shackford | 7.18.2012 4:52 PM

Policy

From Bootlegging to Pot Trafficking

The outlaws of Marion County, Kentucky, defy one Prohibition after another.

Mike Riggs | 7.13.2012 4:30 PM

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

Policy

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

Scott Shackford | 7.5.2012 12:36 PM

Politics

Has the "Violent Political Rhetoric" Panic Come to an End?

Jesse Walker | 7.5.2012 11:14 AM

Policy

Is an Unknown Drug or an Unverifiable Mental Disorder a Better Explanation for Face Eating Than a Voodoo Curse?

Jacob Sullum | 7.5.2012 3:14 AM

Policy

The Bath Salt Panic Wall of Shame

Jacob Sullum | 6.28.2012 4:43 AM

Policy

How to Fix Halfway Houses in Jersey: Stop Making More Criminals

Calvin Thompson | 6.22.2012 3:37 PM

Policy

Does George Zimmerman's Story Sound Plausible?

Jacob Sullum | 6.21.2012 12:56 PM

Politics

Rodney King Dead

Scott Shackford | 6.17.2012 12:41 PM

Policy

Not Being a Felon Is Not Enough to Avoid Going to Federal Prison for Being a Felon in Possession of a Gun

Scott Shackford | 6.14.2012 5:58 PM

Politics

HIV Revisionism in Fort Bragg Acquittal

Tim Cavanaugh | 6.12.2012 11:09 AM

Policy

New WFOR Theory: The 'Love Drug' Made Rudy Eugene Gnaw a Man's Face Off

Jacob Sullum | 6.6.2012 6:37 PM

Politics

Politico Covers Wiki's Mild Solyndra Brouhaha, Ignores Wiki's Strange Kimberlin Kibosh

Tim Cavanaugh | 6.1.2012 1:45 PM

Policy

Voodoo Pharmacology Literalized: The Drug That Turns People Into Flesh-Eating Zombies

Jacob Sullum | 5.31.2012 2:42 PM

Politics

'Child Safety Zones' May Be Unfair and Ineffective, but They Feel So Good

Jacob Sullum | 5.30.2012 2:21 PM

Policy

On the Verge of Serving His Jail Sentence, Dharun Ravi Apologizes

Jacob Sullum | 5.30.2012 12:17 PM

Policy

If You Use Drugs, You Might End Up Eating Someone's Face

Jacob Sullum | 5.29.2012 5:43 PM

Politics

Is It Even Possible to Lower Property Assessments "Improperly"?

Tim Cavanaugh | 5.25.2012 2:13 PM

Politics

Scott Walker Turns Up the Heat on Flawed Milwaukee Crime Stats

Wisconsin gubernatorial candidates debate high-profile police controversy.

Ryan Ekvall and M.D. Kittle | 5.25.2012 1:30 PM

Policy

Drug Busts As Make-Work for Superfluous Cops

Jacob Sullum | 5.25.2012 11:46 AM

Politics

Asset Forfeiture: "A Process of Government Enrichment That Often Is Indistinguishable from Robbery"

Damon Root | 5.21.2012 4:51 PM

Policy

Prison Study: Equal Sexual Misconduct from Inmates, Staff

Scott Shackford | 5.17.2012 7:39 PM

Policy

Another Exhibit Against Florida's Self-Defense Law Disintegrates

Jacob Sullum | 5.16.2012 1:05 PM

Policy

Is Every Self-Defense Claim a 'Stand Your Ground' Case Now?

Jacob Sullum | 5.7.2012 12:41 PM

Policy

The Path That Led to the Shooting of Trayvon Martin

Jacob Sullum | 5.2.2012 12:59 PM

Policy

20 Years for Standing Her Ground

A Florida woman faces prison after firing a warning shot to scare off an abusive husband.

Jacob Sullum | 5.2.2012 7:00 AM

Politics

How the L.A. Riots Changed Nothing

Celebrating 20 years of "doing it to the people"

Tim Cavanaugh | 4.29.2012 12:00 PM

Politics

Tim Cavanaugh on the 20th Anniversary of the L.A. Riots

Reason Staff | 4.29.2012 12:00 PM

Policy

Jumping to Conclusions About My Conclusions

Jacob Sullum | 4.26.2012 8:07 PM

Policy

Children Are Unfeeling Sociopaths

Tim Cavanaugh | 4.26.2012 12:47 PM