Crime

Politics

Crime Fighters vs. the Constitution

Where's the authority for federal laws aimed at hate crimes and sex crimes?

Jacob Sullum | 6.24.2009 7:00 AM

Politics

L.A's "Special Order 40" Passes Muster With State Appellate Court

Brian Doherty | 6.18.2009 3:20 PM

Policy

Heart of E-Gold

Jesse Walker | 6.14.2009 9:33 PM

Policy

Arsonists Against Topless Coffee

Bill Flanigen | 6.4.2009 12:22 PM

Policy

The O'Reilly Factor

Is the Fox News host to blame for the murder of Dr. George Tiller?

Brendan O'Neill | 6.1.2009 6:00 PM

Politics

Reason Morning Links: Nukes, Riots, Pizza, and Other Dangers

Jesse Walker | 5.26.2009 7:35 AM

Policy

Wearing The Ban On Your Sleeve

Jeff Winkler | 5.7.2009 8:00 PM

Policy

Iowa Reconsiders Residence Restrictions for Sex Offenders

Jacob Sullum | 4.29.2009 4:25 PM

Policy

Our Enemy, The Aussie States

Jeff Winkler | 4.29.2009 3:28 PM

Policy

Decriminalizing Drugs—and Burglary, Too

Jesse Walker | 4.28.2009 10:18 AM

Policy

Jimmy Carter Wants to Ban Just the Guns That Kill People

Jacob Sullum | 4.27.2009 5:23 PM

Policy

Reason Morning Links: Private Police, Oriental Orientalism, and the Difference a Soundtrack Makes

Jesse Walker | 4.24.2009 7:15 AM

Policy

Drug Control Begets Gun Control

The violence in Mexico is caused by prohibition, not firearms.

Jacob Sullum | 4.22.2009 7:00 AM

Policy

Unspeakable Legislation

Jesse Walker | 4.9.2009 10:27 AM

Policy

Hilltop View, Inconvenient to Schools (and Parks, Playgrounds, Etc.)

Jacob Sullum | 3.27.2009 3:54 PM

Policy

Late Registration Penalty: 26 Years

Jacob Sullum | 3.23.2009 3:05 PM

Politics

Shocking News For People Who Love Good News

Jeff Winkler | 3.20.2009 3:48 PM

Politics

The Gunman and the Gun Ban

Does Michael McLendon's rampage demonstrate the need to prohibit "assault weapons"?

Jacob Sullum | 3.18.2009 7:00 AM

Policy

Paradise City Lost

Jeff Winkler | 3.16.2009 5:42 PM

Policy

'This Man Needed the Firepower of Assault Weapons'

Jacob Sullum | 3.12.2009 1:02 PM

Policy

A Tale of Two Shooting Sprees

Jacob Sullum | 3.11.2009 11:27 AM

Policy

More Benefits of a Surveillance Society

Jacob Sullum | 3.2.2009 4:34 PM

Politics

You Can Have Your Medical Marijuana If You Give Me Your Gun

Jacob Sullum | 2.26.2009 11:14 AM

Policy

Manufacturing Guilt?

Experts say this exclusive video shows a dental examiner creating the bite marks that put a man on death row.

Radley Balko | 2.19.2009 12:00 PM

Politics

Rumsfeld vs. Blagojevich, Cheney vs. Spitzer

Brian Doherty | 12.17.2008 12:23 PM

Policy

Lori Drew Verdict

Jacob Sullum | 11.26.2008 2:29 PM

Policy

Lori Drew Update

Jacob Sullum | 11.26.2008 11:09 AM

Policy

Thomas O'Brien's MySpace Hoax

A federal prosecutor perverts the law to punish an unpopular woman.

Jacob Sullum | 11.26.2008 7:00 AM

Policy

Is Crime Contagious?

Experiments vindicate the broken windows theory of how disorder spreads

Ronald Bailey | 11.25.2008 3:00 PM

Policy

I Learned It From Shooting Prairie Dogs With You, Dad!

Jacob Sullum | 11.11.2008 4:20 PM

Policy

Streakers, Child Molesters, Whatever

Jacob Sullum | 11.7.2008 11:03 AM

Policy

Who's Scared of Trick-or-Treaters?

Jacob Sullum | 10.30.2008 2:25 PM

Politics

Obama Assassination Plot Foiled

Brian Doherty | 10.27.2008 5:16 PM

Policy

And Who Will Check the Apples for Razors?

Jacob Sullum | 10.23.2008 5:12 PM

Policy

Yay USA: We've Only Got One of the Planet's Five "Murder Capitals"

Brian Doherty | 9.29.2008 6:11 PM

Policy

Maybe Next Time He'll Think Twice Before Recycling

Jacob Sullum | 9.18.2008 2:25 PM

Policy

Still No Good News for the West Memphis Three

Damon Root | 9.15.2008 5:52 PM

Politics

If You Pass This Bill, More Presidents Will Die

Jacob Sullum | 9.12.2008 3:00 PM

Policy

'Political Correctness Has Ruined Country Humor'

Jacob Sullum | 8.28.2008 3:34 PM

Policy

If No One Ran From the Room Crying, He Wouldn't Be Doing His Job

Jacob Sullum | 8.25.2008 3:50 PM

Policy

Use an Aesthetically Pleasing Tactic to Keep Taggers Temporarily at Bay, Go to Jail

Matt Welch | 8.13.2008 9:59 AM

Politics

Suicide Solution?

Matt Welch | 8.1.2008 9:29 AM

Policy

This Polygamist Thing of Ours

Jacob Sullum | 7.25.2008 5:53 PM

Policy

New Orleans D.A. Fights Murder by Sending Pot Smokers to Prison

Jacob Sullum | 7.24.2008 5:59 PM

Politics

Where's the (Criminal) Justice?

An issue conspicuously absent from the presidential campaign

Radley Balko | 7.23.2008 3:00 PM

Policy

Headline of the Morning (Hippie Edition)

Nick Gillespie | 7.17.2008 8:04 AM

Policy

Comply, or We Will Erase your Memory

Mike Riggs | 7.16.2008 5:50 PM

Policy

First, Group Showers—Now, No Cornbread?

Mike Riggs | 7.11.2008 10:27 AM