Crime

Television

David Simon Says

The creator of HBO's The Wire talks about the decline of journalism, the failure of the drug war, and a new kind of TV.

Jesse Walker | 10.1.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

Aiding and Betting

Online gambling crackdown.

Jacob Sullum | 8.1.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

Dr. Feelscared

Drug warriors put the fear of prosecution in physicians who dare to treat pain.

Maia Szalavitz | 8.1.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

John Kerry's Monstrous Record on Civil Liberties

The Man from Beacon Hill's "New War" on the Constitution

John Berlau | 7.26.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

This Is Kerry On Drugs

Starve a peasant, feed a terrorist

David B. Kopel and Michael Krauss | 7.15.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

A Glorious Sunset

On assault weapons and laws that fade away

Brian Doherty | 7.15.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

Criminal Representation

Did Congress quietly make it a crime for lawyers to defend terror suspects?

Jarett Decker | 6.1.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

Strapped

Unbuckling seat belt laws

Ted Balaker | 5.27.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

Abetting Betting

Is talking about online gambling illegal?

Jacob Sullum | 4.9.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

Abuse Revisited

A feminist challenges the conventional wisdom about domestic violence.

Cathy Young | 4.1.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

Cover Charges

The mystery of Martha Stewart's crimes

Jacob Sullum | 2.27.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

Vaginal Discourse for Teens

Feminism's troubling "classic"

Cathy Young | 2.24.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

Teenage Wasteland

Critics on the left and right falsely portray kids as passive victims of mass media.

Carl Horowitz | 2.1.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

Best of '3

Unfinished stories of last year

Cathy Young | 1.6.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

Balance Sheet

Reason Staff | 1.1.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

The Blurry Blue Line

Cops and crooks in cahoots

Jesse Walker | 1.1.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

Kobe's Rights

Rape, justice, and double standards

Cathy Young | 1.1.2004 12:00 AM

Culture

The Matrix Defense

Jesse Walker | 12.6.2003 1:31 AM

Policy

Dangerous Deputies

Car dealers shouldn't be citizen soldiers

John Berlau | 12.5.2003 12:00 AM

Politics

A Bolshie Born Every Minute

Defrauding the left

Jesse Walker | 12.1.2003 12:00 AM

Crime

Piggy's Palace

Jesse Walker | 10.30.2003 11:27 AM

Policy

Partial Shield

Those accused of rape have rights, too

Cathy Young | 10.28.2003 12:00 AM

Politics

Balance Sheet

Jeff Taylor | 10.1.2003 12:00 AM

Policy

That's the Ticket

Summer of summonses

Julian Sanchez | 10.1.2003 12:00 AM

Policy

Editor's Note: Is Schadenfreude a Good Thing?

Nick Gillespie | 10.1.2003 12:00 AM

Politics

Girls Against Boys

We're still playing the gender card

Cathy Young | 9.9.2003 12:00 AM

Movies

Death Kitsch

Old vigilantes never die. OK, so sometimes they do.

Jesse Walker | 9.8.2003 12:00 AM

Politics

Bird Call

When can Congress make a federal case?

Jacob Sullum | 9.5.2003 12:00 AM

Politics

Penned, Trapped

The absurd claim that PATRIOT increases your privacy

Nick Gillespie | 9.4.2003 12:00 AM

Politics

The Burden of Bad Memes

PATRIOTs and Chicken Littles

Julian Sanchez | 9.2.2003 12:00 AM

Policy

Monsters Were Due on Maple Street

What's the lack of blackout-induced crime tell us about America?

Nick Gillespie | 8.15.2003 12:00 AM

Politics

The Point of Departures

Just sentences require judicial discretion.

Jacob Sullum | 8.15.2003 12:00 AM

Policy

Really Creative Destruction

Economist Tyler Cowen argues for the cultural benefits of globalization

Nick Gillespie | 8.1.2003 12:00 AM

Policy

Felonious Bunk

Why ex-cons should be given the vote

Matt Welch | 7.25.2003 12:00 AM

Policy

The Chill Is On

Fighting raves, squelching speech

Jacob Sullum | 7.18.2003 12:00 AM

Politics

Nadine and Me

Why I became a card-carrying member of the ACLU

Ronald Bailey | 6.20.2003 12:00 AM

Politics

Weathermen In Winter

From SDS to AARP: America's vieillards terribles remember.

David Weigel | 6.12.2003 12:00 AM

Politics

Ban Aid

The real point of the "assault weapon" law

Jacob Sullum | 5.9.2003 12:00 AM

Policy

Laci Nation

Don't be ashamed; the Peterson case is good for you!

Tim Cavanaugh | 5.5.2003 12:00 AM

Politics

This Is My Private Life

Santorum's odious comparisons

Cathy Young | 4.29.2003 12:00 AM

Policy

Where are you now, Fidelistas?

Yanqui comsymps see no evil.

Cathy Young | 4.23.2003 12:00 AM

Policy

Double Murder

Abortion rights and the Laci Peterson case

Sara Rimensnyder | 4.21.2003 12:00 AM

Politics

Rights Watch

Freedom in a time of terrorism

Cathy Young | 4.8.2003 12:00 AM

Policy

Editor's Note: Moral Panic Buttons

Nick Gillespie | 4.1.2003 12:00 AM

Policy

Wicked Woman Warning

How old vices come back to haunt us.

Charles Paul Freund | 4.1.2003 12:00 AM

Politics

Hell Hounds

How a musical moral panic destroyed three young men.

Damon Root | 4.1.2003 12:00 AM

Politics

The Art of Self-Defense

Gun control on trial

Sara Rimensnyder | 3.1.2003 12:00 AM

Policy

Sane Enough to Kill?

Court decision shields juries from evidence of psychosis.

Ronald Bailey | 2.11.2003 12:00 AM