Family

Politics

Sharon Presley on Libertarian Feminism

Tim Cavanaugh and Paul Detrick | 5.26.2012 1:30 PM

Politics

Why Is Banning Private Anti-Gay Discrimination Less Controversial Than Insisting on Equal Treatment by the Government?

Jacob Sullum | 5.25.2012 1:16 PM

Politics

How Long Can Obama Continue Supporting a Federalist Approach to Gay Marriage?

Jacob Sullum | 5.24.2012 12:45 PM

Policy

Ron Hart on Why the GOP Needs Gay Marriage

Nick Gillespie | 5.17.2012 11:47 AM

Policy

How Changes in Straight Marriage Paved the Way for Legal Gay Marriage

Jesse Walker | 5.17.2012 10:43 AM

Politics

Gay Marriage, Like All Marriage, Not Worth Celebrating

Beware of governments granting the "right" to enter onerous lifelong contracts.

Thaddeus Russell | 5.16.2012 10:30 AM

Politics

Romney's Gay Marriage Challenge

What does he mean by "domestic partnership"?

Jacob Sullum | 5.16.2012 7:00 AM

Politics

States' Rights Aren't the Enemy in Gay Marriage Battle

Scott Shackford | 5.11.2012 2:41 PM

Politics

Is Romney Vulnerable on Gay Marriage?

Jacob Sullum | 5.11.2012 12:40 PM

Politics

Thank the Influence of Money in Politics for President Obama's Gay Marriage "Evolution"

Ed Krayewski | 5.10.2012 7:11 PM

Politics

Gay 'Marriage' vs. 'Civil Unions': What's in a Name?

Jacob Sullum | 5.10.2012 12:43 PM

Politics

The Strength of a Movement Is More Important Than the Warmth of a President's Heart

Jesse Walker | 5.10.2012 9:56 AM

Politics

Obama Endorses Gay Marriage

Jacob Sullum | 5.9.2012 2:57 PM

Politics

Obama's Gay Marriage Equivocation

The marriage whose name the president dare not speak

Jacob Sullum | 5.9.2012 7:00 AM

Politics

North Carolina Votes Today on Gay Marriage Ban

Scott Shackford | 5.8.2012 12:22 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

Culture

Milk Carton Faces Tell Lies, and I Got Proof

Jesse Walker | 4.23.2012 10:43 AM

Policy

DOMA Still Messing With Gay People's Ability to Sponsor Spouses for Green Cards

Lucy Steigerwald | 4.4.2012 6:54 PM

Policy

Why Was William Reddie So Agitated?

Jacob Sullum | 3.30.2012 12:08 PM

Policy

It Might Be Premature to Blame 'Meth Babies' for Imposing 'Tremendous Burdens on Society'

Jacob Sullum | 3.19.2012 5:52 PM

Politics

Why Gay Marriage is Winning

Nick Gillespie and Joshua Swain | 2.22.2012 4:00 PM

Politics

Obama's Big Government Mandates

Why no one should be forced to act against his conscience

Sheldon Richman | 2.16.2012 1:30 PM

Politics

Obama's Misguided Birth Control Mandate

The president has picked the wrong fight.

Cathy Young | 2.13.2012 6:00 PM

Politics

Making State Officials More Accountable in California

Government policy should be driven by what's best for the public, not what's best for public employees.

Steven Greenhut | 2.10.2012 12:00 PM

Policy

Conservatives Against Consumption

Are fossil fuels responsible for moral and social decay?

Ronald Bailey | 1.11.2012 1:30 PM

Politics

Santorum: Homosexual Acts Are a Crime, but Maybe Not Quite As Bad As Molesting Children

Jacob Sullum | 1.9.2012 11:53 AM

Politics

Rick Santorum Is For Freedom, Except When He's Not

Peter Suderman | 1.4.2012 3:17 PM

Politics

Obama Ranks Third in ACLU Grades for Presidential Candidates

Jacob Sullum | 1.2.2012 9:22 PM

Civil Liberties

On Christmas, Escaping the Well-Lit Prison

Give the gift of forgiveness this holiday season.

A. Barton Hinkle | 12.23.2011 12:00 PM

Civil Liberties

A. Barton Hinkle on the True Meaning of Christmas

Reason Staff | 12.23.2011 12:00 PM

Policy

Sexting by Minors Is Much Less Common Than You Think

Jacob Sullum | 12.5.2011 1:56 PM

Policy

Gag Order Silences Parents of Boy Charged With Sexual Assault for Playing Doctor

Jacob Sullum | 11.28.2011 10:50 AM

Policy

Parents Sue D.A. for Charging Their 6-Year-Old Son With a Felony After He Played Doctor With a 5-Year-Old Girl

Jacob Sullum | 11.23.2011 4:38 PM

Politics

Do Catholics Have a First Amendment Right to Ban Gay Marriage?

Jacob Sullum | 11.16.2011 11:46 AM

Economics

Hang Tuff, Kids: Negative Household Worth Can Be a Sign of a Great Future

Nick Gillespie | 11.7.2011 12:24 PM

Policy

Sexual Assault Victim Must Pay Her Attacker Spousal Support

Seth McKelvey | 11.3.2011 6:30 PM

Policy

Parents Heedlessly Let Kids Play With Smart Phones

Jacob Sullum | 10.28.2011 4:45 PM

Politics

Ron Paul on Horny Heterosexuals and Homey Homosexuals

Jacob Sullum | 10.27.2011 5:40 PM

TSA

Brickbats

Charles Oliver | 10.17.2011 3:19 PM

Politics

GOP State Senators Reap the Benefits of Supporting Gay Marriage

Anthony Fisher | 10.13.2011 3:05 PM

Politics

Florida Lawmaker on the Death Penalty: "If it were up to me we would just throw them off the Sunshine Skyway bridge and be done with it"

Mike Riggs | 10.12.2011 12:23 PM

Policy

Who Will Protect Children From Dangerously Exciting Cartoons?

Jacob Sullum | 9.12.2011 3:32 PM

Politics

Biden: Tyranny Is Fiscally Unsustainable, Bad for the Economy

Jacob Sullum | 9.8.2011 1:56 PM

Policy

'Childhood Itself Is Now in Crisis'

Jacob Sullum | 9.1.2011 5:19 PM

Politics

The Gay Marriage Debate

Why the state should stay out

John Stossel | 9.1.2011 4:30 PM

Policy

New York City: Where Smoking Pot Can Cost You $100—and Your Kids

Jacob Sullum | 8.31.2011 5:13 PM