Culture

Nanny State

Give a Panhandler a Buck, Get Ticketed by San Antonio Cops

J.D. Tuccille | 9.3.2014 3:26 PM

Politics

Grover Norquist on Burning Man: 'This is the way the world should be'

Matt Welch | 9.3.2014 1:03 PM

Culture

Michelle Obama Does Funny or Die, Because Junk Food is Killing Us All

And it's not funny. At all.

Robby Soave | 9.3.2014 12:18 PM

Sports

Michael Sam Update: Off to Texas

Scott Shackford | 9.3.2014 10:20 AM

Politics

Won't Somebody Please Think of the Children?!

Focus on your own kids and stop criminalizing parenthood

Tyler Koteskey | 9.3.2014 9:00 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: The Latest ISIL Beheading, Grover Norquist Tells All About Burning Man, Report from the Russo-Ukrainian Mini-war, Leaked Nudes, Revolving Cantor, NSA, Minimum Wage, Plus After-show!

Matt Welch | 9.2.2014 8:04 PM

Politics

No, a Democratic Candidate Didn't Wish Ebola on the NRA

Zenon Evans | 9.2.2014 5:10 PM

ISIS

Video Appears to Show Second American Journalist's Execution by Islamic State (Updated)

Video of Steven Sotloff appears online

Reason Staff | 9.2.2014 4:36 PM

Biotechnology

The New Yorker Rebuts Bioluddite Disinformationist Vandana Shiva

Ronald Bailey | 9.2.2014 4:06 PM

Entrepreneurship

Guy Who Tried to Shut Down Kid's Lemonade Stand Gets a Taste of His Own Medicine. And That Totally Sucks.

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 9.2.2014 12:50 PM

Politics

"The Hunger Games, The Giver and Divergent all depict rebellions against the state, and promote a tacit right-wing libertarianism"

Nick Gillespie | 9.2.2014 12:44 PM

Politics

That Time the President, the FBI, and a Moonlighting Supreme Court Justice Tried to Dig Up Dirt on a Movie Star

When LBJ ordered an investigation of George Hamilton.

Jesse Walker | 9.2.2014 11:35 AM

Civil Liberties

What Policing Should Look Like

How can we build an ethical police force based upon the concept of Constitutional policing by consent?

Stephen Downing | 9.2.2014 8:30 AM

Politics

If Democrats Seek to "Rally Blacks" Against Police Militarization, They Might Start with the Congressional Black Caucus

Nick Gillespie | 9.1.2014 1:54 PM

Sports

Looks Like Michael Sam Might Not Be First Out NFL Player

Scott Shackford | 9.1.2014 11:35 AM

Culture

Gay Marriage and the Limits of Tradition

We treasure the customs and practices passed down from our ancestors. And we change them anytime we want.

Steve Chapman | 9.1.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

Video: P.J. O'Rourke on Millennials vs. Baby Boomers

Nick Gillespie and Zach Weissmueller | 8.31.2014 9:00 AM

Politics

Hillary Clinton's Millennial Problem (and the Democrats')

Nick Gillespie | 8.30.2014 10:51 AM

Policy

Portuguese Food Co-op Fights Back Against EU-Mandated Waste

Baylen Linnekin speaks with Maria Canelhas from Fruta Feia, which has saved literally tons of great food from the garbage.

Baylen Linnekin | 8.30.2014 8:00 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: The War on War

Matt Welch | 8.29.2014 7:49 PM

Policy

GWU Prez Should Not Apologize for Remark About Drunk Girls and Rape

That doesn't make him entirely right, though.

Robby Soave | 8.29.2014 5:05 PM

History

The Year Armond White's Historical Perspective Broke

A film critic offers a strange take on recent American history.

Jesse Walker | 8.29.2014 3:25 PM

Science

"Libertarian ideology is the natural enemy of science," says The Guardian: Absolute Codswallop.

Ronald Bailey | 8.29.2014 3:02 PM

Politics

Burger King's Tax Evasion, Uber's Dirty Tricks, Knee Defender Hijinks: Nick Gillespie on HuffPost Live

Nick Gillespie | 8.29.2014 2:41 PM

Civil Liberties

Back to School Surveillance: "If you're not where you want to be at the expected time, campus police will show up."

Zenon Evans | 8.29.2014 12:05 PM

California

Calif. Plastic Bag Ban Survives After All (As Do Other Bad Bills)

Scott Shackford | 8.29.2014 10:15 AM

Culture

Friday A/V Club: The Nazi Summer Camps of New York

Those aren't Boy Scouts.

Jesse Walker | 8.29.2014 9:20 AM

Culture

The November Man and Life of Crime

Pierce Brosnan gets back in the spy game, Jennifer Aniston takes on Elmore Leonard.

Kurt Loder | 8.29.2014 9:00 AM

Policy

Federal Appeals Court Endorses a Heckler's Veto of Provocative Preaching

Jacob Sullum | 8.28.2014 8:10 PM

Policy

Feds' Plot to Stop Small-Town Cookies Backfires Into International Demand

Zenon Evans | 8.28.2014 3:05 PM

School Choice

N.H. Private School Scholarship Program Saved by a Technicality (But an Important One)

Scott Shackford | 8.28.2014 1:20 PM

Politics

Fox's Kim Guilfoyle Wants Putin-esque War Leader, Not Civil Liberties

Zenon Evans | 8.28.2014 11:40 AM

Sports

Meet the Lawyer Out to Destroy the College Sports 'Cartel'

Robby Soave | 8.28.2014 11:22 AM

SWAT

Militarization of Police Helps Feed SWAT Call Pranks

Scott Shackford | 8.28.2014 11:07 AM

Policy

Judge Rules for Polygamists in Sister Wives Case

And he was right to do so.

Jesse Walker | 8.28.2014 10:13 AM

SWAT

Video Catches SWAT Raid on Gamer's Home

"Active shooter" in Littleton

Reason Staff | 8.28.2014 10:00 AM

Politics

It's Just Like 2008 All Over Again: *Hillary Can't Lose!* or, the Dems' Millennial Problem

Nick Gillespie | 8.28.2014 9:32 AM

Policy

Federal Appeals Court Overturns Hate Crime Convictions of Amish Beard Cutters

Jacob Sullum | 8.27.2014 7:22 PM

Politics

Elizabeth Nolan Brown Discusses Millennials on Fox Business

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 8.27.2014 2:00 PM

Politics

The Sanest Commentator on Ferguson: How About a Rapper Named Killer Mike?

Matt Welch | 8.27.2014 12:17 PM

Policy

Mark Bittman, Who Happily Drinks More Alcohol Than the CDC Says He Should, Thinks Any Amount of Soda Is Too Much

Jacob Sullum | 8.27.2014 12:16 PM

Politics

Gary Johnson Talks Rand Paul, Presidency, Prisons, and More on Reddit

Zenon Evans | 8.27.2014 12:01 PM

Video Games

Amazon's Purchase of Twitch Prompts Culture to Briefly Acknowledge Video Games Are Big Deal

Scott Shackford | 8.27.2014 11:50 AM

Policy

The Case Against Active Shooter Drills

A criminologist criticizes a popular school security measure.

Jesse Walker | 8.27.2014 10:40 AM

Politics

Watch: P.J. O'Rourke on Millennials vs. Boomers

Nick Gillespie and Zach Weissmueller | 8.27.2014 10:40 AM

Politics

College is an Irony-Free Zone: "So you want to date a T.A." Edition

Nick Gillespie | 8.27.2014 9:53 AM