Health Archives - Page 208 of 212

Jury Ragging

Medical pot in federal courts

Jacob Sullum | 7.1.2003 12:00 AM

The Anti-Pleasure Principle

The "food police" and the pseudoscience of self-denial

Jacob Sullum | 7.1.2003 12:00 AM

Thinning the Herd

Is your weight the government's business?

Jacob Sullum | 6.13.2003 12:00 AM

Time For Tubby Bye Bye?

Fat as a public health issue

Ronald Bailey | 6.11.2003 12:00 AM

Senioritis

Drug price controls just a few years away

Ronald Bailey | 6.11.2003 12:00 AM

Quacks and Flacks

The pitfalls of seeking a scientific foundation for alternative medicine.

Chris Mooney | 6.1.2003 12:00 AM

This Is Maine On Drugs

If you loved rent control, you'll die for drug price controls

Ronald Bailey | 5.21.2003 12:00 AM

Weak Link

New grounds for skepticism about secondhand smoke claims

Jacob Sullum | 5.16.2003 12:00 AM

SARS Wars

How science and technology protect us from government failures

Ronald Bailey | 4.30.2003 12:00 AM

SARS: Panic or plague?

Misinformation spreads even faster than the virus itself.

Declan McCullagh | 4.17.2003 12:00 AM

Heartstopping Discovery

Do smoking bans cut heart attacks in half?

Jacob Sullum | 4.4.2003 12:00 AM

Good for the Heart

Benefits of drinking

Jacob Sullum | 4.1.2003 12:00 AM

The Killer Fog

When green politics masquerades as environmental science.

Todd Seavey | 4.1.2003 12:00 AM

Disease, Public Health, and Liberty

Global diseases as a tragedy of the commons

Ronald Bailey | 3.19.2003 12:00 AM

The Dose Makes the Cure

Toxicologist Edward Calabrese finds that what does not kill you can make you stronger.

Brian Doherty | 3.12.2003 12:00 AM

Gary Taubes tries to overwhelm the reader with sheer verbiage

Reason Staff | 3.1.2003 12:00 AM

An exercise in vitriol rather than sound journalism

Gary Taubes | 3.1.2003 12:00 AM

Kosher Cops

Should the government enforce dietary laws?

Jacob Sullum | 2.28.2003 12:00 AM

CASA de TonterÃ?Âa

Neoprohibitionists try to vindicate a bogus number.

Jacob Sullum | 2.26.2003 12:00 AM

Jury Rigging

Ed Rosenthal never had a chance.

Jacob Sullum | 2.7.2003 12:00 AM

Pinch Hit

Oral snuff as an alternative to cigarettes

Jacob Sullum | 2.5.2003 12:00 AM

Pox Americana

Stop Whining, America, and Get Serious about Smallpox

Jonathan Rauch | 2.3.2003 12:00 AM

If the Fat Suit Fits…

For the litigious, fat acceptance and the war on obesity both have something to offer.

Jacob Sullum | 1.13.2003 12:00 AM

Head Games

What are the rules for defining mental illness?

Jacob Sullum | 1.1.2003 12:00 AM

Tempest in a Coffeepot

Starbucks invades the world.

Jackson Kuhl | 1.1.2003 12:00 AM

Reader Mail, 12/23

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Reason Staff | 12.23.2002 12:00 AM

The Booze Tube

Must teenagers be shielded from beer commercials?

Jacob Sullum | 12.20.2002 12:00 AM

Hazy Reasoning

Are smoky bars and restaurants intolerable?

Jacob Sullum | 12.13.2002 12:00 AM

Reader Mail, 11/21

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Reason Staff | 12.11.2002 12:00 AM

On Steroids?

The Times bulks up its anti-supplement coverage.

Ronald Bailey | 12.6.2002 12:00 AM

Hold the Lard!

The Atkins Diet still doesn't work.

Michael Fumento | 12.5.2002 12:00 AM

Balance Sheet

Jeff Taylor | 12.1.2002 12:00 AM

Big Fat Idiots

Fast food lawsuits

Jacob Sullum | 12.1.2002 12:00 AM

Special Education Confidential

How schools use the "learning disability" label to cover up their failures.

Lisa Snell | 12.1.2002 12:00 AM

Letters

Reason Staff | 12.1.2002 12:00 AM

Snuffing Out Freedom

Ballot initiatives as instruments of tyranny

Jacob Sullum | 11.6.2002 12:00 AM

Machine Gun Delivery

Government gets in on dope dealing.

Tim Cavanaugh | 11.4.2002 12:00 AM

Taking the Initiative

Will the feds let states try new drug policies?

Jacob Sullum | 11.1.2002 12:00 AM

Patent Absurdity

Ending a drug company scam

Ronald Bailey | 10.23.2002 12:00 AM

Competition for Marijuana

Jacob Sullum | 10.21.2002 12:00 AM

More Abuses of Federal Power

Washington protects Americans from themselves.

Cathy Young | 10.15.2002 12:00 AM

Regrets: Too Many to Mention

A Mike Bloomberg voter looks back in sorrow.

James Morrow | 10.11.2002 12:00 AM

Ideas Change the World—and One Think Tank Quietly Did

Jonathan Rauch | 10.7.2002 12:00 AM

Is Violence a Disease?

Ronald Bailey | 10.3.2002 12:00 AM

Biology vs. the Blank Slate

Evolutionary psychologist Steven Pinker deconstructs the great myths about how the mind works.

Nick Gillespie and Ronald Bailey | 10.1.2002 12:00 AM

Balance Sheet

Jeff Taylor | 8.1.2002 12:00 AM

Confidence Game

Antidepressants may be placebos, but that doesn't mean they don't work.

Jacob Sullum | 7.19.2002 12:00 AM

Taxed Happy

Two economists provide legislators with another reason to boost taxes.

Mike Lynch | 7.1.2002 12:00 AM

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