Law & Government

Politics

What Was Scalia Thinking?

Inside the tortured mind of a conservative Supreme Court justice

Mark Moller | 6.14.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

No Clause for Celebration

Flush that commerce, it's the feds!

Jacob Sullum | 6.10.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

Lying: The Government's Drug

How Raich helps us delude ourselves

Matt Welch | 6.8.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

The Long, Gory Life of EC Comics

Why the Crypt-Keeper never dies.

Franklin Harris | 6.1.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

In Defense of Steroids

Jose Canseco's surprisingly sensible case for juice.

Aaron Steinberg | 6.1.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

Legalize Now!

War-weary Colombia--and its Conservative Party--consider ending the drug war.

Toby Muse | 6.1.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

Sea of Litigation

Sailing away from the ADA?

Brian Doherty | 6.1.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

Band of Brothers and Sisters

Should women fight wars?

Cathy Young | 5.31.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

Moderation in Defense of Liberty

Democracy everywhere? What a nutty idea!

Jonathan Rauch | 5.25.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

Time to Stop Humping and Start Fighting

Separating men and women in war and peace

Kerry Howley | 5.24.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

Owners Get the Skinny on Steroids

Does Congress know something about sports fans and leagues we don't?

Jeff Taylor | 5.23.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

ID Card Trick

Can we count on the DMV to foil terrorists?

Jacob Sullum | 5.13.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

Couture Revolution

How cheap Chinese textiles could transform high fashion

Kerry Howley | 5.9.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

McCain-Feingold at Rest

Here's a new campaign finance reform plan: Just stop

Jonathan Rauch | 5.9.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

Obstacle Course

Filibusters are not sacrosanct, but they're useful

Jacob Sullum | 5.6.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

Assad's Forgotten Man

A Reason interview with Syrian intellectual Yassin al-Haj Saleh

Michael Young | 5.5.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

Social Security's Progressive Paradox

Retirement "insurance" as a Rube Goldberg machine

Julian Sanchez | 5.2.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

Rant: Straight-Talkin' Prudes

The silver linings in the Senate Republicans' censorious agenda.

Nick Gillespie | 5.1.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

Advertising Dissent

Drug warriors back down.

Jacob Sullum | 5.1.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

The President's Philosopher

The holes in Natan Sharansky's democratic manifesto.

Cathy Young | 5.1.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

Ephedra Buzz

The subversive potential of dietary supplements

Jacob Sullum | 4.29.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

Nuclear Brinksmanship

Republicans should stand down from the filibuster crisis, and stand up for their principles

Gene Healy | 4.27.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

Tea Break

Should drug laws make exceptions for spiritual highs?

Jacob Sullum | 4.22.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

In Defense of "Judicial Tyranny"

The religious right's court-unpacking scheme

Julian Sanchez | 4.20.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

Law Trumps Life

How the Right went wrong in the Schiavo case

Jonathan Rauch | 4.14.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

Safety in Dullness

Relax--your records are too boring to interest the FBI.

Jacob Sullum | 4.8.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

Big-Government Gridlock

If law is a highway, Congress will ride it way too long

Gabriel Roth | 4.7.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

Hearing No Evil

Rosy visions of the PATRIOT Act

Julian Sanchez | 4.6.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

The Exotic Species War

Scientifically mandated or culture clash?

Ronald Bailey | 4.6.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

The Pentagon's Secret Stash

Why we'll never see the second round of Abu Ghraib photos.

Matt Welch | 4.1.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

The Death of Social Security

Debating Bush's plan for private retirement accounts.

James Glassman and Tyler Cowen | 4.1.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

Hurray for Frankenstein!

British parliamentarians welcome the biotech future

Ronald Bailey | 3.30.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

Why Is Tommy Thompson Sad?

The erstwhile secretary's secret sorrow

Michael F. Cannon | 3.29.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

Politically Appealing: Congress gives aggrieved plaintiffs a new last resort

Jacob Sullum | 3.25.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

Animal, Vegetable, Mineral

How Dred Scott came back to rescue Terri Schiavo

Tim Cavanaugh | 3.21.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

A Long View of Short Careers

The case for voluntary term limits

Patrick Basham | 3.15.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

Jock Sniffing

Congress has no business examining baseball's urine

Matt Welch | 3.14.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

D.C. Schoolmarms Build Better Mousetrap

P2P paranoia leads Disney into the culture warriors' den

Radley Balko | 3.11.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

Bloggers Beware

Threats to the status quo are always ripe for "reform"

John Samples | 3.8.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

Pork U.

Higher ed's scramble for federal cash

Neal McCluskey | 3.1.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

Who Killed Captain Video?

How the FCC strangled a TV pioneer

Glenn Garvin | 3.1.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

The Born-Again Individualist

Fox News Channel's Judge Andrew Napolitano on lying cops, out-of-control government, and his bestselling new book, Constitutional Chaos.

Nick Gillespie | 3.1.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

Winner for Best Gaseous Emissions

Hybrids aren't the only cars that deserve an Oscar category

Ted Balaker | 2.25.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

$250 Billion and Counting

Time to come clean about the cost of Iraqi Freedom

Charles Peña | 2.16.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

The Beast is Back

"Real I.D." for an all too real world

Brian Doherty | 2.16.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

The Klan's Favorite Law

Gun control in the postwar South

David B. Kopel | 2.15.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

My Privatized Valentine

A martyr for state-free marriage

John Coleman | 2.14.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

Revive Gramm-Rudmann

Complete print edition now available in digital version on NewsStand.com

Jonathan Rauch | 2.13.2005 12:00 AM