Law & Government

Politics

Citizen Snoops Forever

The intelligence reform bill will turn car dealers into spooks, permanently

John Berlau | 12.6.2004 12:00 AM

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Beyond the Barbed Wire

Bush won a mandate for immigration reform

Daniel Griswold | 12.3.2004 12:00 AM

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The First Free State Project

The brief, tumultuous history of Franklin.

Jackson Kuhl | 12.1.2004 12:00 AM

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Local Time

Will the Supreme Court save federalism from the conservatives?

Jacob Sullum | 11.26.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

De Omnibus Disputandum

Who was the last person to know all the ingredients in the pork?

Julian Sanchez | 11.23.2004 12:00 AM

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America Unbound…or Insolvent?

Bush knows that Anti-Americanism is costly; he just doesn't care

Matt Welch | 11.15.2004 12:00 AM

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Bush Unbound

Republicans (probably) get an actual mandate

Matt Welch | 11.3.2004 12:00 AM

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George W. Bush, Man of Science

What will science policy look like over the next four years?

Ronald Bailey | 11.3.2004 12:00 AM

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A Functional Party No More

Whither the Democrats?

Tim Cavanaugh | 11.3.2004 12:00 AM

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Mandatory Health Insurance Now!

It will save private medicine -- and spur medical innovation.

Ronald Bailey | 11.1.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

Who's Getting Your Vote?

Reason's revealing presidential poll.

Peter Bagge, Ronald Bailey, John Perry Barlow, James Bovard, Stewart Brand, Drew Carey, Tim Cavanaugh, Steve Chapman, Brian Doherty, Richard A. Epstein, Charles Paul Freund, Glenn Garvin, Robert George, Nick Gillespie, Mike Godwin, Nat Hentoff, Robert Higgs, Penn Jillette, David Kopel, John McClaughry, Deirdre Nansen McCloskey, Wendy McElroy, Charles Murray, P.J. O'Rourke, Camille Paglia, Steven Pinker, John Pitney, Robert Poole, Jonathan Rauch, John Rennie, Glenn Reynolds, Louis Rossetto, Julian Sanchez, Jack Shafer, Michael Shermer, RU Sirius, Bradley Smith, Vernon L. Smith, Andrew Sullivan, Jacob Sullum, Jeff Taylor, Eugene Volokh, Jesse Walker, Jude Wanniski, Matt Welch, Robert Anton Wilson, and Cathy Young | 11.1.2004 12:00 AM

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Attractive Opposition

Can we count on gridlock?

Julian Sanchez | 10.25.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

The Bacchus Option

Of wines and opening markets. A Reason interview with Lebanese wine writer Michael Karam

Michael Young | 10.18.2004 12:00 AM

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John Edwards' Hidden Legacy

One open senate seat, two unsavory suitors

Jeff Taylor | 10.18.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

How High Are the Stakes in 2004?

Not as high as you think

Jonathan Rauch | 10.13.2004 12:00 AM

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Cleaning Up E-Mail

An end to spam?

Hanah Metchis | 10.1.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

Bad Deal

How FDR made life worse for African Americans.

Damon Root | 10.1.2004 12:00 AM

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Bombs Away!

Taking nuke terrorism seriously

Ronald Bailey | 9.1.2004 12:00 AM

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Border Buffoonery

New border controls test limits of intrusiveness

Cathy Young | 8.18.2004 12:00 AM

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Downloading Laws

The Induce Act could stifle tech innovation

Hanah Metchis | 8.11.2004 12:00 AM

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Fat of the Land

Fighting obesity with pork.

Michael De Alessi | 8.1.2004 12:00 AM

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Watergate Blowback

The White House's ongoing battle against post-Nixon sunshine laws.

Matt Welch | 8.1.2004 12:00 AM

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Energy Independence: The Ever-Receding Mirage

30 years of presidential futility and failure

Ronald Bailey | 7.21.2004 12:00 AM

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A Glorious Sunset

On assault weapons and laws that fade away

Brian Doherty | 7.15.2004 12:00 AM

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Judge Not

The scramble to make sense of Blakely

Hanah Metchis | 7.13.2004 12:00 AM

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Deconstructing Sentences

The Supreme Court opens a back door to judicial discretion

Jacob Sullum | 7.9.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

Grave Injustice

Federal laws about burial remains put politics before science.

Steven Vincent | 7.1.2004 12:00 AM

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Bill Clinton, Doorman

A presidential fantasy of a life in uniform

Charles Paul Freund | 6.23.2004 12:00 AM

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Reagan's Real Legacy

He missed greatness, but nailed rightness

Jonathan Rauch | 6.18.2004 12:00 AM

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The Closer

A president on the right side of history

Cathy Young | 6.15.2004 12:00 AM

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Jellybeans and Jitters

A nervous capital's farewell to Reagan

Charles Paul Freund | 6.10.2004 12:00 AM

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Ron Ran

How Lebanon tarnishes Reagan's legacy

Michael Young | 6.9.2004 12:00 AM

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The Search for the Historical Reagan

The last and greatest betrayal

Jesse Walker | 6.7.2004 12:00 AM

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Database Nation

The upside of "zero privacy"

Declan McCullagh | 6.1.2004 12:00 AM

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Will It Fly

CAPPS II update.

Brian Doherty | 6.1.2004 12:00 AM

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Up, Up, and Away?

Space is the place.

Ronald Bailey | 6.1.2004 12:00 AM

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Fair-Weather Friends

When journalists desert from free speech battles.

Matt Welch | 6.1.2004 12:00 AM

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Criminal Representation

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

Jarett Decker | 6.1.2004 12:00 AM

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Soundbite: Probing Privacy

Julian Sanchez | 6.1.2004 12:00 AM

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Strapped

Unbuckling seat belt laws

Ted Balaker | 5.27.2004 12:00 AM

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Pure Politics

There's always another campaign finance loophole

Jacob Sullum | 5.14.2004 12:00 AM

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McCain's Bane

Federal Election Commission Chairman Bradley Smith explains why he voted against regulating 527s A Reason interview

Matt Welch | 5.13.2004 12:00 AM

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Temporary Doves

Why are the architects of Kosovo so down on Gulf War II?

Matt Welch | 5.1.2004 12:00 AM

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Xtreme Measures

Washington's new crackdown on pornography.

Greg Beato | 5.1.2004 12:00 AM

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Gossip Wants to Be Free

In defense of online scandal mongering.

Matt Welch | 5.1.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

Not the Same Old Hickory

The contested legacy of Andrew Jackson.

Amy H. Sturgis | 5.1.2004 12:00 AM

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Happy Birthday, Love Canal

Some disasters aren't all they're cracked up to be

Ronald Bailey | 3.24.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

It's Alive!

The 200-year conversation over biotechnology

Ronald Bailey | 3.18.2004 12:00 AM