Nanny State

Policy

Colorado Voters Approve Hefty Marijuana Taxes by Big Margins

Jacob Sullum | 11.6.2013 9:15 AM

Politics

Portland, Maine, Three Towns in Michigan Vote to Legalize Recreational Marijuana

All by healthy margins

Ed Krayewski | 11.6.2013 9:07 AM

Policy

Beverly Hills City Council May Blanketly Ban E-Cigarettes Tonight

Tracy Oppenheimer | 11.5.2013 6:35 PM

Policy

Everyone Knows Toronto's Mayor Is a Drunken Lout, but the Real Scandal Is That He Smoked Crack Once?

Jacob Sullum | 11.5.2013 6:14 PM

Policy

In Unintended, But Totally Expected, Consequences: Condé Nast Eliminates Internship Program

Jess Remington | 11.5.2013 4:55 PM

Policy

TSA Union Calls for Armed Employees; Everybody with Common Sense Recoils at the Idea

Perhaps the TSA should strive harder to behave in ways that don't fill Americans with rage?

Scott Shackford | 11.5.2013 4:45 PM

Civil Liberties

Florida Teacher Suspended Five Days For Forcing Fourth Grader to Recite Pledge of Allegiance: "If you can't put your hand on your heart, then you need to move out of the country"

It's America, teacher suggests

Ed Krayewski | 11.5.2013 4:35 PM

Culture

Men Aren't Paying For Sex Anymore Because the Internet Makes Free Sex Easy

Zenon Evans | 11.5.2013 3:00 PM

Politics

Appeals Court Vacates Murder Conviction of Missouri Man Against Whom State Has Weak Case

Claims he's innocenct--eyewitness and alleged accomplice recently recanted testimony

Reason Staff | 11.5.2013 1:10 PM

Politics

Contractor Behind Obamacare Website Received $7 Million in Contracts Since Disastrous Launch

Government!

Reason Staff | 11.5.2013 1:00 PM

Politics

Heckuva Job: Contractor Behind Obamacare Website Awarded $7 Million in Federal Contracts Since October 1

Cronyism at "work"?

Ed Krayewski | 11.5.2013 1:00 PM

Policy

TSA Union Wants Employees To Carry Guns

Call faces resistance in Congress

Reason Staff | 11.5.2013 12:40 PM

Politics

Atlanta Continues Tormenting Street Vendors with New Regulations

New ordinance rushed through to try to avoid contempt charges against mayor

Scott Shackford | 11.5.2013 12:30 PM

Nanny State

Democrat Senator: Obamacare Rollout Creating Fear, Doubt, Crisis of Confidence

Maryland's Barbara Mikulski

Reason Staff | 11.5.2013 12:10 PM

Politics

NJ Parents Suing Chris Christie Over Gay Conversion Therapy Ban

Want to "treat" their teen son

Reason Staff | 11.5.2013 11:50 AM

Science & Technology

Doctor Shortage Could Make Obamacare Roll Out Even Worse

this is the wreck that never ends...

Reason Staff | 11.5.2013 10:40 AM

Nanny State

Analysis: Up to 6 Million Americans May Receive More Subsidies Than Cost of Least Expensive Obamacare Plans

How "free" works

Reason Staff | 11.5.2013 10:20 AM

Politics

How Safe Can You Make Space Without Stifling Innovation and Enterprise?

No frontier has ever been explored or opened by making safety the highest priority.

Rand Simberg | 11.5.2013 10:00 AM

Politics

Barack Obama Alters Broken Pledge: You Can Keep Your Insurance Plan, If It Hasn't Changed

Promise was a lie

Reason Staff | 11.5.2013 7:50 AM

Culture

Brickbat: Jesus

Charles Oliver | 11.5.2013 6:00 AM

Policy

Congressman Asks Instagram to Stop Its Users from Selling Guns

Wants them to follow the lead of other online sites

Reason Staff | 11.4.2013 7:30 PM

Civil Liberties

Central Connecticut State University Locked Down After Campus Shooter "Scare" That Could've Been a Halloween Costume; Campus Police Chief Says There Was No Real Threat to Anyone, Charges Likely

A Halloween costume likely sparked the incident

Ed Krayewski | 11.4.2013 6:32 PM

Policy

Obamacare: Coming to Your Favorite Primetime Show?

Scott Shackford | 11.4.2013 6:30 PM

Policy

Supreme Court Won't Review Facebook Privacy Case

Over abandoned advertising program

Reason Staff | 11.4.2013 6:20 PM

Politics

Obamacare Officials Reportedly Worried About Consumer Sticker Shock

According to internal documents

Reason Staff | 11.4.2013 6:00 PM

Policy

Conn. College Shutdown Scare Possibly Attributed to Halloween Costume

Swat teams came out and everything

Reason Staff | 11.4.2013 5:38 PM

Culture

Nestle to Reduce Salt Levels in Food to Please WHO

Despite experts not being in agreement in correct consumption limits

Reason Staff | 11.4.2013 4:40 PM

Policy

Hollywood Writers Tapped to Include Obamacare in TV Plots

$500,000 grant from a foundation

Reason Staff | 11.4.2013 4:30 PM

Policy

Google's Chairman Calls NSA Snooping Potentially Illegal

And outrageous

Reason Staff | 11.4.2013 4:20 PM

Policy

Holder Demands Airlines Dump Assets to Complete Merger

At key airports

Reason Staff | 11.4.2013 3:30 PM

Politics

Las Vegas Cites Public Safety in Bid To Ban News Racks

Zenon Evans | 11.4.2013 3:30 PM

Policy

Negative Opinions of Obamacare Up Again

53 percent have negative opinion of Affordable Care Act

Reason Staff | 11.4.2013 3:20 PM

Policy

Supreme Court Declines Involvement in Okla. Abortion Pill Case

Previous rulings invalidated state ban on RU-486

Reason Staff | 11.4.2013 3:10 PM

Policy

SAC Capital to Pay $1.8 Billion for Insider Trading

Part of a plea deal

Reason Staff | 11.4.2013 3:00 PM

Policy

Fire Officials Want to Ban Paper Sky Lanterns

Blame it on Tangled. Also: fires.

Reason Staff | 11.4.2013 2:30 PM

Politics

Cancer Patient Loses Insurance Under Obamacare

Thanks, Obama

Reason Staff | 11.4.2013 2:00 PM

Policy

Florida Mulls Medical Marijuana

State officials wonder if they can tax it

Reason Staff | 11.4.2013 1:50 PM

Policy

Johnson & Johnson to Pay $2.2 Billion for Unapproved Drug Promotions

Pushing medications for unauthorized uses

Reason Staff | 11.4.2013 1:40 PM

Politics

3 Big Differences - and 1 Awful Similarity - Between Obamacare and Medicare Part D

Nick Gillespie | 11.4.2013 8:13 AM

Policy

Arbiters of Taste

Menthol cigarette ban

Jacob Sullum | 11.4.2013 7:00 AM

Policy

Brickbat: Babyface

Charles Oliver | 11.4.2013 6:00 AM

Politics

The War on Pot is Over! (If We Want It)

Never again will a pol gain votes by attacking pot legalization.

Nick Gillespie | 11.3.2013 4:00 PM

Politics

Cities Screw Residents by Squelching Uber, Lyft, and Other Ride Services

Nick Gillespie | 11.3.2013 2:00 PM

Nanny State

Pennsylvania Nannies Ban Swaddling in Day Care

Pennsylvania has effectively banned swaddling babies in day care because it could possibly be dangerous

Abby W. Schachter | 11.2.2013 3:00 PM

Politics

How American Healthcare Killed My Father: Q&A with David Goldhill

Nick Gillespie | 11.2.2013 2:00 PM

Politics

The Truth About E-Cigarettes: Safe, Effective, and…Fun?

Nick Gillespie | 11.2.2013 10:30 AM

Politics

Virginia Governor's Race: Can Cuccinelli Beat McAuliffe - and What About Libertarian Sarvis?

Nick Gillespie | 11.2.2013 9:43 AM

Politics

Remy: The Healthcare Mash (It Was a Keyboard Smash!)

Nick Gillespie | 11.2.2013 8:30 AM