Nanny State

Policy

Newark's Mayor Calls the Drug War 'Big Overgrown Government at Its Worst'

Jacob Sullum | 7.16.2012 7:06 PM

Politics

Obama's Misleading and Disrespectful Stump Speech

The president campaings on half-truths and distortions

Ira Stoll | 7.16.2012 4:30 PM

Nanny State

Facial Recognition Technology Will Make You Hard To Miss

J.D. Tuccille | 7.16.2012 3:55 PM

Politics

Democrats and Republicans Agree: More Power for the President

Calvin Thompson | 7.16.2012 2:59 PM

Politics

Drone Records Gush from FAA Spigot, But Privacy Issues Not a Priority

Scott Shackford | 7.16.2012 2:43 PM

Politics

Seth Adams Investigation Findings Imminent; Sheriff Says They "Verify Exactly" What He's Thought Since the Beginning Anyway

Ed Krayewski | 7.16.2012 1:23 PM

Politics

The Bipartisan War on Individual Liberty

Politicians on the both left and right want to restrict your freedom.

A. Barton Hinkle | 7.16.2012 12:00 PM

Politics

Florida Police Knock on Wrong Door at 1:30 a.m. Without Identifying Themselves, Then Fatally Shoot Armed Resident

Lucy Steigerwald | 7.16.2012 11:15 AM

Politics

Student Loan Scam

Why are today's poor subsidizing tomorrow's rich?

Veronique de Rugy | 7.16.2012 10:30 AM

Policy

Fight For Your Right to Go Paleo

The government has no business interfering with our food choices.

Baylen Linnekin | 7.14.2012 8:00 AM

Policy

Houston Police Kill Unarmed Man, Allegedly Took Witness' Cellphone When She Tried to Record

Lucy Steigerwald | 7.13.2012 8:00 PM

Policy

From Bootlegging to Pot Trafficking

The outlaws of Marion County, Kentucky, defy one Prohibition after another.

Mike Riggs | 7.13.2012 4:30 PM

Politics

FBI: Zimmerman Not Racist, Occupy Riot in L.A., Anybody Serious About the Deficit?: P.M. Links

Scott Shackford | 7.13.2012 4:30 PM

Policy

Libertarian Lawyers Prompt Missouri to Repeal Controversial Occupational Licensing Law

Damon Root | 7.13.2012 4:29 PM

Politics

In Some Countries Government, Not Banks, Get the Blame

Matthew Feeney | 7.13.2012 3:30 PM

Culture

Eating Bugs

The search for new food frontiers in an era of population growth

Greg Beato | 7.13.2012 1:30 PM

Politics

Gay French Will Be Able to Get Married in the Crumbling Ruins of Their Home Country

Scott Shackford | 7.13.2012 1:13 PM

Policy

The Locavore's Dilemma: In Praise of the 10,000-Mile Diet

Nick Gillespie and Meredith Bragg | 7.13.2012 12:47 PM

Politics

California's Food Truck Shakedown

How state officials mistreat mobile food vendors

Steven Greenhut | 7.13.2012 12:00 PM

Policy

Steven Greenhut on California's Food Truck Shakedown

Reason Staff | 7.13.2012 12:00 PM

Policy

Dem Governor on ObamaCare's Medicaid Expansion: "Unlike the federal government, Montana can't just print money."

Peter Suderman | 7.13.2012 11:44 AM

Policy

Why Not Let Cops Stop People for Unbuckled Seat Belts?

Jacob Sullum | 7.13.2012 3:50 AM

Politics

Should the Supreme Court Defer to Congress and Uphold the Defense of Marriage Act?

Damon Root | 7.12.2012 5:08 PM

Politics

When Romney Left Bain Questioned, Penn State Hid Sandusky, Hackers Hit Yahoo: P.M. Links

Scott Shackford | 7.12.2012 4:30 PM

Policy

French Fight Back Against California Foie Gras Ban

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 7.12.2012 3:07 PM

Politics

What to Do About Zombies at the Polls?

Scott Shackford | 7.12.2012 1:52 PM

Politics

Remaking Marital Law

Does legalizing gay marriage go far enough?

Roderick Long | 7.12.2012 12:00 PM

Politics

Randy Barnett: Losing ObamaCare While Preserving the Constitution

Damon Root and Jim Epstein | 7.12.2012 9:42 AM

Policy

Gabriel G. Nahas, Who Warned Us to Keep Off the Grass, RIP

Jacob Sullum | 7.12.2012 3:07 AM

Policy

The Government's Economic Impotency

Politicians who presume to guide the economy have no idea what they're doing.

Sheldon Richman | 7.11.2012 4:30 PM

Politics

House Obamacare Repeal Passes

Tim Cavanaugh | 7.11.2012 4:09 PM

Politics

353-Day Probe Exonerates BART Cop Who Shot Transient 25 Seconds After Showing up at Platform

Ed Krayewski | 7.11.2012 3:17 PM

Nanny State

DEA Quietly Builds Its Network of License Plate Scanners

J.D. Tuccille | 7.11.2012 3:06 PM

Policy

ObamaCare's Medicaid Expansion and the Myth of 'Free' Federal Money

Peter Suderman | 7.11.2012 2:47 PM

Policy

Isn't It a Shame the Less Well-to-Do Can't Afford to Have Their Relatives Kidnapped By the State Over Their Consumption Choices?

Brian Doherty | 7.11.2012 2:44 PM

Politics

Illinois Politicians Can't Handle Handing Out Scholarships Without Being Crooked

Ed Krayewski | 7.11.2012 12:56 PM

Policy

Chuck Schumer Brags About Banning Already Banned Drugs; Time Claims He Also Banned Every Conceivable Substitute

Jacob Sullum | 7.11.2012 12:10 PM

Politics

Prohibition Is an Awful Flop; We Like It: The Mexican Edition

Jacob Sullum | 7.11.2012 9:16 AM

Politics

Violence Is Not Victory

Mexico's election results are the latest sign of Latin American dissent from the drug war.

Jacob Sullum | 7.11.2012 7:00 AM

Politics

Stopping Crime Before It Starts

Predictive policing helps police protect citizens. It could also be used to oppress them.

Ronald Bailey | 7.10.2012 5:00 PM

Politics

Houston Student Detained for 12 Hours After Warning Drivers of Speed Trap

Melanie Kruvelis | 7.10.2012 4:58 PM

Politics

Deadly Hug Shooting Under Review, Obama Also Outsources, Doctors on Lance Armstrong's Team Banned: P.M. Links

Scott Shackford | 7.10.2012 4:30 PM

Politics

Drone Code of Conduct Says and Accomplishes Nothing

Calvin Thompson | 7.10.2012 3:05 PM

Policy

FTC Will Fine Google $22.5 Million, the Largest Fine in Agency History, According to WSJ Report

Peter Suderman | 7.10.2012 2:05 PM

Policy

Your Terrible Anti-Marijuana Editorial of the Day is Somehow in Favor of Decriminalization

Lucy Steigerwald | 7.10.2012 1:55 PM

Policy

Surgeon General's Warning: Soda Is Bad For Your Health?

Ed Krayewski | 7.10.2012 1:25 PM

Politics

Scott Shackford on PJTV Talking Unemployment, Environmental Disasters and Fat-Fueled Battleships

Reason Staff | 7.10.2012 1:15 PM