Nanny State

Policy

Obama's Utterly Bogus and Insincere Attack Against Big Pharma

Matt Welch | 6.4.2012 9:37 AM

Politics

From Satanic Panic to Sex-Traffic Panic

Jesse Walker | 6.4.2012 9:25 AM

Politics

LA Bans The Plastic Bag

Zach Weissmueller and Kennedy | 6.2.2012 1:30 PM

Policy

Nanny Bloomberg's War on Soda

Why is New York's busybody mayor regulating city residents within an inch of their lives?

Baylen Linnekin | 6.2.2012 8:00 AM

Politics

More Stealth Inflation: Shrinking Portion Department

Tim Cavanaugh | 6.1.2012 9:11 PM

Policy

Reason Nominated for 11 Southern California Journalism Awards

Matt Welch | 6.1.2012 4:10 PM

Nanny State

Soda Jerk Michael Bloomberg Strikes Again (Nanny of the Month, May 2012)

Ted Balaker | 6.1.2012 3:00 PM

Politics

The New Yorker Admires Bloomberg's 'Incorrigible Nannyism'

Jacob Sullum | 6.1.2012 2:25 PM

Policy

Police Misconduct Map Shows Who's Been Thin-Blue-Brutalized Near You

J.D. Tuccille | 6.1.2012 2:18 PM

Politics

Reason Writers on CNN: Matt Welch Criticizes Bloomberg's Soda-Cup Ban on Out Front With Erin Burnett

Matt Welch | 6.1.2012 2:03 PM

Politics

Politico Covers Wiki's Mild Solyndra Brouhaha, Ignores Wiki's Strange Kimberlin Kibosh

Tim Cavanaugh | 6.1.2012 1:45 PM

Politics

"Your First Amendment right can be terminated if you're creating a scene or whatever… your presence created a scene": Cop Probably Making Bigger Scene Than NBC News Photographer Who Got Detained

Ed Krayewski | 6.1.2012 1:12 PM

Politics

Soda Jerk Michael Bloomberg Strikes Again (Nanny of the Month, May 2012)

Ted Balaker | 6.1.2012 11:30 AM

Policy

No Jail, No Rehab

Jacob Sullum | 6.1.2012 11:01 AM

Policy

Dear Mayor Bloomberg: When You've Lost a Social Media Site Featuring Tasteful Nude Models, You've Lost America! (Zivity.com Edition)

Nick Gillespie | 6.1.2012 9:13 AM

Politics

California Continues to Be Less Hippie Than Expected: Only 46 Percent of Residents Support Marijuana Legalization

Lucy Steigerwald | 5.31.2012 10:06 PM

Policy

How Charlie Rangel's Outrage Shifted From Drugs to Drug Penalties

Jacob Sullum | 5.31.2012 8:31 PM

Politics

New Yorkers Sound Off on Bloomberg's Drink Ban

Anthony Fisher | 5.31.2012 6:04 PM

Economics

World of Warcraft Creator Finds Itself on Wrong End of a Raid Over Diablo III Troubles

Scott Shackford | 5.31.2012 6:02 PM

Policy

Voodoo Pharmacology Literalized: The Drug That Turns People Into Flesh-Eating Zombies

Jacob Sullum | 5.31.2012 2:42 PM

Politics

Bureaucracy-Building Efforts May Doom California Cigarette Tax Increase Initiative

Scott Shackford | 5.31.2012 2:09 PM

Politics

Bloomberg Insists His Plan to Limit New Yorkers' Soda Sizes Cannot Possibly Work

Jacob Sullum | 5.31.2012 12:06 PM

Politics

Federal Appeals Court Finds Defense of Marriage Act to be Unconstitutional

Damon Root | 5.31.2012 11:45 AM

Politics

The Greatest Trick the Devil Ever Pulled Was Getting a Prime-Time Special

Jesse Walker | 5.31.2012 11:22 AM

Policy

FDA Says High Fructose Corn Syrup Can't Change Its Name or Dye Its Hair Blond to Avoid Being Recognized

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 5.31.2012 10:22 AM

Politics

Aided by Super PAC, Pot Legalizer Defeats Drug Warrior in Texas Congressional Primary

Jacob Sullum | 5.30.2012 5:52 PM

Policy

FCC Worries That Poor People Are Enjoying Their Electronics Too Much

Jacob Sullum | 5.30.2012 3:40 PM

Politics

Reason TV: Zoning vs. Eminent Domain - How Ventura County Shut Down The Pine Mountain Inn

Zach Weissmueller | 5.30.2012 2:30 PM

Politics

'Child Safety Zones' May Be Unfair and Ineffective, but They Feel So Good

Jacob Sullum | 5.30.2012 2:21 PM

Politics

How Maryland's Tax Rates Are Driving Jobs to Virginia

Maryland accounted for the largest taxpayer exodus of any state in the region between 2007 and 2010.

Larry Hogan | 5.30.2012 1:30 PM

Politics

You Can Sometimes Reduce Drug Use, if You Kill Enough People

Matthew Feeney | 5.30.2012 1:07 PM

Policy

On the Verge of Serving His Jail Sentence, Dharun Ravi Apologizes

Jacob Sullum | 5.30.2012 12:17 PM

Politics

Cop Shoots Border Collie Mix He Mistook for Pitbull After Showing Up at Wrong Home

Ed Krayewski | 5.30.2012 10:13 AM

Policy

New Video of Five Year Old Vancouver Police Shooting of Bipolar Man Throws Closed Case Into Question

Ed Krayewski | 5.29.2012 8:14 PM

Policy

If You Use Drugs, You Might End Up Eating Someone's Face

Jacob Sullum | 5.29.2012 5:43 PM

Politics

Zach Wahls, His Two Moms, & The Future of Same-Sex Marriage

Joshua Swain and Nick Gillespie | 5.29.2012 3:00 PM

Politics

Zach Wahls, His Two Moms, & The Future of Same-Sex Marriage

Joshua Swain and Nick Gillespie | 5.29.2012 3:00 PM

Politics

The Garden State Looks to Follow Portugal's Example

Matthew Feeney | 5.29.2012 2:48 PM

Politics

DiFi Challenger Emken: Regulations Bad Under Certain Circumstances

Tim Cavanaugh | 5.29.2012 2:10 PM

Politics

Is Advocating the Paleo Diet Against the Law? A New Institute for Justice Suit Stands Up For Free Speech Against Occupational Licensing Law

Brian Doherty | 5.29.2012 1:51 PM

Politics

Zoning Out Muslims

Matt Welch | 5.29.2012 11:19 AM

Politics

5 Classic Teen Sex-and-Drug Freakouts: Rainbow Parties, Butt-Chugging, And So Much More (By Which We Mean Less)

Nick Gillespie | 5.27.2012 8:00 AM

Politics

Do Organic Consumers Shop Exclusively at the Jerk Store?

A new study examines the connection between organic food marketing and anti-social behavior.

Baylen Linnekin | 5.26.2012 8:00 AM

Politics

Ted Stevens' Prosecutors Punished for Withholding Evidence

Jacob Sullum | 5.25.2012 4:49 PM