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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

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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

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'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

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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

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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

Politics

But What Does Every Black Celebrity in America Think About Gay Marriage?

Scott Shackford | 5.25.2012 4:00 PM

Policy

Homicide Isn't Prosecutable When You're a Federal Agent

J.D. Tuccille | 5.25.2012 3:31 PM

Policy

Ray Kelly Outlines Measures to Curtail the Illegal Police Stops He Says Are Not Occurring

Jacob Sullum | 5.25.2012 3:21 PM

Politics

Robert Zubrin: Radical Environmentalists and Other Merchants of Despair

Matt Welch and Meredith Bragg | 5.25.2012 3:00 PM

Politics

Is It Even Possible to Lower Property Assessments "Improperly"?

Tim Cavanaugh | 5.25.2012 2:13 PM

Politics

Scott Walker Turns Up the Heat on Flawed Milwaukee Crime Stats

Wisconsin gubernatorial candidates debate high-profile police controversy.

Ryan Ekvall and M.D. Kittle | 5.25.2012 1:30 PM

Politics

Why Is Banning Private Anti-Gay Discrimination Less Controversial Than Insisting on Equal Treatment by the Government?

Jacob Sullum | 5.25.2012 1:16 PM

Nanny State

J.D. Tuccille Sounds Off About Cops Tracking Your License Plate

J.D. Tuccille | 5.25.2012 1:08 PM

Politics

D.A. Suspends Grand Jury Investigations of Police Shootings in Albuquerque; No Shooting Ever Ruled Unjustified

Ed Krayewski | 5.25.2012 1:05 PM

Politics

When Government Privileges Trump the Rights of Citizens

California creates a two-tiered system, with government workers on top.

Steven Greenhut | 5.25.2012 12:00 PM

Policy

Drug Busts As Make-Work for Superfluous Cops

Jacob Sullum | 5.25.2012 11:46 AM

Policy

Obama Still Bogarting Nation's Joints, Man.

Nick Gillespie | 5.25.2012 11:43 AM

Politics

Another Federal Judge Strikes Down the Defense of Marriage Act

Damon Root | 5.25.2012 11:10 AM

Politics

The Lighter Side of Electronic Monitoring

History shows the benefits of positive reinforcement for Ankleted-Americans.

Greg Beato | 5.24.2012 4:30 PM

Politics

"It's nice to see a popular Democrat take a strong stance against the drug war."

Damon Root | 5.24.2012 4:29 PM

Policy

Flashing Headlights to Warn About Speed Traps Is Protected Speech, Sez Judge

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 5.24.2012 1:35 PM

Politics

How Long Can Obama Continue Supporting a Federalist Approach to Gay Marriage?

Jacob Sullum | 5.24.2012 12:45 PM

Politics

George Soros and Other Lefty Moneybags Types Aren't Primarying Lousy Old Democrats Because the Party Is More Ideologically Diverse! Wait, What?

Matt Welch | 5.24.2012 12:16 PM

Politics

California Fixing to Have to Pimp-Slap Cities to Get Redevelopment Funds Back

Scott Shackford | 5.24.2012 12:08 PM

Policy

Will Americans Come to Love ObamaCare's Insurance Mandate?

Peter Suderman | 5.24.2012 11:34 AM

Politics

The Costs of Police Brutality: Fresh Out Of Bankruptcy, Vallejo Pays $4.5 Million for Warrantless Entry That Led to Spinal Cord Injury, Permanent Disability

Ed Krayewski | 5.24.2012 11:18 AM

Politics

Panic at the Jazz Club

Jesse Walker | 5.24.2012 8:52 AM