Nanny State

Policy

Why It Matters That ObamaCare's Coverage Expansions Will Cost $2 Trillion Over a Decade

Peter Suderman | 4.13.2012 2:34 PM

Politics

The Business of Medical Marijuana

Two new books about "ganjaprenurialism" capture the confused and confusing state of U.S pot laws.

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 4.13.2012 1:30 PM

Policy

New York State to Create Health Insurance Exchange

Peter Suderman | 4.13.2012 12:56 PM

Politics

Pennsylvania Town Seeks to Squash Scourge of Garage Sales

Ed Krayewski | 4.12.2012 3:40 PM

Politics

More From George Will on the Costs of Drug Prohibition

Jacob Sullum | 4.12.2012 3:35 PM

Policy

How Long Will Nicholas Kristof Continue to Profit From Sex Trafficking?

Jacob Sullum | 4.12.2012 1:31 PM

Politics

Will the Supreme Court Review New York's Rent Stabilization Law?

Damon Root | 4.12.2012 1:02 PM

Politics

Happy Birthday, RomneyCare! You're Growing So Expensive So Fast!

Peter Suderman | 4.12.2012 12:54 PM

Politics

Newt Gingrich Tells Us About the Justice System and Experts

Ed Krayewski | 4.11.2012 7:42 PM

Politics

You Are Now (Almost) Free to Discuss Ending the War on Drugs

Latin American leaders talk drug legalization. Will Obama join in?

Lucy Steigerwald | 4.11.2012 6:00 PM

Politics

Florida Drug Warriors Say They Had to Erase Possibly Incriminating Surveillance Video—for Their Own Protection

Jacob Sullum | 4.11.2012 4:17 PM

Politics

Judicial Activism and the American Right

Damon Root | 4.11.2012 4:05 PM

Policy

Why You Shouldn't Trust Medicare Trust Fund Accounting

Peter Suderman | 4.11.2012 4:05 PM

Policy

New Telecomm Provider Would Put Privacy First

Ed Krayewski | 4.11.2012 2:50 PM

Politics

'Radical' Republicans

Unfortunately, there is no basis for Obama's claims about the GOP's extremism.

Jacob Sullum | 4.11.2012 7:00 AM

Policy

Spanish Village Votes "No" on Big Field of Revenue-Raising, Probably Illegal Marijuana

Lucy Steigerwald | 4.10.2012 10:00 PM

Policy

Here's How Unpopular ObamaCare Is: Fewer Than Half of Democrats Want the Law Upheld

Peter Suderman | 4.10.2012 5:18 PM

Politics

Government Bureaucrats Still Unable to Write or Speak in Plain Language

Ed Krayewski | 4.10.2012 3:45 PM

Policy

Autopsy Raises Doubts About Police Account of Kenneth Chamberlain's Death

Jacob Sullum | 4.10.2012 2:48 PM

Policy

Space-Aged Whiskey and Russian Rockets

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 4.10.2012 2:25 PM

Policy

The New York Times Gets Florida's Self-Defense Law Wrong. Again.

Jacob Sullum | 4.10.2012 1:47 PM

Politics

No, ObamaCare Won't Reduce the Deficit

A new paper by one of Medicare's Trustees reveals the disastrous budgetary consequences of the health law.

Peter Suderman | 4.10.2012 1:35 PM

Politics

Reason Writers on MSNBC: Matt Welch Talks POTUS vs. SCOTUS, the Social-Darwinism Slur, and the Constitution-Shredding War on Crime on the Melissa Harris-Perry Show

Matt Welch | 4.10.2012 9:31 AM

Politics

Born This Way?

Nature, nurture, narratives, and the making of our political personalities

Jonathan Haidt | 4.10.2012 7:00 AM

Politics

NYT Debate: Is Smart Growth Good, Great or Terrific?

Tim Cavanaugh | 4.9.2012 10:01 PM

Policy

San Francisco Bay Guardian Columnist Sad Oaksterdam Raid Turning People Off of Big Government

Lucy Steigerwald | 4.9.2012 7:44 PM

Politics

Tim Cavanaugh Talks Islamism, Obamacare and Stagflation on PJTV

Tim Cavanaugh | 4.9.2012 5:16 PM

Politics

Liberals Still Shaken After Health Care Arguments

Damon Root | 4.9.2012 4:28 PM

Economics

Gallup: Despite Mexico's Drug Crackdown, Fewer Feel Safe and Trust the Police

Further evidence that drug wars probably hurt more than help.

Emily Ekins | 4.9.2012 4:00 PM

Economics

Gallup: Despite Mexico's Drug Crackdown, Fewer Feel Safe and Trust the Police

Further evidence that drug wars probably hurt more than help.

Emily Ekins | 4.9.2012 4:00 PM

Policy

The Government's Medical Meddling Hurts Pain Patients

Jacob Sullum | 4.9.2012 3:31 PM

Policy

4 Loko Tacos & Other Illicit Foods - Kennedy w/ Keep Food Legal's Baylen Linnekin

Joshua Swain | 4.9.2012 3:00 PM

Politics

Why Big Government Is Offensive

The faster the state expands, the more likely it is to violate your values.

Matt Welch | 4.9.2012 12:00 PM

Policy

4 Loko Tacos & Other Illicit Foods - Kennedy w/ Keep Food Legal's Baylen Linnekin

Joshua Swain and Nick Gillespie | 4.9.2012 12:00 PM

Policy

Katherine Mangu-Ward on the Medical Marijuana Business in The Wall Street Journal

Reason Staff | 4.9.2012 9:35 AM

Politics

Was Obama's SCOTUS Attack Good Politics? (Special Dumbth Edition)

Tim Cavanaugh | 4.8.2012 5:59 PM

Politics

How Gauche: American Yokels Actually Obey Their Own Laws

Tim Cavanaugh | 4.7.2012 1:55 PM

Politics

Can the Government Force You to Eat Your Broccoli?

The Supreme Court weighs in on food freedom.

Baylen Linnekin | 4.7.2012 12:00 PM

Policy

Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Puts Up Pro-Legalization Billboard

Lucy Steigerwald | 4.6.2012 6:38 PM

Politics

Bronx Legislators Push To Hold Incarcerated Parents Closer to Children

Ed Krayewski | 4.6.2012 3:37 PM

Culture

Katherine Mangu-Ward Talks Happy Meal Toys and Lawsuits on Fox Business Network

Reason Staff | 4.6.2012 3:25 PM

Policy

Will Google's Augmented Reality Glasses Facilitate an All-Seeing Surveillance State?

Peter Suderman | 4.6.2012 2:50 PM

Policy

Oaksterdam Founder, Prop. 19 Funder, Driven Out of His Peaceful, Productive Business by Government

Brian Doherty | 4.6.2012 2:40 PM

Politics

America's Bipartisan Reefer Madness

Both Democrats and Republicans support the pointless federal crackdown on medical marijuana

Steven Greenhut | 4.6.2012 12:00 PM

Politics

ObamaCare May Be in Legal Trouble, But the New Deal Is Not

Damon Root | 4.6.2012 9:41 AM