Nanny State

Politics

Obama's Bogus Complaint About Health Care and Judicial Activism

Damon Root | 4.3.2012 9:10 AM

Policy

Americans Want More Control Over Their Own Health Care

ObamaCare's popular provisions lose their appeal once Americans are confronted with the consequences.

Shikha Dalmia | 4.3.2012 7:00 AM

Politics

Kennedy and Paul Feine to discuss the Oaksterdam raid on KFI 640

Paul Feine | 4.2.2012 8:00 PM

Politics

ACLU Says Police Often Obtain Cellphone Location Data Without Warrants

Jacob Sullum | 4.2.2012 6:01 PM

Policy

Left Commentariat: The Supreme Court = the Republican Party, the Tea Party, the Koch Party, the Corporate Party, the Birther Party, and the Goat Party

Matt Welch | 4.2.2012 5:17 PM

Politics

SCOTUS Upholds Pre-Jail Strip Searches for Everyone, No Matter How Minor the Offense

Jacob Sullum | 4.2.2012 4:50 PM

Policy

No, the Fall of ObamaCare Won't Lead to Single Payer Health Care

Peter Suderman | 4.2.2012 4:43 PM

Politics

Capitol Hemp Shuts Down As Government-Selected Vendors Plan to Grow Pot in D.C.

Jacob Sullum | 4.2.2012 3:20 PM

Policy

Brooklyn Parents Hate the Ice Cream Man, Want Someone Else to Do Their Jobs. Again.

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 4.2.2012 3:06 PM

Policy

The Times Keeps Shouting 'Stand Your Ground,' While Reporting That the Real Issue Was Probable Cause

Jacob Sullum | 4.2.2012 12:47 PM

Policy

John Stossel on the Successes of Freedom in Education

John Stossel and Paul Detrick | 4.1.2012 3:00 PM

Politics

Is There a Bullying Epidemic in the U.S.?: Nick Gillespie in the Wall Street Journal

Nick Gillespie | 3.31.2012 7:00 AM

Politics

SCOTUS Will Consider Dogs' Reliability As Probable Cause Generators

Jacob Sullum | 3.30.2012 5:26 PM

Politics

Walkable Smart-Hub Hollywood Only Dead in Reality

Tim Cavanaugh | 3.30.2012 4:47 PM

Politics

The Liberal Legal Bubble

Liberals can't even imagine the opposition's arguments to ObamaCare's individual mandate.

Peter Suderman | 3.30.2012 4:30 PM

Policy

Study Finds a Third of Bronx Pot Busts Are Bogus

Jacob Sullum | 3.30.2012 3:35 PM

Politics

Don't You Dare Try to Feed the Homeless in Bloomy's NYC (Nanny of the Month, March 2012!)

Ted Balaker | 3.30.2012 3:00 PM

Politics

Federal Judge Says Forcing Some Prostitutes to Register As Sex Offenders Violates the Equal Protection Clause

Jacob Sullum | 3.30.2012 2:09 PM

Policy

Washington State Reporter Wears Bulletproof Vest, Thinks SWAT Narcotics Raid is Totally Awesome

Lucy Steigerwald | 3.30.2012 1:30 PM

Politics

How Will SCOTUS Rule on ObamaCare? The Answer May Be in the Questions.

Jacob Sullum | 3.30.2012 1:04 PM

Policy

Why Was William Reddie So Agitated?

Jacob Sullum | 3.30.2012 12:08 PM

Politics

California Schools Need Radical Reform, Not Tinkering

It's time to redesign the system from the ground up.

Steven Greenhut | 3.30.2012 12:00 PM

Policy

What Does the Individual Mandate Have to Do With Free Riders?

Peter Suderman | 3.30.2012 11:23 AM

Politics

Survey Says: Nobody Likes a Bully

That's one hopeful takeaway from three recent polls on issues related to health care.

A. Barton Hinkle | 3.30.2012 10:30 AM

Politics

Municipal Corruption as a Tourist Attraction

Anthony Fisher | 3.30.2012 10:01 AM

Policy

Medicare Pay For Performance Pilot Program Fails to Reduce Mortality

Peter Suderman | 3.29.2012 4:23 PM

Politics

Reason Writers Around Town: Shikha Dalmia on How Much Government Will Americans Tolerate in Their Medicine

Reason Staff | 3.29.2012 2:56 PM

Policy

"A Free Education Is Something That Many Parents Will Pay to Avoid"

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 3.29.2012 2:40 PM

Politics

Conservatives Against Consumption

Are fossil fuels responsible for moral and social decay?

Ronald Bailey | 3.29.2012 2:00 PM

Policy

Did Police and Paramedics Conspire to Invent George Zimmerman's Injuries?

Jacob Sullum | 3.29.2012 12:53 PM

Policy

Remy: Health Care Mandates vs Pizza Toppings

Meredith Bragg | 3.29.2012 12:40 PM

Politics

Some Questions On ObamaCare's Compassion For Dahlia Lithwick and Other Bleeding-Heart Liberals

Shikha Dalmia | 3.29.2012 12:27 PM

Politics

Job Killers

Advocates of regulations don't acknowledge the law of unintended consequences.

John Stossel | 3.29.2012 12:00 PM

Politics

Simpson-Bowles Knocked Out Like Trevor Berbick; House Shuts Out Obama Budget Like Bob Feller

Tim Cavanaugh | 3.29.2012 11:33 AM

Politics

Stephen Breyer's Commerce Clause Stream-of-Consciousness, as Performed by The Dude

Matt Welch | 3.29.2012 11:10 AM

Politics

Why the Health Insurance Mandate Is Immoral and Unnecessary

If the medical-insurance market would indeed fail without a mandate, it's only because of other mandates the government has already imposed.

Sheldon Richman | 3.29.2012 10:30 AM

Politics

Obamacare #FAIL: Day 3 at the Supreme Court

Anthony Fisher and Damon Root | 3.28.2012 8:27 PM

Policy

Some Canadian Health Experts Have Noticed The Drug War and "Tough on Crime" Things Not Working So Well

Lucy Steigerwald | 3.28.2012 7:55 PM

Politics

The Obama Administration's 'Limiting Principles' Seem More Like Expansionary Principles

Jacob Sullum | 3.28.2012 5:18 PM

Policy

Michigan Legislature Wants to Kill Fancy Pigs, My Relatives

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 3.28.2012 3:30 PM

Politics

Kennedy's Skepticism About the Insurance Mandate Reflects His Appreciation of Federalism As a Bulwark of Freedom

Jacob Sullum | 3.28.2012 3:14 PM

Policy

Reason-Rupe: 58 Percent of Americans Satisfied with Their Health Care; 23 Percent Dissatisfied

Emily Ekins | 3.28.2012 2:21 PM

Policy

Reason-Rupe: 58 Percent of Americans Satisfied with Their Health Care; 23 Percent Dissatisfied

Emily Ekins | 3.28.2012 2:10 PM

Politics

Listen to the Complete Audio of This Morning's Supreme Court Hearing on ObamaCare's Severability

Peter Suderman | 3.28.2012 12:50 PM

Policy

Reason-Rupe: In Addressing Health Care Needs, More Americans Trust Health Insurance Companies Than Government

Emily Ekins | 3.28.2012 12:29 PM

Politics

Reason-Rupe: In Addressing Health Care Needs, More Americans Trust Health Insurance Companies Than Government

Emily Ekins | 3.28.2012 12:28 PM