Nanny State

Politics

Can Regulation Save California's Medical Pot Industry?

Jacob Sullum | 2.6.2012 3:09 PM

Politics

Did You Know U.S. Federal Tax is More Progressive Than Most of Europe's?

Nick Gillespie | 2.6.2012 2:32 PM

Policy

Cancer Cure Crimes

Jacob Sullum | 2.6.2012 10:20 AM

Politics

Leak Complaints End Federal Witch Hunt Against Lance Armstrong

Tim Cavanaugh | 2.3.2012 6:52 PM

Politics

Plainclothes NYPD Officers Chase, Fatally Shoot Unarmed 18-Year-Old Over Drug Deal

Lucy Steigerwald | 2.3.2012 6:00 PM

Politics

Does the NYPD Have a Strategy to Infiltrate and Dominate Muslims in New York?

Julie Ershadi | 2.3.2012 5:57 PM

Nanny State

Woman Required to Show I.D. to Buy a Six-Pack…of Teaspoons

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 2.3.2012 3:43 PM

Politics

Oklahoma Legislator: Let's Tax "Violent" Video Games

Nick Sibilla | 2.3.2012 3:33 PM

Policy

The State Squeal of Vermont

Jacob Sullum | 2.3.2012 10:57 AM

Culture

Death of the Auteur: Is Highbrow Movie Criticism Democracy's Lifeblood?

Tim Cavanaugh | 2.2.2012 9:15 PM

Policy

Pedants Are Revolting: Grammar Nitpick Sparks Barnyard Henpeck

Tim Cavanaugh | 2.2.2012 6:42 PM

Politics

Lawsuit Alleges NYPD Harassed Transgender Woman, Kept Her Chained for 28 Hours over Minor Subway Violation

Lucy Steigerwald | 2.2.2012 5:41 PM

Politics

Veterans for Weed Threatened by That Other VFW

Nick Sibilla | 2.2.2012 4:44 PM

Politics

"If they're saying $100 billion, that means it'll be $200 billion." More Californians Feeling Low About High-Speed Rail

Tim Cavanaugh | 2.2.2012 4:08 PM

Politics

"There have been no good reasons not to televise the Supreme Court."

Damon Root | 2.2.2012 1:34 PM

Politics

New Jersey Legislators Get a Chance to Fix the First Amendment Problems With Their Anti-Bullying Law

Jacob Sullum | 2.2.2012 1:17 PM

Politics

Chrysler CEO Whines That Uncle Sam Has Not Treated Him Generously Enough

Shikha Dalmia | 2.2.2012 12:32 PM

Policy

DFW Reason Readers: Come Hear Me Talk About Liquor Laws

Jacob Sullum | 2.2.2012 11:34 AM

Nanny State

First They Came For Sugar Smacks, And I Didn't Care Because I Had Already Moved on to Mueslix…

Nick Gillespie | 2.2.2012 8:22 AM

Policy

Inoculating Against Religious Freedom

Experience indicates that freedom can coexist with general access to contraception.

Steve Chapman | 2.2.2012 7:00 AM

Policy

Steve Chapman on Obamacare's Condom Rule

Reason Staff | 2.2.2012 7:00 AM

Politics

Plaid Revolution: Citizens Celebrate Death of Redevelopment

Tim Cavanaugh | 2.1.2012 9:22 PM

Policy

Bogus Pot Busts Continue Apace in New York City

Jacob Sullum | 2.1.2012 4:29 PM

Politics

A New Pot Legalization Proposal in California Gets Good Poll Numbers

Brian Doherty | 2.1.2012 3:45 PM

Policy

What's Going On with Google's New Privacy Policy?

Julie Ershadi | 2.1.2012 3:41 PM

Policy

Sativex: Fast for Patients, Slow for Potheads

Jacob Sullum | 2.1.2012 12:56 PM

Policy

Repeal is the Only Way to Prevent a Zombie CLASS Act

Peter Suderman | 2.1.2012 12:31 PM

Policy

Reason.tv: LA Forces Condoms onto Porn Actors! (Nanny of the Month, Jan 2012)

Ted Balaker | 2.1.2012 12:24 PM

Politics

The GOP's ObamaCare Problem

Romney and Gingrich have both supported an individual health insurance mandate.

David Harsanyi | 2.1.2012 12:00 PM

Politics

A Trip Is Ruined, but Marilyn Monroe Is Safe

Jacob Sullum | 1.31.2012 4:40 PM

Policy

Reason.tv: Heather Donahue on Growing Marijuana, Life After 'Blair Witch,' and the Beauty of 'Grey' Markets

Tim Cavanaugh and Zach Weissmueller | 1.31.2012 1:05 PM

Politics

Park Ranger Shoots Man With Stun Gun for Walking Dogs Without a Leash

Matt Welch | 1.31.2012 12:05 PM

Politics

Gary Johnson Braves the ACLU

The Libertarian presidential candidate charms a gathering of civil libertarians.

Mike Riggs | 1.31.2012 10:30 AM

Policy

Former DC Mayor Adrian Fenty: "What's Missing from Education Reform is Courage"

Nick Gillespie | 1.31.2012 10:01 AM

Politics

Update: NO! Will Obama Finally Answer a Question About Legalizing Pot at Today's Online Interview (5.30pm ET)

Nick Gillespie | 1.30.2012 10:24 PM

Politics

Meet Roscoe Filburn, the Dead Farmer at the Center of the ObamaCare Case

Damon Root | 1.30.2012 6:52 PM

Policy

Class Size Doesn't Matter, Plus Charter Schools as Laboratories of Education

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 1.30.2012 4:28 PM

Politics

Federal Jury Says Cops Can't Arrest People for Recording Police Encounters

Jacob Sullum | 1.30.2012 3:56 PM

Politics

Mitt Romney Complains that Newt Gingrich Supported an Individual Mandate

Peter Suderman | 1.30.2012 2:37 PM

Policy

DFW Reason Readers: Come Hear Me Talk About Liquor Laws

Jacob Sullum | 1.30.2012 12:56 PM

Politics

Piracy: It's Not Killing the Entertainment Industry

Brian Doherty | 1.30.2012 12:24 PM

Politics

L.A.'s Insane War on the Porn Industry

Requiring adult film stars to wear condoms is bad for business-and for pleasure.

Kennedy | 1.30.2012 12:00 PM

Policy

Meet the NYC Teacher Who Gets Paid $100K to Ogle 8th Grade Butts & NOT Teach

Nick Gillespie | 1.30.2012 10:07 AM

Policy

Watching TV Probably Won't Kill You

Peter Suderman | 1.30.2012 10:01 AM

Policy

Elizabeth Warren Earns $429,000, Worth Millions but Not Part of 1 Percent

Nick Gillespie | 1.30.2012 9:39 AM

Politics

Obama Brings Big Government to High School

The state should not force kids to stay in school until they're 18.

Steve Chapman | 1.30.2012 7:00 AM