Nanny State

Policy

Another Depressing Story of a Kid Narcing on His Parents

Lucy Steigerwald | 11.17.2011 10:20 AM

Politics

Why Bother Attaching Tracking Devices to Cars When People Voluntarily Carry Them Wherever They Go?

Jacob Sullum | 11.16.2011 6:14 PM

Politics

A Cost-Benefit Analysis of UT Professors, Sans Cost or Benefit

Seth McKelvey | 11.16.2011 4:37 PM

Policy

Drop Those Drugs

Jacob Sullum | 11.16.2011 4:37 PM

Politics

Obama War on Medical Pot Sweeps Washington Yesterday

Brian Doherty | 11.16.2011 12:45 PM

Politics

Does the Public Now Favor ObamaCare's Health Insurance Mandate?

Peter Suderman | 11.16.2011 12:35 PM

Politics

Everyone's a Federalist on Medical Pot, Until He's Elected

Jacob Sullum | 11.16.2011 12:35 PM

Politics

Occupy Wall Street Removed from Zuccotti Park by NYPD (11/15/2011)

Reason Staff | 11.16.2011 12:03 PM

Politics

Constitutional or Not, ObamaCare Has Got To Go

What happens if the Supreme Court upholds the heath care law?

David Harsanyi | 11.16.2011 12:00 PM

Politics

Do Catholics Have a First Amendment Right to Ban Gay Marriage?

Jacob Sullum | 11.16.2011 11:46 AM

Policy

Why Employers Will Drop Health Coverage Under ObamaCare

Peter Suderman | 11.16.2011 11:16 AM

Politics

Buyers Beware

Upholding the health insurance mandate would encourage endless meddling in our spending decisions.

Jacob Sullum | 11.16.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

New York Times Logic: Someone in a Class Did Something Bad with a Gun. No One in that Class Should Have a Gun.

Brian Doherty | 11.15.2011 8:43 PM

Politics

New York Judge Upholds Eviction of Occupy Wall Street from Zuccotti Park

Mike Riggs | 11.15.2011 5:33 PM

Policy

Colombia's President: 'I Would Talk About Legalizing…More Than Just Marijuana'

Jacob Sullum | 11.15.2011 5:24 PM

Politics

Is Partisanship Responsible for the Success of Constitutional Challenges to ObamaCare?

Peter Suderman | 11.15.2011 5:19 PM

Politics

Obama Mischief Night Memo: Make Solyndra Layoffs After Election

Tim Cavanaugh | 11.15.2011 3:01 PM

Policy

ObamaCare's Incredible Steps

Peter Suderman | 11.15.2011 1:50 PM

Politics

NYT Defines Obamacare Success: Fewer Options, but Better Coordinated

Tim Cavanaugh | 11.15.2011 12:54 PM

Economics

Reason.tv: Evolutionary Psychologist Gad Saad on Consumerism, Sex, Advertising, and Human Nature

Zach Weissmueller | 11.15.2011 12:42 PM

Policy

Now We Know Why Children Are Getting Dumber

A great scientific mystery has been solved.

A. Barton Hinkle | 11.15.2011 12:00 PM

Politics

What If the Supreme Court Decided ObamaCare in Favor of the Insurance Industry?

Peter Suderman | 11.15.2011 10:32 AM

Policy

Penn State, Joe Paterno, and…the Profit Motive? Or, The Dumbest Theory Yet of Why Child-Molesting at a Non-Profit Institution Went Unreported For So Long.

Nick Gillespie | 11.14.2011 9:17 PM

Policy

The Best Way to Fight Mexico's Drug Cartels

Jacob Sullum | 11.14.2011 3:49 PM

Policy

Sorry, But the VA Isn't a Model Health Care System for the Rest of the Country

Peter Suderman | 11.14.2011 3:31 PM

Policy

More Liquor Liberalization

Jacob Sullum | 11.14.2011 2:25 PM

Policy

Vodka-Soaked Tampons Are 'Everywhere'

Jacob Sullum | 11.14.2011 11:15 AM

Politics

It's Official: The Supreme Court Will Hear Challenges to ObamaCare

Peter Suderman | 11.14.2011 10:33 AM

Policy

St. Louis Police Object to Collecting Their Own DNA

Jacob Sullum | 11.14.2011 10:19 AM

Politics

Obama 2008: "Opposed" to Health Care Mandate

Tim Cavanaugh | 11.13.2011 6:42 AM

Politics

Putting Customers Second

Banking fees are becoming more expensive and less transparent thanks to Wal-Mart and Sen. Dick Durbin.

Anthony Randazzo and James Groth | 11.11.2011 4:30 PM

Politics

California Appeals Court Upholds Local Bans on Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

Jacob Sullum | 11.11.2011 3:53 PM

Policy

Reason.tv: Pot Prevails! Rob Kampia Discusses Marijuana's Recent Political Triumphs

Tracy Oppenheimer and Nick Gillespie | 11.11.2011 12:44 PM

Culture

Can Congress Stop N.J. From Legalizing Sports Betting?

Jacob Sullum | 11.11.2011 12:23 PM

Politics

The High Price of Republican Hypocrisy

Crony capitalism, big government boondoggles, and other GOP failures

A. Barton Hinkle | 11.11.2011 12:00 PM

Politics

Coming to a Municipality Near You: Bankruptcy

Shikha Dalmia | 11.10.2011 9:46 PM

Policy

Low Sodium: Sacrificing Flavor for…Higher Cholesterol

Seth McKelvey | 11.10.2011 3:39 PM

Politics

JoePa's Legacy: Buggery and Looting. Moral: Retire At 70

Tim Cavanaugh | 11.10.2011 3:25 PM

Policy

Post-Punk Icon Joe Jackson on The Nanny State, Smoking Bans, & His Next Musical Adventure

Nick Gillespie and Anthony Fisher | 11.10.2011 3:00 PM

Politics

Supreme Court Mulls Warrantless GPS Tracking

Jacob Sullum | 11.10.2011 1:33 PM

Policy

Fast Food Is Not a Poor Choice

Jacob Sullum | 11.10.2011 12:11 PM

Policy

The FDA Kills

How government regulations raise prices and stifle medical innovations

John Stossel | 11.10.2011 10:30 AM

Politics

Mitt Romney's Not So Bold, Not So Specific Medicare Plan

Peter Suderman | 11.10.2011 10:25 AM

Policy

Cato Conference: Ending the Global War on Drugs

Jacob Sullum | 11.9.2011 6:48 PM

Politics

"They about had an orgasm in Biden's office when we mentioned Solyndra"

Tim Cavanaugh | 11.9.2011 4:07 PM

Politics

The Christmas Tree Tax

Seth McKelvey | 11.9.2011 3:17 PM