Nanny State

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

Politics

Gingrich Promises Puerto Rican Statehood, Cuban Spring at Orlando Event

Mike Riggs | 1.28.2012 7:50 PM

Politics

Why More People Should Ride Mass Transit

Tim Cavanaugh | 1.28.2012 6:59 PM

Policy

"The war on drugs is a war on people." Meet Law Enforcement Against Prohibition's New Anonymous Blogger, an Active-Duty Cop

Lucy Steigerwald | 1.27.2012 4:25 PM

Politics

Mitt Romney's Defense of RomneyCare Sounds Suspiciously Like Obama's Defense of ObamaCare

Peter Suderman | 1.27.2012 3:48 PM

Policy

There is Hope for Education in America! Andrew Campanella Tells Us Why

Tracy Oppenheimer and Sharif Matar | 1.27.2012 12:55 PM

Politics

Virginia Should Fight the Federal Health Care Takeover

If Washington is going to dictate the terms, why should the states foot the bill?

A. Barton Hinkle | 1.27.2012 10:30 AM

Politics

Smart City Logic: Ten Tall Buildings Worth More Than 20,000 Family Homes

Tim Cavanaugh | 1.27.2012 8:08 AM

Policy

Oklahoma Moves to Ban "Food or Products Which Use Aborted Human Fetuses"

Nick Sibilla | 1.26.2012 6:37 PM

Policy

Big Brother Is Now Your Diet Coach

Should the government be watching what you eat?

Greg Beato | 1.26.2012 4:30 PM

Policy

The New Yorker Has a Sobering Look at the Whys of America's Prison-Industrial Complex

Lucy Steigerwald | 1.26.2012 4:28 PM

Policy

Is Backpage Responsible for Kidnapping and Rape?

Jacob Sullum | 1.26.2012 4:24 PM

Politics

A Majority of Americans Think ObamaCare's Individual Mandate is Unconstitutional

Peter Suderman | 1.26.2012 2:35 PM

Politics

Police Charge Canadian Blogger With Criminal Libel…for Criticizing the Police

Jacob Sullum | 1.26.2012 1:41 PM

Politics

RomneyCare Is a Mess. But It Might Still Represent the Best Case Scenario for ObamaCare.

Peter Suderman | 1.26.2012 12:34 PM

Policy

What Should a Mayor Do About Police Abuse of Latinos? He 'Might Have Tacos'

Jacob Sullum | 1.26.2012 11:35 AM

Policy

How Much Is an Astronaut's Life Worth?

NASA's irrational approach to risk undermines its mission and costs thousands of lives.

Robert Zubrin | 1.26.2012 10:30 AM

Politics

Redevelopment Leaves Behind $30 Billion Debt, Hundred-Millions in "Other Expenditures"

Doomed agencies should sell off their property and disappear.

Tim Cavanaugh | 1.25.2012 7:00 PM

Politics

Tim Cavanaugh on How to Undo the Damage Caused By Redevelopment

Reason Staff | 1.25.2012 7:00 PM

Politics

Matt Welch discusses Obama's State of the Union with Stossel, Megan McArdle, & David Boaz

Joshua Swain | 1.25.2012 5:05 PM

Policy

UK Nanny State: Let's Send Gamers to Rehab

Nick Sibilla | 1.25.2012 2:42 PM

Politics

Obama's Dumbest SOTU Demand: Imprison Kids in Schools Until They're 18

Nick Gillespie | 1.25.2012 1:28 PM

Politics

What Obama Didn't Say About ObamaCare in Last Night's Speech

Peter Suderman | 1.25.2012 12:38 PM

Politics

3 Supreme Court Decisions to Watch

Jim Epstein and Nick Gillespie | 1.25.2012 12:19 PM