Nanny State

Policy

Government the Job Killer

Keep Washington out of the economy

John Stossel | 10.13.2011 12:00 PM

Politics

Reason Writers Around Town: Shikha Dalmia on the Harry Reid's Millionaire Surcharge

Reason Staff | 10.13.2011 11:45 AM

Politics

Watch GOP Frontrunner Mitt Romney Praise Liberal Lion Ted Kennedy For His Role In Passing RomneyCare

Peter Suderman | 10.13.2011 10:50 AM

Policy

When Fighting Cancer Is Folly

Sometimes doing nothing is better than doing something.

Steve Chapman | 10.13.2011 7:00 AM

Policy

You Can't Say That on TV: U.S. Attorney Promises to Target Medical Marijuana Advertising

Peter Suderman | 10.12.2011 5:23 PM

Politics

Note to Ticket Fixers: Check the Number Twice, Dial Once

Jacob Sullum | 10.12.2011 5:07 PM

Policy

Why ObamaCare's Tanning Tax Matters

Peter Suderman | 10.12.2011 3:27 PM

Politics

Florida Lawmaker on the Death Penalty: "If it were up to me we would just throw them off the Sunshine Skyway bridge and be done with it"

Mike Riggs | 10.12.2011 12:23 PM

Policy

Cameras for Me but Not for Thee

Jacob Sullum | 10.12.2011 11:28 AM

Politics

Read My Tea Leaves

The federal crackdown on medical marijuana shows Obama has no respect for state law.

Jacob Sullum | 10.12.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

Is Kokesh Camera Block About Free Speech or Privacy?

Tim Cavanaugh | 10.12.2011 12:27 AM

Politics

Jerry Brown Lets Police Rummage Suspects' Mobile Phones Without a Warrant

Jacob Sullum | 10.11.2011 5:29 PM

Nanny State

DHS Suddenly Keen on Privacy, Refuses to Release Office Phone Numbers for Public Relations Staff

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 10.11.2011 4:31 PM

Policy

Michigan Lawmakers Prefer College Students Drink Hard Liquor Instead of Keg Beer

Tate Watkins | 10.11.2011 3:15 PM

Policy

Made in South Korea

Seth McKelvey | 10.11.2011 3:07 PM

Policy

Supreme Court Could Kill ObamaCare's Insurance Mandate at the Federal Level, But It Might Survive In States

Peter Suderman | 10.11.2011 11:17 AM

Politics

White House Consulted With Romney Advisers on ObamaCare

Peter Suderman | 10.11.2011 9:55 AM

Politics

Amending the 10th Amendment

Rick Perry's infidelity to federalism is more troubling than his fidelity to Christianity.

Jacob Sullum | 10.11.2011 7:00 AM

Policy

Cannabis Candy Leaves Sour Taste in Drug Warriors' Mouths

Jacob Sullum | 10.10.2011 3:07 PM

Policy

How Will Federal Bureaucrats Determine Which Health Benefits Are Essential?

Peter Suderman | 10.10.2011 2:38 PM

Politics

U.N. Prohibitionists Document Prohibition-Related Violence

Jacob Sullum | 10.10.2011 2:30 PM

Policy

Can Prohibitionists Admire Steve Jobs?

Jacob Sullum | 10.10.2011 1:04 PM

Policy

Zombie Budget Gimmick Continues to Lurch Forward After Death

Peter Suderman | 10.10.2011 10:18 AM

Politics

Yankee, Go South: More New England Unemployment Theories

Tim Cavanaugh | 10.9.2011 5:19 PM

Politics

Dancing With Shakira in the White House

Shikha Dalmia | 10.8.2011 11:30 AM

Politics

Occupy Wall Street: Beyond the Caricatures

Outsiders are criticizing a heterodox movement that they choose not to understand.

Michael Tracey | 10.7.2011 4:30 PM

Politics

California's U.S. Attorneys Think It's Impossible to Make Money While Helping Patients

Jacob Sullum | 10.7.2011 3:35 PM

Policy

"The Politician's Incentive Is to Hide Costs"

The Economist's Ryan Avent on how local governments and NIMBYs have driven up urban housing prices.

Peter Suderman | 10.7.2011 3:00 PM

Policy

Pill Pushers

Got the sniffles? The government may think you're a drug dealer.

A. Barton Hinkle | 10.7.2011 1:00 PM

Policy

Gary Johnson on the DOJ's Medical Marijuana Crackdown: "Maybe it's time for the feds to just admit that their law is just wrong"

Mike Riggs | 10.7.2011 12:19 PM

Politics

Remember When Obama Said He Would Stop the DEA's Raids on Oregon's Medical Marijuana Growers? Neither Does He.

Jacob Sullum | 10.7.2011 12:15 PM

Politics

ObamaCare Grapples With Tough Dilemmas That the Market Solved Long Ago

Shikha Dalmia | 10.7.2011 11:00 AM

Politics

Occupy Boston Protesters in Their Own Words

Matt Welch | 10.7.2011 9:26 AM

Politics

DOJ Launches 'Coordinated Crackdown' on Medical Marijuana

Jacob Sullum | 10.6.2011 6:02 PM

Politics

Wait—There's a Problem With Strip-Searching Students?

Jacob Sullum | 10.6.2011 5:28 PM

Policy

Promises That ObamaCare Has Already Broken and Will Break

Shikha Dalmia | 10.6.2011 5:13 PM

Policy

Milwaukee's Taxi Cartel Suffers Potentially Fatal Collision

Tate Watkins | 10.6.2011 2:20 PM

Politics

The Fine Line Between Tolerating and Authorizing Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

Jacob Sullum | 10.6.2011 2:11 PM

Policy

What We Don't Know About Health Insurance

Is the drive for universal health coverage actually making people worse off?

Peter Suderman | 10.6.2011 12:00 PM

War on Drugs

Reason Writers Around Town: Mike Riggs Talks About Drug Cartels and Terrorist Organizations on RT

Reason Staff | 10.6.2011 10:26 AM

Politics

High Minimum Wage and High Unemployment: Perfect Together

Tim Cavanaugh | 10.5.2011 7:56 PM

Nanny State

Americans Text Each Other While Driving to the Ballot Box to Vote for a Ban on Texting

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 10.5.2011 4:49 PM

Policy

Maybe October Will Be Better for the NYPD

Lucy Steigerwald | 10.5.2011 3:10 PM

Politics

Mitt Romney and the Vision Thing

Peter Suderman | 10.5.2011 3:06 PM

Policy

FTC Claims Phusion Projects Misled Consumers by Implying They Could Drink Four Loko Out of the Can

Jacob Sullum | 10.4.2011 6:15 PM

Politics

Here Is How Mitt Romney Will Not Control Federal Spending

Peter Suderman | 10.4.2011 5:25 PM

Policy

Why ObamaCare's Long-Term Care Benefit Is So Hard to Kill

Peter Suderman | 10.4.2011 12:47 PM