Nanny State

Politics

The Jubjub Hole

With apologies to Dr. Seuss

A. Barton Hinkle | 4.22.2011 1:00 PM

Policy

Online Poker Update

Jacob Sullum | 4.22.2011 12:07 PM

Policy

Online Poker's Real Victim Is the Government

Radley Balko | 4.22.2011 11:07 AM

Politics

Why We Believe Simplistic Stories About (Among Other Things) Money Solving Education in the Third World

Matt Welch | 4.22.2011 11:03 AM

Policy

Paul Krugman on How to Keep the Doctor-Patient Relationship Sacred: Less Commercialism, More Bureaucratic Oversight

Peter Suderman | 4.22.2011 10:57 AM

Policy

Joel Klein

"We have a 19th-century classroom model in the 21st century."

Nick Gillespie | 4.22.2011 10:30 AM

Policy

DoJ Forms "Oil and Gas Price Fraud Working Group"

Matt Welch | 4.22.2011 9:05 AM

Policy

Paul Pastorek

"What Katrina did was it allowed us to think differently."

Nick Gillespie | 4.21.2011 4:30 PM

Policy

Peanuts on Planes Protected

Peter Suderman | 4.21.2011 1:17 PM

Policy

Watch the Watchmen

It shouldn't be a crime to record the cops.

John Stossel | 4.21.2011 12:00 PM

Civil Liberties

Posturing Against Pornography

The government should stop trying to censor the Internet.

Steve Chapman | 4.21.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

From the "Our Government Can't Afford to Spend a Penny Less" Files: Useless New Initiative on Prescription Drugs

Brian Doherty | 4.20.2011 5:38 PM

Politics

ObamaCare, the Necessary and Proper Clause, and U.S. v. Comstock

Damon Root | 4.20.2011 4:57 PM

Policy

Jeb Bush on Disrupting the Educational Status Quo

"Monopolies don't want to have direct competition."

Nick Gillespie | 4.20.2011 4:30 PM

Policy

Dirty Deals Done Dirt Cheap?

Peter Suderman | 4.20.2011 3:21 PM

Politics

The Flaws in Paul Ryan's Budget Plan

Peter Suderman | 4.20.2011 12:07 PM

Policy

Happy 4/20! 3 Reasons to Legalize Pot Now!

Nick Gillespie | 4.20.2011 9:25 AM

Policy

Poker Bars

Why should anyone go to prison for helping people play cards?

Jacob Sullum | 4.20.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

A Whole Foods Fight in Boston

Grad students and hipsters protest the organic market, but many Latino residents are happy about the new shopping option and the jobs.

Michael Moynihan | 4.19.2011 4:30 PM

Politics

Congratulations to L.A. Times' Gottlieb and Vives for Bell Pulitzer

Tim Cavanaugh | 4.19.2011 3:52 PM

Culture

Wiffle Ball Declared "Risky" by the State of New York

Matt Welch | 4.19.2011 1:48 PM

Politics

Why RyanCare Will Fail

Paul Ryan's budget embraces a fatal premise of the Nanny State

Shikha Dalmia | 4.19.2011 12:00 PM

Policy

Nancy Pelosi Rallies Seniors Against a Medicare Overhaul That Won't Change Benefits for Seniors

Peter Suderman | 4.19.2011 11:12 AM

Policy

Disinterested Headline of the Day

Matt Welch | 4.19.2011 10:54 AM

Policy

Jay Greene

"I'm very agnostic about what form choice must take."

Nick Gillespie | 4.19.2011 7:00 AM

Policy

The Unspeakable Horrors of Unlicensed Interior Design

Damon Root | 4.18.2011 5:26 PM

Policy

What About Porn Featuring Hot Poker Playing Action?

Jacob Sullum | 4.18.2011 4:37 PM

Policy

Education Showdown

The irresistible force of school reform meets the immovable object of teachers unions.

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 4.18.2011 4:30 PM

Politics

John Judis: If the Disinterested Judiciary Rejects My Ideological Interpretation of the Commerce Clause, Then Disinterestedness Itself Will Collapse, and Maybe We'll Have a Civil War. Wait, What?

Matt Welch | 4.18.2011 4:08 PM

Politics

Commit Yourself

Self-control in the age of abundance

Daniel Akst | 4.18.2011 12:00 PM

Policy

Two Cups of Tea, One Cup of B.S.

Matt Welch | 4.18.2011 11:55 AM

Policy

Medicaid's Waste

Peter Suderman | 4.18.2011 11:35 AM

Policy

ObamaCare's 1099 Tax Reporting Provision Gets the Ax

Peter Suderman | 4.18.2011 9:41 AM

Politics

A Conservative Defense of ObamaCare

Reagan's former solicitor general says the individual mandate passes constitutional muster

Steve Chapman | 4.18.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

Sunday Morning Nut-Punch

Radley Balko | 4.17.2011 11:45 AM

Politics

The Truth About Health Care Reform and the Economy

Separating economic fact from economic myth

Veronique de Rugy | 4.15.2011 6:00 PM

Science & Technology

Obama: Worse Than Bush on Bullshit Gambling Moralizing, Too

Radley Balko | 4.15.2011 4:01 PM

Policy

Even Democrats Don't Support Obama's Plan to Bring Down Medicare Spending

Peter Suderman | 4.15.2011 2:16 PM

Policy

Reason.tv: Drug Policy Alliance's Ethan Nadelmann on the Future of Legalization

Ted Balaker, Hawk Jensen, and Paul Detrick | 4.15.2011 1:46 PM

Policy

The New York Times Profiles a Charming Drug Dealer

Jacob Sullum | 4.15.2011 12:02 PM

Policy

It's a Mad, Mad World

Self-censorship and political correctness at Robert Morris University

Brendan O'Neill | 4.15.2011 12:00 PM

Politics

If You Like Eating What You Want, Check Out "Keep Food Legal"

Nick Gillespie | 4.15.2011 11:46 AM

Policy

ObamaCare and the Ryan Plan: One and the Same?

Peter Suderman | 4.15.2011 10:57 AM

Politics

Welcome Budget Talk

What Paul Ryan's plan gets right-and wrong

John Stossel | 4.14.2011 4:30 PM

Policy

The Wire's David Simon: "I would decriminalize drugs in a heartbeat."

Damon Root | 4.14.2011 4:09 PM

Politics

Debt Wrong

Obama bets that the government can save itself.

Peter Suderman | 4.14.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

Licensed to Ill

Will Florida Republicans stand up against occupational licensing abuse?

Damon Root | 4.13.2011 4:30 PM