Nanny State

Policy

All in the Gay Family

Same-sex marriage existed long before it was legalized.

Jesse Walker | 6.27.2011 10:30 AM

Nanny State

Baylen Linnekin, Executive Director of Keep Food Legal, Will be Guest-Blogging This Week at Hit & Run

Nick Gillespie | 6.27.2011 8:45 AM

Politics

Big Government Gets Ugly

Why the new cigarette warning labels won't stop people from smoking

Steve Chapman | 6.27.2011 7:00 AM

Policy

No Cigars in Cigar City

Jacob Sullum | 6.24.2011 4:35 PM

Policy

You've Got Jail

Is it time to bring America's prisoners online?

Greg Beato | 6.24.2011 3:00 PM

Politics

Reason on TV: Epstein, Judge Napolitano on Reporters Being Arrested for Having Cameras at Public Meetings

Reason Staff | 6.23.2011 5:45 PM

Policy

The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything: 20 to 30

Jacob Sullum | 6.23.2011 4:06 PM

Politics

Washington State Marijuana Legalization Push Takes "New Approach"

Hannah Burak | 6.23.2011 3:17 PM

Policy

More on the Frank/Paul Marijuana Legalization Bill

Jacob Sullum | 6.23.2011 3:09 PM

Politics

Rick Scott Scales Back His Urine Demands

Jacob Sullum | 6.23.2011 11:12 AM

Policy

The Golden State's Iron Bars

How California prison guards became the country's most powerful union

Tim Cavanaugh | 6.23.2011 10:30 AM

Politics

Another Texas Republican for President?

Why Rick Perry could be a serious contender for the White House

Steve Chapman | 6.23.2011 7:00 AM

Policy

How the Free Market Gave Us Drug Prohibition

Jacob Sullum | 6.22.2011 5:54 PM

Politics

What Will Holder Say About Medical Marijuana?

Jacob Sullum | 6.22.2011 5:20 PM

Policy

Another Victory in Drug Harm Multiplication

Jacob Sullum | 6.22.2011 4:49 PM

Policy

If the Law's Unfit, You Must Acquit

Jacob Sullum | 6.22.2011 1:00 PM

Policy

Margarine Bootleggers Sent to Federal Prison

...and other stories of what happens when the government plays with your food.

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 6.22.2011 10:30 AM

Nanny State

River-Swimming Without Life Vest Now Illegal Near Seattle

Matt Welch | 6.22.2011 9:42 AM

Policy

Evidently Smoking Is Bad for You

Jacob Sullum | 6.21.2011 6:12 PM

Politics

Congress Moves to Ban Frankenfish

Special interests trump science in the debate over transgenic salmon.

Ronald Bailey | 6.21.2011 4:30 PM

Policy

Most People Think Most People Can't Afford College

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 6.21.2011 3:59 PM

Politics

Reason.tv: Ranking Freedom in the 50 States

Reason Staff | 6.21.2011 3:00 PM

Politics

CQ Profiles Libertarian Legal Scholar and ObamaCare Foe Randy Barnett

Damon Root | 6.21.2011 1:13 PM

Politics

Nate Silver: Looks Like Americans Are Getting More Libertarian

Matt Welch | 6.21.2011 10:08 AM

Politics

Fewer Laws Make Better Beer in Japan

Hannah Burak | 6.20.2011 5:14 PM

Politics

Stephen Cox on Libertarian Literature and Prisons as Failed Planned Societies

Paul Detrick | 6.20.2011 3:28 PM

Policy

"Jackass" Alumnus Ryan Dunn Dies From Something Unrelated to Poop, Alligators, or Skateboarding Without a Helmet

Mike Riggs | 6.20.2011 12:43 PM

Policy

The Crime Rate Puzzle

Did incarceration reduce the crime rate, or did it get in the way?

Radley Balko | 6.20.2011 12:00 PM

Policy

Reason.tv Replay: Lindy "No Knock Raid" - a Song About the Drug War's Deadliest Tactic

Reason Staff | 6.18.2011 6:02 PM

Policy

Because You Can Never Have Too Much Criticism of the War on Drugs

Jacob Sullum | 6.17.2011 5:54 PM

Policy

New Tone Update: NJ Union Head Declares Gov. Christie, Anyone Opposed to Collective Bargaining Nazis

Nick Gillespie | 6.17.2011 4:38 PM

Policy

How Gingrich's Love Drives Him to Kill

Jacob Sullum | 6.17.2011 3:53 PM

Policy

Reason.tv: 40 Years of Drug War Failure - LEAP's Neill Franklin

Nick Gillespie and Joshua Swain | 6.17.2011 3:00 PM

Policy

California High School Accidentally Distributes Child Porn

Jacob Sullum | 6.17.2011 1:50 PM

Policy

Did Jimmy Carter End the War on Drugs?

Jacob Sullum | 6.17.2011 12:16 PM

Politics

Driving As a Subversive Activity

Jesse Walker | 6.17.2011 11:23 AM

Policy

Spend More, Save More

Can Medicare save money by giving patients cash?

Peter Suderman | 6.16.2011 4:30 PM

Policy

Lindy: "No Knock Raid" - a Song About the Drug War's Deadliest Tactic

Reason Staff | 6.16.2011 3:50 PM

Politics

Jerry Brown Vetoes California Budget, Cavanaugh on 10 O'Clock News Again Tonight

Tim Cavanaugh | 6.16.2011 2:57 PM

Policy

Samuel L. Jackson, of Course, Reads Go the Fuck to Sleep

Matt Welch | 6.16.2011 2:13 PM

Policy

Medicaid: Still a Mess

Peter Suderman | 6.16.2011 1:05 PM