Nanny State

Policy

Dept. of Education SWAT Raid Update: Not for a Student Loan, DoE Says

Matt Welch | 6.8.2011 2:08 PM

Policy

Prison Math

What are the costs and benefits of leading the world in locking up human beings?

Veronique de Rugy | 6.8.2011 1:30 PM

Politics

The Trouble with ObamaCare

Counting the problems with the president's health care plan

David Harsanyi | 6.8.2011 12:00 PM

Policy

Congress Already Working To Dismantle ObamaCare's Medicare Cost-Control Board

Peter Suderman | 6.8.2011 11:15 AM

Politics

More Central Planning: The Failed Panacea for Health Care Reform

A rebuttal to The New Republic's latest prescription for health care reform

Ronald Bailey | 6.8.2011 10:30 AM

Policy

Ends and Means

Suicide is not a medical procedure.

Jacob Sullum | 6.8.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

Prison Guards Union Locks Up Benefits, Politicians, People

Tim Cavanaugh | 6.7.2011 7:23 PM

Policy

Michigan Jury Convicts 70-Year-Old Woman for Pot Possession

Mike Riggs | 6.7.2011 7:15 PM

Policy

Connecticut Decriminalizes Real Pot, Criminalizes Fake Pot

Jacob Sullum | 6.7.2011 5:34 PM

Policy

Dallas Bullies Businesses Into Dropping Challenge to Silly Sign Rules

Jacob Sullum | 6.7.2011 5:02 PM

Policy

Jesse Jackson Wants to End the War on Drugs

Jacob Sullum | 6.7.2011 4:31 PM

Policy

When Butter Was a Food Group

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 6.7.2011 1:34 PM

Politics

Does the Commerce Clause Impose Any Limits on Congressional Power?

Damon Root | 6.7.2011 12:41 PM

Nanny State

Brooklyn Gals Ticketed for Eating Doughnuts at a Playground

Matt Welch | 6.7.2011 11:58 AM

Policy

The Rationale Behind Medicare Rationing

Peter Suderman | 6.7.2011 11:23 AM

Policy

Declare Defeat and Go Home

The War on Drugs has failed. Let's try something else.

A. Barton Hinkle | 6.7.2011 10:30 AM

Politics

He Fell In Love With the Video Nasty

Jesse Walker | 6.7.2011 9:20 AM

Politics

Shrink the Prisons

Conservatives are as wrong about prison overcrowding as liberals were about welfare reform.

Shikha Dalmia | 6.7.2011 7:00 AM

Policy

An Easy Way to Prevent Unintended Consequences: Don't Pass Laws That Cause Them

Peter Suderman | 6.6.2011 4:04 PM

Policy

Uncle Sam's Cool New Way of Nagging You to Eat Your Vegetables

Jacob Sullum | 6.6.2011 3:20 PM

Policy

Don't You Go Wearing Your Muslim Hats, St. Louis Cabbies!

Matt Welch | 6.6.2011 12:23 PM

Politics

The Ends Didn't Justify the Means

Our complicity in the devastating war on crime

Matt Welch | 6.6.2011 12:00 PM

Politics

Ron Paul Goes After Bartender Vote

Matt Welch | 6.6.2011 11:23 AM

Policy

ObamaCare and the Regulatory Feedback Loop

Peter Suderman | 6.6.2011 10:56 AM

Policy

The Myths About Legalized Gambling

New casinos won't fix economic woes.

Steve Chapman | 6.6.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

San Francisco Circumcision Intactivist's Anti-Semitic Comix

Tim Cavanaugh | 6.5.2011 8:48 PM

Policy

Jefferson Memorial Dance Dance Revolution - 6/4/2011

How To Close A National Monument With Freedom Of Expression

Joshua Swain | 6.4.2011 8:15 PM

Culture

Three Arrested for Attempting to Feed the Homeless in Orlando; Face Up to 60 Days in Jail

Matt Welch | 6.3.2011 5:14 PM

Policy

The Right To Be a Jerk

The First Amendment protects ugly speech.

A. Barton Hinkle | 6.3.2011 4:30 PM

Policy

Growing Pot Remains a Felony in California

Jacob Sullum | 6.3.2011 3:33 PM

Nanny State

Volunteer Tree-Trimmer Fined $275, Told to Leave Minneapolis, After Helping Tornado Victims Outside His Assigned Area

Matt Welch | 6.3.2011 3:30 PM

Policy

Holder Wants to Limit Crack Sentence Reductions

Jacob Sullum | 6.3.2011 3:19 PM

Policy

Pennsylvania's State Liquor Monopoly Continues to Make the Case for Privatization

Jacob Sullum | 6.3.2011 1:35 PM

Policy

Against the Drug War, but Not Ready to Give Peace a Chance

Jacob Sullum | 6.3.2011 12:41 PM

Politics

Reason Writers Around Town: Shikha Dalmia on the Conservative Response to the Supreme Court's Prison Crowding Decision

Reason Staff | 6.3.2011 12:10 PM

Politics

Planet Burma

No, global freedom isn't in a free-fall.

Jesse Walker | 6.3.2011 12:00 PM

Policy

Helpful Advice (Indiana Edition)

Jesse Walker | 6.3.2011 11:57 AM

Policy

Obama Administration Lawyer Dodges Question About Limits on Congressional Power, Claims Health Insurance Mandate is Not A Requirement to Purchase Insurance

Peter Suderman | 6.3.2011 11:00 AM

Politics

Debating Federally Funded School Lunches on Federally Funded Radio

Jacob Sullum | 6.3.2011 10:47 AM

Policy

Matt Welch, Nick Gillespie Lead "Reason Day" at FreedomFest 2011, July 14-16 in Las Vegas

Reason Staff | 6.3.2011 8:47 AM

Policy

Matt Welch, Nick Gillespie Lead "Reason Day" at FreedomFest 2011, July 14-16 in Las Vegas

Nick Gillespie | 6.3.2011 8:21 AM

Policy

Dutch Government Plans to Make Cannabis Cafés Member-Only Clubs; Foreigners Need Not Apply

Jacob Sullum | 6.2.2011 5:02 PM

Politics

America Pays for Villaraigosa's Transit Legacy

You can't say no to federal funds for L.A.'s empty trains, fake transit hubs, and unfixed potholes.

Tim Cavanaugh | 6.2.2011 4:30 PM

Policy

A Story About Massages Without a Happy Ending

Jacob Sullum | 6.2.2011 4:06 PM

Politics

Bold New Higher Ed Spending Rules Will Take Federal Money Away from 1 Percent of For-Profit Career Programs Four Years from Now

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 6.2.2011 2:52 PM

Politics

Vermont to Federal Drug Warriors: Mind Your Own Business

Jacob Sullum | 6.2.2011 2:37 PM

Policy

This Week In Government-Managed Health Care Failure

Peter Suderman | 6.2.2011 2:27 PM

Politics

Supreme Court Says Pretending to Detain People As Material Witnesses Is Constitutional

Jacob Sullum | 6.2.2011 1:45 PM