Nanny State

Politics

Larry Tribe: The Health Insurance Mandate Is So Clearly Constitutional That I Don't Even Know Why I'm Bothering to Write This Op-Ed Piece

Jacob Sullum | 2.9.2011 12:52 PM

Politics

Obama's Crony Capitalism

It's time to separate market and state

David Harsanyi | 2.9.2011 12:00 PM

Policy

Losing the Individual Mandate Would Be a Win, But It Wouldn't Be a Victory

Peter Suderman | 2.9.2011 11:16 AM

Politics

Antonin Scalia's Complicated History with the Commerce Clause

Damon Root | 2.9.2011 9:50 AM

Politics

Passive Resistance

Excluding inactivity from the Commerce Clause still leaves Congress with far too much power.

Jacob Sullum | 2.9.2011 7:00 AM

Policy

How to Homebrew Your Own Caffeinated Alcoholic Beverage or, "Vodka redbull (suck it FDA)"

Nick Gillespie | 2.8.2011 10:16 PM

Policy

Facebook, Russia, & Reagan

Nick Gillespie | 2.8.2011 9:35 PM

Politics

Will Kennedy Vote Against the Health Insurance Mandate?

Jacob Sullum | 2.8.2011 5:43 PM

Politics

The Unseen Consequences of "Green Jobs"

Will investing in clean energy harm the economy?

Ronald Bailey | 2.8.2011 4:40 PM

Politics

Reason.tv: How to Deal with Cops - Q&A with Steve Silverman of Flex Your Rights

Reason Staff | 2.8.2011 12:30 PM

Policy

Could ObamaCare's Medicaid Expansion Be Even Larger Than Expected?

Peter Suderman | 2.8.2011 12:06 PM

Politics

Internet Cop

President Obama's top man at the Federal Communications Commission tries to regulate the Net.

Peter Suderman | 2.8.2011 7:00 AM

Policy

First They Came for the Teachers…

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 2.7.2011 4:36 PM

Policy

Why ObamaCare's Penalty For Not Purchasing Health Insurance Isn't A Tax

Peter Suderman | 2.7.2011 4:24 PM

Politics

ObamaCare: Mostly Dead? All Dead? Not Dead Yet?

Peter Suderman | 2.7.2011 3:31 PM

Policy

Hurricane Mary Jane

Jacob Sullum | 2.7.2011 3:26 PM

Politics

An Interview With Stewart Rhodes

The founder of Oath Keepers explains his vision and responds to his critics.

Radley Balko | 2.7.2011 12:00 PM

Policy

Hillary Clinton: We Can't Legalize Drugs Because 'There Is Just Too Much Money in It'

Jacob Sullum | 2.7.2011 11:48 AM

Politics

Food Safety: Who Cares?

Brian Doherty | 2.7.2011 11:09 AM

Policy

Brave Lawmakers Battle the Scourge of Unlicensed Shampooing

Damon Root | 2.7.2011 10:39 AM

Policy

Reason Writers Around the Internet: Peter Suderman Talks Health Insurance Mandates, Broccoli, and the Constitution on Bloggingheads

Reason Staff | 2.7.2011 10:01 AM

Culture

Reason TV: Historian Thaddeus Russell on the Renegades Who Helped Make America Free

Reason Staff | 2.7.2011 9:07 AM

Policy

Are You Ready for Some Buzz Bowl? It's FourLoko vs. Joose in The Battle of the Binge!

Reason Staff | 2.6.2011 12:57 PM

Policy

Obama Administration to States: Don't Cut Medicaid. Instead, Do More With Less.

Peter Suderman | 2.4.2011 5:59 PM

Policy

Harvard Study: Maybe Everyone Shouldn't Be Going to College

Michael Moynihan | 2.4.2011 5:56 PM

Policy

Philly Cop Fails at Beating Real Estate Deal Into Profitability

Josh Brokaw | 2.4.2011 5:08 PM

Politics

Looks to Me Like You've Been Doing Some Unlicensed Figurin'

Radley Balko | 2.4.2011 3:43 PM

Politics

Individual Liberty and the Health Care Law

Damon Root | 2.4.2011 3:08 PM

Nanny State

Whoopie vs. Blueberry Pie: A Dessert Battle Rages in the Maine Legislature

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 2.4.2011 10:31 AM

Policy

Friday Funnies

The latest ObamaCare development

Henry Payne | 2.4.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

Harvard Law Prof Tells Senate that Congress Can Make You Buy Broccoli

Peter Suderman | 2.3.2011 5:24 PM

Politics

Reason.tv: Buzz Bowl I - Four Loko vs Joose

Austin Bragg, Meredith Bragg, and Nick Gillespie | 2.3.2011 3:00 PM

Economics

Inflation Watch: Food Prices

Brian Doherty | 2.3.2011 12:16 PM

Politics

Let's Balance the Budget

Here's how to reduce the size and scope of government

John Stossel | 2.3.2011 11:00 AM

Politics

A Mandate Too Far

Why ObamaCare deserves to fall

Steve Chapman | 2.3.2011 7:00 AM

Policy

Republicans Decry "Lack of Execution" in Mexican Drug War

Stephen Smith | 2.2.2011 4:34 PM

Politics

He Loves the Mandate, He Loves It Not.

The Obama administration's individual mandate flip-flops.

Peter Suderman | 2.2.2011 4:30 PM

Politics

The Right Kind of Activism

Does the federal court system exist to rubber stamp legislation?

David Harsanyi | 2.2.2011 12:00 PM

Policy

You Might Be a Terrorist, Too

Radley Balko | 2.2.2011 11:21 AM

Politics

Federal Dietary Guidelines Are (Gasp!) Political

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 2.2.2011 11:18 AM

Policy

This Is Why You Read the Fine Print: Indy School Board Approves "Superintendent Emeritus"

Josh Brokaw | 2.2.2011 11:04 AM

Policy

Bioethicists Can't Handle the Truth

But research shows that normal people can.

Ronald Bailey | 2.1.2011 4:30 PM

Politics

Why Judge Vinson's Ruling Matters

Peter Suderman | 2.1.2011 1:14 PM

Policy

Evil Republican Governors Want to Make It Easier to Fire Teachers for Mispronouncing Words

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 2.1.2011 12:49 PM