Nanny State

Policy

Leave Them Kids Alone

Where's the evidence that longer school days produce smarter kids?

David Harsanyi | 9.30.2009 12:00 PM

Policy

When You Don't Have to Make Money, You Don't Have to Save Money Either

Peter Suderman | 9.30.2009 11:51 AM

Policy

It's Not True That Corrupt Presidents-For-Life Are the Only People Who Don't Like Family Guy, But…

Tim Cavanaugh | 9.29.2009 7:25 PM

Politics

Well, Give 'em a B for Effort/Planning, if Nothing Else

Matt Welch | 9.29.2009 5:26 PM

Policy

Does High-Tech Medicine Mean Higher Health Care Costs?

A new report finds that medical innovation boosts life expectancy, but doesn't cost more

Ronald Bailey | 9.29.2009 4:30 PM

Policy

Public Option: Mostly Dead?

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 9.29.2009 3:31 PM

Policy

5 Myths We Need to Can About Soda Taxes

Why do politicians keep trying to tax your Coke?

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 9.29.2009 3:00 PM

Policy

Reason.tv: Cracking the Education Monopoly—Los Angeles parents demand choice. And get it.

Reason Staff | 9.29.2009 12:00 PM

Policy

Ask a Homeschooler!

Jesse Walker | 9.29.2009 9:28 AM

Policy

The Thermostat Theory of Financial Regulation

Brian Doherty | 9.28.2009 9:03 PM

Policy

Checkpoint News You Can Use (in Fort Lauderdale)

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 9.28.2009 3:14 PM

Policy

Using Unions As Weapons

UPS and FedEx face off in Congress instead of the marketplace.

Veronique de Rugy | 9.28.2009 3:00 PM

Nanny State

Reason Writers Around Town: Katherine Mangu-Ward in WaPo on Soda Taxes

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 9.28.2009 10:07 AM

Policy

The Animal Spirits of Regulators

Nick Gillespie | 9.28.2009 8:53 AM

Policy

Hoosier Grandmother Arrested for Buying Cold Medication

Radley Balko | 9.28.2009 8:24 AM

Politics

Reason Morning Links: Missiles, Conspiracy, Death, and Taxes

Jesse Walker | 9.28.2009 7:11 AM

Policy

Sweet Lies About Kids and Smoking

The FDA's new ban on flavored cigarettes won't prevent teen smoking

Steve Chapman | 9.28.2009 7:00 AM

Politics

The Body Politics

On health-care reform, Democrats have become their own worst enemy.

Peter Suderman | 9.25.2009 6:00 PM

Policy

'Don't Use Cocaine; It's a Dangerous Drug'—and We're Doing Our Best to Keep It That Way

Jacob Sullum | 9.25.2009 4:34 PM

Policy

Payday of Reckoning

New laws aimed at kneecapping payday lenders will end up hurting the poor.

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 9.25.2009 3:00 PM

Policy

They Want To See You Dead!

Michael Moynihan | 9.25.2009 12:28 PM

Politics

Obama, Race, and Health Care

Understanding America's real and imagined grievances

Shikha Dalmia | 9.25.2009 12:00 PM

Policy

Former Drug Lobbyist Named as Ted Kennedy's Replacement

Peter Suderman | 9.25.2009 10:20 AM

Politics

Earn Big $$$ The NEA Way!

Nick Gillespie | 9.25.2009 8:54 AM

Politics

D.C. Taxi Scandal: Now With More Bribery!

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 9.24.2009 7:40 PM

Policy

I'll Have a Tall Half-Caf Latte With Skim Milk and a Flash of Breast

Jacob Sullum | 9.24.2009 12:10 PM

Policy

"Gag Orders" in the Medicare Debate and "Soft Tyranny"

Brian Doherty | 9.24.2009 11:50 AM

Policy

Defending the Internet from Rascals and FCC Chairmen

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 9.24.2009 11:23 AM

Policy

Mayor Bloomberg's Salty Tooth

Jacob Sullum | 9.24.2009 11:13 AM

Politics

Los Angeles Pot Dispensary Collective Sues the City

Brian Doherty | 9.23.2009 3:30 PM

Politics

Would a Federal Requirement to Buy Insurance Be Constitutional?

Jacob Sullum | 9.23.2009 3:24 PM

Policy

Your Tax Dollars at Work: Drug Cops Spend Hours Playing Wii Bowling During Raid

Nick Gillespie | 9.23.2009 2:30 PM

Policy

If Congress Calls It a Tax and It's Enforced Like a Tax…

Jacob Sullum | 9.23.2009 2:22 PM

Policy

Obama Says Health-Care Reform Won't Cut Medicare Benefits. CBO Disagrees.

Peter Suderman | 9.23.2009 12:48 PM

Policy

Climate Change and the Nanny State

Do we need the government to save us from ourselves?

David Harsanyi | 9.23.2009 12:00 PM

Policy

Sometimes a Cigar Is a Cigarette

Jacob Sullum | 9.23.2009 11:41 AM

Policy

When You Make a Deal With the Devil Drug-Makers…

Peter Suderman | 9.23.2009 10:50 AM

Politics

Coverage Story

Does the cost of uncompensated care justify forcing people to buy health insurance?

Jacob Sullum | 9.23.2009 7:00 AM

Policy

Camel Snus in the Tent

Jacob Sullum | 9.22.2009 6:30 PM

Policy

Obama Administration Supports More Health Insurance Competition, Declines to Do Anything About It

Peter Suderman | 9.22.2009 4:31 PM

Science & Technology

Slate Goes Libertarian. A Little.

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 9.22.2009 4:11 PM

Policy

I Guess It's "Or Die," Then

Matt Welch | 9.22.2009 2:48 PM

Policy

Health-Care Reform Enters Mexican Standoff Phase

Peter Suderman | 9.22.2009 12:01 PM

Politics

Smile, You're on Hidden Camera

The ACORN videos and the future of investigative journalism

Greg Beato | 9.22.2009 12:00 PM

Politics

"ACORN is a corrupt organization that had its silence bought by Ratner"

Damon Root | 9.22.2009 8:01 AM

Politics

Reason Morning Links: A Summit Slows Down, a Fundraiser Goes Down, a President Goes to Town

Jesse Walker | 9.22.2009 7:03 AM

Politics

Reason.tv: When Cops Play Doctor—How the drug war punishes pain patients

Reason Staff | 9.22.2009 7:00 AM

Policy

It All Depends on What Your Definition of Tax Is

Jacob Sullum | 9.21.2009 5:34 PM