Nanny State

Policy

What Health Insurers Want: Tougher Penalties For Those Who Don't Buy Insurance

Peter Suderman | 10.12.2009 2:47 PM

Policy

The Menace of Overeager Cub Scouts

Jacob Sullum | 10.12.2009 1:36 PM

Politics

Rep. Jeff Flake Goes on Island Vacation, Catches Crabs

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 10.12.2009 11:38 AM

Policy

Reason Morning Links: Good News for Hispanics in Maricopa County, Smokers in West Virginia, and Turks Who Want to Trade with Armenians

Jesse Walker | 10.12.2009 7:30 AM

Policy

Fattening the Nanny State

The folly of menu labeling laws

Steve Chapman | 10.12.2009 7:00 AM

Politics

Geithner's Old Boy Network Doesn't Extend West of the Appalachians

Tim Cavanaugh | 10.9.2009 3:33 PM

Politics

The Madness of the Mandate

What's wrong with the government forcing individuals to buy health insurance.

Peter Suderman | 10.9.2009 3:00 PM

Policy

Is the Health-Care Reform Debate Over?

Peter Suderman | 10.9.2009 1:20 PM

Policy

The Fine Line Between Pot Fees and Pot Prices

Jacob Sullum | 10.9.2009 11:40 AM

Policy

Health Industry Lobbyist on Reform Bill: "If we're on the floor and it continues to look like this then … we're really going to have a problem."

Peter Suderman | 10.9.2009 11:01 AM

Policy

The Cartel: Our Schools Are in Crisis

Nick Gillespie | 10.9.2009 7:59 AM

Politics

L.A. Declares War on Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

Brian Doherty | 10.8.2009 9:00 PM

Politics

When Public Power Is Used for Private Gain

It's time for New York's highest court to say no to eminent domain abuse

Damon Root | 10.8.2009 4:30 PM

Policy

Probation, Fine, and Financial Ruin: The Penalty for Not Committing a Crime

Jacob Sullum | 10.8.2009 2:33 PM

Policy

Scientists Try to Take the Fun Out of Drugs

Jacob Sullum | 10.8.2009 12:14 PM

Politics

James Pinkerton: "Most Republicans Are Not Libertarian," So Deal With it

Matt Welch | 10.8.2009 8:43 AM

Policy

Reason Morning Links: FCC Follies, Frivolous Takedown Notices, and the Senate Rape Caucus

Jesse Walker | 10.8.2009 8:16 AM

Policy

You Can Show a Fat Bastard Calories, but You Can't Make Him Count

Jacob Sullum | 10.7.2009 5:41 PM

Policy

CBO Says Baucus Health-Care Plan Will Reduce Deficit If Executed as Planned, Which Probably Won't Happen

Peter Suderman | 10.7.2009 4:44 PM

Policy

Dragons of Eden Author, Draggin' and Eatin'

Tim Cavanaugh | 10.7.2009 3:16 PM

Politics

What Do Finance Committee Members Want From Health-Care Reform?

Peter Suderman | 10.7.2009 2:12 PM

Policy

"Criminal Alien Program" Capturing Mostly Non-Criminals

Brian Doherty | 10.7.2009 12:26 PM

Policy

The Doers vs. The "Thinkers"

The fatal conceit of trying to plan the economy

David Harsanyi | 10.7.2009 12:00 PM

Policy

Levin on the Baucus Health-Care Bill: "A massively ambitious, costly, intrusive, inefficient, and clumsy combination of mandates, taxes, subsidies, regulations, and new government programs"

Peter Suderman | 10.7.2009 11:37 AM

Policy

The Ugly Face of the Drug War

Nick Gillespie | 10.7.2009 11:11 AM

Policy

Democrats Support Low Taxes (For Unions)

Peter Suderman | 10.7.2009 10:52 AM

Policy

Reason Writers Around Town: Peter Suderman in the Wall Street Journal on the Failures of State Health-Care Reforms

Peter Suderman | 10.7.2009 10:11 AM

Policy

Update on the Georgia Pastor Killed by Undercover Narcotics Police

Radley Balko | 10.7.2009 9:47 AM

Policy

One Buy American Program That Actually Works or, How U.S. Pot Is Killing Mexican Cartels

Nick Gillespie | 10.7.2009 9:32 AM

Politics

From Guns to Butter

How a Second Amendment case can help restore economic liberty

Jacob Sullum | 10.7.2009 7:00 AM

Policy

The Worthlessness of Bipartisanship

Peter Suderman | 10.6.2009 4:36 PM

Politics

The White Coat Makes the Doctor

Nick Gillespie | 10.6.2009 3:28 PM

Science & Technology

What Happens When You Steal Public Records and Make Them Public

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 10.6.2009 3:15 PM

Policy

Reason Writers Around Town: Peter Suderman Talks Health Care and FTC Disclosure Rules on Inside Washington Weekly

Reason Staff | 10.6.2009 2:29 PM

Economics

The Adventures of a Guilty Liberal

No Impact Man fails to make an impression

Dan Hayes | 10.6.2009 12:15 PM

Politics

Michael Steele's Medicare Mistake

Peter Suderman | 10.6.2009 9:22 AM

Policy

Reason.tv: Light Bulbs Vs. The Nanny State

Reason Staff | 10.6.2009 7:00 AM

Policy

Republican Swears GOP Has Health-Care Policy Ideas Too. Really!

Peter Suderman | 10.5.2009 3:08 PM

Politics

Shut Your Mouth If Your Experience Is Not Typical Enough

Tim Cavanaugh | 10.5.2009 1:31 PM

Policy

John Mackey on the Whole Foods Plan and Why Individuals Can Be Trusted to Make Their Own Health-Care Decisions

Peter Suderman | 10.5.2009 10:57 AM

Policy

Weed in Review

Peter Suderman | 10.5.2009 10:06 AM

Politics

Reason Morning Links: Now More Stimulating!

Jesse Walker | 10.5.2009 7:42 AM

Policy

In June 1993, Vice President Al Gore visited Spring Hill and said he wanted to "Saturnize" the federal government, or, After Cash For Clunkers the Trickle

Tim Cavanaugh | 10.3.2009 5:38 PM

Policy

The FDA Is Not Sure Whether Smoking Is Worse Than Not Smoking

Jacob Sullum | 10.2.2009 1:31 PM

Politics

Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em at a Gas Station

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 10.2.2009 12:02 PM

Policy

Why Take Painkillers for Your Pain When You Can Take Up a Hobby Instead?

Jacob Sullum | 10.2.2009 11:32 AM

Policy

The Insurance Industry Learns That Congress May Giveth, but Congress Also Taketh Away

Peter Suderman | 10.2.2009 10:32 AM