Nanny State

Policy

The Ballad of Kathryn Johnston

Radley Balko | 7.11.2008 11:49 AM

Policy

First, Group Showers—Now, No Cornbread?

Mike Riggs | 7.11.2008 10:27 AM

Politics

I Love Livin' in the City

Damon Root | 7.11.2008 7:40 AM

Policy

Suited and Booted

How anti-doping hysteria is ruining sports

Greg Beato | 7.10.2008 3:00 PM

Culture

Why Does Pixar Hate America?

Nick Gillespie | 7.10.2008 12:16 PM

Politics

What Are You, a Terrorist?

Jacob Sullum | 7.10.2008 11:30 AM

Policy

How Do You Keep the Magic?

Jacob Sullum | 7.9.2008 6:19 PM

Policy

Uncle Sam's Patented Marijuana Medicine

Jacob Sullum | 7.9.2008 4:06 PM

Policy

What Are You Smiling At?

The American Dental Association's unfunny habit of blocking healthcare reform

Mike Riggs | 7.9.2008 3:00 PM

Policy

So Strong You Get High Just by Looking at It

Jacob Sullum | 7.9.2008 11:55 AM

Policy

Another Isolated Incident

Radley Balko | 7.9.2008 8:40 AM

Policy

Are You Supposed To Smoke It, or Make Love to It?

Radley Balko | 7.8.2008 10:22 PM

Policy

The Ballad of Esequiel Herenandez

Radley Balko | 7.8.2008 5:25 PM

Science & Technology

Is It Safe?

Mike Riggs | 7.8.2008 5:05 PM

Policy

EU Agriculture Commissioner Is a Peach

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 7.8.2008 3:01 PM

Policy

The World Food Crisis and Political Malthusianism

Government failure, not overpopulation, is the cause of higher food prices

Ronald Bailey | 7.8.2008 3:00 PM

Economics

"If We Could Just Get Our Arms Around the Internet"

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 7.7.2008 2:41 PM

Policy

What About Fat Kids With Low Cholesterol?

Jacob Sullum | 7.7.2008 2:37 PM

Politics

Those Founding Fathers Were Some Far-Out Groovy Cats Who Definitely Passed the Acid Test, Man!

Nick Gillespie | 7.7.2008 9:35 AM

Policy

Why the Cavemen Went Extinct (Winston Tastes Good Like a Cigarette Should Edition)

Nick Gillespie | 7.5.2008 7:36 PM

Policy

Woo Hoo, a Sparkler!

Jacob Sullum | 7.4.2008 3:07 PM

Policy

What's the Opposite of a Drug-Free Society?

Jacob Sullum | 7.3.2008 6:59 PM

Politics

Nick Burns, P.I.

Jacob Sullum | 7.3.2008 5:12 PM

Policy

"It Is Unclear Why He Did That"

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 7.3.2008 1:38 PM

Policy

Education for Profit

Why is everyone flaming the University of Phoenix?

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 7.3.2008 12:00 PM

Politics

The New York City Mob

Radley Balko | 7.3.2008 10:11 AM

Policy

We Are the World

Radley Balko | 7.3.2008 8:59 AM

Nanny State

States Cheat Lottery Players Out of Millions

Radley Balko | 7.2.2008 11:43 PM

Policy

Peeing on the DEA's Birthday Parade

Jacob Sullum | 7.2.2008 6:46 PM

Nanny State

Chicago Ain't No Kind of Town

Nick Gillespie | 7.2.2008 3:04 PM

Nanny State

Now: Cell Phone Check Points

Radley Balko | 7.1.2008 4:22 PM

Policy

Piling on Georgia

Radley Balko | 7.1.2008 2:21 PM

Policy

Set a Camera to Catch a Thief

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 7.1.2008 12:11 PM

Policy

The Indicators of Success in Iraq?

Mike Riggs | 7.1.2008 11:14 AM

Policy

"Yeah, sure, I know, it's a free country and I ain't got the right. But I got a badge. What do you got?"

Damon Root | 7.1.2008 9:42 AM

Culture

Free the Fireworks!

Can individual citizens be trusted to celebrate Independence Day with a bang?

Greg Beato | 6.30.2008 3:00 PM

Politics

Dickie Scruggs Tries the Wrong Kind of Bribery

Jacob Sullum | 6.30.2008 12:00 PM

Policy

ICANN: Give Us .sex!

Mike Riggs | 6.26.2008 11:50 AM

Politics

Murdering Hookers Is One Thing, but Having Sex With Them…

Jacob Sullum | 6.26.2008 10:29 AM

Policy

Too Much Information?

Why menu labeling laws are bound to fail

Radley Balko | 6.25.2008 4:00 PM

Policy

I Swear, Officer, It's Only Marijuana!

Jacob Sullum | 6.25.2008 2:38 PM

Politics

Would President McCain Obey the Law?

Why his shifting position on wiretaps is cause for concern

Jacob Sullum | 6.25.2008 1:00 PM

Politics

Democratic Convention Update: Organic Fanny Packs and a Ban on Fried Food

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 6.25.2008 11:49 AM

Policy

Congress Tackles the Risky Loan Shortage

Jacob Sullum | 6.25.2008 10:12 AM

Policy

"When it comes to public health, I don't think I have any apology for that"

Damon Root | 6.25.2008 10:01 AM

Policy

Tennessee Takes the Fun Out of Toga Parties

Mike Riggs | 6.24.2008 5:38 PM

Policy

There Was Music in the Cafes at Night and Re-Regulation in the Air

Matt Welch | 6.24.2008 12:16 PM

Policy

Another Week…

Radley Balko | 6.24.2008 10:56 AM