Nanny State

Civil Liberties

Watching the Kids

Surveillance in the U.K.

Macy Hanson | 10.20.2006 9:42 AM

Politics

They Don't Know Jack

The Abramoff scandal thrills Washington but bores voters.

David Weigel | 10.19.2006 8:56 AM

Politics

Potheads, Puritans, and Pragmatists

Two marijuana initiatives put drug warriors on the defensive.

Jacob Sullum | 10.18.2006 3:48 PM

Civil Liberties

No Encroachments on the First Amendment

The ACLU discusses civil rights history, intelligent design and abortion

Ronald Bailey | 10.18.2006 2:53 PM

Policy

Drunken Power

How alcohol became the all-purpose excuse for bad behavior

Jacob Sullum | 10.13.2006 3:48 PM

Politics

The Best for the Worst

Big-time terrorists get a trial; anonymous "enemy combatants" just get locked up

Jacob Sullum | 10.4.2006 3:18 PM

Policy

How to Fire an Incompetent Teacher

An illustrated guide to New York's public school bureaucracy

John Stossel | 10.1.2006 3:25 PM

Policy

The FDA's War on Cherries

Forbidden Fruit

Kerry Howley | 10.1.2006 11:35 AM

Science & Technology

Gambling Crackdown

Have Ban, Will Travel

Jacob Sullum | 10.1.2006 11:33 AM

Policy

Studying Shrooms

Psilocybin and spirituality

Jacob Sullum | 10.1.2006 9:48 AM

Policy

The Longneck Tail

A revolution in American beer

Jay Brooks | 10.1.2006 9:15 AM

Policy

The Case of Cory Maye

A cop is dead, an innocent man may be on death row, and drug warriors keep knocking down doors.

Radley Balko | 10.1.2006 8:42 AM

Policy

Don't Panic Over Spinach

We're not returning to The Jungle

Ronald Bailey | 9.29.2006 3:39 PM

Politics

Tortured Reasoning

The Right Approach to Rough Treatment

Jonathan Rauch | 9.25.2006 8:57 AM

Policy

Happy Hour Anyone?

A new study shows that workers who are open to staying after work for a drink with colleagues make more money ����¯�¿�½���¯���¿���½�����?

Nick Gillespie | 9.14.2006 12:00 AM

Policy

Rant: The Night Chicago Died

Suddenly, it's hard to be a sinner in the Windy City

Nick Gillespie | 9.4.2006 11:56 AM

Policy

If It Feels Good, Don't Do It

If sex ed doesn't work, what is everyone fighting about?

Kerry Howley | 9.1.2006 12:35 PM

Policy

The Accidental Drug Trafficker

A repudiation of prosecutions that treat doctors' errors in judgment as felonies

Jacob Sullum | 8.30.2006 9:56 AM

Politics

Judge Taylor's Tapped-Out Argument

Federal domestic spying program nicked, not nixed

Jeff Taylor | 8.21.2006 1:28 PM

Policy

Crystal Smear

Meth joke backlash

David Weigel | 8.20.2006 11:04 AM

Civil Liberties

Nothing Personal

The NSA's illegal data collection

Jacob Sullum | 8.20.2006 10:35 AM

Policy

The Fried Logic of Food Police

Trans fat in fast food? Who knew?

Jacob Sullum | 8.18.2006 10:27 AM

Politics

Anti-Terror Must-Haves for 2006!

Secrecy is the new black

Kerry Howley | 8.17.2006 1:34 PM

Politics

Final Exit: The Sequel

Sam Brownback at your deathbed

Jacob Sullum | 8.9.2006 2:07 PM

Policy

Coping With Doping

If it's allowed, it's not cheating.

Jacob Sullum | 8.2.2006 4:09 PM

Politics

The Hard Right vs. John Dean's "Conservatives without Conscience"

Are Republicans inherently authoritarian?

Nick Gillespie | 7.30.2006 12:00 AM

Policy

Bet On Handcuffs

The long arm of American paternalism

Jacob Sullum | 7.26.2006 4:03 PM

Policy

Polio, Autism, or Neither?

The autism/vaccine scandal dissipates

Ronald Bailey | 7.24.2006 12:00 AM

Policy

The Politics of Sky-High House Prices

How government jacks up the price of owning your home.

Joel Miller | 7.20.2006 2:45 PM

Policy

Data: Circle Game

Jacob Sullum | 7.20.2006 2:31 PM

Policy

Pay by the Mile

Lose a gas tax, lose your privacy?

Brian Doherty | 7.20.2006 1:53 PM

Nanny State

Blind Bet

Ohio goes after bingo.

David Weigel | 7.20.2006 1:45 PM

Policy

Big Brother Prescribes

Are mandatory aerobics classes in your future?

Ronald Bailey | 7.14.2006 2:23 PM

Policy

Big Brother Prescribes

Are mandatory aerobics classes in your future?

Ronald Bailey | 7.14.2006 2:23 PM

Science & Technology

Goodlatte: Bad Bet

The American Value of steering online gamblers toward state lotteries and horse racing

Jacob Sullum | 7.12.2006 12:00 AM

Policy

A Pack of Lies

The surgeon general hypes the hazards of secondhand smoke

Jacob Sullum | 7.5.2006 12:00 AM

Policy

Impaired Reasoning

Should last week's joint disqualify a pot smoker from driving today?

Jacob Sullum | 6.28.2006 12:00 AM

Politics

Vote for Gridlock

It's the patriotic thing to do

Ronald Bailey | 6.13.2006 11:17 AM

Policy

Indecent Proposal

End, don't mend, TV content regulation.

Jacob Sullum | 6.7.2006 11:35 AM

Policy

Tea for 130

Religious rituals and the drug war

Jacob Sullum | 6.5.2006 12:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Thin Population

Urban sprawl and obesity

Jacob Sullum | 6.5.2006 12:00 AM

Policy

Next Beer in Jerusalem

Boozing with Hamas

Tim Cavanaugh | 6.5.2006 12:00 AM

Policy

"The Doctor Wasn't Cruel Enough"

How one physician escaped the panic over prescription drugs

Maia Szalavitz | 6.2.2006 4:43 PM

Policy

Can Bill Ford Defeat His Green Goblins?

As automaker runs out of gas, nature bunny great-grandson steers into a hole

Shikha Dalmia | 6.1.2006 10:42 AM

Policy

Confining Space

Regulating space travel

Jeff Taylor | 6.1.2006 12:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Criminal Kinship

Slouching toward a DNA database nation.

Ronald Bailey | 5.19.2006 11:10 AM

Politics

Sleepwalking Into History, Kennedy Style

How Patrick Kennedy's dangerous driving became Ambien's fault

John Tabin | 5.15.2006 9:50 AM

Politics

Pop Out

The new school beverage policy won't make students noticeably thinner

Jacob Sullum | 5.10.2006 10:14 AM