Nanny State
Fine Wines and Wine Fines
Restrictions on interstate sales of alcoholic beverages turn oenophiles into smugglers.
Stand-Up Guy
Comedian Drew Carey on network censors, Hollywood guilt, and why he likes eating at Bob's Big Boy.
Software Pirates
Congress never gave the FDA power to control medical practice. But the agency seized it anyway--by regulating software and computers.
Public Health As an Alternative to the War on Drugs
Delivered at the Drug Policy Foundation's 11th International Conference on Drug Policy Reform, October 17, 1997.
Unlovely Spam
Efforts to deter unsolicited e-mail may cause more problems than they would solve.
Dealers' Choices
The tobacco companies have renounced the principles that made it possible to defend them.
Wild Success
Saving endangered wildlife once meant trampled crops and violent death to the villagers of Southern Africa. Now community-based capitalism is turning once-fearsome pests into valuable sources of wealth.
Let's Make a Deal
As the proposed tobacco settlement heads to Congress, the anti-smoking movement is divided over whether it's a good deal after all. A guide to the players, the alliances they've established, and who hopes to get what.
The Tin Drum Meets the Tin Badge
How a classic 1979 film suddenly turned into child porn
Polluted Science
New air pollution regulations based on questionable science and creative economic analysis could cost billions and change the way Americans mow their lawns, heat their homes, clean their clothes, and barbecue their burgers. Can Congress stop this regulatory power grab?
Youth Appeal
Self-appointed Web watchers are worried that virtual smoking and drinking might lead to the real thing.
Pot of Trouble
Grow marijuana for medical use in California, and you can get off. Do it in Oklahoma, and you can get 93 years.
Occupational Hazards
Why "sued if you do, sued if you don't" is the new rule in employment law.
