The Crony Capitalists of Craft Beer
How independent breweries are mooching off state subsidies.
Nanny State
Lying About Snus and E-Cigarettes Is Like Blocking Access to Clean Heroin Needles
Two public health researchers condemn the "information quarantine" surrounding safer nicotine products.
Policing Students' Sex Lives Costs Colleges Millions, But Nobody's Happy With Results
When stopping sex discrimination requires more sex discrimination, how can anyone win?
Don't Blame Food Companies for What You Feed Your Kids
Parents feed babies candy, soda, and chips. What does this have to do with the industry?
Smokeless Tobacco Bans Lubricate the Slippery Slope With Gross Brown Spit
Starting today, professional ballplayers at Dodger Stadium will be legally prohibited from chewing tobacco, because of hypocritical local pols who recognize no restraint on their power
Colorado Sexting Reforms Could Yield More Criminal Charges Against Teenagers
Lighter penalties are apt to encourage prosecution for behavior that shouldn't be a crime.
How the Government Stole Sex
Screw morality-the state is now intervening in American bedrooms under the mantle of stopping sex discrimination.
Equating Vaping With Smoking Is Medical Malpractice
Celebrity doctor Margaret Cuomo falsely claims e-cigarettes are "at least as harmful" as the real thing.
Knocking Smokeless Tobacco Out of the Ballpark
Liberty suffers another blow in Chicago 'for the children.'
Anti-Partying Law Turns Innocent Kids Into Criminals
Expanded ordinance criminalizes kids for merely showing up to a loud party
Celebrity Doctor Insists on Misleading Smokers About Vaping Hazards
Margaret Cuomo claims e-cigarettes are "at least as harmful" as the real thing.
Really Stupid Moms Across America Scaremongering About Glyphosate in Wines
Moms: Get a clue-organic wines are carcinogens.
NJ Legislator Wants to Throw You in Jail for 15 Days for Walking and Texting
More dumb laws, more complaints about law enforcement, more dumb laws, repeat.
New York City Bans Smokeless Tobacco At the Ballpark
The Big Apple becomes the latest city to embrace "over-legislating the human race" at sporting events.
Possessing Air Pellet Gun During Film Shoot Can Get You Many Years in Prison in Jersey
Comedian/actor Carlo Bellario refuses to plea out and wants trial for the "crime" of having an unfired air gun during movie shoot.
New York Is the Last State to End Ban on MMA Fighting Events
You are now free to beat each other up (consensually) around the country.
The Nanny Always Wins: Daily Fantasy Sports Stop Operations in New York
DraftKings, FanDuel hoping for legislation to give them permission to exist.
Another Win for Internet Freedom, First Amendment in First Circuit's Backpage Ruling
"Congress did not sound an uncertain trumpet when it...chose to enact broad protections to internet publishers," held the appeals court.
A U.S. Department of the Future Is a Really Bad Idea
Unfortunately, there is no shortage of would-be Secretaries of the Future.
L.A.'s Unenforceable Porn Condom Law
The prophylactic police reach a "stalemate" in the courts, but regulators aren't giving up yet.
Zealous Anti-Prostitution Prosecutor Paid for Sex Hundreds of Times
While cracking down on prostitution in Michigan, Stuart Dunnings III was routinely shelling out money for sexual services, authorities say.
Cubs Manager Joe Maddon, on Chicago's New Tobacco Ban: 'I'm not into over-legislating the human race'
Grown man in uniform makes considerably more sense than Chicago politicians
ACLU of Rhode Island Slams 'Sex Trafficking' Cops for Focusing on Consenting Adults
The chief result of the stings-which involved Homeland Security and the FBI-was the arrest of 14 sex workers and 14 men seeking sex from undercover cops.
March Madness Is Here! Let's All Pretend We Don't Gamble.
Forty million Americans will bet on the college basketball tourney even though it's not really legal.
Slut-Shaming 'Johns' Shouldn't Be Sanctioned by Police
Public shaming in the Internet era can have lasting and wide-reaching effects.
Six Percent of Americans Have Accepted Payment for Sex
For those ages 30-44, it rises to almost 10 percent. But most Americans still think prostitution is "morally wrong."
14-Year-Old Arrested for Prostitution for Her Own Good, Say Indiana Cops
Police have been investigating the case for more than a month.
More Than 400 Arrests in 'Operation Traveling Circus'
Obviously, the vice cops are the clowns here. Unfortunately, their idea of entertainment is depriving people of their liberty and livelihoods.
Suit Halts New York City's Misguided Restaurant Salt Warning Labels
A judge stopped mandatory labels, which had been set to take full effect this week.
PSA to College Students: Tiny Sombreros at Tequila Party Are Very Not OK. Fur Hats at Cold War Party Are Just Fine.
Campus political correctness goes loco
A 10-Year Mandatory Minimum Hinges on the Inartful Placement of Five Words
The law of the last antecedent beats the law of lenity.
Human Trafficking Is the New 'Crack-Cocaine Epidemic,' Says California Lawmaker
He's right, but not for the reasons he thinks.
Top Kansas Court Overturns Criminal Penalties for Drivers Who Refuse Alcohol Testing
The 6-to-1 ruling says it's unconstitutional to punish people for withdrawing "implied consent."
Connecticut's State-Backed Liquor Price Fixing Scheme
The governor thinks the state should stop conspiring with retailers to screw consumers.
Virginia General Assembly Approves Guidelines for Fantasy Sports
Virginia is the first state to put fantasy sports legislation before a governor.
Fearing 'Monsters' Like Total Wine, Liquor Sellers Want the State to Keep Prices High
Connecticut is the only state that sets minimum prices for wine and spirits.
Exchanging Anything of Value for Sex Will Soon Be a Crime in Oregon
The measure is now awaiting the signature of Democratic Gov. Kate Brown.
Connecticut's Mom & Pop Booze Stores Want You To Pay More For Liquor
"You're either for inflated, artificially high prices, or you're against them," says defiant Gov. Malloy.
Stupid Laws Censor the Truth from Whisky Buyers
Liquor regulations in the U.S. and EU control how honest makers can be.
Hillary Clinton Wants Benevolent Bureaucrats to Bring More 'Structure' to Poor Kids' Lives
The candidate calls for longer school days and school years.
Wisconsin City Finds New Way to Punish Sex Workers and Their Clients
Anyone advertising as an escort without a license or attempting to hire an unlicensed escort could be charged $5,000.
3 of the Most F*cked Up Ways the Feds are Controlling Sex Work
From telling hotel workers to look for used condoms to shuttering escort sites to nation-wide stings, cops are going after prostitutes with new energy.
North Dakota City Rewriting Rules to Keep Theater From Getting Liquor License
A theater in Bismarck applied for a liquor license, so city leaders decided to change the requirements.
The Dying of the Poor White Americans
Rising white mortality is associated with increasing rates of opioid overdosing, suicides, and alchohol abuse.
