That Time Dennis Hastert Became Speaker of the House Because He Was Asexual
He was not only an undistinguished leader but a exemplary Republican during the Bush years, when the small-government party lost its way.
Nanny State
Hawaii Cops Who Made Masseuses Touch Their Dicks Won't Charge Them With Sexual Assault
A partially happy ending to this "happy ending" story. But some could still be deported.
A Swingers Club Is Rebranded a Church To Evade Local Busybodies
"It will have the same rules that many churches observe" except adultery is OK.
20 Jersey Shore Students Charged in Sexting Investigation
Invasion of privacy charges could lead to juvenile lockup or state prison for Cape May teens.
A Swingers Club Is Rebranded a Church To Evade Local Busybodies
"It will have the same rules that many churches observe" except adultery is OK.
Democrats Want to Force Religious Pregnancy Centers in California to Offer Abortion Info
Some crisis pregnancy centers are shady. But the point should be making them be honest about what they are, not trying to turn them into something they're not.
This is Why High School Sucks for so Many Kids: 16 Yr Old Photog Threatened by Admin for Selling Pics
Texas' Flower Mound HS opens news fronts on the war on students and on photography.
Should Libertarians Embrace Reform Conservativism? Should Conservatives?
"Reformocons" reject technocratic, top-down government solutions to pressing policy issues. What could be wrong with that? Well, for starters...
The Libertarian Moment is Everywhere Around Us (Increasing Social Tolerance Edition)
Republicans and Democrats, conservatives and liberals want to keep the world tightly sorted into two categories that describe fewer and fewer Americans.
Backpage.com Lawsuit: Sex Trafficking Doesn't Trump Internet Freedom, Says Federal Judge
Plaintiffs coerced into prostitution as teens alleged that Backpage was complicit in their trafficking.
Clinton Aide Sid Blumenthal is the Human Equivalent of a Semen-Stained Dress
He is a barely repressed reminder of a dark, gothic past that haunts Hillary Clinton and just won't stay buried.
Reason Roundtable: Is Reform Conservatism a Friend or Foe of Limited Government?
Advocates and critics debate the merits of a more populist approach to right-of-center politics.
Mitch Daniels on How to Cut Government & Improve Services
The former Indiana governor and current president of Purdue University gets real about making the public sector cheaper - and better.
Mitch Daniels on How to Cut Government & Improve Services
The former Indiana governor and current president of Purdue University gets real about making the public sector cheaper - and better.
Please, Hillary Clinton: Don't "Make History" on Your Own as President. Just Don't.
If you become president, think less about history and more about restraining the size, scope, and spending of government.
New Jersey Considers Lifting Ban on Self-Service Gas Stations—Legislators Worried About Public Safety
NJ adults can't perform what's a basic task in most of the country
The Coming Trans Fat Ban and the Petty Tyranny of the FDA
The FDA, which helped make trans fat use more common, is now seeking to ban trans fats.
Marijuana Prohibition Is a Moral Scandal Built on a Mountain of Lies
Why the war on weed is unscientific, unconstitutional, and unjust
The European Union Doesn't Need More Food Taxes
The World Health Organization ignores evidence price controls don't make people healthier.
Raid on Venice Beach Church Targets Illegal Kombucha Tea
Undercover agents infiltrated a charity fundraiser at the church last Friday and seized the contraband probiotic beverage.
Coffee Research Casts Further Doubt on Warnings About Energy Drinks
How can 240 milligrams of caffeine per day be lethal when 750 is healthy?
Higher Cigarette Taxes = More People on Food Stamps?
A new study finds that poor smokers compensate for higher cigarette taxes by going on SNAP
Cuomo Reads Times Nail Salon Series, Starts Writing Lame New Regulations Posthaste
Reactionary policy tends to be bad policy.
Beer Cocktail Bans and Other Stupid Booze Laws
Virginia only recently legalized mixing spirits with beer or wine, and some blends are still off limits.
Does Your College Really Need a Large, Foam, Third-Gender Mascot? Or Any Mascot at All?
Rutgers University is looking for more diverse mascots to represent its mediocre sports teams. Can you make the cut?
Massage Parlor Workers 'Sexually Assault' Honolulu Cops
Not-so-happy ending for sex workers in Honolulu massage parlors
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Transhumanism and the Singularity…
...but were afraid to ask. Q&A with R.U. Sirius & Jay Cornell, authors of Transcendence: The Disinformation Encyclopedia of Transhumanism & the Singularity.
A&E Cancels Prostitution 'Reality' Series 8 Minutes
Sex workers say both premise of show and promises of help for them were a sham.
Reason's Seattle Happy Hour Is Tomorrow!
Come drink with Reason cartoonist Peter Bagge at Re:public on May 7
Cop Suing Starbucks Over Spilled Coffee
North Carolina police lieutenant says stress of free-coffee spill led to surgery
"College Students are Human Veal"
Abetted by idiot administrators, today's students seem incapable of living in the real world.
Free Speech Under Fire; Two Gunmen Killed at Texas "Draw Mohammed" Contest
Free speech is never a justification for violence - or submitting to the thug's veto.
Begging to Die
The curiously circumscribed suicide right recognized by Canada's Supreme Court.
"Trigger Warning: College Kids Are Human Veal"
WTF is wrong with kids these days and, more important, the supposed adults who look after them?
$15 Minimum-Wage Movement Highlights Difference Between Progressives and Radicals
Power to the individual, not to the state!
Celebrate Internet Independence Day, April 30, with "Tech Elders" J.P. Barlow, Mark Cuban, & More
With the FCC muscling in, it's more important than ever to remember that cyberspace got great when the government got out.
