Nanny State

Politics

On The Independents: Rep. Thomas Massie on the House Leadership Fight, Peter Suderman on the Gas Tax, Huckabee 2016, #BlackBrunchMatters, NYPD Blue, Harshing Sleds, the Bullet Train to Madera, and After-show

Matt Welch | 1.5.2015 8:10 PM

Politics

"No Means No/We Know That Now": The Simpsons Mocked P.C./Disney in Last Night's Episode

Nick Gillespie | 1.5.2015 4:08 PM

Nanny State

In Joyless Nanny State Called America, Government Prohibits Sledding

Robby Soave | 1.5.2015 12:10 PM

Civil Liberties

Worried About Legal Action, Dad Calls Sheriff's Office to Witness Him Spanking His Kid

Lenore Skenazy | 1.5.2015 11:05 AM

Civil Liberties

Robocop, Circa 1924: "The Radio Automata Have No Equal"

Nick Gillespie | 1.5.2015 9:45 AM

Politics

Mike Huckabee's Long Battle Against Libertarianism

Matt Welch | 1.5.2015 9:24 AM

Sex Work

The Rolling Stone UVa Story, Eden, and Media Exploitation

Noah Berlatsky | 1.4.2015 8:00 AM

Policy

Cop's Obama Rant Embarrasses Officials, Spurs 2014 Nanny of the Year Win

Ted Balaker | 1.3.2015 7:00 PM

Nanny State

Oklahoma Bill Would Declare Emergency, Impose $500 Fine on Wearing a Hoodie in Public

Ed Krayewski | 1.3.2015 6:15 PM

Politics

Eric Garner Protesters Shut Down West Side Highway

Anthony Fisher | 1.3.2015 3:00 PM

Politics

Don't Be A Menace to the 'Hood While Wearing Your Hoodie While in Oklahoma!

Nick Gillespie | 1.3.2015 11:48 AM

Politics

2015 Trends: The Death of Brand Loyalty in Politics

Nick Gillespie | 1.3.2015 11:14 AM

Politics

Best of 2014: Revenge Porn is Bad. But Should it be Illegal?

Amanda Winkler | 1.3.2015 10:07 AM

Politics

Last (and Next) Year in Food Policy

A handful of food policy cognoscenti discuss the top food policy issues of 2014 and predict what might happen in 2015.

Baylen Linnekin | 1.3.2015 8:00 AM

NYPD

New York Times Wants NYPD to Do the Impossible: Enforce All the Laws, Even the Constitutionally Questionable Ones, While Practicing 'Constitutional' Policing

Ed Krayewski | 1.2.2015 11:35 AM

Politics

More Police WTF: Alabama Man Shot, Killed by Police While Turning in Stray Cat

Nick Gillespie | 1.2.2015 10:29 AM

Policy

Wine Workers

Grape-stained labor law

Scott Shackford | 1.1.2015 12:00 PM

Civil Liberties

Best of 2014: Killer or Artist? Why Rap is on Trial.

Paul Detrick | 1.1.2015 11:32 AM

Politics

Best of 2014: "Sex, Spice and Small-Town Texas Justice: The Purple Zone Raid"

Anthony Fisher | 1.1.2015 9:00 AM

Politics

It's Not Too Late to Make a Tax-Deductible Donation to Reason!

Nick Gillespie | 12.31.2014 9:44 AM

Politics

"We Need Our Police to be Better Than This"

Nick Gillespie | 12.31.2014 9:26 AM

Politics

Ellen Degeneres-Inspired 'Dance Dare' Prankster Gets Thrown to the Ground by NYPD

Anthony Fisher | 12.31.2014 7:05 AM

Policy

Don't Blame Me

The year's highlights in buck passing

Jacob Sullum | 12.31.2014 7:00 AM

Civil Liberties

As the Campus Rape Narrative Unravels, Will Due Process Strike Back in 2015?

Why 2015 could be another rough year for students' rights.

Robby Soave | 12.30.2014 4:30 PM

Culture

4 Ways Neo-Victorianism Reared Its Ugly Head in 2014

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.30.2014 3:54 PM

Politics

Looming Cuts to Medicaid Docs "Threaten Access to Care" Sez NY Times

Nick Gillespie | 12.29.2014 2:59 PM

War on Drugs

The 5 Best Drug Scares of 2014

A deluge of drunks, deadly synthetics, ecigs and smoking, heroin hype, and THC-tainted treats.

Jacob Sullum | 12.29.2014 12:01 AM

Politics

Eleanor Roosevelt Had a Carry Permit, So Why Can't You?

Nick Gillespie | 12.28.2014 10:55 AM

Policy

The 5 Best Drug Scares of 2014

Jacob Sullum | 12.26.2014 10:42 AM

Politics

Have Yourself a Very Remy Christmas

Meredith Bragg | 12.24.2014 3:30 PM

Disease

Ebola, Smoking, and Mission Creep at the CDC

Controlling contagious diseases is just one of many items on the agency's to-do list.

Jacob Sullum | 12.24.2014 8:30 AM

Policy

An Up-Lyft-ing Christmas Tale

Reputation protects better than regulation.

John Stossel | 12.24.2014 12:01 AM

Policy

Legislators Say E-Cigarette Companies Are Bound by an Agreement Reached Before They Existed

Jacob Sullum | 12.23.2014 3:36 PM

Nanny State

If You Have Nothing to Hide

Charles Oliver | 12.23.2014 6:00 AM

Politics

The Night Before the Shooting of 2 NYPD Officers, Pro-NYPD Protesters Rallied Outside City Hall

Anthony Fisher | 12.22.2014 6:31 PM

Politics

The Great School Lunch Fight Now With SCIENCE!

Nick Gillespie | 12.22.2014 10:37 AM

Politics

NYPD Freakout: "We've Become a 'Wartime' Police Department"

Ed Krayewski | 12.22.2014 9:32 AM

Policy

Are E-Cigarettes Displacing the Real Thing?

As more teenagers vape, fewer smoke.

Jacob Sullum | 12.22.2014 8:30 AM

Politics

In the Rush to Blame Everyone for the Shooting of NYPD Cops, Don't Forget to Include the Actual Shooter

Nick Gillespie | 12.21.2014 10:09 AM

Policy

What Obama's Cuba Deal Means for the Future of Cuban Cigars

Don't stop hoarding those Cuban cigars just yet.

Jacob Grier | 12.21.2014 10:00 AM

Politics

Elizabeth Warren Doesn't Understand Regulatory Capture. That's a Problem for a Would-Be Regulator.

Nick Gillespie | 12.20.2014 9:51 AM

Policy

Cops Seized Couple's $160,000 Wine Collection—And Want to Destroy It All

When it comes to alcohol laws, Pennsylvania is about as close to Saudi Arabia as you can get in America.

Baylen Linnekin | 12.20.2014 8:00 AM

Culture

Porn Panic Alert: Smut Becoming 'Marriage Substitute,' Warn Conservatives Who Can't Tell Correlation From Causation

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.19.2014 3:44 PM

Politics

Q&A: Judge Andrew Napolitano on how America is becoming a Surveillance State

Nick Gillespie and Amanda Winkler | 12.19.2014 2:00 PM

Policy

As Vaping Rises to Record Highs, Smoking Falls to Record Lows

Jacob Sullum | 12.19.2014 1:02 PM