Nanny State

Politics

2011: Rand Paul "Most Interesting Man in Senate." Now: "Most Interesting Man in Politics."

Nick Gillespie | 10.16.2014 11:43 AM

Local Government

Mow Your Yard or Go to Jail

Scott Shackford | 10.16.2014 11:30 AM

Nanny State

The Argument Against Affirmative Consent Laws Gets Voxjacked

Cathy Young | 10.15.2014 8:40 PM

Politics

Poll: 35% Say Obama Has Handled Foreign Policy Better Than George W. Bush; Americans Who Were 20-Somethings in 2003 More Critical of Bush

Emily Ekins and Melanie Sitzer | 10.15.2014 5:35 PM

Sex

How to Solve the Campus Rape Crisis: Lower the Drinking Age

A lower drinking age might curb alcohol excess and sexual assault.

Robby Soave | 10.15.2014 4:30 PM

Policy

Crony Capitalism: Taxpayers Forced to Fund Virginia Brewery

Government handouts leave a bitter taste.

A. Barton Hinkle | 10.15.2014 10:30 AM

Nanny State

Brickbat: I Can't Believe It's Not Peanut Butter

Charles Oliver | 10.15.2014 6:00 AM

Nanny State

Government's Ongoing Effort to Shutter Mixed Martial Arts

How federal, state, and local authorities have tried, and failed, to shut down MMA.

Kerry Howley | 10.14.2014 12:00 PM

Politics

The Upside of Ebola? Support for "Right-To-Try" Laws and Patient Power

Nick Gillespie | 10.14.2014 11:23 AM

Politics

The Link Between Ebola and Secret Service Hookers: Instapundit on Trust

Nick Gillespie | 10.14.2014 8:33 AM

Politics

City Spends Months Debating Smoking Ban in Public Parks, Discovers Smoking Was Already Banned in Public Parks

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 10.13.2014 3:27 PM

Nanny State

I Let the Government Microwave Raw Chicken for Me. Here's What Happened.

Scott Shackford | 10.13.2014 2:45 PM

Politics

Should the Military Ban Smoking?

Nick Gillespie | 10.12.2014 8:47 AM

Politics

Senior Citizens Support Medical Marijuana Initiative in Florida

Paul Feine | 10.11.2014 3:00 PM

Policy

Who Can Put Suit Challenging Cali's Egg Law Back Together Again?

The answer? Farmers.

Baylen Linnekin | 10.11.2014 8:00 AM

Policy

Coercion Dressed Up As Compassion for L.A.'s Teen 'Sex Trafficking' Victims

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 10.10.2014 3:33 PM

Politics

'Power Drunk' Agency Targets Local Winery

California's Department of Industrial Relations slapped the owners of the Westover Winery with more than $115,000 in fines and assessments for using volunteer workers.

Steven Greenhut | 10.10.2014 12:00 PM

Politics

Poll: 66% Favor Airstrikes Against ISIS, but 52% Oppose US Sending Ground Troops

Emily Ekins | 10.10.2014 10:02 AM

Policy

Prohibition Strikes Again: Illegal Alcohol Kills 21 in Pakistan

Lucian McMahon | 10.9.2014 1:55 PM

Politics

List of 13 Creepiest Clowns Inexplicably Leaves Out Joe Biden, Other Pols

Nick Gillespie | 10.9.2014 10:44 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Red Meat Wednesday, With Anthony Fisher, TV's Andy Levy, Chris Moody, Jason Mattera, an ex-Secret Service Dude, and a New Enemy of Freedom!

Matt Welch | 10.8.2014 8:41 PM

Politics

Do People Think Cake Bakers Should Be Forced to Work Gay Weddings? Maybe, Maybe Not

Stephanie Slade | 10.8.2014 3:56 PM

Politics

5 TV Shows All Libertarians Should Hate!: Help Crowdsource a Reason TV Video

Nick Gillespie and Meredith Bragg | 10.7.2014 8:30 PM

The Independents

Tonight on The Independents: Fear of a 'Dangerous' Planet, Jennifer Lawrence 'Sex Crime,' Military Spending Forever, Ebola, Unfree Speech, Dumb Laws, No Justice for Bou Bou, and Aftershow

Matt Welch | 10.7.2014 8:28 PM

Civil Liberties

The War on Homeschooling is a War Against American Liberty

Brian Doherty | 10.7.2014 6:09 PM

Policy

NYC Councilman Wants to Ban Flavored E-Cigarettes, Since Everyone Knows They're Strictly for Kids

Jacob Sullum | 10.7.2014 3:10 PM

Policy

Texas Abortion Providers Ask Supreme Court to Stop Clinic Closures

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 10.7.2014 1:25 PM

Politics

Journalist Enters Closed Public Park, Finds Self in Federal Court, Ends Up Scrubbing Toilets

Zenon Evans | 10.7.2014 1:15 PM

Pornography

Thwarted by Excessive Regulation, British Pornographers Call for… More Regulation!

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 10.6.2014 3:15 PM

Politics

29-Year-Old Woman Moves To Oregon for Legal Aid in Dying

Zach Weissmueller | 10.6.2014 3:02 PM

Politics

Hey CDC: "You have one job. Try doing it." (Ebola Edition)

Nick Gillespie | 10.6.2014 10:35 AM

Policy

"Their Kinky College Romance Ended Badly. So Did the School's Sexual-Assault Investigation."

Nick Gillespie | 10.6.2014 9:25 AM

Civil Liberties

How Internet Activism Helps Sex Workers

Marginalized groups seek justice, community, and self-help online.

Noah Berlatsky | 10.5.2014 12:00 PM

Politics

Rand Paul: "I don't want my guns registered in Washington or my marriage"

Nick Gillespie | 10.3.2014 6:08 PM

Policy

ACLU Challenges Alabama Law That Pits Abortion-Seeking Teens Against State-Appointed Attorney for 'Unborn Child'

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 10.3.2014 4:35 PM

Politics

A Pox on Hillary's "Grandmother Glow" and Prince George Pics

Nick Gillespie | 10.3.2014 2:50 PM

Policy

Sheriff Says 'ComputerCOP' Spyware Isn't Spyware. If You Disagree You're a 'Liberal' Who Supports Murderers and Pedophiles

Zenon Evans | 10.3.2014 1:20 PM

Nanny State

Police Abuse Even a Threat for Backyard Chickens Now

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 10.3.2014 12:20 PM

Politics

South Park + 4 More: The 5 Best Libertarian TV Shows Ever

Nick Gillespie and Meredith Bragg | 10.1.2014 8:58 PM

Culture

Webcam Girl Sasha Pain Raising Awareness, Funds for Ferguson Protesters

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 10.1.2014 12:45 PM

Politics

Throw Away a Banana Peel, Pay a Fine in Seattle

Zenon Evans | 10.1.2014 12:30 PM

Politics

Eric Holder is a Back Door Man (Tech Edition)

Nick Gillespie | 10.1.2014 10:11 AM

Civil Liberties

Black Women Profiled as Prostitutes in NYC

A new report from the Red Umbrella Project makes clear that NYPD profiling isn't only focused on men.

Noah Berlatsky | 10.1.2014 8:30 AM

Policy

Text Ban Fail

Safety reg produces more accidents

Ronald Bailey | 10.1.2014 7:00 AM

Nanny State

Hummus Among Us

Food protectionism

Scott Shackford | 10.1.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: DON'T PANIC, S.S. Follies, Libertarian Spoilers, Peter Suderman on Obamacare, Why Are We Still in Afghanistan, Intel vs. Obama, Plastic Bans, Are Hot Dogs Sandwiches, and Aftershow!

Matt Welch | 9.30.2014 8:08 PM