Nanny State

School Lunch

Student Suspended for Selling Illicit Full-Sugar Pepsi Out of His Locker

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 9.15.2014 12:29 PM

Politics

Arizona GOP VP Resigns After Advocating Sterilization and Drug Testing for Medicaid Recipients

Matt Welch | 9.15.2014 12:02 PM

Politics

What We Saw at NYC's Fast Food Strike

Jim Epstein and Naomi Brockwell | 9.14.2014 5:00 PM

Civil Liberties

Daniele Watts and a Tale of Two Acts of Non-Prostitution

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 9.14.2014 4:10 PM

Politics

Ending the Global Drug War: Voices from the Front Lines

Anthony Fisher | 9.14.2014 1:00 PM

Politics

Stop Criminalizing Parenting: Free Range Kids' Lenore Skenazy on Our Irrational Fears over Child Safety

Anthony Fisher and Nick Gillespie | 9.14.2014 9:30 AM

Politics

First Annual Food Freedom Fest Offers Reasons for Optimism

The Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund's first annual Food Freedom Fest, which took place last weekend, was a fantastic event.

Baylen Linnekin | 9.13.2014 8:00 AM

Politics

Atlas Shrugged: Who Is John Galt? Opens Today

Nick Gillespie | 9.12.2014 2:03 PM

Alcohol

Indiana Brewhouse Complies with Dumb State Law Using Microwaved Hot Dogs and Canned Soup

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 9.11.2014 4:20 PM

Nanny State

Holy Crap: Photographing Fake Blow Job From Jesus Could Land Teen In Jail

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 9.11.2014 11:20 AM

Politics

"Welcome to College. Now Please Stop Thinking."

Nick Gillespie | 9.10.2014 4:45 PM

Politics

Oakland Mayor Doesn't Want SWAT Convention Back Next Year

Anthony Fisher | 9.10.2014 2:11 PM

Policy

Sex-Selective Abortion Legislation With a Twist in San Francisco

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 9.10.2014 12:10 PM

Policy

Missouri Republicans Push 72-Hour Abortion Waiting Period

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 9.9.2014 11:00 AM

Nanny State

Family in Trouble for Bringing Squirrel Across State Lines

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 9.8.2014 4:15 PM

Politics

F*ck Canada! Ir*ny is a Four-Letter Word at Colleges Up There!

Nick Gillespie | 9.8.2014 3:38 PM

Nanny State

Put Up a Sign Warning of Drowning Danger, Get Fined $5,000: Government is Just the Way We Make Sure We Can't Help Each Other [UPDATED! Charges Dropped!]

Brian Doherty | 9.8.2014 2:42 PM

Policy

D.C. Piano Prodigy Misses 10 Days of Public School, Gets Labeled "Truant." Now She's Homeschooled.

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 9.8.2014 2:41 PM

Civil Liberties

Prison Time for Pennsylvania Mom Who Bought Abortion Pill Online for Teen Daughter

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 9.8.2014 11:52 AM

Culture

How 'Boardwalk Empire' Made Prohibition Talk in Vogue Again

Paul Detrick | 9.7.2014 5:00 PM

Politics

Drew Carey Pledges $10,000 Reward to Find Perps Behind Cruel ALS Prank

Nick Gillespie | 9.7.2014 10:53 AM

Politics

Don't Let Hacked Celebrity Pics Shut Down Internet Freedom, Expression

Nick Gillespie | 9.7.2014 10:47 AM

Politics

Do They Have White Zinfandel in Prison? Va. Gov. Bob McDonnell's Secret Shame

Nick Gillespie | 9.5.2014 9:46 PM

Policy

Leaping From Mouse to Man, Researchers Warn That E-Cigarettes Could Make You Snort Cocaine

Jacob Sullum | 9.5.2014 5:11 PM

Politics

California "Ghost Gun" Bill Would Effectively Ban 3D-Printed Guns, Homemade Weapons

Nick Gillespie | 9.5.2014 3:38 PM

Civil Liberties

Kentucky Man Arrested for 'Terroristic Threatening' After Posting Thrash Metal Lyrics to Facebook

Damon Root | 9.5.2014 1:27 PM

E-cigarettes

Study: E-Cigarettes Offer Far More Benefits Than Harms to Smokers and Bystanders

Ronald Bailey | 9.5.2014 12:03 PM

Policy

If You Liked China's Population Control Program, You'll Love Its Weight Control Program

Jacob Sullum | 9.4.2014 6:34 PM

Politics

"Hacked Celebrity Pics Should Not Be an Excuse To Throttle Our Free and Open Internet"

Nick Gillespie | 9.4.2014 1:57 PM

Culture

Facebook Messenger Censors (Some of) Your Favorite Porn Sites

Guess which ones made the list and which ones didn't.

Zenon Evans | 9.4.2014 1:25 PM

Nanny State

Give a Panhandler a Buck, Get Ticketed by San Antonio Cops

J.D. Tuccille | 9.3.2014 3:26 PM

Politics

Won't Somebody Please Think of the Children?!

Focus on your own kids and stop criminalizing parenthood

Tyler Koteskey | 9.3.2014 9:00 AM

Politics

"The Hunger Games, The Giver and Divergent all depict rebellions against the state, and promote a tacit right-wing libertarianism"

Nick Gillespie | 9.2.2014 12:44 PM

Nanny State

The Worst Speed Trap in the Country?

Waldo, where fines paid by passing motorists are a big money-maker.

Reason Staff | 9.2.2014 10:35 AM

Politics

If Democrats Seek to "Rally Blacks" Against Police Militarization, They Might Start with the Congressional Black Caucus

Nick Gillespie | 9.1.2014 1:54 PM

Politics

Video: P.J. O'Rourke on Millennials vs. Baby Boomers

Nick Gillespie and Zach Weissmueller | 8.31.2014 9:00 AM

Politics

Hillary Clinton's Millennial Problem (and the Democrats')

Nick Gillespie | 8.30.2014 10:51 AM

Civil Liberties

Mom Arrested for (Maybe) Hanging Up on Cop While Her 'Missing' 10-Year-Old Plays at Church

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 8.30.2014 10:20 AM

Policy

Portuguese Food Co-op Fights Back Against EU-Mandated Waste

Baylen Linnekin speaks with Maria Canelhas from Fruta Feia, which has saved literally tons of great food from the garbage.

Baylen Linnekin | 8.30.2014 8:00 AM

Policy

GWU Prez Should Not Apologize for Remark About Drunk Girls and Rape

That doesn't make him entirely right, though.

Robby Soave | 8.29.2014 5:05 PM

Politics

Burger King's Tax Evasion, Uber's Dirty Tricks, Knee Defender Hijinks: Nick Gillespie on HuffPost Live

Nick Gillespie | 8.29.2014 2:41 PM

Nanny State

Cooking Teacher Suspended for Nearly a Year for Letting Students Eat Cinnamon

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 8.28.2014 4:10 PM

Policy

Feds' Plot to Stop Small-Town Cookies Backfires Into International Demand

Zenon Evans | 8.28.2014 3:05 PM