Nanny State

Politics

Florida Trying to Make Microbreweries Sell, Buy Their Own Beer Back from Distributors

Nick Gillespie | 4.9.2014 10:50 AM

Nanny State

Yale Refuses to Believe that Skinny Student Is Just Thin, Tries to Make Her Pork Up

Scott Shackford | 4.8.2014 5:15 PM

Culture

Teen Sexting Can Ruin Your Reputation, and To Prove It We're Calling In the Police

Scott Shackford | 4.8.2014 3:15 PM

Politics

Sin Taxes ad Absurdum: Why Illinois Taxes Hershey Bars But Not Kit Kats

Nick Gillespie | 4.8.2014 1:55 PM

Politics

Is Rob Lowe a Libertarian? "I Want the Government Out of Almost Everything."

Nick Gillespie | 4.7.2014 3:33 PM

Economics

French Sugar Daddy Site Gets Caught In Anti-Prostitution Net

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.7.2014 3:18 PM

Politics

Jeb Bush vs. Hillary Clinton in 2016? I'm Tired of the Politics of Exhaustion!

Nick Gillespie | 4.7.2014 2:49 PM

Politics

The Case for Knife Rights

Big government overreach claims a new class of victims.

A. Barton Hinkle | 4.7.2014 12:00 PM

Politics

Millennials, the Tech-savvy, Independents, and Libertarians Say Bitcoin Should Be Allowed; Bitcoin Tells Us Who Cares About Choice

Emily Ekins | 4.7.2014 9:10 AM

Politics

Millennials, the Tech-savvy, Independents, and Libertarians Say Bitcoin Should Be Allowed; Bitcoin Tells Us Who Cares About Choice

Emily Ekins | 4.7.2014 9:10 AM

Policy

Can Cannabis Cut Car Crashes?

If more pot smoking means less drinking, legalization could make the roads safer.

Jacob Sullum | 4.7.2014 8:30 AM

Policy

Dallas Unveils Super-Safe New School Bus With Fingerprint Scanner and Rear-View 'Pedophile Finder'

Not an April Fools' gag.

Jesse Walker | 4.6.2014 1:01 PM

Politics

Does Mozilla Dumping Its CEO Over Prop. 8/Anti-Gay-Marriage Stance = McCarthyism?

Nick Gillespie | 4.6.2014 12:39 PM

Politics

Leaders Are Inevitable, Says Nirvana's Krist Novoselic. But They Shouldn't Suck.

Krist Novoselic | 4.4.2014 5:00 PM

Policy

Objecting to a National Online Gambling Ban, State Legislators Remind Rick Perry About That 10th Amendment Thingie

Jacob Sullum | 4.4.2014 2:15 PM

Civil Liberties

Feminist Author Katha Pollitt Advocates Banning Sex Work Because PATRIARCHY

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.3.2014 5:05 PM

Policy

TV Cook Nigella Lawson Barred from U.S. for Admitting She Did Cocaine; Barack Obama Still President

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 4.3.2014 4:50 PM

Policy

CDC Hypes 'Dramatic Increase' in Nicotine-Guzzling Children

Jacob Sullum | 4.3.2014 3:50 PM

Policy

Craft Breweries Fight Florida Bills That Benefit Big Distributors

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.3.2014 11:38 AM

Politics

Americans Say 75 Percent of Politicians Are Corrupted, 70 Percent Use Political Power to Hurt Enemies

Flight 370 conspiracy theories; college basketball players should share NCAA revenue; distrust of NSA and Facebook; concerns about police misconduct

Emily Ekins | 4.3.2014 9:16 AM

Politics

Reason-Rupe April 2014 National Survey

Emily Ekins | 4.3.2014 9:15 AM

Politics

Americans Say 75 Percent of Politicians Are Corrupted, 70 Percent Use Political Power to Hurt Enemies

Flight 370 conspiracy theories; college basketball players should share NCAA revenue; distrust of NSA and Facebook; concerns about police misconduct

Emily Ekins | 4.3.2014 9:15 AM

Nanny State

Proof Requiring Healthy Fast Food Marketing for Kids Is Pointless

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.2.2014 1:25 PM

Nanny State

Gambling and Government: Uncle Sam Takes All

It seems that government dislikes gambling unless government gets to be the house.

John Stossel | 4.2.2014 12:00 PM

Policy

The Tortured Textualism and Faux Federalism of the Chaffetz-Graham-Adelson Online Gambling Ban

Jacob Sullum | 4.1.2014 5:47 PM

Politics

Watch Nick Gillespie and Remy Tonight on Red Eye! 3 A.M. E.T. on Fox News Channel

Nick Gillespie | 4.1.2014 4:48 PM

Economics

Mexican Potatoes Now More Welcome in U.S. Than Actual Mexicans

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 4.1.2014 3:22 PM

Politics

Why is Calif. State Sen. Leland Yee Not Yet a Household Name?

Scott Shackford | 4.1.2014 11:31 AM

Politics

Read Reason's Complete April 2014 Issue

Reason Staff | 4.1.2014 7:00 AM

Policy

Zero Tolerance Hurts Kids and Ruins Schools

We need common sense in our schools, not mindless bureaucratic compliance.

A. Barton Hinkle | 3.31.2014 12:00 PM

Policy

Study: Soda Tax Support Low Overall; Higher Among Millennials, College Grads, Democrats

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 3.31.2014 9:50 AM

Politics

Bush vs. Clinton in 2016, Because America is a Land of Opportunity

Nick Gillespie | 3.31.2014 8:15 AM

Civil Liberties

Northern Comfort

Habitats for Freedom

Scott Shackford | 3.31.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

Exotic Pets Threatened Due to Ohio's Pointless New Regulations on Animal Ownership

Tracy Oppenheimer | 3.30.2014 5:00 PM

Politics

Rand Paul is "Divergent" and So Must be Stopped!

Why are liberals and conservatives freaking out over Rand Paul's popularity? Because he's not one of them.

Nick Gillespie | 3.30.2014 10:30 AM

Politics

Would Obama Kiss Justin Bieber to Promote Healthcare.gov?

Nick Gillespie | 3.30.2014 9:24 AM

Policy

Mark Kleiman Says I Show My Red Team Loyalties by Criticizing Republicans

Jacob Sullum | 3.28.2014 5:38 PM

Policy

FDA Moves to Stop Sharing Between Beer Makers and Farmers

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 3.28.2014 4:39 PM

Policy

Now Airport Employees Are Being Trained To Spot Sex Traffickers

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 3.28.2014 3:14 PM

Culture

Policing Language Gives Ammunition to the Trolls

Don't make the world responsible for your emotional well-being unless you enjoy getting hurt.

Scott Shackford | 3.28.2014 1:30 PM

Policy

They Are Making a List

Charles Oliver | 3.28.2014 6:00 AM

Policy

Brickbat: They Are Making a List

Charles Oliver | 3.28.2014 6:00 AM