Policy

Policy

Court Eases Way for Expensive California Choo-Choo

Opponents of the boondoggle still have a few arrows in their quiver.

Reason Staff | 10.15.2014 8:50 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: John Stossel on the Constitution, Ebola Blame, Iraq WMDs, Hong Kong Violence, Bad Polls for Everyone, and our Weekly Enemy of Freedom

Matt Welch | 10.15.2014 8:26 PM

Policy

Punishment for Hash Brownie Baker Drops From 10 Years in Prison to Seven Years of Probation

Jacob Sullum | 10.15.2014 6:41 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

Politics

Russian Leader Says Obama Suffers from 'Mental Aberration'

Zenon Evans | 10.15.2014 5:30 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 5:30 PM

Policy

What's Scarier Than Ebola? Fear-Induced 'Solutions.'

J.D. Tuccille | 10.15.2014 5:23 PM

Politics

73 Percent of Americans Favor Restoring Voting Rights for Nonviolent Drug Offenders

Lauren Krisai | 10.15.2014 4:50 PM

Policy

Louisiana Will End Billing of Victims for Rape Kits

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 10.15.2014 4:20 PM

Politics

Internet Overseer ICANN Breaks Up With U.S. Government

Zenon Evans | 10.15.2014 3:50 PM

Policy

Pentagon Sat on Reports of Iraqi Chemical Weapons

But a decade ago they wouldn't shut up about the things

Reason Staff | 10.15.2014 2:49 PM

Politics

Obama Admin Wants NATO to Rebuild Iraq's Military to Fight ISIS

Zenon Evans | 10.15.2014 2:20 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

Policy

Get Used to the War Against ISIS, Says Obama. It's a 'Long-Term Campaign'

J.D. Tuccille | 10.15.2014 10:25 AM

Politics

Were Quantitative-Easing Alarmists "Knaves, Fools"? No, Says Cliff Asness.

Nick Gillespie | 10.15.2014 9:25 AM

Politics

Poll: Third-Party Voters Side With Democrats on Police and Foreign Policy and with Republicans on Economics

Emily Ekins | 10.15.2014 8:45 AM

Politics

Poll: Third-Party Voters Side With Democrats on Police and Foreign Policy and with Republicans on Economics

Emily Ekins | 10.15.2014 8:45 AM

Policy

How Bogus Threats of Voter Fraud, Dangerous Abortions, and Other Phony Emergencies Make Honest Debate Impossible

Two Texas laws illustrate a politically poisonous legislative habit.

Jacob Sullum | 10.15.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: South Dakota Independent Senate Candidate Larry Pressler, Dems Fleeing Obama, The Invisible Ebola Czar, Zuckerberg's Millions, the One-Man Highway, Michael Moynihan, Mollie Hemingway, Michael Weiss, and Aftershow

Matt Welch | 10.14.2014 8:34 PM

Policy

State Department's Top Drug Warrior Says Legalization Must Be Tolerated

Jacob Sullum | 10.14.2014 5:08 PM

Policy

We Already Have an Ebola Czar

It doesn't seem to be helping.

Jesse Walker | 10.14.2014 4:49 PM

Policy

Government Is the Biggest Threat to Innovation, Say Silicon Valley Insiders

J.D. Tuccille | 10.14.2014 4:47 PM

Policy

Pressure Builds to Commit U.S. Troops Against ISIS; Why It's Still a Bad Idea

We may defeat ISIS at an unknown price in lives only to find that keeping the situation from deteriorating again requires putting the region under indefinite occupation.

J.D. Tuccille | 10.14.2014 4:31 PM

Policy

Think Roads Are Always a Public Good? Think Again

Stephanie Slade | 10.14.2014 4:24 PM

Policy

Enhanced Criminal Penalties for Pregnant Women Must End, Groups Urge DOJ

Reproductive-rights and drug-policy groups are calling for an end to the harsher sentencing of pregnant women charged with drug crimes.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 10.14.2014 3:30 PM

Politics

Union Lobbyists Substitute-Teach for One Day, Get $1 Million Pensions

Nick Gillespie | 10.14.2014 2:28 PM

Policy

Nobel Prize Winner Talks About Getting Hassled by TSA

Zenon Evans | 10.14.2014 2:15 PM

Politics

Republicans Are Still Talking About Obamacare Repeal. They Could Be Talking About Obamacare Reform.

Peter Suderman | 10.14.2014 1:55 PM

Policy

U.S. Slightly Improves Economic Freedom Ranking—as Most of the World Slides

J.D. Tuccille | 10.14.2014 12:58 PM

Politics

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

Nick Gillespie | 10.14.2014 11:23 AM

Policy

Scalia, Thomas, and Ginsburg File Rare Dissent from SCOTUS Refusal to Hear Crack-Cocaine Sentencing Case

Damon Root | 10.14.2014 10:32 AM

Supreme Court

Today at SCOTUS: Occupational Licensing Abuse on Trial

Damon Root | 10.14.2014 9:50 AM

Politics

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

Nick Gillespie | 10.14.2014 8:33 AM

Politics

Poll: 59% of Democrats Say Criminal Justice System Treats White Americans More Fairly Than Minorities, 62% of Republicans Say System Treats All Equally

Emily Ekins | 10.14.2014 8:15 AM

Politics

Poll: 59% of Democrats Say Criminal Justice System Treats White Americans More Fairly Than Minorities, 62% of Republicans Say System Treats All Equally

Emily Ekins | 10.14.2014 8:15 AM

Politics

Poll: 70% of Americans Oppose Racial Profiling by the Police

Emily Ekins | 10.14.2014 7:30 AM

Politics

Poll: 70% of Americans Oppose Racial Profiling by the Police

Emily Ekins | 10.14.2014 7:30 AM

Politics

The Dumb Republican Calls for a Travel Ban to Fight Ebola

If anything, it will make matters worse

Shikha Dalmia | 10.14.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Ebola Politics, Gary Johnson on Libertarian 'Spoilers,' LP Senate Candidate Amanda Swafford, Columbus Day Partying, Bobby Bones on Football Hazing, and After-show!

Matt Welch | 10.13.2014 8:34 PM

Politics

Whistleblower Monday: Watch the V.A.'s Scott Davis and the NSA's William Binney Explain How the Government Punished Them for Telling the Truth

Matt Welch | 10.13.2014 6:27 PM

Policy

Why Government Websites Cost More and Perform Worse Than Private Sector Sites

Nearly 2,000 pages of cumbersome federal contractor regulations could be to blame.

Ira Stoll | 10.13.2014 4:30 PM

Policy

Ezra Klein 'Completely Supports' 'Terrible' Yes Means Yes Law

Robby Soave | 10.13.2014 3:50 PM

Politics

Americans Distrust Government Too Much to Answer Census Questions, So Let's Threaten 'Em, Says Official

J.D. Tuccille | 10.13.2014 3:22 PM

Politics

Hong Kong Clashes as Cops Remove Protesters' Barricades

Zenon Evans | 10.13.2014 2:15 PM

Policy

3 Striking Signs of Growing Pot Tolerance

Jacob Sullum | 10.13.2014 1:59 PM

Politics

Hypocrisy Alert: John McCain Wants An Ebola Czar

Lucian McMahon | 10.13.2014 1:33 PM