Policy

Policy

De Blasio Is Busting Just As Many Pot Smokers As Bloomberg Did

Jacob Sullum | 6.11.2014 4:31 PM

Politics

Eric Cantor Loss: One Down, 200 More Small-Government Fakers to Go

Nick Gillespie | 6.11.2014 2:46 PM

Policy

The Price of Pot: $45 per Eighth, Plus Your Second Amendment Rights

Jacob Sullum | 6.11.2014 2:32 PM

Policy

Inequality Thrives at Public Universities, Where Execs Live Like Kings

Meet the most 'unequal' public university in America.

Robby Soave | 6.11.2014 1:37 PM

Politics

The Growing Epidemic of Useless Government

As government grows, so do our problems.

A. Barton Hinkle | 6.11.2014 10:30 AM

Policy

Are School Homicides 'Becoming the Norm'?

Don't assume schools are getting more violent.

Jesse Walker | 6.11.2014 8:04 AM

Policy

The 'Weird' and 'Scary' Open Carry Movement

The NRA's criticism reflects shifting attitudes toward publicly displayed guns.

Jacob Sullum | 6.11.2014 7:00 AM

Policy

A Little Appeasement Never Hurt

Charles Oliver | 6.11.2014 6:00 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Eric Cantor Shocker, Woe in Afghanistan & Iraq, David Boaz on Sentencing Reform, Snowden Plea-Float, Police Militarization, Meet Libertarian 'Spoiler' Sean Haugh, Teacher Tenure Ruling, Plus After-Show*

Matt Welch | 6.10.2014 8:40 PM

Policy

Virginia County Bans Charity Car Washes

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 6.10.2014 7:00 PM

Policy

Eased Teacher Dismissal Puts California on Road to Less Crappy Schools

Katie Furtick | 6.10.2014 7:00 PM

Policy

An Epidemic of Rape, Or Safer Schools? What the Latest Data Say

Are things really getting so much worse at U.S. educational institutions?

Robby Soave | 6.10.2014 6:20 PM

Politics

The Slow and Glorious Death of America's Worst School System

Per-pupil spending of $27,500 hasn't helped Camden's schools.

Jim Epstein | 6.10.2014 4:31 PM

Policy

The DEA's 'Four Decades of Impeding and Rejecting Science'

Jacob Sullum | 6.10.2014 4:24 PM

Politics

Affordable Housing in New York City is 'Very Costly,' Says The New York Times' Josh Barro. He Has No Idea.

Jim Epstein | 6.10.2014 3:21 PM

Policy

Al Qaeda Splinter Grabs U.S. Humvees, Sends Them to Syria

Zenon Evans | 6.10.2014 3:02 PM

Policy

California Court Slams Teacher Privilege in Name of Student Rights in Vergara Decision

Brian Doherty | 6.10.2014 2:31 PM

Politics

We Should Ignore Michelle Obama

What exactly qualifies her to oversee a "major transformation of our nation's school-lunch program"?

Windsor Mann | 6.10.2014 1:30 PM

Politics

Hillary Clinton Launches Book Tour, Slams Team Obama for 'Sexism' in 2008 Race

Damon Root | 6.10.2014 12:21 PM

Politics

Who Would Hillary Clinton Bomb?

She's rarely met a war she didn't like-or a constitutional limit she deems worth respecting.

Gene Healy | 6.10.2014 12:00 PM

Politics

Rand Paul: People are Calling for a "Libertarian Moment"

Nick Gillespie | 6.10.2014 11:15 AM

Politics

Supreme Court Rules Against Immigrant Children Who 'Age Out' During Visa Process

Damon Root | 6.10.2014 10:42 AM

Policy

Obama: We Have to Do Something About Student Debt and This Is Something

Something is always better than nothing, right?

Robby Soave | 6.10.2014 10:23 AM

Policy

Why's This Sheriff Need an MRAP? Because the U.S. 'Is a War Zone'

Zenon Evans | 6.10.2014 9:25 AM

Politics

Local Governments Are Going After Ride Services Like Uber & Lyft to Help Politically Connected Businesses, Not Customers. Any Questions?

Nick Gillespie | 6.10.2014 9:12 AM

Policy

With Immigration, Familiarity Breeds Tolerance and Respect

A relatively borderless world that allows free movement of people will be more tolerant, because immigrants carry with them their own antidote to "prejudice."

Shikha Dalmia | 6.10.2014 7:00 AM

Policy

Do No Harm

Charles Oliver | 6.10.2014 6:00 AM

Policy

Brickbat: Do No Harm

Charles Oliver | 6.10.2014 6:00 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Mark Hannah & Deneen Borelli on the Las Vegas Shooting & Hillary's Poverty; Eli Lake on Bergdahl, Michael Malice on the New NoKo Prisoner, Dan Caldwell on the V.A., Plus Sexy After-Show

Matt Welch | 6.9.2014 8:15 PM

Policy

Local Police Chief Super Sad He Was Forced to Buy Badass Armored Vehicle

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 6.9.2014 4:55 PM

Politics

The New Face of Conservative Reform

The YG Network unveils its case for economic growth via "conservative reforms."

Ira Stoll | 6.9.2014 4:30 PM

Policy

Will a Congressional Rebuke Stop the DEA From Treating Hemp Like Pot?

Jacob Sullum | 6.9.2014 1:35 PM

Politics

Anti-Gun Activists Adopt Anti-Abortion Tactics

Using arbitrary regulations to restrict liberty

A. Barton Hinkle | 6.9.2014 12:00 PM

Politics

Cleveland Wants 'Sin Tax' To Become 'Win Tax' for Sports Teams

Zenon Evans | 6.9.2014 12:00 PM

Politics

This is What $100 Trillion Looks Like!

Nick Gillespie | 6.9.2014 9:20 AM

Policy

Thanks, Taxpayers, for My Subsidized Ticket on an Airplane Gutted to Meet Stupid Regulations

J.D. Tuccille | 6.9.2014 8:15 AM

Policy

Chuck Schumer's Bogus Heroin Cure

Why more money to fight trafficking won't reverse drug use trends

Jacob Sullum | 6.9.2014 7:00 AM

Policy

The Disaster That Is U.S. Foreign Policy

Thanks very much, ruling elite.

Sheldon Richman | 6.8.2014 8:00 AM

Policy

Richman on the U.S. Ruling Elite's Disastrous Foreign Policy

America is not winning the War on Terror.

Reason Staff | 6.8.2014 8:00 AM

Politics

Free the Horse Masseuses!

Occupational licensing must go.

Veronique de Rugy | 6.7.2014 10:00 AM

Policy

New York City's Soda Ban is a Loser

New York City's ridiculous soda ban had its final day in court this week. Here's why the state's highest court should strike down the ban.

Baylen Linnekin | 6.7.2014 8:00 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: The War on Men

Matt Welch | 6.6.2014 8:59 PM

Politics

Hurricane Season Sales Tax Holidays: Save Now, Pay Later

Brittany Morrisey | 6.6.2014 5:28 PM

Politics

Libertarianism 3.0; Koch And A Smile

The visionary brothers' paradigm could frustrate the left and alter the right by fusing social tolerance with fiscal responsibility.

Nick Gillespie | 6.6.2014 5:15 PM

Policy

Alexander Shulgin, RIP

Jacob Sullum | 6.6.2014 5:10 PM