Policy

Politics

Forgetting Jefferson

The long decline of the decentralist political tradition

John McClaughry | 4.24.2014 10:00 AM

Politics

Progressives Need to Think About a Post-Affirmative Action World

Shikha Dalmia | 4.24.2014 9:40 AM

Policy

Amending the First Amendment: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Jacob Sullum | 4.23.2014 5:59 PM

Policy

Arizona Supreme Court Makes It Harder to Convict Unimpaired Pot Smokers of Driving Under the Influence

Jacob Sullum | 4.23.2014 4:58 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Mystery Meat Wednesday, With Praise for Canada, BLM Commentary From Chuck Woolery, Income Inequality, Julie Borowski, Armenian Genocide, a Libertarian Quiz for John Bolton, and Two Minutes Hate!

Matt Welch | 4.23.2014 4:44 PM

Policy

Peoria Mayor Thinks Outrage Over City's Raid on Twitter Parodist Is Everybody's Fault Except His

Scott Shackford | 4.23.2014 4:05 PM

Politics

Strippers v. the Supreme Court: Live Nude Theater!

Joshua Swain | 4.23.2014 3:00 PM

Politics

Gene Healy Talks About Kill-List Record of 'Most Transparent Administration' in History

Matt Welch | 4.23.2014 2:05 PM

Policy

New Clemency Policy Could Free 'Hundreds, Perhaps Thousands' of Drug War Prisoners (and Yes, That Would Be Constitutional)

Jacob Sullum | 4.23.2014 2:04 PM

Politics

Successful U.S. Action in Libya Leads to Jihadists Controlling Secret American Bases There.

Nick Gillespie | 4.23.2014 1:45 PM

Policy

Supreme Court Juggles Copyright Law and Modern Technology in Aereo Case

Damon Root | 4.23.2014 1:37 PM

Politics

The Wrong Cure for Sex Trafficking

Prohibition of prostitution does not make it safer

Zach Weissmueller | 4.23.2014 1:30 PM

Policy

Who Gets Rewarded for Stiffing the IRS? IRS Agents!

J.D. Tuccille | 4.23.2014 12:17 PM

Policy

Of Course Recidivism Is High When Everything Is a Crime

Scott Shackford | 4.23.2014 11:53 AM

Politics

"Nobody ever heard of an 'adjunct administrator'": Higher Ed SNAFU

Nick Gillespie | 4.23.2014 8:33 AM

Policy

Go to Heaven, Bloomberg

The meddling ex-mayor thinks he is on a mission from God.

Jacob Sullum | 4.23.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Earth Day Hysteria, Drone-War Accountability, Palcohol Panic, Affirmative Action Boredom, AirBnB Agonistes, Aereo's Dealio, a Facebook Vote…Plus Sexy After-show!

Matt Welch | 4.22.2014 8:07 PM

Politics

SCOTUS Grills Ohio Over Its Speech-Suppressing 'Ministry of Truth'

Damon Root | 4.22.2014 8:02 PM

Policy

Chris Christie Opposes Pot Legalization Because He Doesn't Want New Small Businesses or Tourists in His State

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 4.22.2014 5:23 PM

Policy

There Should Be No 'Punishment' Phase When a Culture War Ends

Scott Shackford | 4.22.2014 4:57 PM

Politics

Promise and Peril in Tech Approaches To Stopping Child Sex Trafficking

From surveying to surveilling to spreading information, one organization is showing promise and raising concern.

Zenon Evans | 4.22.2014 4:30 PM

Policy

Sen. Chuck Schumer Blasts FDA's 'Ridiculous' New Proposal for Breweries

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.22.2014 4:26 PM

Politics

Clapper Signs Media Directive Gagging Intelligence Workers

Matthew Feeney | 4.22.2014 2:16 PM

Politics

Detroit Retirees Get a Bailout; Detroit Residents the Shaft

Last week's bankruptcy deal was a missed opportunity to restructure the city's insane pension system

Shikha Dalmia | 4.22.2014 1:30 PM

Politics

Shikha Dalmia on Detroit's Sweet Bankruptcy Deal for Retirees

Reason Staff | 4.22.2014 1:30 PM

Policy

Foundation Gives Obamacare Enrollment Group $13 Million After Sebelius Call

Peter Suderman | 4.22.2014 1:21 PM

Nanny State

89-Year-Old Kicked Out of HUD Housing for Smoking Cigarettes

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.22.2014 1:10 PM

Policy

Explain Why It's OK To Rain Death From the Sky, Court Tells Obama Administration

J.D. Tuccille | 4.22.2014 12:54 PM

Politics

Obamacare vs. Flexible Insurance Plan Design

Peter Suderman | 4.22.2014 12:01 PM

Policy

Gay Marriage Foes Urge GOP to Cling to Sinking Ship

Scott Shackford | 4.22.2014 11:52 AM

Politics

The Golden Age of Groupon Government!

Nick Gillespie | 4.22.2014 10:57 AM

Politics

Why People are Choosing to Remain Uninsured Under Obamacare

Peter Suderman | 4.22.2014 10:55 AM

Policy

Refusing Vaccination Puts Others at Risk

Ronald Bailey | 4.22.2014 10:00 AM

Politics

Sex Slaves and the Surveillance State

Why 'human trafficking' is a dangerous term

Thaddeus Russell | 4.22.2014 10:00 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Mike Riggs on Drug-sentence Clemency, Garrett Quinn on Boston Security, Ben Powell on Sweatshops…Plus Drone Killings, More 9/11 Conspiracy Talk, and Sexy After-show!

Matt Welch | 4.21.2014 8:08 PM

Policy

More Minimum Wage Nonsense in New York

The latest dubious innovation in left-wing political economics.

Ira Stoll | 4.21.2014 4:30 PM

Policy

New Study Finds That Even the Good Kind of Ethanol is Terrible

Peter Suderman | 4.21.2014 4:25 PM

Politics

Snowden Reportedly Regrets Asking Putin Surveillance Question

Matthew Feeney | 4.21.2014 4:15 PM

Policy

Is a Major, Merciful Change in Presidential Pardon Policy Brewing?

Scott Shackford | 4.21.2014 4:00 PM

Politics

A Moral Case Against the Ex-Im Bank, Once Called "a Fund for Corporate Welfare" by Obama

Nick Gillespie | 4.21.2014 3:40 PM

Policy

Battle Over Western Lands is Far Bigger Than the Bundy Controversy

J.D. Tuccille | 4.21.2014 2:42 PM

Policy

Chocolate Milk Ban Backfires for School Lunch Programs

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.21.2014 2:40 PM

Politics

Biden Lands in Ukraine as Violence and Hostage-Takings Resume

Zenon Evans | 4.21.2014 2:40 PM

Politics

UAW Drops Revote Bid in Chattanooga for Fear of Another Humiliating Defeat

Shikha Dalmia | 4.21.2014 2:12 PM

Policy

In POM Wonderful vs. Coca-Cola, Supreme Court Considers Food Labeling, False Advertising, and FDA Authority

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.21.2014 2:10 PM

Politics

Half of Georgia's Obamacare Sign-ups Haven't Paid, Says State Insurance Commissioner

Peter Suderman | 4.21.2014 1:50 PM