Policy

Policy

Hawaiian Student Sues After Being Ordered to Stop Handing Out Pocket Constitutions

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 4.24.2014 5:24 PM

Politics

Feds to Take Over Oregon's Failed $300 Million Health Insurance Exchange

Peter Suderman | 4.24.2014 4:34 PM

Politics

Is John Bolton a 'hawkish libertarian'?

Matt Welch | 4.24.2014 4:15 PM

Policy

Obama Administration Reportedly to Take Over Oregon Exchange

Latest Obamacare fiasco news

Matthew Feeney | 4.24.2014 3:56 PM

Policy

The FDA's E-Cigarette Regulations, Mostly Mild for Now, Could Set the Stage for a Crackdown

Jacob Sullum | 4.24.2014 3:00 PM

Politics

Carter vs. Reagan on Spending, Take 2 featuring Ramesh Ponnuru

Nick Gillespie | 4.24.2014 2:45 PM

Politics

Russia Threatens Invasion Unless Ukraine Stops Stopping Separatists

Zenon Evans | 4.24.2014 2:34 PM

Politics

Paying for Obamacare

We passed it. We're finding out what's in it. And now we have to pay for it.

Peter Suderman | 4.24.2014 1:30 PM

Policy

Democracy and Affirmative Action

Affirmative action supporters argue they should be free to establish the policy by amending state constitutions, but those who reject it should not.

Steve Chapman | 4.24.2014 12:00 PM

Policy

Mississippi and Oklahoma Governors Sign New Abortion Restrictions

In Mississippi, abortions after 18 weeks are banned, while Oklahoma doctors will have to follow outdated protocols when prescribing abortion drugs.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.24.2014 11:40 AM

Politics

Like in U.S., 'Isolationist' Now Used As Lazy Slur in U.K.

Matthew Feeney | 4.24.2014 11:15 AM

Politics

Rand Paul Is Right: Carter Was Thriftier Than Reagan

The sooner the GOP groks this, the sooner they will support limited goverment.

Nick Gillespie | 4.24.2014 10:40 AM

Politics

Obama Breaks Armenian-Genocide Promise for 6th Year in a Row

Matt Welch | 4.24.2014 10:01 AM

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