Policy

Policy

Medvedev: If We Can Put a Man in a Gulag, Why Can't We Send Him to Mars?

Tim Cavanaugh | 11.26.2011 4:15 PM

Politics

Eminent Domain Reform Is a Bipartisan Opportunity

Eminent domain laws are bad for property rights and social justice alike

A. Barton Hinkle | 11.25.2011 10:30 AM

Policy

Campus Speech Codes Are Bad For Higher Education

We should counter hateful speech with more words-not government force

John Stossel | 11.24.2011 12:30 PM

Policy

Parents Sue D.A. for Charging Their 6-Year-Old Son With a Felony After He Played Doctor With a 5-Year-Old Girl

Jacob Sullum | 11.23.2011 4:38 PM

Politics

William Niskanen on Cutting Taxes and Shrinking Big Government

Reason's 1978 interview with the late libertarian economist

Reason Staff | 11.23.2011 4:30 PM

Politics

"Bruce Ratner's latest useful idiots have no one to blame but themselves."

Damon Root | 11.23.2011 4:25 PM

Politics

Ron Paul vs. the Rest of the GOP Presidential Field on Foreign Policy

Brian Doherty | 11.23.2011 3:09 PM

Politics

DHS Sez: Happy Thanksgiving, Turkey Fryers Are Scary

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 11.23.2011 2:17 PM

Policy

'Oh Yeah Man, We Got the Water Pipes Bro'

Jacob Sullum | 11.23.2011 1:29 PM

Politics

Citizen Journalist Demonstrates How to Stand Up to NYPD

Lucy Steigerwald | 11.23.2011 1:05 PM

Politics

Mitt Romney Won't Give Amnesty to Illegal Immigrants. What About the Millions Who Will Remain In the Country? Er, Uh, He Definitely Won't Grant Them Amnesty

Peter Suderman | 11.23.2011 12:48 PM

Policy

Digital Drugs: The Gateway to the Gateway

Jacob Sullum | 11.23.2011 12:07 PM

Politics

What Part of Deficit Reduction Does Congress Not Understand?

If members of Congress can't find $1.2 trillion to cut in 10 years, the only reason is they aren't serious.

David Harsanyi | 11.23.2011 12:00 PM

Policy

Claiming Control of an Element, the DEA Puts an Old Man Out of Business. For the Children.

Jacob Sullum | 11.23.2011 11:15 AM

Politics

Is the Government Catching Terrorists or Creating Them?

Jacob Sullum | 11.23.2011 10:43 AM

Politics

Passing the Purse

Congress can't delegate fiscal policy, but it can balance the budget without raising taxes.

Jacob Sullum | 11.23.2011 7:00 AM

Policy

Subjects of Missouri Drug Raid That Went Viral Have Their Civil Suit Dismissed

Lucy Steigerwald | 11.22.2011 6:20 PM

Policy

But What About the Eyeball Method?

Jacob Sullum | 11.22.2011 6:13 PM

Policy

Roll Your Own, Avoid the Taxes

Jacob Sullum | 11.22.2011 5:18 PM

Policy

"Republicans Are Endangering National Security." By Which We Mean Uncontrolled Defense Spending.

Nick Gillespie | 11.22.2011 4:45 PM

Politics

More of These, Please: Obama's First Commutation

Jacob Sullum | 11.22.2011 4:26 PM

Policy

How Do You Turn AK-47s Into Cufflinks? Very Carefully, Let's Hope

Tate Watkins | 11.22.2011 3:20 PM

Politics

Clint Eastwood's J. Edgar Shows That Hunger for More Power Corrupts

J. Edgar Hoover's Fetish for Authority Was More Worrisome Than His Apocryphal Sexual Hangups

Gene Healy | 11.22.2011 1:30 PM

Politics

Judge Andrew Napolitano: Why Taxation is Theft, Abortion is Murder, & It's Dangerous to Be Right When the Gov't Is Wrong

Nick Gillespie and Joshua Swain | 11.22.2011 12:20 PM

Politics

Newt Gingrich on the Congressional Budget Office: "A reactionary, socialist institution."

Peter Suderman | 11.22.2011 11:30 AM

Policy

A World Where Outlaw Bikers Are Bad, But Government Agents Are Even Worse

Damon Root | 11.22.2011 11:08 AM

Politics

Newsweek Cannot Help But Follow Media Tradition of Panic Over Right Wing Extremists

Lucy Steigerwald | 11.21.2011 6:33 PM

Policy

No More Foreign Aid Funding For Defense Department's Delusional Nation Builders, Says Bill Easterly

Tate Watkins | 11.21.2011 6:01 PM

Policy

There Is No Such Thing As a Free Education

Seth McKelvey | 11.21.2011 5:03 PM

Politics

Gingrich's 'Right-Wing Social Engineering'

Jacob Sullum | 11.21.2011 4:54 PM

Politics

California's Assault Weapon Ban Challenged in Federal Court

Brian Doherty | 11.21.2011 4:49 PM

Politics

Good Riddance to the Super Secret Supercommittee

Why Washington should kick its spending habits in the clear light of day

Ira Stoll | 11.21.2011 4:30 PM

Policy

Government Worker Fired for Signing Pro-Pot Legalization Petition

Brian Doherty | 11.21.2011 3:56 PM

Civil Liberties

Battle for Brooklyn Shortlisted for an Oscar

Damon Root | 11.21.2011 3:04 PM

Politics

Why We Should Fear Bathtubs More Than Terrorists-Authors John Mueller and Mark G. Stewart on Security Spending

Nick Gillespie and Meredith Bragg | 11.21.2011 3:00 PM

Politics

Health Care Sticker Shock In California: Claims Data For ObamaCare's High Risk Pool Program Comes in Three Times Higher Than Expected

Peter Suderman | 11.21.2011 2:32 PM

Politics

Why Must Prosecutors Be Told to Follow the Law?

Jacob Sullum | 11.21.2011 2:02 PM

Politics

Two Decades of Peace, Love, and Marijuana

Every August since 1991, Seattle Hempfest has shown what the world will be like when pot is legal.

Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch | 11.21.2011 12:00 PM

Politics

California's Dead End Republicans

What the immigration debate reveals about the future of the California GOP

Steven Greenhut | 11.21.2011 10:30 AM

Politics

New Video of Police Brutality at Occupy Oakland

Lucy Steigerwald | 11.19.2011 6:53 PM

Politics

Three Reasons We Shouldn't Bail Out Student Loan Borrowers

Nick Gillespie and Meredith Bragg | 11.19.2011 10:15 AM

Politics

Sit on a Sidewalk, Get Pepper Sprayed

Brian Doherty | 11.18.2011 11:50 PM

Politics

Toldja: Not a Good Idea to Pursue Solyndra Crime Angle

Tim Cavanaugh | 11.18.2011 9:19 PM

Politics

CBS Poll: Yes to Medical Marijuana, But What We Have Now Isn't So Medicinal

Lucy Steigerwald | 11.18.2011 6:35 PM

Politics

If Jack Abramoff Had Bought a Supermarket Chain, Would Frank Wolf Want to Ban Groceries?

Jacob Sullum | 11.18.2011 6:23 PM

Politics

Campaign Finance and the Problem of Big Government

A response to Jacob Sullum

Lawrence Lessig | 11.18.2011 4:30 PM