How the Great Society Paved the Way for Modern Mass Incarceration
Lyndon Johnson's war on crime
Policy
Markets vs. Drought
Is parched California fertile ground for property rights and prices for water?
Which States Will Legalize Pot Next?
A preview of the marijuana initiatives that voters can expect to see in 2015 and 2016
Crony-Capitalist Export-Import Bank Loses Authorization for First Time in 81 Years!
The reprieve is temporary, but it's still a victory against corporatism at its worst.
Saddest Hillary Clinton Email Revealed in New Data Dump!
Relax, you don't have to pick just one, but emails reveal weak grasp of reality among global power players.
Bobby Jindal Signs Bills Reducing Pot Penalties and Authorizing Cannabis for Patients
Louisiana's marijuana laws, among the harshest in the country, become a bit less harsh.
Deferring to Congress, Roberts Takes Over Its Job
The chief justice saves Obamacare by rewriting the law.
No, the Supreme Court's Marriage Ruling Doesn't Mean All States Must Recognize Each Others' Gun Carry Permits
The logic may lean that way, but we can't be sure the Court values the Second Amendment's application that strongly.
The Future of Sex Is Terrifying
Proposed changes to U.S. sex-crime laws seek to set new sexual norms by criminalizing ordinary behavior.
Matt Welch on Millennials and the Post-Gay Marriage GOP: 'If you're perceived to be intolerant, forget it'
Also, new study proves I might be right!
Rent Control Bomb Set Off in New York City by De Blasio Rent Guidelines Board
Neutron bombs could not have emptied and destroyed the Bronx more effectively than did rent control.
Supreme Court Will Hear Mandatory Dues Case, Could Cripple Teachers Unions Next Year
Teachers who don't agree with their union's politics have to pay up anyway.
Defining Drugged Driving by THC Levels Makes Little Sense, Heritage Foundation Concedes
Paul Larkin suggests states should reduce BAC levels instead.
Justice Roberts Monday Morning Revenge Against the Obama Administration
His Obamacare apostasy will help crush EPA's emissions tyranny
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear New Affirmative Action Case
Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin is headed back to SCOTUS.
Homeschooling Is Just DIY Education
As it turns out, you can often do better than the "experts"
Feminism Loses Its Mind Over Boobs
The push to Free the Nipple and private lactating areas show that the movement is a contradictory mess
Shikha Dalmia on the Confusion of Modern Feminism
The movement wants to Free the Nipple and hide the nipple at the same time
Trigger Warning: "Trigger Warning" is By Definition Triggering and Should Be Replaced with "Content Warning"
Where did the need to bubble-wrap every conversation come from? And will it ever end?
SCOTUS Rejects 8th Amendment Challenge to Oklahoma Death Penalty Drug
"Some risk of pain is inherent in any method of execution."
The ACLU Now Opposes Religious Freedom Because Christians Need It
The Sometimes Civil Liberties Union
Anti-Pot Activist Concedes That Rescheduling Marijuana Would Facilitate Medical Research
"Schedule II is absolutely easier to research," says Kevin Sabet.
On Marijuana Policy, Rand Paul Leads Presidential Candidates of Both Parties
The Kentucky senator gets an A- from MPP, followed by Jim Webb with a B+.
Pot Prohibitionists for Medical Marijuana
Obstacles to research are crumbling, with support from drug warriors.
WATCH: How Germany Forgot the Horrors of Communism
25 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the former East Germany is seen as a quirk of history, not a monstrous police state.
WATCH: Stonewall 2015: The Night Marriage Equality Became The Law of the Land
Thousands celebrate around NYC dive bar where the American gay rights movement was born 46 years ago this weekend.
How Liquor Licenses Sparked the Stonewall Riots
Gay bars were crucial in the fight for equal rights, which is why they kept getting shut down by the government.
WATCH: 6 Reason TV Videos Nominated for Southern California Journalism Awards
Greater Los Angeles Press Club Honors Reason TV
No Solid Libertarian Argument Against Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage
The state should not be involved in marriage. But libertarians who think that this is all that need be said are wrong.
Stonewall 2015: The Night Marriage Equality Became The Law of the Land
Thousands celebrate around NYC dive bar where the American gay rights movement was born 46 years ago this weekend.
Raisins, the Supreme Court, and Food Freedom
The Fifth Amendment's Takings Clause now protects you from government programs that steal your food.
Martin O'Malley and the Liberal Hawks
The Democratic presidential candidate lays out a foreign policy agenda-and takes a swipe at Clinton over Benghazi.
Unelected Judges, Constitutional Amendments, and Judicial Tyranny: The GOP's Angry Reactions Toward Today's Supreme Court Ruling on Same Sex Marriage
If Jeb Bush is any indication, they may not be angry for much longer.
Federal Cybersecurity: Not Even Good Enough for Government Work
Epic government fail, yet no one is responsible.
John Roberts' Judicial Abdication
Did the chief justice betray legal conservatism? Not exactly.
Bipartisan Bill Would 'Reserve Federal Prisons for Serious Offenders'
The SAFE Justice Act tackles overcriminalization and overfederalization.
Bureaucratic Barriers to Medical Marijuana Research Are Crumbling
Even prohibitionists agree that the process for approving studies should be streamlined.
Rand Paul and Mike Huckabee Appear in Anti-Gay (and anti-Muslim/anti-Trans) Documentary
Presidential candidates and sitting Congressmen are featured in a film which commands Christian soldiers to fight.
Rand Paul: Supreme Court 'Missed Opportunity' to Let Congress Fix Obamacare
John Roberts to the rescue... of Obamacare.
