Science & Technology

Civil Liberties

Campus Cops Are All About the Military Swag, Too (Cameras? Not So Much)

Robby Soave | 8.26.2014 10:42 AM

Politics

Cali's Gov. Brown Signs 'First of Its Kind' Cellphone Kill Switch Bill

Zenon Evans | 8.26.2014 10:35 AM

Cellphones

Jerry Brown Signs Cellphone "Kill Switch" Into Law in California

What could go wrong?

Reason Staff | 8.26.2014 8:15 AM

Policy

States With Medical Marijuana Laws Have Lower Opioid Overdose Rates

Jacob Sullum | 8.25.2014 7:35 PM

Civil Liberties

Your Tax Dollars Are Funding a Database of Political Tweets, 'Misinformation'

If you Tweet this story, please watch your manners, get all you facts straight, and don't create any inorganic memes. Thanks.

Robby Soave | 8.25.2014 5:57 PM

Policy

Don't Replace Common Core With Cursive—Cursive Is Pointless

Robby Soave | 8.25.2014 4:47 PM

Salt

FDA Restrictions on Salt Could Kill You

Ronald Bailey | 8.25.2014 2:41 PM

Science & Technology

Former FDA Head Says Agency Holds Medicine Back

We're squandering "unbelievable" scientific possibilities.

Reason Staff | 8.25.2014 12:30 PM

Politics

Rand Paul on Meet The Press: Hillary Clinton a "War Hawk," "you have to change the whole war on drugs," and more

Nick Gillespie | 8.25.2014 9:19 AM

Politics

"The computer used to guide the Apollo 11 moon mission was less powerful than a modern calculator."

Nick Gillespie | 8.24.2014 11:11 AM

Politics

Jeffrey Tucker on Liberty.me and How the Internet Undermines the Nation-State

Nick Gillespie and Joshua Swain | 8.22.2014 2:30 PM

Policy

Environmentalism and the Fear of Disorder

Greens engage in rituals to allay their anxieties.

Ronald Bailey | 8.22.2014 1:30 PM

Environmentalism

Ronald Bailey on How Fear of Disorder Motivates Environmentalists

Reason Staff | 8.22.2014 1:30 PM

Vaccines

How to Prevent Your Kids from Getting Cancer

Ronald Bailey | 8.22.2014 12:33 PM

Politics

Why Are We So Overprotective of Our Kids? Is it Because They Cost So Damn Much?

Nick Gillespie | 8.22.2014 9:37 AM

Civil Liberties

NIU Says Crazy Internet Policy Doesn't Apply to Students, But It Does!

Robby Soave | 8.21.2014 5:40 PM

Temperature Trends

No Global Warming For Maybe Another Decade

Ronald Bailey | 8.21.2014 5:03 PM

Politics

Do Self-Driving Cars Make Speed Limits Obsolete?

Zenon Evans | 8.21.2014 5:00 PM

Politics

40 Percent of Americans Say an Ebola Outbreak is Likely In US City

Emily Ekins | 8.21.2014 2:47 PM

Politics

The Libertarian Moment in Ferguson: Birth of New Politics?

Nick Gillespie | 8.21.2014 8:55 AM

Politics

From School Cupcake Bans to Ferguson to Iraq: George Will's Unified Field Theory of Contempt for Govt

Nick Gillespie | 8.21.2014 8:24 AM

Culture

The Trouble with Conspiracy Science

What the social scientists and psychologists who study conspiracy theories get wrong.

Jesse Walker | 8.20.2014 4:31 PM

Charity/Philanthropy

ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Gets to George W. Bush, Raising Awareness For ALS, Not Plight of Medical Marijuana Patients

Ed Krayewski | 8.20.2014 2:47 PM

GMO Food

Terrific New Yorker Article on Evil Anti-Biotech Charlatan Vandana Shiva

Ronald Bailey | 8.20.2014 1:33 PM

Biotechnology

Neoluddites Launch Campaign Against Biotech Trees

Ronald Bailey | 8.20.2014 12:16 PM

Politics

"Pension Smoothing" Helps Feds, Corporations Avoid Reality for Just a Little While Longer

Nick Gillespie | 8.20.2014 7:32 AM

Policy

Just Wait Until Ferguson Police Get Federally Funded Drones

Dystopian military toys are being pointed at our own civilians.

Gene Healy | 8.19.2014 12:00 PM

Politics

Adam Carolla Settles with the Patent Trolls

Zach Weissmueller | 8.18.2014 9:36 PM

Politics

D.C. Democrat Accused of Censoring Scandals on His Own Wikipedia Page

Zenon Evans | 8.18.2014 12:09 PM

Civil Liberties

Cellphone Tracking Means They Can Hear You Now

Suitcase-size systems mimic cellphone towers and follow your every move.

A. Barton Hinkle | 8.18.2014 12:00 PM

Policy

Glenn "Instapundit" Reynolds Welcomes Our New Sex-Robot Overlords

Nick Gillespie | 8.18.2014 10:44 AM

Policy

This Is Your Brain on Drugs. Maybe.

Colorado's new anti-pot ads exaggerate the threat that marijuana poses to teenagers.

Jacob Sullum | 8.18.2014 9:30 AM

Economics

Google Dark

In April an anonymous individual launched a search engine called Grams that caters to contraband needs.

Zenon Evans | 8.16.2014 2:00 PM

Civil Liberties

Digital Lineups

The FBI plans to stick the mugs of almost 1 in 6 Americans into a facial recognition database by next year.

J.D. Tuccille | 8.16.2014 10:30 AM

Politics

Is Rand Paul Transforming the GOP? Nick Gillespie on Hardball (Video)

Nick Gillespie | 8.16.2014 7:36 AM

Policy

Cops Who Hid Drone May Have Violated FAA Flying Rules

Zenon Evans | 8.15.2014 2:30 PM

Politics

Dentists Against Teeth Whitening (When Done by Non-Dentists)

Nick Gillespie | 8.15.2014 11:50 AM

Politics

This Might Be Your Brain on Drugs: Colorado's Softer Anti-Pot Propaganda Is Still Propaganda

Jacob Sullum | 8.15.2014 11:33 AM

Politics

Attacking Marijuana Legalization, Bill Bennett Explains Why Better Pot Is Worse and Why Adults Must Be Treated Like Children

Jacob Sullum | 8.14.2014 8:47 PM

Social Media

Quick Note to Cops About Twitter: You Don't Control It, Shouldn't Try

Ed Krayewski | 8.14.2014 3:14 PM