Science & Technology

Science & Technology

Would Total Information Awareness Have Prevented the Aurora Mass Murders?

Ronald Bailey | 7.26.2012 5:03 PM

Civil Liberties

Is the Lesson of the Aurora Shooting That We Need Better (Or More Compulsory) Mental Health Services in the U.S.?

Lucy Steigerwald | 7.25.2012 7:45 PM

Politics

Outrage Is Not an Argument

Politicians should resist demands to do something about guns in response to the Aurora massacre.

Jacob Sullum | 7.25.2012 7:00 AM

Politics

Look Inside 38 Studios Disaster Shows Overconfident, Clueless Curt Schilling

Scott Shackford | 7.24.2012 2:09 PM

Politics

Yet Another Reason to End the War on Drugs: It's Fueling HIV/AIDS

Melanie Kruvelis | 7.23.2012 4:46 PM

Civil Liberties

Anaheim Cops Shoot Rubber Bullets, Unleash Dog on Crowd Protesting Police Shooting

Nick Gillespie | 7.22.2012 5:30 PM

Policy

Online Education Is Lonely, Joyless, and One-Size-Fits-All, Says New York Times Columnist Who Has Apparently Never Been on the Internet

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 7.20.2012 12:44 PM

Policy

For the Obama Administration, Conceding Marijuana's Medical Potential Does Not Mean Rethinking the Federal Ban

Jacob Sullum | 7.20.2012 12:41 PM

Policy

Is Google's Cash Pile a Sign of the End of Technological Progress? Peter Thiel Says Yes

Brian Doherty | 7.19.2012 6:10 PM

Policy

Reason.tv: How the Government Makes You Fat—Gary Taubes on Obesity, Carbs, and Bad Science

Zach Weissmueller | 7.19.2012 12:55 PM

Politics

YouTube Face Blurring Tech Latest Google Thwarting of Authoritarian Governments

Ed Krayewski | 7.18.2012 6:01 PM

Politics

California's Ballot Initiatives: A Top Ten List Too Boring for Letterman or Buzzfeed

Scott Shackford | 7.18.2012 4:52 PM

Politics

No Recipe for Resilience

A new guide to resilience has no theory to offer.

Ed Regis | 7.14.2012 1:00 PM

Policy

Fight For Your Right to Go Paleo

The government has no business interfering with our food choices.

Baylen Linnekin | 7.14.2012 8:00 AM

Politics

FBI: Zimmerman Not Racist, Occupy Riot in L.A., Anybody Serious About the Deficit?: P.M. Links

Scott Shackford | 7.13.2012 4:30 PM

Politics

UFOs over the UK

Ed Krayewski | 7.12.2012 5:18 PM

Politics

When Romney Left Bain Questioned, Penn State Hid Sandusky, Hackers Hit Yahoo: P.M. Links

Scott Shackford | 7.12.2012 4:30 PM

Policy

Gabriel G. Nahas, Who Warned Us to Keep Off the Grass, RIP

Jacob Sullum | 7.12.2012 3:07 AM

Politics

Romney Booed by NAACP, Russia Restricts Internet, Where Is Jesse Jackson Jr.?: P.M. Links

Scott Shackford | 7.11.2012 4:30 PM

Policy

Isn't It a Shame the Less Well-to-Do Can't Afford to Have Their Relatives Kidnapped By the State Over Their Consumption Choices?

Brian Doherty | 7.11.2012 2:44 PM

Politics

Stopping Crime Before It Starts

Predictive policing helps police protect citizens. It could also be used to oppress them.

Ronald Bailey | 7.10.2012 5:00 PM

Policy

FTC Will Fine Google $22.5 Million, the Largest Fine in Agency History, According to WSJ Report

Peter Suderman | 7.10.2012 2:05 PM

Politics

Scott Shackford on PJTV Talking Unemployment, Environmental Disasters and Fat-Fueled Battleships

Reason Staff | 7.10.2012 1:15 PM

Science & Technology

How Congress Edits Its Own Members' Wikipedia Pages

Peter Suderman | 7.10.2012 11:13 AM

Politics

Police Ask for More Cell Records, Oregon May Vote to Legalize Pot, "Fast and Furious" Suspects Named: P.M. Links

Scott Shackford | 7.9.2012 4:30 PM

Politics

Robert Zubrin: Radical Environmentalists and Other Merchants of Despair

Matt Welch and Meredith Bragg | 7.7.2012 10:30 AM

Economics

Alternative Currencies Rise as the Eurozone Crisis Worsens

The advantages of non-political innovations and cryptocurrencies

Matthew Feeney | 7.6.2012 4:30 PM

Politics

Ron Paul: From Ending the Federal Reserve to Ending Government Interference with the Internet

Brian Doherty | 7.5.2012 6:32 PM

Politics

Ron Paul: From Ending the Federal Reserve to Ending Government Interference with the Internet

Brian Doherty | 7.5.2012 5:13 PM

Politics

Has the "Violent Political Rhetoric" Panic Come to an End?

Jesse Walker | 7.5.2012 11:14 AM

Policy

Is an Unknown Drug or an Unverifiable Mental Disorder a Better Explanation for Face Eating Than a Voodoo Curse?

Jacob Sullum | 7.5.2012 3:14 AM

Politics

Beltway Storm: Blame Global Warming…Or Obama?

Tim Cavanaugh | 7.3.2012 5:35 PM

Policy

The DEA's Classification of Pot: Destroyed but Still Standing

Jacob Sullum | 7.3.2012 3:44 PM

Politics

United States: 114th Out of 143 on the Happy Planet Index

Ronald Bailey | 7.2.2012 4:54 PM

Economics

The Cure for Abject Poverty

A new book argues that inclusive institutions offer the best path to prosperity.

Ronald Bailey | 7.2.2012 1:30 PM

Politics

Burmese Python Ban Ruins Magician's Grand Finale

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 7.2.2012 12:03 PM

Politics

The Sickening Nature of Many Food-Safety Regulations

Food-safety regulations don't always mean safer food.

Baylen Linnekin | 6.30.2012 8:00 AM

Politics

HuffPo Blames Media for Failure of All New Solyndras

Tim Cavanaugh | 6.29.2012 11:06 PM

Politics

The Internet vs. the NEA

Is Kickstarter a secret right-wing plot to undermine the National Endowment for the Arts?

Greg Beato | 6.28.2012 1:30 PM

Politics

Poor Time Picked the Wrong SCOTUS Obamacare Decider

Tim Cavanaugh | 6.28.2012 12:57 PM

Policy

How Facebook Helped a Small Town Fight Back Against a Crooked Cop

Friends and family of a woman murdered by a bad cop used social media to get answers and justice.

Mike Riggs | 6.27.2012 1:30 PM

Politics

Rio +20 Earth Summit: The End of International Environmentalism

Watching green ideology crash and burn

Ronald Bailey | 6.26.2012 4:30 PM

Politics

Who Will Save Our Precious Children from the Vile Purveyors of Cranberry Juice?

Scott Shackford | 6.26.2012 4:19 PM