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Policy

The Assman Cometh: The Insane Effort to Police Vanity License Plates

Nick Gillespie | 12.17.2014 6:19 PM

Policy

Obama Grants Eight Commutations to Drug Offenders, Nearly Doubling His Total

Jacob Sullum | 12.17.2014 5:48 PM

Economics

New Republic Takes Weirdly Pants-Wetting Look at Honduran ZEDEs (Free Zones)

Brian Doherty | 12.17.2014 5:15 PM

Crime

"Thai junta vows to 'hunt' fugitive lese majeste suspects"

Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.17.2014 4:57 PM

Policy

Andy Harris Explains Why He Blocked Marijuana Legalization in D.C., Although It Looks Like He Didn't

Jacob Sullum | 12.17.2014 4:55 PM

Minimum Wage

L.A.'s Higher Minimum Wage for Hotel Workers Really a Tax on Non-Union Labor

Scott Shackford | 12.17.2014 4:50 PM

Nanny State

Legal Abortion Would Require Man's Permission Under New Missouri Bill

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.17.2014 4:45 PM

Jesse Walker on Elinor Ostrom, Local Government, and How Not to Fix the Ferguson Police

Reason Staff | 12.17.2014 4:31 PM

Politics

Centralized Policing Is the Wrong Solution

Elinor Ostrom and the case against centralization

Jesse Walker | 12.17.2014 4:30 PM

U.S. and Cuba Start Making Nice, Midterm Elections Belatedly Conclude, Taliban Attack May Not Sway Pakistan: P.M. Links

J.D. Tuccille | 12.17.2014 4:30 PM

Crime

"Tech firms tussle with DOJ over the right to say 'zero'"

Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.17.2014 4:27 PM

Crime

Marquette University tells employees: "Opposition to same-sex marriage" could be "unlawful harassment"

Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.17.2014 4:03 PM

Policy

Police Union Boss Defends Killing of Tamir Rice: 'When We Tell You to Do Something, Do It'

Robby Soave | 12.17.2014 3:56 PM

Crime

Justice Department has strong words for judicial opinion purporting to declare immigration actions unconstitutional

Jonathan H. Adler |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.17.2014 3:31 PM

Culture

Will Moviegoers Ever Get to See The Interview? Source Tells Hollywood Reporter That Five Major Theater Chains Won't Show the Movie

Peter Suderman | 12.17.2014 3:04 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Cuba Policy Libre, Ron Paul, Geraldo Rivera, Obamas on Race, Heroes of Freedom, and Two Minutes Hate!

Matt Welch | 12.17.2014 2:33 PM

Crime

Should free speech supporters preorder DVDs of 'The Interview'?

Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.17.2014 2:30 PM

Nanny State

Help End Violence Against Sex Workers by Decriminalizing Prostitution, Activists Say

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.17.2014 2:07 PM

Crime

Thugs win again -- movie theaters cancel showing of 'The Interview' following threats of terrorist attack

Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.17.2014 2:05 PM

Crime

Does judicial disagreement imply ambiguity?

Will Baude |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.17.2014 2:00 PM

Policy

Vaping Rises to Record Highs, Smoking Falls to Record Lows, and Activists Insist 'E-Cigarettes Are a Gateway to Smoking'

Jacob Sullum | 12.17.2014 1:58 PM

Politics

U.S. Takes First Steps to Fix Cuban Policy: Here's What Pundits Are Saying

The good, the bad, and the Lindsey Graham.

Robby Soave | 12.17.2014 1:17 PM

Culture

Hackers Threaten Attacks If Sony Releases The Interview, Major Theater Chain Declines to Show the Film

Peter Suderman | 12.17.2014 1:02 PM

Crime

Marquette suspends prof's teaching, orders him off campus

Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.17.2014 1:01 PM

Policy

The Real Scale of U.S. Defense Spending

Nearly $1 trillion was spent on the war in Afghanistan, mostly under President Obama.

Veronique de Rugy | 12.17.2014 12:15 PM

Crime

What's the exchange rate between pounds, rubles, and dollars?

Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.17.2014 12:06 PM

John Stossel on Government Playing Santa Claus

Reason Staff | 12.17.2014 12:00 PM

Nanny State

Capitalism Does Much More for Poor People Than Government Playing Santa Claus

Government creates loyalty in the minds of citizens by pretending to be Santa Claus.

John Stossel | 12.17.2014 12:00 PM

Crime

Strong Language, a new linguistics blog about vulgarities

Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.17.2014 11:41 AM

Crime

Happy Saturnalia!

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.17.2014 10:50 AM

Culture

Peter Suderman Reviews The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Peter Suderman | 12.17.2014 10:45 AM

Police

LAPD to Get Body Cameras. Will They Tamper with Those, Too?

Scott Shackford | 12.17.2014 10:35 AM

Civil Liberties

Indiana Cop Responds to Eric Garner Protesters by Selling T-Shirt: 'Breathe Easy—Don't Break the Law'

An artifact of the backlash.

Jesse Walker | 12.17.2014 10:32 AM

Policy

Elizabeth Warren Is Right: The Cromnibus Aids Crony Capitalism

Give her credit where credit is due.

A. Barton Hinkle | 12.17.2014 10:30 AM

A. Barton Hinkle: Why Elizabeth Warren Is Right About the Cromnibus

Reason Staff | 12.17.2014 10:30 AM

Crime

What the CIA torture report and Rolling Stone's U-Va. story have in common

Jonathan H. Adler |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.17.2014 9:52 AM

Culture

'Pro-Government' Millennials Take Government Jobs, Discover They Suck, Move to the Private Sector

J.D. Tuccille | 12.17.2014 9:14 AM

Politics

Rand Paul Says Common Core Will Kill Jeb Bush in the Primaries. He's Right.

Robby Soave | 12.17.2014 9:10 AM

A.M. Links: Judge Rules Obama Immigration Actions Unconstitutional, Senate Approves Tax Break Package, Apple Wins Anti-Trust Suit Over iPod Downloads

Ed Krayewski | 12.17.2014 9:00 AM

Interview: Ron Paul on Libertarian Foreign Policy

Reason Staff | 12.17.2014 8:30 AM

Crime

Five puzzles about occupation and settlements: questions for Geneva

Eugene Kontorovich |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.17.2014 8:07 AM

Canada

Jesus Christ

Charles Oliver | 12.17.2014 6:00 AM

Brickbat: Jesus Christ

Charles Oliver | 12.17.2014 6:00 AM

Crime

Unless I'm missing something, this is an exceedingly strange opinion

Orin S. Kerr |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.17.2014 12:52 AM

Policy

Fung Wah, the Iconic Chinatown Bus Company Closed By the Feds Last Year, Is Set to Reopen

Jim Epstein | 12.16.2014 8:58 PM

Crime

Fake hate crime report in St. Louis?

Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.16.2014 8:16 PM

Politics

On The Independents: John Bolton on Torture Popularity and Sony Terrorism, Timothy Sandefur on Sony's Free-Speech Claims, Deroy Murdock on Jeb & Hillary, Plus Heroes of Freedom, E-Cigs, De Blasio Hypocrisy and Aftershow

Matt Welch | 12.16.2014 8:12 PM

Crime

A poorly reasoned federal district court opinion striking down Obama's executive order on immigration

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.16.2014 7:43 PM

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