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Policy

House Approves a Weakened Surveillance Reform Bill After Co-Sponsors Turn Against It

Jacob Sullum | 5.22.2014 6:27 PM

Zenon Evans Says School Sucks! 'Maker Culture' Is Literally Making Learning Better

Reason Staff | 5.22.2014 4:31 PM

Culture

School Sucks! 'Maker Culture' Is Literally Making Learning Better

Making a giant octopus is way more enlightening than taking the SAT or Sociology 101.

Zenon Evans | 5.22.2014 4:31 PM

NSA Sort-of-Reform Bill Passes House, VA Horrors Just 'Tip of the Iceberg,' New Coup in Thailand: P.M. Links

J.D. Tuccille | 5.22.2014 4:30 PM

Civil Liberties

House Passes NSA 'Reform' Bill That May Be More Show Than Substance

J.D. Tuccille | 5.22.2014 4:18 PM

Edward Snowden

At The New York Times, a Sudden Appreciation for Media Censorship with Greenwald

Scott Shackford | 5.22.2014 4:05 PM

Policy

NYPD Mulls Using Microphone-Equipped Drones

Zenon Evans | 5.22.2014 3:45 PM

Policy

The FCC's Net Neutrality Proposal Is About Giving the FCC More Power

Peter Suderman | 5.22.2014 3:42 PM

Politics

Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert: Just Talking About Immigration Reform Leads to Child Sex Slavery

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 5.22.2014 3:10 PM

Civil Liberties

What NYT's Firing of Jill Abramson Tells Us About Sexism in America

Shikha Dalmia | 5.22.2014 2:38 PM

Police

Miami Beach Cop Says Mayor Tried to 'Instigate' Confrontation Along With Democratic Fund-Raiser During Party Crashing Incident

Ed Krayewski | 5.22.2014 1:55 PM

World

More U.S. Intervention in Libya?

The first rule governments should follow is, "Do no harm." The second: Assume that intervention will do far more harm than good.

Sheldon Richman | 5.22.2014 1:30 PM

Sheldon Richman on U.S. Intervention in Libya

Reason Staff | 5.22.2014 1:30 PM

Policy

Workers Really Are Dropping Out of the Job Market

J.D. Tuccille | 5.22.2014 1:05 PM

Politics

Andy Levy, on his V.A. care: 'It was absolutely awful, and nothing horrible I hear about it ever surprises me'

Matt Welch | 5.22.2014 1:04 PM

Politics

How Scalia Helped Legalize Gay Marriage in Pennsylvania

Damon Root | 5.22.2014 12:55 PM

Minimum Wage

Minimum Wage Protesters Show Up Early Morning at McDonald's Annual Shareholder's Meeting

Ed Krayewski | 5.22.2014 12:15 PM

Cathy Young on Russia's Fascism in Ukraine

Reason Staff | 5.22.2014 12:00 PM

Politics

Fascism Comes to Ukraine–From Russia

Debunking Putin's propaganda to the west

Cathy Young | 5.22.2014 12:00 PM

FDA

We Need the Government to Make Sure Your Hummus Is Authentic!

Scott Shackford | 5.22.2014 11:55 AM

Policy

Martin J. Sklar, RIP

The man who coined "corporate liberalism"

Jesse Walker | 5.22.2014 11:19 AM

Policy

U.S. South Is Quickly Losing Abortion Access

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 5.22.2014 11:15 AM

Vid: Cop Assaults Air Force Captain for Not Knowing His Neighbor, Suggests He Could Have Tased or Shot Him Instead

Tracy Oppenheimer | 5.22.2014 11:00 AM

Policy

Another Study That Does Not Show Legalizing Pot Boosts Traffic Fatalities

Jacob Sullum | 5.22.2014 10:40 AM

Politics

Read This Chart About Job Recovery, Millennials, and Despair! Especially in Ohio!

Nick Gillespie | 5.22.2014 10:22 AM

Politics

Is the IRS Imposing "Voluntary" Continuing-Education Requirements for Tax Preparers?

Nick Gillespie | 5.22.2014 9:52 AM

A.M. Links: U.S. Troops Deployed to Chad, Poll Finds 47 Percent of Unemployed "Completely Given Up" on Looking For Job, Supernova Observed

Ed Krayewski | 5.22.2014 9:00 AM

Peter Suderman on Surprising Economic Lessons From Video Games

Reason Staff | 5.22.2014 8:30 AM

Andrew Napolitano on Another Week of Government Lawlessness

Reason Staff | 5.22.2014 7:00 AM

World

Another Week of Government Lawlessness

The lawyer who advised President Obama that he could kill with drones now has preliminary approval to become a federal judge.

Andrew Napolitano | 5.22.2014 7:00 AM

Policy

En Garde

Charles Oliver | 5.22.2014 6:00 AM

Policy

Brickbat: En Garde

Charles Oliver | 5.22.2014 6:00 AM

Civil Liberties

"I'll Take This Place and Then Whoever Owns it Will Fucking Kill You…You'll be Dead and Your Family will be Dead": Officer to Woman in Chicago Raid on Her Salon

Brian Doherty | 5.21.2014 6:09 PM

War on Drugs

FBI Director Scolded for 'Making Light' of Marijuana Use

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 5.21.2014 5:10 PM

FBI

Finally, Government Surveillance to Get Behind: FBI to Start Recording Interrogations

Scott Shackford | 5.21.2014 5:00 PM

Politics

Nick Gillespie on CNN's Erin Burnett Outfront, Talking Life Sentence for Hash Brownies

Nick Gillespie | 5.21.2014 4:47 PM

Culture

Will and Jada Smith Investigated by L.A. Children and Family Services Because Agency Apparently Didn't Like a Photo It Saw of Daughter Willow

Brian Doherty | 5.21.2014 4:46 PM

Policy

Jury Power Gets a Courtroom Nod in Possible Boost for Nullification

J.D. Tuccille | 5.21.2014 4:42 PM

Barack Obama

The Anatomy of an Obama Scandal

In six easy steps

Ed Krayewski | 5.21.2014 4:31 PM

Ed Krayewski on the Anatomy of an Obama Scandal

Reason Staff | 5.21.2014 4:31 PM

Obama Swings into Action with Sounds Bites Over VA Outrage, Democrats Join Benghazi Panel, Boko Haram Attacks Escalate: P.M. Links

Scott Shackford | 5.21.2014 4:30 PM

Policy

The Answer to Detroit's Problems: Rich Guys Calling Each Other to Discuss Their 'Neat' Ideas

J.P. Morgan "rolls up its sleeves" and gets to work in saving Detroit.

Jim Epstein | 5.21.2014 3:30 PM

Civil Liberties

Feds Execute Military-Style Raid on Texas Grandmother

Alexis Garcia | 5.21.2014 3:17 PM

Policy

Patent Trolls Rejoice! Reform Bill Likely Dead As Sponsoring Sen. Patrick Leahy Takes It Off Agenda

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 5.21.2014 3:15 PM

Veterans

Obama Expresses Bland, Passive Outrage at Growing Scandal About Veteran Care

Familiar, vague promises about holding bureaucrats "accountable"

Scott Shackford | 5.21.2014 3:08 PM