Who's Responsible for Damaging the Climate? And Who Should Pay for It?
Reason's science correspondent sends a third dispatch from the U.N. Climate Change Conference
Reason's science correspondent sends a third dispatch from the U.N. Climate Change Conference
If medical marijuana is de facto legalization, why not make it official?
"Open-Minded and Open for Business" wins votes where retrograde social views don't.
The FDA could impose regulations that would cost an ungodly lot - while achieving absolutely nothing.
Reason's science correspondent sends a second dispatch from the U.N. Climate Change Conference
Thousands of Americans are serving life sentences for nonviolent offenses.
That's not as reassuring as they think
The president's "fix" might be the beginning of the end for his signature program
Reason's science correspondent sends a first dispatch from the U.N. Climate Change Conference
It's his best bet to redeem his legacy and our economy.
New anti-imperialist activists enable an old hatred.
Who watches the watchers? You.
A bizarre search illustrates how the war on drugs has undermined our civil liberties.
No quantity of stirring words or noble intentions can justify expensive measures that leave little trace behind.
How prohibitionists, nanny staters, and taxpayers who voted for legalization (!) are trying to keep marijuana illegal - or at least inconvenient.
Further evidence that government that governs best governs least.
It's a bit of immigration "reform" that nobody needs.
How much easier it would be to bring others to the libertarian position if we realized that they already agree with us in substantial ways?
A free trade agreement that is about neither trade nor freedom.
A proposal in Austin, Texas, could ban fast food restaurants-and maybe even ensnare the city's beloved food trucks.
We learned a few interesting things from what was said and what wasn't.
Forecasts of cyclonic doom should be consumed with a heaped tablespoon of sea salt. And policies should be framed accordingly.
Wrecking both health care and energy as a presidential legacy
A road trip with Bruce Dern and Will Forte, and a Romanian holiday with Shia LaBeouf.
We don't know what a free society might come up with for treating people's aches and pains given time to react to human needs, but Obamacare can be improved upon. A lot.
Lesson for foreign leaders who are in the doghouse with the U.S. government: Get a nuke.
As a federal program, Obamacare could never accommodate the many Americans who want a different approach.
State borders should be a barrier to overreaching by other states.
Prohibition is expensive, unnecessary, and hurts people.
Old voters collecting Social Security may never change their minds, but libertarianism is growing fast among young Americans.
Neither Martin nor Incognito are free to seek a job with another team.
Obama refuses to acknowledge the tradeoffs imposed by the Affordable Care Act.
Can the Libertarian Party make good on Robert Sarvis' surprising showing in the Virginia governor's race?
Given the disaster his presidency has become, you can't blame the guy for wanting some alone time.
An emblem of the arrogance of central planning that characterizes the Obama administration.
Camelot nostalgia and assassination obsession as a form of generational arrogance.
The Affordable Care Act doles out three months of free health care to individuals who choose to default on their premiums; providers and insurers pick up the tab.
We may soon have to say goodbye to many doughnuts, crackers, frozen pizza, coffee creamer and other goodies-whether or not we agree.
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