Gangster Squad
Ryan Gosling and Sean Penn in a mob-movie misfire.
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4 Tactics Public Schools Are Using To Get Butts Behind Desks
School competition leads to surprising tactics to keep attendance from falling.
Can Republicans Win a Government Shutdown?
Without a shutdown Republicans have no leverage to obtain anything useful from the White House.
How Government Handouts Foster Dependency
Section 8 recipients can become comfortably dependent on government assistance.
The EPA Pushes the Envelope, Again
A long train of abuses suggests an institutional culture that sees the law as an impediment.
The Promised Land of Fracking
The environmental and economic benefits of fracking greatly outweigh the costs.
Making Sense of Intellectual Property Law
A new book tries to bring some balance back to copyright policy.
Will Newtown Lead to Lockdown High?
The drive toward regimented, Panopticon-style schools won't make students any more secure.
How Austrian Economic Theory Explains the NHL Lockout
Instead of a central bank manipulating the price of money, a league tries to control the price of labor through collective bargaining.
Obama's Crony Capitalism
Obama's economic policy: insult "fat cats" and then grant special access to a favored few.
Obama Begins His Second Term—and Bush's Fourth
Obama has carried forward Bush policies that are most expansive of government power.
An Exercise in Fiscal Evasion
Congress and the White House do nothing about the ever-expanding federal budget.
How Walt Disney Cashes In on Corporate Welfare
Why are taxpayers picking up the tab for Mickey Mouse?
Why Double Taxation Must Cease
Economic growth and rising living standards depend on saving and investment.
When the Iron Curtain Fell
How totalitarianism came to Eastern Europe, and why it didn't stay.
How a Federal Menu-Labeling Law Will Harm American Pizza
Complying with a proposed FDA menu-labeling rule would be somewhere between costly and impossible for tens of thousands of U.S. pizza and grocery chains.
An Unhealthy Dose of Obamacare Taxes
We don't know where the Affordable Care Act is taking us, but we do know that it will cost a bundle.
What's Wrong With a Copyright Alert System?
Internet service providers have a new plan to crack down on illegal downloads and peer-to-peer file sharing. Should digital activists be worried?
Stop Talking About Freedom and Start Protecting It
Lawmakers pay lip service to liberty while trampling it under foot.
Amour and West of Memphis
Love at the end of the road, hope for the end of a huge injustice.
The Five Worst Op-Eds of 2012
Bad arguments and bad writing from the nation's top opinionmongers
So What's Next, Mr. President?
Nearly every decision made during Obama's presidency has been conducted under the canopy of catastrophe.
4 Things You Need to Know About Secretary of State Nominee John Kerry
Don't let his reputation as a peacenik fool you. John Kerry is no anti-interventionist.
No Regulation? No Problem
Intuition leads us to think-wrongly-that without government we'd be victims of fraud.
January: The Perfect Time to Debate the Filibuster
The month was named after Janus-the Roman god who had two faces.
Plead Guilty or Go to Prison for Life
The stark choice given a medical marijuana grower highlights the injustice of mandatory minimums.
How to "Spin" Conservatives Into Worrying About the Environment
Make them feel disgust, say researchers.
To Revive the Economy, Cut Federal Spending
Obama and Boehner are both big spenders. That's the problem.
A Tax Cuts Mystery
If Government spending wasn't out of control, no one would have wanted to kill Bush tax cuts
The 5 Best Drug Scares of 2012
Meth babies, deadly energy drinks, fake pot, higher schools, and the drug that makes you eat people's faces
Who's Attacking the Constitution Now?
Many ardent supporters of the Second Amendment are not quite so ardent about the First.
Examine Inequality's Causes Before Prescribing Solutions
Fear and loathing of income inequality is both totally understandable and ultimately misplaced.
Labor Union Fights Liquor Store Privatization in Pennsylvania
How organized labor is resisting efforts to privatize the state-owned liquor monopoly.
Top 10 Food Policy Success Stories of 2012
This year had its share of good news for supporters of food freedom.
Why Chuck Hagel Should Tell Obama to Go to Hell
The prospective defense secretary will be more influential by speaking out against war and empire.
Tough Year Ahead for California Taxpayers and Wealth Producers
The Golden State's big government keeps getting bigger.
NFL Player Chris Kluwe on Being a Libertarian
The Minnesota Vikings punter discusses libertarianism, anarchism, Ayn Rand, empathy, and what he'd change about the U.S. government.
Our Favorite - and Least Favorite - Things in 2012 (Non-Politics Edition)
Forget politics for a minute. Here's what Reason staffers liked - and hated - in the past year.
Sometimes a School Needs an Intervention
In districts with underperforming schools, unhappy parents have few means by which to catalyze change.
Who Is Too Unbalanced to Be Armed?
The danger of treating gun violence as a mental health problem
