The Cost of Doing Something
Declaiming the price of "inaction" is a perennial argument for big government and bad law
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Reason.tv: Liberal and Conservative Agree on Bill of Rights…
...especially that it should be much shorter
Looking for Advil in All the Wrong Places
The Supreme Court puts limits on school strip searches.
Russia Remains the Same
It will be business as usual in Moscow whether Obama apologizes or not.
How the "Public Option" of Health Insurance Went From Inevitable to Imperiled
Some straight talk from a straight-laced federal agency puts government-run insurance on the brink
Briefly Noted: Books, Movies, Magazines, and More
Refuting Morgan Spurlock, Garden & Gun, the Lionel train legacy, and Godfather diplomacy
Obama Pulls an Agency Out of His…Hat
Rhetorical sleight of hand on the new Consumer Financial Protection Agency
Intellectual Property vs. Creative Freedom
Can J.D. Salinger stop a Catcher in the Rye sequel?
"As Naked an Abuse of Government Power as Could be Imagined"
How the Sotomayor nomination revived the debate over eminent domain abuse
The ACLU's Sellout on Watch Lists
Why did the civil liberties group effectively endorse a federal program it has repeatedly criticized?
Reason.tv: Overstock.com's Patrick Byrne on Internet Sales Taxes, Naked Short-Selling, & Regulatory Capture
And why he turned from a Yankee Republican into a fire-breathing libertarian champion of school choice.
I, Toaster
A British artist inadvertently brings Leonard Read's classic essay "I, Pencil" to life.*
Preventive Care is a Sick Idea
When it comes to unhealthy behavior, some of us can't be helped.
Crime Fighters vs. the Constitution
Where's the authority for federal laws aimed at hate crimes and sex crimes?
McCain's Iranian Game of Chicken
The Arizona senator's comments are a tired reminder of foreign policy as bellicose bluffing.
Rhetoric vs. Reality in the Health Care Debate
Is it "rationing" when consumers decide how to spend their own money?
Reason.tv: Turning Japanese
Is America creating its own Lost Decade of economic stagnation?
The Myth of Financial Deregulation
Government action caused the economic crisis, not the free market.
ObamaCare is a Trojan Horse for Socialized Medicine
Why Medicare-style insurance will kill our health care system
The Eternal Recurrence of Financial Corruption
Lessons for today from the infamous industrialist/crook Ivar Kreuger
Is Sotomayor Anti-Gun?
When it comes to the Second Amendment, Obama's Supreme Court nominee practices judicial restraint, not judicial activism.
Guns in Unincorporated Territory
Does a recent decision show Sonia Sotomayor hates the Second Amendment?
Would You Wear a Serial Killer's Sweater?
On jellyfish genes, autism, politics, and how our intuitions lead us into strange territory.
Reason.tv: "This is an injustice and I think everyone has gotten the message."
Is Charlie Lynch's year-and-a-day sentence the end of medical marijuana prosecution?
The Second Amendment and the States
Why the Supreme Court should strike down Chicago's handgun ban
How Much Freedom Do Charter Schools Deserve?
Lisa Snell debates Ralph E. Shaffer in the L.A. Times
The Top 10 Most Absurd Time Covers of The Past 40 Years
Mr. Luce's mag does satanism, porn, crack, Pokemon, and more!
Twitter Will Set Them Free
How profit-seeking businesses advance democratic principles in China
The Beginning of the End of Private Health Insurance
How Obama's public health insurance option will quickly evolve into the only option
The Man Can't Tax Our Music
The music industry wants to impose an onerous new fee on broadcasters.
