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Government interference

St. Catherine's Monastery in Egypt | ID 207196833 © Rob Atherton | Dreamstime.com

Egypt

Egypt's Land Grab Threatens the World's Oldest Christian Monastery

St. Catherine’s Monastery has been continuously inhabited for over 1,500 years. An Egyptian court ruling ended the monastery's longstanding separation from the government.

Sophia Mandt | 8.22.2025 10:15 AM

A billboard reading "Tell Mayor Daniella Levine Cava and County Officials: Sue to stop the Everglades Detention Camp" | Florida Immigrant Coalition

Free Speech

Immigrant Rights Group Says Its Billboards Opposing Alligator Alcatraz Were Taken Down Under Political Pressure

The Florida Immigrant Coalition's new billboards were restored less than a day after being taken down, but why were they removed in the first place?

C.J. Ciaramella | 7.16.2025 12:50 PM

An alarm clock and yellow flowers. | Reddogs | Dreamstime.com

Government Waste

We're Overdue To End Daylight Saving Time

The government experiment in socially engineering the country into less energy use raised costs.

J.D. Tuccille | 3.10.2025 7:00 AM

Elon Musk (with his son on his shoulders) and Vivek Ramaswamy walk through a corridor in the U.S. Capitol | Jemal Countess/UPI/Newscom

Regulation

Regulations' Enormous Costs Give DOGE an Enormous Opportunity

By one account, regulations cost American households over $15,000 per year. Here's hoping DOGE can help.

Veronique de Rugy | 12.19.2024 12:00 PM

Peter Suderman with Donald Trump behind podium in background | Lex Villena; Jason Getz / Jason.Getz/TNS/Newscom

Russia

What Libertarians Would Ask Trump and Harris at the Debate

Plus: A listener asks if rebranding tariffs as taxes would make any difference in reducing their appeal to politicians and voters.

Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman | 9.9.2024 5:13 PM

Russian President Vladimir Putin behind a lectern at the 2024 Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia | SIPA/Newscom

Russia

Why You Shouldn't Fret Much Over Russian Election Interference

Governments are always screwing with other countries' politics. It’s often ineffective.

J.D. Tuccille | 9.9.2024 7:00 AM

Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R–Wash.) and Frank Pallone Jr. (D–N.J.) preside over a hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. | Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Newscom

Section 230

Ending Section 230 Would Kill the Internet as We Know It

Don’t unleash censors; restrain them more!

J.D. Tuccille | 5.24.2024 7:00 AM

Duty free shop at Heathrow Airport with signs of PAY HERE and SELF SERVICE CHECKOUT | Photo 257565209 © I Wei Huang | Dreamstime.com

Regulation

The Real Reason for Self-Checkout Bans

It isn't about stopping crime—it's about protecting a favored constituency's jobs.

C. Jarrett Dieterle | 5.18.2024 6:00 AM

People on cell phones | Photo 137208903 © Antonio Guillem | Dreamstime.com

Nanny State

Nanny State Social Media Mandates Are No Substitute for Effective Parenting

Throughout Republican-run Western states, lawmakers are passing legislation that treats adults as if they are children.

Steven Greenhut | 2.9.2024 7:30 AM

William D. Eggers in front of an orange box | Illustration: Lex Villena

Big Government

Can the Government Be More Effective?

William D. Eggers discusses what he's learned about making the government less intrusive.

Nick Gillespie | 12.27.2023 11:00 AM

Facebook | 38836651 © GilbertC | Dreamstime.com

Free Speech

Biden White House Pressured Facebook To Censor Lab Leak Posts

"Can someone quickly remind me why we were removing—rather than demoting/labeling—claims that Covid is man made," asked Meta's president for global affairs.

Robby Soave | 7.28.2023 1:34 PM

Silhouettes of immigrants pictured with a cross and the U.S. Constitution | Illustration: Lex Villena; Jan Sirina

Immigration

Florida Pastors Are Worried This Immigration Bill Could Infringe on Religious Liberties

S.B. 1718 would make it a third-degree felony to “harbor” or “transport” undocumented immigrants. Some Florida faith leaders say it could threaten their church activities.

Fiona Harrigan | 4.4.2023 4:30 PM

Tresa Razaaq. | NBC 5 News

Public schools

Chicago Public Schools Will Call Child Services if You're Late To Pick Up Your Kids From School

"My daughter rushed to the car and she's like, 'mommy DCFS came to the school, and the lady made it sound like we weren't going to come home with you today,'" Tresa Razaaq told a local news station.

Emma Camp | 1.12.2023 2:02 PM

Woman holding a baby. | Photo 168576030 © Akesin | Dreamstime.com

Government abuse

In One Arizona County, Child Protective Services Will Eventually Investigate Two-Thirds of Black Children

A staggeringly high number of families are subject to child abuse and neglect investigations in Maricopa County, Arizona.

Emma Camp | 12.20.2022 2:13 PM

update | Josh Sabey and Sarah Perkins

Government abuse

Doctors Discovered a Baby's Minor Injury. Then Massachusetts DCF Seized Him in the Middle of the Night.

State actors are increasingly willing to seize children even with little evidence of child abuse.

Emma Camp | 12.9.2022 5:35 PM

A law enforcement officer stands over a wheel of cheese | Illustration: Lex Villena; Photographerlondon, ID 90933932 © Kivphoto | Dreamstime.com

Borders

Border Officials Took This Woman's Cheese and Fined Her $1,000

Their case for the seizure is full of holes.

Fiona Harrigan | 9.12.2022 5:22 PM

A red marker draws an X over a group of protesters | Illustration: Lex Villena; Richard Thomas, Robertzsombori

First Amendment

This Tennessee Town Claims Restricting Protests Helps 'Facilitate' the First Amendment

A new ordinance in Franklin will restrict evening and weekend protests and subject violators to misdemeanor charges.

Fiona Harrigan | 8.30.2022 3:44 PM

Yellow police tape across a food truck | Illustration: Lex Villena; Nathan Griffin, Ekostsov

Police

Denver Police Hurt 6 Bystanders in a Shooting. So the City Cracked Down on Food Trucks.

The police admitted wrongdoing, but Denver moved forward with a plan to reduce crowds and crimes downtown—by targeting food trucks that did nothing wrong.

Fiona Harrigan | 8.24.2022 1:16 PM

DisneyOrlando_1161x653 | Joe Burbank/TNS/Newscom

Disney

DeSantis Calls for End of Walt Disney World's Self-Rule

Culture war conservatism leads to less private industry freedom for the pettiest of reasons.

Scott Shackford | 4.19.2022 3:15 PM

jenpsaki_1161x653 | Jim LoScalzo - Pool via CNP / MEGA / Newscom/RSSIL/Newscom

Government interference

It's Dangerous to Allow Politicians and Officials to Decide What Constitutes 'Truth'

"Governments realize that they are in an existential battle over who controls information."

J.D. Tuccille | 1.10.2022 8:30 AM

topicsfuture | Illustration: grafart/iStock

Future

When Politics Makes It Impossible To Plan

For more than a decade, politicians have moved toward seizing short-term wins through any mechanism available to them.

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 5.3.2021 6:00 AM

zumaamericastwentynine946555 | Beata Zawrzel/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

Regulation

DoorDash Customer Fees Go Up Thanks To Dumb Regulations

Plus: Mask burning is freedom of speech, New York reaches recreational weed deal, and more...

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 3.29.2021 9:30 AM

krtphotoslive894215 | RICARDO B. BRAZZIELL/TNS/Newscom

Social Media

The Texas Bill That Prohibits Social Media Censorship Is a Mess

The whole thing is arguably voided by Section 230.

Robby Soave | 3.16.2021 9:56 AM

topicsinfographicFeatImage

Infographic

Government Involvement Drives Up Costs

"The more government gets involved, or the more government regulation, the greater are the increases in prices over time."

Reason Staff | 4.21.2020 6:00 AM

topicsfuture | Sharon O'Shaughnessy/Alamy

Future

Is the American Dream Dead?

When Americans feel like the future will be worse than the past, reactionary and socialist ideologies ascend.

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 4.6.2020 6:00 AM

badfeaturemccullagh | Joanna Andreasson

Free Speech

The End of the Free Internet Is Near

The idea that the internet should enjoy minimal government oversight precisely because it was a technology that enabled open and free speech for everyone has been turned on its head.

Declan McCullagh | 7.12.2019 6:00 AM

topicslifestyle | ioanmasay/iStock

Lifestyle

Stop Treating Government With Respect

It's become nothing but a weapon fought over by people who want to smash each other—and you.

J.D. Tuccille | 6.15.2019 6:00 AM

Large image on homepages | Matt Crossick/ZUMA Press/Newscom

Brickbats

Brickbat: Hostile Takeover

Charles Oliver | 9.27.2018 4:00 AM

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Reason Podcast

How We Became a 'Nation of Narcs' and How To Fix It: Podcast

Reason's Mike Riggs discusses how class anxiety, busybodyism, and a lack of empathy are making America a less-great country.

Nick Gillespie and Ian Keyser | 5.25.2018 2:30 PM

Large image for longform feature pages. | Cody Pickens

Research

Meet the Man Who Hated Carbs Before It Was Cool

Gary Taubes on how big sugar and big government wrecked the American diet

Nick Gillespie | 4.14.2018 6:00 AM

Large image for longform feature pages. | Atalo Holdings

Hemp

Hemp Comes Home

Legal hemp has returned to Kentucky. Will the Feds step aside and let the industry flourish?

Rona Kobell | 9.2.2017 12:01 AM

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