Government Spending

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The Ownership Society and Its Discontents

You can't count on George Bush and the GOP Congress to transform the welfare state.

Ryan Sager | 11.1.2006 12:15 PM

Politics

The Pork Barrel Runneth Over

How bloggers stopped Ted Stevens' procedural error

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 9.12.2006 10:05 AM

Politics

Iraq's Price Tag

Trying to calculate the costs of war.

Jeff Taylor | 7.20.2006 1:55 PM

Politics

April 15: America's 6-Billion-Hour Day

Why a mugger is better than the IRS

Jacob Sullum | 4.12.2006 9:54 AM

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Earmarks of Success

Pork as a constitutional imperative

Jacob Sullum | 4.5.2006 4:10 PM

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Cash Carries the Day

Spending is the Alpha and Omega in Washington

Jeff Taylor | 3.17.2006 2:44 PM

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Selected Examples of Wasteful Homeland Security Spending

Reason Staff | 3.1.2006 12:00 AM

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Are We Ready for the Next 9/11?

The sorry state--and stunning waste--of homeland security spending.

Veronique de Rugy | 3.1.2006 12:00 AM

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Editor's Note: Fighting Yesterday's Battles Today

Nick Gillespie | 3.1.2006 12:00 AM

Politics

Who Gets to Not Spend Our Money?

Why a presidential line-item veto seems like a good idea, but isn't

Brian Doherty | 2.22.2006 11:47 AM

Politics

Dick's Power Trip

When the veep goes hunting, who foots the bill?

Kerry Howley | 2.16.2006 12:00 AM

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Remedial Math for the President

The only thing missing from the 2007 budget is fiscal responsibility.

Veronique de Rugy | 2.7.2006 12:00 AM

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The Truman Show

The president's conservative rhetoric is missing.

Jesse Walker | 2.1.2006 12:00 AM

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Couch Potato Subsidies

TV goes digital.

Julian Sanchez | 2.1.2006 12:00 AM

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Why Republicans Can't Cut Spending

The GOP switch from government-shrinking to machine-building has backfired.

Jonathan Rauch | 1.23.2006 12:00 AM

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Mistakes Will Be Made

NASA's money pit.

Ted Balaker | 1.1.2006 12:00 AM

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Byrd Watching

Corporate welfare queens.

Kerry Howley | 1.1.2006 12:00 AM

Politics

Reason Express

Vol. 8 No. 49

Jeff Taylor | 12.13.2005 12:00 AM

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Goodbye to Goldwater

Rick Santorum's Republican crusade for big government.

Jonathan Rauch | 12.1.2005 12:00 AM

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The Father of Modern School Reform

Fifty years ago, Milton Friedman introduced the idea of school vouchers. Now he looks back on his legacy.

Nick Gillespie | 12.1.2005 12:00 AM

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After the Storm

Hurricane Katrina and the failure of public policy.

Jacob Sullum, Jesse Walker, Ronald Bailey, Kerry Howley, Jeff Taylor, and David B. Kopel | 12.1.2005 12:00 AM

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Pundit Payola

Accidental propagandists.

Matt Welch | 12.1.2005 12:00 AM

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Editor's Note: How Bush Outspends LBJ

Nick Gillespie | 12.1.2005 12:00 AM

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Weird Science

Building a better TARDIS.

Jesse Walker | 12.1.2005 12:00 AM

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Subsidized Spin

Military scientists go Hollywood.

Ben Falk | 11.1.2005 12:00 AM

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Runaway Train Debt

D.C. Metro in the red.

Melanie Colburn | 11.1.2005 12:00 AM

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What's More Despicable than Scoring Ideological Points Immediately in the Wake of Human Suffering?

Nick Gillespie | 9.26.2005 5:10 PM

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Welfare Queen

Farm subsidies for the filthy rich.

Matt Welch | 7.1.2005 12:00 AM

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The Fog of War

How can we tell if we're winning the War on Terror?

Stephen Lyons | 6.1.2005 12:00 AM

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Data: Don't Ask, Just Spend

Complete print edition now available in digital version on NewsStand.com

Kerry Howley | 6.1.2005 12:00 AM

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Nuclear Brinksmanship

Republicans should stand down from the filibuster crisis, and stand up for their principles

Gene Healy | 4.27.2005 12:00 AM

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What is Richard Posner So Afraid Of?

The high cost of the falling sky

Ronald Bailey | 3.3.2005 12:00 AM

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Railroading the Poor

Transit for the rich.

Ted Balaker | 3.1.2005 12:00 AM

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Four More Years!?!?!

7 high hopes and 7 big fears for Bush's second term.

Reason Staff | 2.1.2005 12:00 AM

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Editor's Note: Four More Years…But of What?

Complete print edition now available in digital version on NewsStand.com

Nick Gillespie | 2.1.2005 12:00 AM

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Social Security as Social Engineering

Why private accounts are all about values

Jonathan Rauch | 1.15.2005 12:00 AM

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De Omnibus Disputandum

Who was the last person to know all the ingredients in the pork?

Julian Sanchez | 11.23.2004 12:00 AM

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The New Minority Party

Can the GOP say no to pork when it's living high on the hog?

Julian Sanchez | 11.8.2004 12:00 AM

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Data

Lost Horizon

Julian Sanchez | 11.1.2004 12:00 AM

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Attractive Opposition

Can we count on gridlock?

Julian Sanchez | 10.25.2004 12:00 AM

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School Net Scams

No tech firm left behind.

Lisa Snell | 10.1.2004 12:00 AM

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Higher Goals

Republicans learn to stop worrying and love Leviathan

Jacob Sullum | 9.3.2004 12:00 AM

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Extra Credit

Charge it to Uncle Sam!

Julian Sanchez | 8.1.2004 12:00 AM

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Fat of the Land

Fighting obesity with pork.

Michael De Alessi | 8.1.2004 12:00 AM

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Reagan's Real Legacy

He missed greatness, but nailed rightness

Jonathan Rauch | 6.18.2004 12:00 AM

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Holy Rail

Mass transit boondoggles.

Jacob Sullum | 6.1.2004 12:00 AM

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Editor's Note: In Defense of Drunken Sailors

Nick Gillespie | 4.1.2004 12:00 AM

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Balance Sheet

Absurd news bites, served fresh every day.

Jeff Taylor | 3.1.2004 12:00 AM