Regulation

Politics

McCain's Bane

Federal Election Commission Chairman Bradley Smith explains why he voted against regulating 527s A Reason interview

Matt Welch | 5.13.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

Fishy Business

A bad case of crabs.

Michael De Alessi | 5.1.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

Faulty Wiring

The FCC wants you to ignore its latest decision

Jeff Taylor | 4.26.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

Stern Measures

How the FCC's assault on indecency is polluting our airwaves

Brian Doherty | 4.22.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

Free to Not Choose

Can we better our circumstances by restricting our choices?

Brian Doherty | 4.6.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

Belting Utilities

Cracking down on clean air.

Brian Doherty | 4.1.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

Flower Power

Free the florists!

Jacob Sullum | 4.1.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

Regulation for Dummies

Is the FDA necessary?

Todd Seavey | 4.1.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

Fast Food Damnation

Why worry about stupid lawsuits?

Jacob Sullum | 3.12.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

Political Science

Why government isn't the best place to look for unbiased science

Ronald Bailey | 3.3.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

Balance Sheet

Absurd news bites, served fresh every day.

Jeff Taylor | 3.1.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

Coercion vs. Consent

Richard A. Epstein, Randy E. Barnett, David Friedman, and James Pinkerton | 3.1.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

Nothing But Net Telephony

The status quo finds a likely champion

Jeff Taylor | 3.1.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

Regulating the Biggest Chill

Consumer protection for decapitated heads

Ronald Bailey | 2.25.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

"Dominate. Intimidate. Control."

The sorry record of the Transportation Security Administration

James Bovard | 2.1.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

Flower Power

Free the florists!

Jacob Sullum | 1.9.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

Label Me

Technology will make labeling battles moot.

Ronald Bailey | 1.8.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

DDT, Eggshells, and Me

Cracking open the facts on birds and banned pesticides

Ronald Bailey | 1.7.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

Two-Faced Power

I love my country but my government confuses the hell out of me.

Jeff Taylor | 1.5.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

Herb Curb

If Mark McClellan wouldn't use ephedra, why should you?

Jacob Sullum | 1.2.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

Rant: The Impossible Stream

The war on DVD users

Jeff Taylor | 1.1.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

Rough Ride

Regulators punish a car service for charging too little.

Jacob Sullum | 12.12.2003 12:00 AM

Politics

You May Already Be a Loser

Correcting California's antispam mistake

Walter Olson | 12.8.2003 12:00 AM

Policy

Balance Sheet

Jeff Taylor | 12.1.2003 12:00 AM

Policy

Moving Violation

Redmond's ad restrictions

Jacob Sullum | 12.1.2003 12:00 AM

Politics

The Smaller the Better

The limitless promise of nanotechnology -- and the growing peril of a moratorium.

Ronald Bailey | 12.1.2003 12:00 AM

Policy

Soundbite: Agency Provocateur

Julian Sanchez | 12.1.2003 12:00 AM

Policy

Smokonomics

Hayek goes barcrawling

Julian Sanchez | 11.25.2003 12:00 AM

Politics

W Is for What?

Bush may be compassionate, but he's no conservative.

Jacob Sullum | 11.14.2003 12:00 AM

Politics

UnFAIR

The failure of 'market failure'-driven fire insurance

Matt Welch | 11.5.2003 12:00 AM

Policy

Keeping Psychics Honest

Only in San Fran, Part XXIX

Matt Welch | 11.1.2003 12:00 AM

Policy

Rant: Tinselectomy

How much bad behavior does Hollywood cause?

Nick Gillespie | 11.1.2003 12:00 AM

Policy

The Spam Wars

How should the Internet deal with junk mail?

Wendy Grossman | 11.1.2003 12:00 AM

Policy

Soundbite

Dirty Words

Julian Sanchez | 11.1.2003 12:00 AM

Policy

Morphological Liberty

Does Shortness Need a Cure?

Ronald Bailey | 10.8.2003 12:00 AM

Policy

Open Excess

Federal judges perform miracle, make broadband policy worse

Jeff Taylor | 10.7.2003 12:00 AM

Policy

The Mummers and the Media

The National Association of Broadcasters goes to Philadelphia.

Jesse Walker | 10.6.2003 12:00 AM

Politics

Pitch Battle

Should annoying phone calls be illegal?

Jacob Sullum | 10.3.2003 12:00 AM

Policy

Sacred Music

Zoning vs. groovy theology

Kerry Howley | 10.1.2003 12:00 AM

Policy

Subversive Style

Resisting the mullahs with nail polish, rock music, and great novels

Charles Paul Freund | 10.1.2003 12:00 AM

Politics

St. Martha

Why Martha Stewart should go to heaven and the SEC should go to hell.

Michael McMenamin | 10.1.2003 12:00 AM

Policy

Designing Rules

Making room for different tastes

Virginia Postrel | 10.1.2003 12:00 AM

Policy

Killing Them Softly

FDA regulation of tobacco could be deadly.

Jacob Sullum | 9.26.2003 12:00 AM

Politics

Snake Oil or Health Tonic?

What the FDA doesn't want you to know about dietary supplements

Ronald Bailey | 9.24.2003 12:00 AM

Politics

Minor Premises

The campaign against underage drinking targets adults.

Jacob Sullum | 9.12.2003 12:00 AM

Policy

Blackout Blues

Misplaced guilt over the outage

Cathy Young | 8.26.2003 12:00 AM

Policy

Accelerating Change

Why technology will be the defining battle of the 21st century

Ronald Bailey | 8.13.2003 12:00 AM

Politics

The Other Guevara

Reason interviews Costa Rica's Libertarian revolutionary

Julian Sanchez | 8.12.2003 12:00 AM