The Benefit of Bloomberg's Big Beverage Ban
The mayor's soda scheme won't make anyone thinner, but it sets a paternalistic precedent.
Regulation
Rio +20 Earth Summit: 436 Visions of Sustainability, At Least
Reason's science correspondent reports from the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development.
Fair-Weather Federalists
Why conservatives and progressives should unite against an overweening national government.
Michael Bloomberg, Soda Jerk
Mayor Bloomberg's proposed soda ban is about himself, not about public health.
Bans on Feeding the Homeless Are Discriminatory and Unconstitutional
In parks around the world, people are free to feed themselves, pigeons, squirrels, and even rats. So why are local governments increasingly preventing them from feeding other people?
Union of Concerned Scientists Cooks the Books, Media Swallow It*
An environmentalist lobbying group claims corporations pay vast sums to misrepresent climate science.
How Maryland's Tax Rates Are Driving Jobs to Virginia
Maryland accounted for the largest taxpayer exodus of any state in the region between 2007 and 2010.
Plastic Bag Ban Will Put Los Angeles In Landfill
Proposal would provide no environmental benefits and deepen city's economic depression.
Opt Out of School Lunch
Should schools force kids to eat USDA-approved food, or should families take back control of what their kids are eating?
Nicholas Kristof's Bogus Anti-Beer Crusade
The New York Times columnist launches a sloppy attack against Anheuser-Busch based on beer sales to South Dakota's Pine Ridge Reservation.
The Case Against Taxpayer-Funded Crop Insurance
It's time to abolish this costly government boondoggle.
The Technocratic Mind
A hagiography of the Obama administration's most powerful wonks reveals more than it intends.
The Myth of America's Laissez-Faire Past
Tariffs, trusts, corporate-state collusion and "communism of pelf" did not equal free markets
How Big Government Makes Life Worse
Another day, another story of government waste, fraud, or abuse.
Central Planning Won't Fix Health Care
What the United States can learn from Venezuela's political and economic failures
