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• Georgia Should Seek Solutions to Drunk Driving that Work
  While too many Americans continue to die from drunk driving, there is little evidence that lowering the BAC from .08 to .05 will work
  Baruch Feigenbaum
  May 30, 2013
• State Liquor Privatization Update
  Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: State Government Privatization
  Leonard Gilroy
  April 22, 2013
• Washington State Approves Privatization of State Liquor Monopoly; Other States May Follow
  Washington State to become first state to fully privatize state's wholesale, retail liquor monopoly
  Leonard Gilroy
  May 31, 2012
• California Barking Up the Wrong Tree with Pet Groomer Licensing Bill
  Adam Summers
  March 1, 2012
• Will States Toast Liquor Privatization in 2012?
  Reviewing the landscape for divesting state alcohol monopolies
  Leonard Gilroy
  February 3, 2012
• Surveying the State of Global Freedom
  In 2010, the world stalled on the road to democracy
  Steve Chapman
  December 23, 2011
• The Watchdog That Didn't Bark
  Obama avoids scrutiny of his respect for civil liberties.
  Jacob Sullum
  September 7, 2011
• The Gay Marriage Debate
  Why the state should stay out
  John Stossel
  September 1, 2011
• Reading Is Fundamentally Forbidden
  Prison Legal News fights for the First Amendment at South Carolina's Berkeley County Detention Center.
  Greg Beato
  August 25, 2011
• Almost Everything We're Taught Is Wrong
  Using economics to explode fallacies
  John Stossel
  August 25, 2011
• Getting a Beer in Iowa Is Tougher Than You Think
  The Ames straw poll is on Saturday. You probably need a drink.
  Harry Graver
  August 12, 2011
• Does Your Body Belong to You?
  Food nannies want the government to control your diet.
  A. Barton Hinkle
  July 29, 2011
• McDonald's to Kids: Apple Slices For All, Whether or Not You Want Them
  McDonald’s nudges kids to eat more fruit, fewer fries after being given a good shove by regulators
  Katherine Mangu-Ward
  July 26, 2011
• Lessons from Norway's Horror
  Don't use a tragedy to score partisan points.
  Gene Healy
  July 26, 2011
• When Ignorance Is the Best Excuse
  Eric Holder's only defense of the ATF's "Fast and Furious" program is that he didn't know it existed.
  Mike Riggs
  July 20, 2011
• Return to Normalcy
  When Al Qaeda is defeated, can we have our liberties back?
  Gene Healy
  July 19, 2011
• Fundamentalists vs. the First Amendment
  Stop worrying about Shariah. Christian fanatics are the ones using the government to restrict individual liberty.
  A. Barton Hinkle
  July 19, 2011
• The Declaration of Independents
  Meet the future of American politics.
  Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch
  July 19, 2011
• Fear of a Muslim America
  In the fight against radical Islam, conservatives are trying to limit the property and speech rights of peaceful American Muslims.
  Cathy Young
  July 18, 2011
• Kody Brown and His Four "Wives"
  Do anti-polygamy laws violate the Constitution?
  Steve Chapman
  July 14, 2011
• Minnesota's Misguided Cigarette Tax
  Minnesota failed to fix its budget with a cigarette tax in 2005. And the state will fail if tries again.
  Anthony Randazzo and Carson Bruno
  July 8, 2011
• Smoked Out
  Arizona’s unfortunate reliance on tobacco industry revenues to fund health insurance.
  Peter Suderman
  July 6, 2011
• Unsafe at Any Speed
  The government’s fuel-economy standards should come with a warning label.
  A. Barton Hinkle
  July 1, 2011
• Stephen Colbert Lampoons the First Amendment
  The Comedy Central host receives government approval to form a political action committee.
  Jeff Patch
  June 30, 2011
• Nanny State Propaganda
  How long before the government places graphic warning labels on junk food?
  A. Barton Hinkle
  June 29, 2011
• Big Daddy
  The government should let parents regulate their children's entertainment.
  Jacob Sullum
  June 29, 2011
• All in the Gay Family
  Same-sex marriage existed long before it was legalized.
  Jesse Walker
  June 27, 2011
• Big Government Gets Ugly
  Why the new cigarette warning labels won't stop people from smoking
  Steve Chapman
  June 27, 2011
• A Disgusting Act of Censorship
  The British Board of Film Classification freaks out over The Human Centipede II
  Brendan O'Neill
  June 24, 2011
• A Suicide Pact
  Can the U.S. afford the Bill of Rights?
  A. Barton Hinkle
  June 17, 2011
• Fatma Caught Between Secularism and Liberalization
  What the re-elected Turkish government should do about its headscarf ban
  Stephanie Brewster and Anthony Randazzo
  June 17, 2011
• Tolerance for Me But Not for Thee
  Freedom of association includes the right to discriminate.
  A. Barton Hinkle
  June 10, 2011
• Ends and Means
  Suicide is not a medical procedure.
  Jacob Sullum
  June 8, 2011
• The Right To Be a Jerk
  The First Amendment protects ugly speech.
  A. Barton Hinkle
  June 3, 2011
• Wait and Hurry Up
  The artificial panic behind the rush to extend the PATRIOT Act
  Jacob Sullum
  June 1, 2011
• Does Disease Cause Autocracy?
  New studies say that lowering the rate of infection helps lead to political liberalization.
  Ronald Bailey
  May 31, 2011
• The State of Gay Rights
  There's still a rocky road ahead.
  Steve Chapman
  May 26, 2011
• Big Brother Is Watching You
  Overreaching law enforcement puts privacy rights at risk.
  A. Barton Hinkle
  May 25, 2011
• Moralizing Against McDonald's
  The clownish antics of nanny state busybodies
  Steve Chapman
  May 23, 2011
• Radar Love
  The changing status of the radar detector in a hyper-surveilled world
  Greg Beato
  May 18, 2011
• Obama's War on Fun
  The president breathes new life into the Nanny State
  Gene Healy
  May 17, 2011
• The Cost of Getting Bin Laden
  Lost lives, lost dollars, and lost liberty
  Andrea Millen Rich
  May 4, 2011
• Government Creates Poverty
  Freedom leads to prosperity.
  John Stossel
  April 28, 2011
• Watch the Watchmen
  It shouldn't be a crime to record the cops.
  John Stossel
  April 21, 2011
• Posturing Against Pornography
  The government should stop trying to censor the Internet.
  Steve Chapman
  April 21, 2011
• Poker Bars
  Why should anyone go to prison for helping people play cards?
  Jacob Sullum
  April 20, 2011
• Commit Yourself
  Self-control in the age of abundance
  Daniel Akst
  April 18, 2011
• It's a Mad, Mad World
  Self-censorship and political correctness at Robert Morris University
  Brendan O'Neill
  April 15, 2011
• Too Much Information
  Conservatives should use state open records laws to go after the government, not individuals.
  Shikha Dalmia
  April 12, 2011
• Constitutional Refuseniks
  Stewart Rhodes on his controversial group the Oath Keepers and the orders they won't obey
  Radley Balko
  April 11, 2011
• Free Speech for Terry Jones!
  The idiotic reaction to a lunatic cult leader
  Michael C. Moynihan
  April 7, 2011
• Gun Owners Have a Right to Privacy
  The government has no business infringing on our Second Amendment rights.
  John Stossel
  April 7, 2011
• The Unconcealed Truth About Carrying Guns
  What the gun control lobby doesn't want you to know
  Steve Chapman
  March 31, 2011
• Money for Moochers
  Arizona's 'Clean Elections' system is doomed—and for good reason.
  Jacob Sullum
  March 30, 2011
• The Loughner Panic
  Breaking down the media/political breakdown over the Tucson massacre
  Jacob Sullum, Nick Gillespie, Jesse Walker, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Brian Doherty, Radley Balko and Ronald Bailey
  March 14, 2011
• The Lobster Underground
  Food vendors vs. the state
  Baylen Linnekin
  March 10, 2011
• Against ‘Incitement’
  Political speech doesn’t kill people, people kill people
  Matt Welch
  March 7, 2011
• Leviathan's Lawyers
  Obama's stand against DOMA raises the question: Why don't presidents stick up for the Constitution more often?
  Radley Balko
  March 7, 2011
• Does Federal Law Trump an Oath to the Constitution?
  Obama’s decision to stop defending the Defense of Marriage Act follows conservative precedent.
  Damon W. Root
  March 2, 2011
• The Political Economy of the End of Tyranny
  Will the recent uprisings succeed?
  Ronald Bailey
  March 1, 2011
• You Can Have Sex With Them; Just Don't Photograph Them
  A former cop's 15-year prison sentence illustrates the absurdity of federal child porn laws.
  Radley Balko
  February 28, 2011
• Room for Disagreement on Gay Marriage
  Understanding the White House's decision to stop defending the Defense of Marriage Act
  Steve Chapman
  February 28, 2011
• Down with Gene Tyranny!
  Freeing ourselves from our genes
  Ronald Bailey
  February 22, 2011
• Police Cameras and Crime
  Can a surveillance state make us safer?
  Steve Chapman
  February 21, 2011
• Wait, Smoking Is Dangerous?
  The FDA's new crusade
  Jacob Sullum
  February 18, 2011
• What’s In It for Us?
  Dominoes are falling in the Middle East. They’re just not the right dominoes.
  Tim Cavanaugh
  February 17, 2011
• The Man’s Best Friend
  Drug dogs sniff at the Fourth Amendment
  Greg Beato
  February 17, 2011
• Democracy Isn't Enough
  Freedom is more than majority rule.
  David Harsanyi
  February 16, 2011
• Bioethicists Can't Handle the Truth
  But research shows that normal people can.
  Ronald Bailey
  February 1, 2011
• Wet at Last
  Dallas legalizes alcohol.
  Jacob Sullum
  February 1, 2011
• What’s the Matter with Provincetown?
  The Democrats’ two years of control delivered zero social liberalism.
  Tim Cavanaugh
  February 1, 2011
• Should We Ban Walking While Wired?
  The Nanny State targets hand-held gadgets.
  Steve Chapman
  January 31, 2011
• Islam and the Intolerance Problem
  Comparing the attack on Gabrielle Giffords with the murder of a Pakistani politician
  Cathy Young
  January 25, 2011
• A Beating in Pittsburgh
  A year after three cops beat an unarmed music student, they are still getting paid to do nothing.
  Radley Balko
  January 24, 2011
• Gun Control Wouldn't Have Stopped Loughner
  And Loughner shouldn't start a new push for gun control
  Brian Doherty
  January 21, 2011
• Frame On
  What the political class doesn’t get about Jared Lee Loughner.
  Peter Suderman
  January 13, 2011
• When Booze Was Banned but Pot Was Not
  What can today’s antiprohibitionists learn from their predecessors?
  Jacob Sullum
  January 13, 2011
• Why Gun Control (Still) Won't Work
  Restricting the Second Amendment is not the answer to the Tucson shootings.
  Steve Chapman
  January 13, 2011
• This "Conversation" Is a Set-Up
  Political rhetoric is not the problem.
  David Harsanyi
  January 12, 2011
• The Lone Gunman Theory of Legislation
  The perils of letting armed lunatics drive public policy
  Jacob Sullum
  January 12, 2011
• The Price of Dissent in Putin's Russia
  Moscow doubles down on its prosecution of oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky
  Cathy Young
  January 7, 2011
• Defending the Right to Offend
  The never-ending assault on free expression
  Michael C. Moynihan
  January 6, 2011
• Prohibitionists: Leave Us Alone!
  The government has no business attacking caffeinated alcoholic drinks
  John Stossel
  January 6, 2011
• No Booze for You
  If state alcohol monopolies were good at serving consumers, they'd have no reason to exist.
  Jacob Sullum
  January 5, 2011
• Nudgers vs. Nannies
  The civil war between British busybodies
  Brendan O'Neill
  January 4, 2011
• Follow the Bouncing Buck
  The year's highlights in blame shifting
  Jacob Sullum
  December 29, 2010
• Julian Assange, Feminism, and Rape
  How the WikiLeaks founder shined the spotlight on the debate over sex, rape, and consent.
  Cathy Young
  December 22, 2010
• Is Julian Assange a Journalist?
  For First Amendment purposes, it doesn't matter.
  Jacob Sullum
  December 22, 2010
• Still Rotten
  Five years after the "cartoon crisis," the precarious state of free speech in Denmark
  Lars Hvidberg and Jacob Mchangama
  December 20, 2010
• Reason and Free Speech
  A primer and a call to arms!
  Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch
  December 17, 2010
• Marked for Life
  Constitutionally protected tattoos
  Damon W. Root
  December 17, 2010
• Our Leaky World
  WikiLeaks is only the beginning.
  Jesse Walker
  December 15, 2010
• Obama's Obesity War
  It's time for some self-restraint.
  Cathy Young
  December 14, 2010
• Assange's Extremist Employees
  Why is WikiLeaks employing a well-known Holocaust denier and his disgraced son?
  Michael C. Moynihan
  December 14, 2010
• I’ll Show You My Genome. Will You Show Me Yours?
  Our science correspondent reveals his genetic code. Soon you will too.
  Ronald Bailey
  December 13, 2010
• Obama’s Show Trials
  Why prosecute a terrorism suspect if life imprisonment is the only possible outcome?
  Jacob Sullum
  December 9, 2010
• You Must Get Gun Range Training. But You Can’t Get Gun Range Training.
  Shaping the future of the Second Amendment in post-McDonald Chicago
  Brian Doherty
  December 9, 2010
• Laying Cable with Barry and Dub
  If WikiLeaks bores anybody to death, will Julian Assange be guilty of murder?
  Tim Cavanaugh
  December 8, 2010
• Olbermann, Assange, and the Holocaust Denier
  When you want to believe, you'll believe anything.
  Michael C. Moynihan
  December 7, 2010
• The War on Cameras
  It has never been easier—or more dangerous—to record the police.
  Radley Balko
  December 7, 2010
• The Continuing Saga of Steven Hayne
  The latest developments in the story of America's most industrious medical examiner
  Radley Balko
  December 6, 2010
• Up from Homophobia
  It's time to let gays serve openly in the military.
  Steve Chapman
  December 6, 2010
• The WikiLeaks Debate
  Julian Assange is neither a hero nor a villain.
  Ken Kurson
  December 3, 2010
• Gay Marriage and the Law
  The battle over Proposition 8 inches closer to the Supreme Court
  Damon W. Root
  December 2, 2010
• The Appearance of Corruption
  Both Theodore Roosevelt and John McCain tried to save their reputations by pushing campaign finance regulations.
  Jacob Sullum
  November 30, 2010
• Loco Over Four Loko
  The moral panic behind the ban
  Jacob Sullum
  November 24, 2010
• The Well-Pilfered Clavier
  Does copyright protection prevent creators from making stuff and selling it?
  Tim Cavanaugh
  November 23, 2010
• Doctors’ Orders
  The government’s war on medical “price fixing” squelches speech without helping consumers.
  S.M. Oliva
  November 22, 2010
• The Cake Is a Lie
  A prosecutor pulls a preposterous stunt in a murder case and gets rewarded for it.
  Radley Balko
  November 22, 2010
• Rap and Metal on Planet Islam
  The booming voice of pent-up Middle Eastern anger
  James M. Dorsey
  November 19, 2010
• Chilling Her Softly
  The secret silencing of a pain treatment activist
  Jacob Sullum
  November 17, 2010
• The Democratizer
  C-SPAN’s Brian Lamb talks about big spending, the First Amendment, and putting cameras where government doesn’t want them to go.
  Nick Gillespie
  November 16, 2010
• Brian Aitken's Mistake
  A New Jersey man gets seven years for being a responsible gun owner.
  Radley Balko
  November 15, 2010
• Get the Government Out of Our Pants
  Has the Transportation Security Administration finally gone too far?
  Steve Chapman
  November 15, 2010
• The Great Radio Blockade
  How hard is it to pass a reform in the face of an entrenched industry lobby?
  Jesse Walker
  November 12, 2010
• The Fitness Divide
  What happened after JFK told America to take a hike
  Greg Beato
  November 12, 2010
• Political Correctness on Campus
  We need more debate about controversial subjects like affirmative action, not less.
  John Stossel
  November 11, 2010
• Can't Buy You Love
  The essential yet limited role of money in politics
  Jacob Sullum
  November 10, 2010
• You Are Now Free to Speak About Politics
  Why do some people fear a less restricted debate?
  Jacob Sullum
  November 9, 2010
• Attack of the Food Police
  Why the government has no business banning Happy Meals
  Steve Chapman
  November 8, 2010
• The Terminator vs. the Constitution
  California's video game law does violence to the First Amendment.
  Jacob Sullum
  November 3, 2010
• The Other Big Debate This Election Cycle -- The 'Wets' vs. 'Drys'
  State monopolies on liquor sales don't create safer societies than states with privatized sales
  Anthony Randazzo and Jason Mercier
  November 1, 2010
• "Secret Money from God Knows Where"
  Campaign cash and finger-pointing in the post-Citizens United era
  Katherine Mangu-Ward
  October 27, 2010
• Strange Love
  How I learned to stop worrying and embrace the equal protection argument for gay marriage
  Jacob Sullum
  October 26, 2010
• Obama's False Alarm on Corporate Electioneering
  Understanding the president's attacks on Citizens United
  Steve Chapman
  October 25, 2010
• Leaving Taxes or Candy on the Table
  Research suggests sin tax projections in Washington will just create a heavier tax burden and leave the state needing to make future cuts
  Anthony Randazzo and David Godow
  October 25, 2010
• Radio Theater
  An all-star gallery of Republican politicians say they want to defund National Public Radio. We've heard that line before.
  Jesse Walker
  October 22, 2010
• Barack Obama and the Chamber of Secrets
  Who will the Democrats demonize next?
  David Harsanyi
  October 13, 2010
• Logical Farce
  Obama's wild attacks on "foreign money" reek of desperation.
  Jacob Sullum
  October 13, 2010
• Abolish Drunk Driving Laws
  If lawmakers are serious about saving lives, they should focus on impairment, not alcohol.
  Radley Balko
  October 11, 2010
• Forced to Be Free
  What anti-TV crusades, the campaign against the “Ground Zero mosque,” and Ayn Rand’s “intellectual heir” have in common with the reform movements of the antebellum era
  Jesse Walker
  October 8, 2010
• Reform, Transportation Trump Revenue-Neutrality: The Rationale for ABC Privatization, Part 2
  Streamlining the state, investing in needed transportation should be the focus, not revenue-neutrality
  Leonard Gilroy
  October 7, 2010
• From Yuck to Yippee!
  What this year's Nobel Prize for a test tube baby pioneer tells us about the moral endorsement of technology.
  Ronald Bailey
  October 5, 2010
• Trickle Down Surveillance
  The Pennsylvania spying scandal reveals a deeper problem with homeland security.
  Matthew Harwood
  October 5, 2010
• ObamaCare's First Major Casualties
  Why the new health care law is bad for gays and aliens
  Shikha Dalmia
  October 4, 2010
• Ad Rage
  Democrats blame the First Amendment for their impending losses.
  Jacob Sullum
  September 22, 2010
• How to Record the Cops
  A guide to the technology for keeping government accountable
  Radley Balko
  September 20, 2010
• You’ve Come A Long Way, Baby
  The Second Amendment finally applies to the states. Now the fight over gun rights really begins.
  Brian Doherty
  September 13, 2010
• Heeding the Sage of Baltimore
  A new edition of H.L. Mencken’s Prejudices captures the legendary journalist at his corrosive best
  Damon W. Root
  September 10, 2010
• Bullying Busybody for Senate
  How Connecticut's attorney general beat Craigslist into submission
  Jacob Sullum
  September 8, 2010
• Reclaiming Rights
  The never-ending struggle to go about your business without fear of government sanction
  Matt Welch
  September 7, 2010
• Life for Poker
  The arrest of online gambling entrepreneur Daniel Tzvetkoff
  Jacob Sullum
  August 31, 2010
• A Reality Check in the Ground Zero Mosque Debate
  The war of words has become short on facts
  Cathy Young
  August 23, 2010
• North Carolina's Corrupted Crime Lab
  A damning state report finds systematic abuse, including in death penalty cases.
  Radley Balko
  August 23, 2010
• Republicans for Religous Freedom
  Why the GOP should beware the dangers of putting religion at the mercy of government.
  Steve Chapman
  August 23, 2010
• The Next Debate Over the "Ground Zero Mosque"
  Is it bigoted to criticize religion?
  David Harsanyi
  August 18, 2010
• Eye of Newt
  The former House speaker knows a "stealth jihadi" when he sees one
  Jacob Sullum
  August 18, 2010
• Two Cheers for American Tolerance
  The Ground Zero mosque controversy shows that America manages its hatreds better than others
  Shikha Dalmia
  August 17, 2010
• Is It Crazy to Call Californians Irrational?
  The weak case against gay marriage
  Jacob Sullum
  August 11, 2010
• "Police Officers Don't Check Their Civil Rights at the Station House Door"
  Three law enforcement officials defend the arrest of citizens who record on-duty cops.
  Radley Balko
  August 9, 2010
• The Mosque Controversy and Religious Freedom
  Symbolism and sensitivities do matter.
  Cathy Young
  August 9, 2010
• Overreaching on Gay Marriage
  Voters should decide the future of same-sex marriage—not federal judges.
  Steve Chapman
  August 9, 2010
• Time for a Divorce
  Why government should get out of the marriage business
  David Harsanyi
  August 6, 2010
• Is This Tolerance?
  The debate over the Ground Zero mosque
  David Harsanyi
  August 4, 2010
• More Freedom Is a Safe Bet
  The folly of banning online gambling
  Steve Chapman
  August 2, 2010
• Ignorance of the Law Is No Excuse
  Unless you work in law enforcement
  Radley Balko
  August 2, 2010
• Forced to Be Free
  What burqa bans, anti-TV crusades, and Leonard Peikoff have in common with the reform movements of the antebellum era
  Jesse Walker
  July 29, 2010
• Don't Ask, Don't Tell Should Go
  It's time to let gays serve openly in the military
  John Stossel
  July 29, 2010
• Dueling Protests
  The socially conservative Summer for Marriage Tour hits Madison, Wisconsin
  Steve Chapman
  July 29, 2010
• A Genetic Testing Dupe?
  The government says I am being misled by useless information about my genes. I disagree.
  Ronald Bailey
  July 27, 2010
• Copy Fight
  A new front opens in the battle over online copyright infringement
  Greg Beato
  July 27, 2010
• Repeal Religious Freedom at Ground Zero?
  It's wrong to "refudiate" the First Amendment
  Steve Chapman
  July 22, 2010
• Bono and Buttman
  If indecency is unconstitutionally vague, why isn't obscenity?
  Jacob Sullum
  July 21, 2010
• The Stagliano Victory Party
  Final notes from the Justice Department's obscene case against the adult film industry.
  Richard Abowitz
  July 19, 2010
• Star Witness Makes a Liar out of Stagliano's Prosecution
  Bombshell testimony from an FBI agent is just the latest travesty in an error-riddled prosecution that should be thrown out of court
  Richard Abowitz
  July 16, 2010
• Government Attacks on Freedom
  How petty regulations and "zero tolerance" policies destroy liberty
  John Stossel
  July 15, 2010
• The Obsolescence of Federal Censorship
  Do Americans really need protection from an onslaught of indecent broadcasting?
  Steve Chapman
  July 15, 2010
• Porn Over National Security, Vice Squad Overreach, and Censorship in the Courtroom
  More dispatches from the John Stagliano obscenity trial
  Richard Abowitz
  July 14, 2010
• Who's Afraid of Federalism?
  Gay marriage and the 10th Amendment
  Jacob Sullum
  July 14, 2010
• Closed Court, Miller Time, and Joey Silvera's Solidarity
  Dispatches from the John Stagliano trial
  Richard Abowitz
  July 13, 2010
• The Trial of John Stagliano
  This week's momentous obscenity case shows that Obama's Justice Department is no different than Bush's when it comes to pornographic speech.
  Richard Abowitz
  July 12, 2010
• Civil Rights and Armed Self-Defense
  Understanding Clarence Thomas' extraordinary concurring opinion in McDonald v. Chicago
  Damon W. Root
  July 9, 2010
• Wine Snobs and Suds Swillers Unite!
  Legislation oozing its way up the Hill threatens open markets in beer, wine, and liquor.
  Katherine Mangu-Ward
  July 8, 2010
• The FBI Closes a Window to the Truth
  Why federal investigators should use recording devices
  Steve Chapman
  July 8, 2010
• How Republicans Made Their Peace with Sodomy
  The GOP's selective case against judicial activism
  Steve Chapman
  July 5, 2010
• A Dangerous Precedent
  Understanding the stakes in Christian Legal Society v. Hastings
  Cathy Young
  July 2, 2010
• The Aftermath of McDonald v. Chicago
  What's next for gun rights?
  Brian Doherty
  July 1, 2010
• Gun Shy
  Four Supreme Court justices make the case against constitutional rights.
  Jacob Sullum
  June 30, 2010
• Will Elena Kagan Allow Books to be Banned?
  Understanding the Supreme Court nominee’s chilling argument in Citizens United
  Daniel Shuchman
  June 29, 2010
• Police Blackout
  Law enforcement agencies in Northern Virginia say you have no right to know what they’re doing.
  Radley Balko
  June 29, 2010
• Confirmation Theater
  Elena Kagan is set to participate in a confirmation process she once dismissed as a charade
  Radley Balko
  June 28, 2010
• Unfaithful Friend of Liberty
  John Paul Stevens’ spotty record as a defender of individual rights
  Jacob Sullum
  June 28, 2010
• Filling the Stevens Seat
  Justice John Paul Stevens was no friend to economic liberty. Will Elena Kagan be any better?
  Damon W. Root
  June 25, 2010
• Guns Save Lives
  Why the right to keep and bear arms is essential in a free society
  John Stossel
  June 24, 2010
• Another Marylander Arrested for Recording the Police
  According to state officials, only on-duty cops have a privacy right in public spaces.
  Radley Balko
  June 21, 2010
• End the Drug War
  Government goes astray when it tries to protect us from ourselves.
  John Stossel
  June 17, 2010
• Please Don't Save Us
  Journalism doesn't need a bailout
  David Harsanyi
  June 16, 2010
• Razing Arizona
  The chilling effect of campaign subsidies aimed at equalizing speech
  Jacob Sullum
  June 16, 2010
• Free Speech and Guns
  Legal superstar Eugene Volokh on the Bill of Rights in 2010
  Eugene Volokh
  June 15, 2010
• Ideas Having Sex
  How prosperity and innovation exceeded the expectations of John Stuart Mill and Adam Smith
  Matt Ridley
  June 14, 2010
• Free to Choose
  Why did America prosper while most of the world remains poor?
  John Stossel
  June 10, 2010
• Media Matters (To Itself)
  What Helen Thomas's career has to do with the FTC's push to reinvent journalism.
  Peter Suderman
  June 9, 2010
• Why the Helen Thomas Case Makes Me Nervous
  Should a journalist lose her job over an offensive comment?
  David Harsanyi
  June 9, 2010
• The ‘Costs’ of Free Speech
  Consequentialism and the First Amendment don’t mix.
  Matt Welch
  June 7, 2010
• Georgia's Russian Problem
  The awesomely awful Stalin Museum and other Georgian delights.
  Michael C. Moynihan
  June 4, 2010
• The Persecution of Gilbert Arenas
  How gun prohibitionists and an image-conscious NBA scapegoated a basketball star.
  Daniel Wattenberg
  June 3, 2010
• Fight Bigotry Without Government
  How the free market undermines racism and segregation
  John Stossel
  June 3, 2010
• The Supreme Court Hears the Sounds of Silence
  Why the high court was wrong to limit the scope of the Miranda warning
  Steve Chapman
  June 3, 2010
• Undisclosed Interests
  Legislators fight corruption by silencing their critics.
  Jacob Sullum
  June 2, 2010
• Paul and the Private Parts
  Bigots are not the only ones hurt by bans on discrimination.
  Jacob Sullum
  May 26, 2010
• Who's Afraid of Synthetic Biology?
  Don't let fears about frankenmicrobes halt promising research.
  Ronald Bailey
  May 25, 2010
• France's Phony Secularism
  Secularists should leave Muslim women and their clothes alone
  Shikha Dalmia
  May 25, 2010
• Unveiling the Truth About Burqa Bans
  In a free society, no one should be forced to integrate
  Steve Chapman
  May 24, 2010
• The Subversive Vending Machine
  The liberatory history of automated commerce
  Radley Balko
  May 21, 2010
• Pre-Crime Policing
  Allegedly “disgruntled” man has his guns seized, and “voluntarily” surrenders to two SWAT teams and dozens of police officers for a crime that hadn’t been committed
  Radley Balko
  May 19, 2010
• Constitutionally Dangerous
  A preventive detention law shows why we need to confine Congress.
  Jacob Sullum
  May 19, 2010
• From Banning Books to Banning Blogs
  How the DISCLOSE Act will restrict free speech
  Bradley Smith and Jeff Patch
  May 18, 2010
• Oh, You Mean Those Quotas
  The NYPD stop-and-frisk controversy grows.
  Radley Balko
  May 17, 2010
• The Truth About Gun Sales to Terrorists
  Should suspected terrorists be barred from buying guns?
  Steve Chapman
  May 17, 2010
• The Poet Versus the Prophet
  On standing up to totalitarian Islam
  Mark Goldblatt
  May 14, 2010
• Elena Kagan on Free Speech, Executive Power, and Judicial Restraint
  Will Obama’s Supreme Court pick show too much deference to the government?
  Damon W. Root
  May 13, 2010
• Leave the Gamblers Alone
  Why can't adults be left to do what we want to do?
  John Stossel
  May 13, 2010
• The Bounds of Silence
  Obama’s Supreme Court pick looks wobbly on freedom of speech.
  Jacob Sullum
  May 12, 2010
• Gin, Girls, and Governance
  Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman on personal freedom, free speech, and the state
  Radley Balko
  May 10, 2010
• Notes from the Oslo Freedom Forum
  With Bukovsky, Medvedev, and the exile Chechens
  Michael C. Moynihan
  May 7, 2010
• The Failure of Surveillance Cameras
  When it comes to preventing and solving crimes, cameras are about as useful as a pet rock.
  Steve Chapman
  May 6, 2010
• India's Government by Quota
  The affirmative-action plan to eliminate caste discrimination was supposed to last 10 years. Instead it has become a permanent, and divisive, fact of life.
  Shikha Dalmia
  May 4, 2010
• How Many More Are Innocent?
  America’s 250th DNA exoneration raises questions about how often we send the wrong person to prison.
  Radley Balko
  April 29, 2010
• Free Speech for Us
  The Gray Lady’s inconsistent defense of the First Amendment
  Jacob Sullum
  April 28, 2010
• The Wide Net of ‘Material Support’
  The war on terrorism becomes a war on free speech.
  Jacob Sullum
  April 26, 2010
• Fit to Judge
  What the Goodwin Liu hearings reveal about the judicial confirmation process
  Damon W. Root
  April 22, 2010
• Psychedelic Men
  Did LSD kill the ’50s?
  Nick Gillespie
  April 21, 2010
• Getting Away With Poker
  How is helping people play a card game like murder?
  Jacob Sullum
  April 21, 2010
• From Paris Hilton to John Edwards
  Celebrity sex tapes are the signature art form of our age.
  Greg Beato
  April 16, 2010
• The Senate v. The Constitution
  Preparing for the next Supreme Court confirmation battle
  David Harsanyi
  April 14, 2010
• Unfaithful Friend of Liberty
  John Paul Stevens’ spotty record as a defender of individual rights
  Jacob Sullum
  April 14, 2010
• Justice John Paul Stevens' Mixed Record on Civil Liberties
  Stevens wasn't the civil libertarian he's made out to be, but his retirement will still leave the Court more deferential to government power.
  Radley Balko
  April 12, 2010
• Up from Serfdom
  How to restore lost liberties while building on the positive strides America has made since 1776
  Jacob Hornberger
  April 9, 2010
• The Democratic Way of Prohibition
  How the party of pot smokers ended up standing in the way of pharmacological freedom
  Matt Welch
  April 8, 2010
• No Fat Kids!
  Michelle Obama's misguided war on childhood obesity
  David Harsanyi
  April 7, 2010
• Smoke a Joint, Lose Your Country
  Rigid deportation rules make a mockery of justice.
  Jacob Sullum
  April 7, 2010
• Up from Slavery
  There's no such thing as a golden age of lost liberty
  David Boaz
  April 6, 2010
• The 9/14 Presidency
  Barack Obama is operating with the war powers granted George W. Bush three days after the 9/11 attacks.
  Eli Lake
  April 6, 2010
• Cocktails Cops Can't Resist
  Bartenders revive classic cocktails. The law responds by reviving classic crackdowns.
  Katherine Mangu-Ward
  April 2, 2010
• Big Brother on Your Trail
  Who's tracking your cell phone?
  Steve Chapman
  April 1, 2010
• Sean Penn, Chavista
  Understanding the Hollywood star's fatuous defense of Hugo Chávez
  Antonio Rumbos
  March 31, 2010
• The Disappearing Blood Stain
  How New Orleans prosecutors nearly killed a man by withholding evidence
  Jacob Sullum
  March 31, 2010
• Too Much Fun
  Caffeinated alcoholic drinks draw the feds’ wrath for candor in advertising.
  Greg Beato
  March 30, 2010
• Louis Brandeis’ Partial Justice
  How the famous jurist shaped—and misshaped—American law
  Damon W. Root
  March 19, 2010
• Pre-Crime Policing
  Allegedly “disgruntled” man has his guns seized, and “voluntarily” surrenders to two SWAT teams and dozens of police officers for a crime that hadn’t been committed
  Radley Balko
  March 16, 2010
• Dying People Shouldn't Have to be Beggars
  It's time to consider the economics of organ transplants
  Steve Chapman
  March 15, 2010
• Enhancing Democracy by Banning Speech
  The misguided liberal response to Citizens United
  Steve Chapman
  March 11, 2010
• The Other Broken Windows Fallacy
  The NYPD is accused of under-reporting serious crimes while manufacturing petty ones.
  Radley Balko
  March 8, 2010
• Profane, Pointless...and Profound
  The history Gimme Something Better charts punk's cultural triumph.
  Nick Gillespie
  March 5, 2010
• Chicago's Pointless Handgun Ban
  Why draconian gun control laws never work
  Steve Chapman
  March 4, 2010
• Guns for All, Privileges or Immunities for None
  The hearings in McDonald v. Chicago promise an unrevolutionary victory—but still an important one
  Brian Doherty
  March 4, 2010
• Keep Your Laws Off My Body
  The case for legalizing drugs, prostitution, organ sales, and other consensual acts.
  John Stossel
  March 4, 2010
• Carry On
  Does the Second Amendment apply outside the home?
  Jacob Sullum
  March 3, 2010
• Dressed for Success
  Business casual and the evolution of the American workplace
  Greg Beato
  February 26, 2010
• Getting the 14th Amendment Right
  The Chicago gun case and the fight for economic liberty
  Damon W. Root
  February 26, 2010
• Whose Body Is It?
  The government should "protect" us less and respect our liberty more.
  John Stossel
  February 25, 2010
• Who Will Watch The Watchmen?
  An interview with National Journal's Shane Harris, author of a new book on the rise of the surveillance state
  Katherine Mangu-Ward
  February 25, 2010
• Weaponizing Mozart
  How Britain is using classical music as a form of social control
  Brendan O'Neill
  February 24, 2010
• The Paulpocalypse
  A longtime Ron Paul watcher wonders if his CPAC victory is the dawn of a new age, or the beginning of the end
  Brian Doherty
  February 24, 2010
• Fight the Power
  The unfulfilled promise of “constitutional conservatism”
  Jacob Sullum
  February 24, 2010
• Everyone Who Knows What They're Talking About Agrees with Me
  And everyone who doesn't wears a tin foil hat
  Ronald Bailey
  February 23, 2010
• A Libyan Charm Offensive
  To the shores of Tripoli with the son of Qaddafi
  Michael C. Moynihan
  February 22, 2010
• Wake Me Up When Men Get Pregnant
  Biological transhumanism starts the 21st century on the wrong foot.
  Tim Cavanaugh
  February 19, 2010
• List Price
  The war on terrorism becomes a war on free speech.
  Jacob Sullum
  February 17, 2010
• The Presidential Commission on Birth, Death, and the Meaning of Life
  Obama's new bioethics czar just wants us all to get along.
  Ronald Bailey
  February 16, 2010
• Obama Spurns Gun Control
  Why the anti-gun lobby is disappointed with Obama's first year
  Steve Chapman
  February 15, 2010
• Who Killed Apartheid?
  Was it the African National Congress' armed struggle that ended white rule in South Africa? Or was it nonviolent civic resistance?
  Jesse Walker
  February 11, 2010
• Palin Exposes the Tea Partiers' True Colors
  Why trading liberty for security is not consistent with a limited government philosophy.
  Steve Chapman
  February 11, 2010
• The Lou Dobbs Option
  The Senate health care bill's anti-undocumented-immigrant provisions ought to be deal-breakers for civil libertarians
  Shikha Dalmia and Harris Kenny
  January 15, 2010
• P.C. Never Died
  Think campus censorship disappeared in the 1990s? Guess again.
  Greg Lukianoff
  January 11, 2010
• The War Over Neutrality
  How the tech industry learned to stop worrying and love the FCC.
  Peter Suderman
  January 6, 2010
• Have a Coke and a Tax
  The economic case against soda taxes
  Veronique de Rugy
  December 14, 2009
• My Body, Their Choice
  Turning health care over to the government inevitably limits individual freedom.
  Peter Suderman
  November 18, 2009
• Freedom to Confuse
  Thanks to the abortion amendment, liberals suddenly care about "choice" in our health care system.
  David Harsanyi
  November 11, 2009
• FTC's Blogger Disclosure and Ethics Rules Are Terrible Idea
  Hi, I'm from the government and I'm here to regulate the blogosphere
  Steven Titch
  July 20, 2009
• Obama's Betrayal on Don't Ask Don't Tell
  The president's forgotten civil rights promise
  Shikha Dalmia
  June 3, 2009
• Dear GOP: Please Choose Liberty
  Even non-Republicans need a strong opposition
  Shikha Dalmia
  May 20, 2009
• Chavez Takes Charge
  A Venezuelan chronicles his president's evolution from democrat to dictator
  Antonio Rumbos
  April 30, 2009
• Nothing to Toast in California's Proposed 'Dime a Drink' Tax
  False claims about alcohol's costs and lost wages are being used to push tax increases
  Edward Stringham
  April 20, 2009
• Arming India Against Terrorism
  Relaxing gun control laws would be a good start
  Shikha Dalmia
  December 11, 2008
• Comparing Obama and McCain On Public Service
  Americans don't need to be pushed into service
  Shikha Dalmia
  September 15, 2008
• Gay Marriage on California's November Ballot
  The state shouldn't be in the marriage business at all
  Adam Summers
  August 14, 2008
• Americans Need an IT Bill of Rights
  Protecting our computers, cell phones and other technology against unlawful searches and seizures
  Steven Titch
  July 18, 2008
• Does the FCC Think We're All Zombies?
  Americans know paid product placement when we see it
  Steven Titch
  July 1, 2008
• Eliot Spitzer and the Seduction of Crusader Politics
  Hypocritical politicians manipulate system to serve their own agendas
  Samuel Staley
  March 12, 2008
• Stand Down, Trans Fat Fighters
  Some trans fat may reduce the risk of heart disease and certain cancers
  Ted Balaker
  May 29, 2007
• Expanding Smoking Bans Should Worry Us All
  Bay Area's nanny state is growing
  Skaidra Smith-Heisters
  February 16, 2007
• Happy Bill of Rights Day!
  Today marks the 215th anniversary of the first ten amendments
  Adam Summers
  December 15, 2006
• Smoke and Mirrors
  Santa Rosa's outdoor smoking ban and Prop. 86
  Skaidra Smith-Heisters
  November 1, 2006
• Sticking it to Smokers
  California's Prop. 86 would raise tobacco taxes to $3.47 per pack
  Geoffrey Segal
  September 25, 2006
• Betting on Republican Values
  Internet gambling and the GOP campaign to protect us from freedom
  Shikha Dalmia
  July 20, 2006
• Big Brother Bush Is Watching, Listening and Buying Info About You
  Government does more than just wiretap; it spends millions each year buying private databases to track you
  Adam Summers
  May 30, 2006
• Euthanize Federal Mission Creep
  Oregon's assisted suicide law saved by Supreme Court's liberal justices
  Shikha Dalmia
  January 26, 2006
• Public Funding of Campaigns Would Violate Your Rights
  Taxpayers shouldn't be forced to support political campaigns
  Adrian Moore
  November 15, 2005
• Gambling: A Risk Worth Taking
  Anti-gambling crusaders don't have a case
  Shikha Dalmia
  November 4, 2005
• California's Proposition 75: Paycheck Protection
  Union members deserve choice
  Adam Summers
  November 3, 2005
• Smart Growth Types' Dumb Rhetoric
  Linking suburbs to obesity just an attempt at social engineering
  Chris Fiscelli
  May 19, 2003

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