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Mississippi's Jump-Out Boys
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Mississippi's Jump-Out Boys

The police punish people for living in a bad neighborhood.

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October 2017
An Expensive Experiment With Singlepayer Health Care
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An Expensive Experiment With Singlepayer Health Care

An Expensive Experiment With Singlepayer Health Care 

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October 2017
Breaking Addicts In Order To Fix Them
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Breaking Addicts In Order To Fix Them

How Synanon revolutionized drug treatment and poisoned the politics of prohibition.

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October 2017
Economics
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Economics

Health Care Costs Are The Reason You’Re Not Getting A Raise 

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October 2017
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From Washington To Wisconsin, States Are Punishing Dissent

From Washington To Wisconsin, States Are Punishing Dissent

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June 2018
The Gambia May Beat America To Ending The Death Penalty
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The Gambia May Beat America To Ending The Death Penalty

The Gambia May Beat America To Ending The Death Penalty

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June 2018
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In The U.S., There Are 219,000 Women Behind Bars

In The U.S., There Are 219,000 Women Behind Bars

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June 2018
Good Neighbors Can Make Good Fences
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Good Neighbors Can Make Good Fences

But when it comes to Mexico, the United States isn’t being very neighborly.

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May 2017
Will Florida Ban Fracking?
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Will Florida Ban Fracking?

NIMBYism in the Sunshine State

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June 2017
P.J.O' Rourke: Things Are Going To Be Fine
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P.J.O' Rourke: Things Are Going To Be Fine

But There's Going To Be Some Trouble Getting To The Fine Part.

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June 2017
The Dangerous Toys Of Christmas Past
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The Dangerous Toys Of Christmas Past

Hungry Cabbage Patch Kids, loose bear eyeballs, hot Creepy Crawlers, and more

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January 2018
Trump Takes On Obamacare
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Trump Takes On Obamacare

Trump Takes On Obamacare

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January 2018
Public Sector Unions On Trial
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Public Sector Unions On Trial

Public Sector Unions On Trial

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January 2018
Against Capitalism
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Against Capitalism

Against Capitalism 

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January 2018
The Annual Federal Spending Frenzy Is A Terrible Fall Tradition
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The Annual Federal Spending Frenzy Is A Terrible Fall Tradition

The Annual Federal Spending Frenzy Is A Terrible Fall Tradition

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January 2018
The Volokh Conspiracy Comes To Reason
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The Volokh Conspiracy Comes To Reason

In December, the cast of characters known collectively as The Volokh Conspiracy left The Washington Post—where they have made their home since 2014—and moved to reason.com. Shortly before the eclectic crew of legal bloggers began their migration, the conspiracy’s namesake and unofficial ringleader, University of California, Los Angeles law professor Eugene Volokh, talked with Reason’s Nick Gillespie about life, liberty, and the law.

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March 2018
When Governments Suspend Their Own Rules
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When Governments Suspend Their Own Rules

Special economic zones can be anything from tools of crony capitalism to seeds of a freer world order.

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March 2018
The Awful Supreme Court Precedent That Helped Create Today's Asset Forfeiture Nightmare
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The Awful Supreme Court Precedent That Helped Create Today's Asset Forfeiture Nightmare

CIVIL ASSET FORFEITURE is one of the most destructive and flagrantly unconstitutional government practices occurring in the United States today.

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March 2018
Will Hawaiians Who Use Medical Pot Lose Their Right To Own A Gun?
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Will Hawaiians Who Use Medical Pot Lose Their Right To Own A Gun?

HAWAII IS ONE of 29 states that allow medical use of marijuana.

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March 2018
America's Secret Death Penalty Drugs
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America's Secret Death Penalty Drugs

IN NOVEMBER, THE Omaha World-Herald sent a simple records request to the Nebraska state government.

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March 2018
bribe bully beg borrow steal
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bribe bully beg borrow steal

is donald trump a crony capitalist? or is he something worse?

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march 2017
Shut Up, Stonewall
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Shut Up, Stonewall

In June 1969, patrons of the Stonewall Inn in New York City clashed with authorities who treated them like degenerate threats to the social fabric.

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October 2016
Are Crusty Boogers Child Abuse
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Are Crusty Boogers Child Abuse

In Scotland, the state becomes mother-in-law in chief.

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October 2016
Yes In My Backyard
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Yes In My Backyard

San Francisco activists push for more construction in Baghdad by the Bay.

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October 2016
What It's Like To Be In Debt to the State
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What It's Like To Be In Debt to the State

Inside the lives of five people who have served their time, but are still paying for their crimes.

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October 2016
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Seeing Trump On The Silver Screen

What A Face in the Crowd and Meet John Doe tell us about populism, pop culture, and fear.

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December 2016
Will Open Bazaar Succeed Where Silk Road Failed?
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Will Open Bazaar Succeed Where Silk Road Failed?

A new company looks to erase the limits on what can be bought and sold online.

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December 2016
Go Ahead, Throw Your Vote Away
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Go Ahead, Throw Your Vote Away

A math lesson for critics of third-party voters.

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December 2016
When The Supreme Court Blessed The Imperial Presidency
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When The Supreme Court Blessed The Imperial Presidency

The Story Of How Classical Liberal Justice George Sutherland Enabled Executive Overreach Abroad

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August/September 2018
Armless Droid Calls Cops After Being Assaulted By Drunken Man
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Armless Droid Calls Cops After Being Assaulted By Drunken Man

The future of humanrobot relations is silly and sensible, not sinister.

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July 2017