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Even If You Support Police, Don't Ban People From Recording Them

War on Cameras J.D. Tuccille | 5.6.2024 7:00 AM Police, questioned over tactics and culturally besieged not too long...

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Rent Control Remains the Wrong Solution to Housing Woes

Rent control J.D. Tuccille | 5.3.2024 7:00 AM Rent control is having something of a moment: In Los Angeles, tenants...

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For Peaceful Campus Protests, Colleges Need Free Speech Principles

Campus Free Speech J.D. Tuccille | 5.1.2024 7:00 AM This column was written before police entered Columbia...

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Americans Favor Freedom of the Press, Sort Of

Free Press J.D. Tuccille | 4.29.2024 7:00 AM The good news is that Americans overwhelmingly support freedom of the...

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Australia Tries To Censor the World

Free Speech J.D. Tuccille | 4.26.2024 7:00 AM You have to respect anybody willing to tell powerful government...

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Supreme Court Takes Up ATF's Unilateral 'Ghost Gun' Rules

Guns J.D. Tuccille | 4.24.2024 7:00 AM Can the government regulate objects that resemble unfinished firearm parts as...

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Julian Simon Was Right: Ingenuity Leads to Abundance

Natural Resources J.D. Tuccille | 4.22.2024 8:05 AM If you're looking for further evidence that the world is...

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Revised Section 702 Surveillance Authority Poses More Danger Than Ever

FISA J.D. Tuccille | 4.18.2024 4:45 PM At press time, the U.S. Senate is debating whether to not only renew the U.S....

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COVID Stimulus Money Lined the Pockets of Scammers and Fueled Inflation

Coronavirus J.D. Tuccille | 4.17.2024 7:00 AM It's a given at this point that much pandemic-related fiscal stimulus...

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Biden Hints at Freedom for Julian Assange

Biden Administration J.D. Tuccille | 4.15.2024 7:00 AM It won't give him back the years he's spent in confinement,...

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Poll: Americans Don't Think All This Government Is Worth What We Pay for It

Taxes J.D. Tuccille | 4.12.2024 7:00 AM There were many reasons I left New York a quarter of a century ago, and...

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Americans Don't Want a Dictatorship, but They're Creating One Anyway

Politics J.D. Tuccille | 4.10.2024 7:00 AM Whether a glass is half full or half empty is a matter of perspective....

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In California and Elsewhere, Fear of Crime Drives the Surveillance State

Crime J.D. Tuccille | 4.5.2024 7:00 AM Did somebody say something about never letting a crisis go to waste? That may...

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With Rising Debt, the U.S. Federal Government Is in Bad Company

National Debt J.D. Tuccille | 4.3.2024 7:00 AM Misery loves company, as they say. But does financial...

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Biden Is Against Corporate Welfare Except When He's for It

Corporate Welfare J.D. Tuccille | 4.1.2024 7:00 AM Not that many Americans expect politicians to be truthful, but...

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Minimum Wage Laws Make for Great Politics, but Fewer Jobs

Minimum Wage J.D. Tuccille | 3.29.2024 7:00 AM Once again, for those who didn't pay attention during Econ 101, if...

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Free Speech Is Under Attack in the U.S., but It's on the Ropes Elsewhere

Free Speech J.D. Tuccille | 3.27.2024 7:00 AM If you think free speech is under attack in the United States—and it...

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Stop Your Car From Spying on You

Surveillance J.D. Tuccille | 3.25.2024 7:00 AM Being proved right isn't always fun. Just weeks after my warning in...

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Arizona County Again Defies State Protections for Self-Defense Rights

Second Amendment J.D. Tuccille | 3.22.2024 7:00 AM In the latest of a series of challenges by Pima County...

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Supreme Court Considers Claim That New York Regulators Violated NRA's First Amendment Rights

Free Speech J.D. Tuccille | 3.20.2024 7:00 AM For good reason, much attention was devoted to the Supreme Court's...

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ACLU, Once a Defender of Free Speech, Goes After a Whistleblower

ACLU J.D. Tuccille | 3.18.2024 7:00 AM Among the unfortunate changes of recent years has been the transformation of...

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With Another Nasty Election Looming, Prepping Goes Mainstream

Prepping J.D. Tuccille | 3.15.2024 7:00 AM In these unsettled times, after the pandemic and related disorder, if...

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New Inflation Numbers Keep Economic Concerns Front and Center

Inflation J.D. Tuccille | 3.13.2024 7:00 AM Inflation ticked up in the latest figures from the U.S. government's...

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Feds Enforcing Unconstitutional Reporting Law Against Most Businesses

Transparency J.D. Tuccille | 3.11.2024 7:00 AM Early this month, a federal judge in Alabama held the Corporate...

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Utah Tells the Feds To Pound Sand

State Governments J.D. Tuccille | 3.4.2024 7:00 AM A few weeks ago, Utahns joined the ranks of Americans telling the...

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Report Finds Rise in Governments Targeting Dissidents Overseas

Authoritarianism J.D. Tuccille | 3.1.2024 7:00 AM A Russian defector is assassinated in Spain. The Chinese...

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Supreme Court Looks Poised To Gut Restrictive Social Media Laws

First Amendment J.D. Tuccille | 2.28.2024 7:00 AM If privately owned social media platforms enforce speech policies...

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Feds Target Journalist Tim Burke With Law Intended for Hackers

Free Press J.D. Tuccille | 2.26.2024 7:00 AM People engaged in journalism frequently acquire information others wish...

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On Taxes and Economic Freedom, Canadians Have It Worse Than Americans

Canada J.D. Tuccille | 2.23.2024 7:00 AM It's late February, a time of year when many Americans contemplate stacks...

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Lawmakers Want Pause on Federal Funds for Predictive Policing

Police J.D. Tuccille | 2.21.2024 7:00 AM Should data scientists be in the business of fingering Americans for crimes...

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Prosecutor Fani Willis Touts the Value of Cash, But What About the Rest of Us?

Prosecutors J.D. Tuccille | 2.19.2024 7:00 AM It's quite a turn when a prosecutor defends the use of cash for...

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California Senate Hopeful Barbara Lee Wants $50 Per Hour Minimum Wage

Minimum Wage J.D. Tuccille | 2.16.2024 7:00 AM Minimum wage advocates are often asked why, if they think prosperity...

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Your Car Is Spying on You

Surveillance J.D. Tuccille | From the March 2024 issue If you've searched online about buying a car, you know you're...

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Trump Had a Point About NATO Free-Riding Off American Defense

NATO J.D. Tuccille | 2.14.2024 7:00 AM European politicians are indignant that former and possibly future U.S....

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Joe Biden's No Good, Very Bad Day

Joe Biden J.D. Tuccille | 2.12.2024 7:00 AM Some people have unfortunate weeks. But if you're a certain octogenarian...

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New Report Measures Attempts to Impose, and Evade, Internet Repression

Internet J.D. Tuccille | 2.9.2024 7:00 AM This week, government officials in both Pakistan and Senegal cut public...

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Tucker Carlson Is No 'Traitor' for Doing Journalism

Journalism J.D. Tuccille | 2.7.2024 7:00 AM Is a journalist's trip to a hostile country "treason?" Should that...

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Americans Unhappy with Politicians They'll Soon Vote Back into Office

Partisanship J.D. Tuccille | 2.5.2024 7:00 AM The choose-your-doom game that is American politics continues to be...

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Controversial Surveillance Law Up for Renewal (Again) in April

FISA J.D. Tuccille | 1.31.2024 7:00 AM Almost lost in recent hubbub over claims that the Swift–Kelce romance is a...

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The Battle of the Sexes Turns Political

Gender J.D. Tuccille | 1.29.2024 7:00 AM Political polarization and the acceleration thereof have been...

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Crackdown on Freedom Convoy Violated Canadians' Rights, Says Court

Free Speech J.D. Tuccille | 1.26.2024 7:00 AM The Canadian government's use of emergency powers against the Freedom...

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Arizona Kids' Education Under Attack from State's Own Governor

School Choice J.D. Tuccille | 1.24.2024 7:00 AM When it comes to educational choice, Arizona ranks highly, offering...

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School Choice Is Popular and Increasingly Common

National School Choice Week J.D. Tuccille | 1.22.2024 7:00 AM One of the best things about National School Choice...

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The World Could Soon Have Its First Trillionaire. Good!

Wealth J.D. Tuccille | 1.19.2024 7:00 AM The world could soon have its first trillionaire, according to a prominent...

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The Cops Are Watching You

Surveillance J.D. Tuccille | 1.17.2024 7:00 AM Who watches the watchmen? All of us, if we're smart. In the age of...

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When Your Heart Becomes a Snitch

Technology J.D. Tuccille | 1.15.2024 7:00 AM Given how much I write about privacy, it's a little surprising that I...

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War With Russia Teaches Ukraine To Value Private Guns

Guns J.D. Tuccille | 1.12.2024 7:00 AM Nothing enhances your appreciation for firearms like needing one to defend...

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Let Elon Musk Enjoy Drugs

Elon Musk J.D. Tuccille | 1.10.2024 7:00 AM Elon Musk inspires strong emotions in people. Some admire his pugnacious...

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WHO Calls for Punitive Booze and Soda Taxes on the Anniversary of Prohibition Repeal

Alcohol J.D. Tuccille | 12.8.2023 7:00 AM How do you mark the anniversary of Prohibition's repeal? At Reason we...

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Targets School Choice Opponents in GOP Ranks

School Choice J.D. Tuccille | 12.6.2023 7:00 AM In political shorthand, school choice is treated as a conservative...

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