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The Nanny State

Opinion and Commentary


"ObamaCare Is Not Pro-Choice -- for Anyone," by Michael F. Cannon, TownHall.com, November 13, 2009

"Can the UK Avert a Smoking Irish Failure?," by Patrick Basham and John Luik, politics.co.uk, October 29, 2009

"NYC: The City That Never Smokes," by Patrick Basham and John Luik, Spiked (Online), October 26, 2009

"There's No Way to Enforce a Texting While Driving Ban," by Radley Balko, U.S. News & World Report (Online), October 13, 2009

"Obama Is Becoming the Omnipresident," by Gene Healy, DC Examiner, October 6, 2009

"An Absence of Tobacco Evidence," by Patrick Basham, politics.co.uk, September 11, 2009

"I Am Finally Scared of a White House Administration," by Nat Hentoff, RealClearPolitics.com, August 20, 2009

"Sorry Folks, Sarah Palin Is (Partly) Right," by Michael F. Cannon, Detroit Free Press, August 19, 2009

"Displaying The Truth About Policymaking," by Patrick Basham, Spiked (Online), August 13, 2009

"Obesity Police's Shaky Science," by Patrick Basham and John Luik, Baltimore Sun, July 29, 2009

"Do Anti-Smoking Programs Work to Reduce Smoking?," by Michael Marlow, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, July 21, 2009

"Banning Alcohol Ads Won't Cure Alcoholism," by Patrick Basham and John Luik, Spiked (Online), July 21, 2009

"Turning Fat People into Social Outcasts," by Patrick Basham and John Luik, Spiked (Online), June 30, 2009

"Smoke Gets in the Government's Eyes," by Patrick Basham and John Luik, Spiked (Online), June 23, 2009

"Keep FDA Away from Tobacco," by Patrick Basham, Orange County Register, June 3, 2009

"Handling America's Homeless Families," by Doug Bandow, Washington Times, May 17, 2009

"Displaying Their Ignorance on Smoking," by Patrick Basham and John Luik, Spiked (Online), April 29, 2009

"Shooting Up the Border," by Ted Galen Carpenter, National Interest (Online), April 16, 2009

"The Dangers Of The Drinking Age," by Jeffrey A. Miron and Elina Tetelbaum, Forbes, April 15, 2009

"I Smoke Pot, and I Like It," by Will Wilkinson, The Week, April 2, 2009

"Change and Hope on Drug Policy?," by Gene Healy, DC Examiner, March 24, 2009

"New Battle for Britain," by Richard W. Rahn, Washington Times, March 9, 2009

"Four Fat Myths about Obesity and Cancer," by Patrick Basham and John Luik, Spiked (Online), February 26, 2009

"Arrest Michael Phelps Now!," by Doug Bandow, National Review (Online), February 6, 2009

"Daschle Care," by Michael F. Cannon, National Review (Online), January 30, 2009

"America Does Not Need More Czars," by Will Wilkinson, Marketplace, November 19, 2008

"Why Opting Out Is No "Third Way"," by Will Wilkinson, Reason (Online), September 29, 2008

"Bottoms Up!," by Will Wilkinson, Forbes, September 17, 2008

"Up in Smoke," by Patrick Basham, Balitmore Sun (Online), July 28, 2008

"Fat Risks? Sumo, Some Less," by John Luik and Patrick Basham, Washington Times, July 11, 2008

"Monkey Business," by Nicole Kurokawa, Chicago Tribune, June 25, 2008

"Protection Racket," by Tim Lynch, National Review (Online), May 23, 2008

"Raw Milk Rebellion," by Jacob Grier, Reason (Online), May 16, 2008

"Phantom Plastic Peril," by Patrick Basham and John Luik, American Spectator (Online), April 23, 2008

"Focus on Big Financial Picture, Not Televangelists," by David Boaz, DallasNews, April 16, 2008

"Californians Can Get a Better Casino Deal," by Jeff Hooke and Thomas A. Firey, Cato.org, January 30, 2008

"Please Do Smoke, If You Like," by Thomas A. Firey and Jacob Grier, Cato.org, January 20, 2008

"Raw Deal," by Sallie James, San Francisco Chronicle, December 27, 2007

"Legacy of Prohibition Lives on in Maryland," by Brandon Arnold, Examiner.com, December 5, 2007

"Contestable Conclusions," by Patrick Basham and John Luik, National Review (Online), November 26, 2007

"Children, Say 'Thank You for Smoking'," by Thomas A. Firey and Jacob Grier, TCSdaily.com, November 8, 2007

"Put Out This Tobacco Bill," by Patrick Basham, The New York Times, August 3, 2007

"Can't We Dump This Nanny Job?," by Michael D. Tanner, Chicago Tribune, June 12, 2007

"Libertarians, Beware the Rigid Reign of Rudy," by David Boaz, Daily News, May 30, 2007

"When an Ultrasound Becomes Political," by Sigrid Fry-Revere, Chicago Tribune, May 17, 2007

"Be Careful About Hype Before Mandatory HPV Vaccines," by Sigrid Fry-Revere, Detroit News, April 24, 2007

"Best Hope Lies in Privately Funded Stem Cell Research," by Sigrid Fry-Revere, Chicago Sun-Times, April 21, 2007

"REAL ID Act hurts Michigan," by Jim Harper, Detroit News, April 12, 2007

"What's Wrong With A One-Size Fits All Identity?," by Jim Harper, American.com, April 11, 2007

"Big, Inspired Student Body Just One Reason for Plethora of Cadavers," by David Harrington, Cato.org, April 4, 2007

"The Rush to Vaccinate," by Sigrid Fry-Revere, The New York Times, March 25, 2007

"Mr. Kaine, Veto That Bill!," by Sigrid Fry-Revere, American Spectator, March 23, 2007

"Questions Remain on Gardasil," by Sigrid Fry-Revere, Denver Post, March 22, 2007

"Mandatory Vaccines Help Drug Firms, Not Necessarily Consumers," by Sigrid Fry-Revere, Tampa Tribune, March 20, 2007

"First, Let's Inoculate With the Facts," by Sigrid Fry-Revere, Houston Chronicle, March 17, 2007

"Time for a Change," by Nicole Kurokawa, American Spectator, February 27, 2007

"Smoking Bans Are Dangerous to a Free Society's Health," by Thomas A. Firey, The Baltimore Sun, December 6, 2006

"Plato's Britain," by Marian L. Tupy, Washington Times, September 29, 2006

"Stop Doing What I Said," by Radley Balko, TCSdaily.com, June 23, 2006

"Libertarianism and Poverty," by Arnold Kling, TCSdaily.com, June 5, 2006

"Nanny State Makes Poor Babysitter for Americans," by Radley Balko, Fox News (Online), May 24, 2006

"Where There Is No Vision, the People Perish," by David Boaz, Cato.org, May 8, 2006

"In Virginia, the Death Penalty for Gambling," by Radley Balko, Fox News (Online), May 1, 2006

"GOP Misses Mark on Internet Gambling Ban," by Radley Balko, Fox News (Online), March 15, 2006

"Anti-Gambling Crusade a Bad Bet," by Radley Balko, Arizona Republic, March 12, 2006

"Betting on the Future," by Jeff Hooke and Thomas A. Firey, The New York Times, February 26, 2006

"Curb Your Enthusiasms," by Radley Balko, Reason (Online), February 10, 2006

"Too Much Fire About Smoking," by Thomas A. Firey, Cato.org, January 8, 2006

"2005: The Farce of Freedom?," by Radley Balko, Fox News (Online), January 4, 2006

"Living Large: We've Been Misled about the Real Threat Posed by the 'Obesity Crisis'," by Radley Balko, Worth, December 1, 2005

"Forum: Lower DUI Threshold More Dangerous?," by Radley Balko, Washington Times, October 30, 2005

"Smoking Bans Continue an Assault on Freedom," by Robert A. Levy, Arizona Republic, October 24, 2005

"When Drunk Driving Deterrence Becomes Neo-Prohibition," by Radley Balko, Fox News (Online), October 5, 2005

"The Ultimate 'Public Health' Shield," by Radley Balko, Cato.org, September 14, 2005

"When the Catastrophe Is Government," by Radley Balko, Fox News (Online), September 7, 2005

"Zero Tolerance Makes Zero Sense," by Radley Balko, Cato.org, August 9, 2005

"In the Reign of Cotton Mather," by Radley Balko, Forbes, May 9, 2005

"Don't Ban Smoking - Does Virginia Really Want To Be more Restrictive than Washington?," by Radley Balko, DC Examiner, February 16, 2005

"Private Matters and 'Public Health'," by Radley Balko, Cato.org, February 6, 2005

"2004: The Good News," by Radley Balko, Fox News (Online), December 30, 2004

"Smokers Already Are Paying a High Cost for Their Habit," by Robert A. Levy, Chicago Sun-Times, November 13, 2004

"Fat Scare Leads to Government Girth," by Radley Balko, Fox News (Online), August 6, 2005

"Like All Those New Laws? You May Get a Charge out of Them," by Gene Healy, Chicago Sun-Times, July 3, 2004

"The "War" Against Obesity," by Radley Balko, National Post, June 16, 2004

"Puffing for Property Rights," by Radley Balko, Cato.org, June 13, 2004

"Government Has No Business Interfering With What You Eat," by Radley Balko, TIME, June 7, 2004

"Hike in Cigarette Tax Opens Door to Other Vices," by Radley Balko, Chicago Sun-Times, April 7, 2004

"Government Gets Fat Fighting Obesity," by Radley Balko, Fox News (Online), February 26, 2004

"The Nanny State Strikes Again," by William A. Niskanen, Fox News (Online), December 26, 2003

"Healthy Living Through Coercion," by Gene Healy, Washington Times, December 11, 2003

"Thank You for Not Drinking . . . In the Bar," by Radley Balko, Chicago Sun-Times, December 5, 2003

"I Want to Pump Myself Up," by Adam B. Schaeffer, National Review (Online), September 8, 2003

"New York's Deadly Cigarette Tax," by Patrick Fleenor, New York Post, May 26, 2003

"Trial Lawyers on Trial," by Stephen Moore, Scripps Howard, May 2, 2003

"U.S. Right to Resist Treaty," by Robert A. Levy, USA Today, February 11, 2003

"Big Brother and National Nanny," by Doug Bandow, Washington Times, March 13, 2002

"Targeting Cigarette Ads," by Robert A. Levy, Cato.org, August 28, 2001

"Fired-Up About Safe Cigarettes," by Robert A. Levy, National Review (Online), May 30, 2000

"Preschool in the Nanny State," by Darcy Ann Olsen, Weekly Standard, August 9, 1999

"Blowing Smoke About Tobacco-Related Deaths," by Robert A. Levy and Rosalind Marimont, Regulation, April 29, 1999

"Hooked on Cigarette Taxes," by Robert A. Levy, Cato.org, February 14, 1999

"States Share Blame for Tobacco Lawyers' Greed," by Robert A. Levy, Legal Times, February 1, 1999

"The Great Tobacco Robbery: Lawyers Grab Billions," by Robert A. Levy, Legal Times, February 1, 1999

"Tobacco Extortion: Round 3," by Robert A. Levy, Cato.org, November 29, 1998

"Pack It In," by Robert A. Levy, National Review, May 21, 1998

"Who Killed PayPal?," by Radley Balko, Reason (Online), August 27, 2005



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