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From our April issue, Contributor Editor Tim Cavanaugh reveals the Obama team’s favorite slices of fiscal baloney. View this article.

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New at Reason: Tim Cavanaugh on Obama’s Five Lies About the American Economy

A recent graduate of Virginia’s public schools explains how searches, surveillance, and zero-tolerance policies have produced a whole new way for childhood to suck.

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Dear Old Golden Rule Days

Several Oregon government and law enforcement agencies are patting themselves on the back for preventing a possible mass shooting incident by sending a SWAT team to arrest a recently laid-off employee of the state’s Department of Transportation. A news release from the Medford, Oregon, police department (yes, they put out a news release announcing their good work) says the man purchased three guns after his dismissal, and that former colleagues described him as “very disgruntled.” He was taken to a mental hospital for evaluation. The problem is that the man doesn’t appear to have committed any actual crimes.

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Oregon Officials Consult Precogs, Arrest Man for Bloody Shooting Spree That Killed Four Next Week

As soon as the Supreme Court decision came down in January ruling that the corporate spending ban violated free-speech rights, a number of leading Democrats demanded action to undo this unconscionable wrong. But as Steve Chapman explains, imposing new restrictions on speech is no way to enhance democracy.

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New at Reason: Steve Chapman on the Misguided Liberal Response to Citizens United

From our April issue, Anthony Randazzo explains why the White House’s claims that the economy is on the mend don’t add up.

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New at Reason: Anthony Randazzo on the Myth of the Recovery

When men like Joe Stack and John Bedell launch their kamikaze attacks, you won’t learn much by trying to discern if the would-be killers are “right-wing” or “left-wing,” writes Managing Editor Jesse Walker. They have less in common with the organized right or left than they do with George Metesky’s one-man bombing campaign against Con Edison, Samuel Byck’s feckless attempt to assassinate Richard Nixon, or the Luddite crusade of the Unabomber.

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New at Reason: Jesse Walker on Lone Wolves

There seems to be growing optimism among some Republicans that if House Speaker Nancy Pelosi finagles the votes to pass Obamacare, the GOP triumphantly will sweep into power and immediately repeal it.

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New at Reason: David Harsanyi on the GOP Repealing ObamaCare

Earlier this week, Fox News’ Judge Andrew Napolitano took his excellent Freedom Watch show on the road to Ohio State University and pulled in a good crew of special guests, including the Buckeye Institute’s Maurice Thompson and Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas). Can’t get the embed to work, so go here to watch the whole thing.

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Freedom Watch With Judge Napolitano, Ron Paul, Roadshow at Ohio State

“We allow the insurance industry to run wild in this country,” President Obama declared on Monday. “We can’t have a system that works better for the insurance companies than it does for the American people.” Despite this rhetoric, Senior Editor Jacob Sullum argues, Obama’s plan to tame health insurers would boost their business, protect them from competition, and guarantee their profits, all at the expense of consumers and taxpayers

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New at Reason: Jacob Sullum on Obama’s Fake Fight With Insurers