Former Reason magazine Editor in Chief Virginia Postrel has seen the strengths
and the shortcomings of the American health care system both as a
kidney
donor and a breast cancer survivor.

In 1992, Jim Gray, a conservative judge in conservative Orange
County, California, held a press conference during which he
recommended that we rethink our drug laws. Back then, it took a
great deal of courage to suggest that the war on drugs was a failed
policy.

These were the most popular Reason.com columns last week:

4.5
SWAT Raids Per Day: Maryland's SWAT transparency bill produces
its first disturbing results, by Radley Balko
(3/1)
Keep
Your Laws Off My Body: The case for legalizing drugs,
prostitution, organ sales, and other consensual acts, by
John Stossel (3/4)

The wave of “Tea Party” activism and renewed interest in the Constitution in the wake of the 2008 elections has mostly been fueled by a rightfully-deserved fear of the tyranny and reckless disregard for the rule of law that the current administration has displayed.

A study by researchers at
Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management suggests public
service announcements that aim to discourage binge drinking by
portraying its shameful consequences may backfire, fostering
resistance that leads to more drinking. The study, which involved
interviews with 1,200 college students who were presented with PSAs
based on Canadian ads like the one shown on the right, has not been
published yet, so its findings are hard to evaluate.