Finally, this case should serve as yet another reminder of just how dangerous and volatile these police home invasions really are, and why we should …

- Radley Balko

Yes, bin Laden the man is dead. But he achieved all he set out to achieve, and a hell of a lot more. He forever changed who we are as a country, and …

- Radley Balko

The best way to alleviate the obesity "public health" crisis is to remove obesity from the realm of public health. It doesn't belong there. It's diff…

- Radley Balko

Multiple studies, including from the Justice Department, have shown that the guns used in homicides, including the killing of police officers, overwh…

- Radley Balko

We'll all make better choices about diet, exercise, and personal health when someone else isn't paying for the consequences of those choices.

- Radley Balko

Modern 'public health' initiatives have moved well beyond what could reasonably be classified as public goods. Today, government undertakes all sort…

- Radley Balko

Police officers today are a protected class, one no politician wants to oppose. Law enforcement interests may occasionally come up short on budgetary…

- Radley Balko

No one made a decision to militarize the police in America. The change has come slowly, the result of a generation of politicians and public official…

- Radley Balko