Grant McCracken on How To Reengineer the Honor Code

IN THE NEW Honor Code: A Simple Plan for Raising Our Standards and Restoring Our Good Names (Tiller Press), anthropologist, brand consultant to the stars, and past Reason contributor Grant McCracken explores the history and use of the honor code, arguing for its relevance to our private and public lives today.

In 2020, Teachers Unions and Police Unions Showed Their True Colors

It’s time for the left and the right to take a hard look at their favorite public-sector Unions.

The Myth of Antonio Salazar

The integralist right’s foolish crush on the man who once ruled Portugal

From Magic Mushroom to Forbidden Fungus (and Back)

Half a century ago, Congress declared that there is no legitimate use for psilocybin. State and local governments are finally challenging that judgment.

Preserve your sanity by preserving food

Canning is a hedge against uncertainty, an education in self-reliance, and a pocket of calm amid tumult.

Don't Pack The Court

Joe Biden shouldn’t repeat FDR’s big mistake.

Congress Targets Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google for Being Popular

With fresh faces in the White House and Congress, many Trump-era political agendas will soon be discarded.

Trump Wasn't a Dictator, but He Played One on TV

The 45th President busted norms left and right. But the abuse of executive power didn’t start and won’t end with him.

A Silicon Curtain Descends

Trump escalated America’s war against Huawei and China. Biden should beware burgeoning technonationalism.

Fashion Crimes

When fabulous clothes are outlawed, only outlaws will be fabulous.

Glenn Greenwald – ‘Journalists are Authoritarians'

Glenn Greenwald discusses what went wrong at the outlet he co-founded, what’s wrong with the ACLU, and what might go wrong in the Biden administration.

Biden Pledges To Rejoin Paris Climate Agreement

“Today, The Trump Administration officially left the Paris Climate Change Agreement,” tweeted President-elect Joe Biden on November 4, 2020. “And in exactly 77 days, a Biden Administration will rejoin it.”

MURKY LAWS MAKE IT TOO EASY TO LABEL GOOD PARENTS ‘NEGLECTFUL'

IS IT LEGAL for parents to let their kids play outside on their own or stay home alone for a little while? That’s a simple question without a simple answer.

SOMETIMES BIGGER IS BETTER

REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS ARE WORKING TOGETHER ON AN ANTITRUST PUSH AGAINST BIG TECH. IT WILL BACKFIRE BIG-TIME.

Keeping Up With the Lees

SINGAPORE IS NOT A MODEL FOR AMERICA.

COVID-19 DIDN'T BREAK THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. IT WAS ALREADY BROKEN.

FAMILIES ARE LEAVING TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS IN RECORD NUMBERS FOR PODS, HOMESCHOOLING, CHARTERS, AND MORE.

HOW TO TELL IF YOU'RE BEING CANCELED

Kindly Inquisitors author Jonathan Rauch on the never-ending battle to defend free speech

HOW FREDERICK DOUGLASS DESTROYED JOHN C.CALHOUN WITH THE POWER OF JOHN LOCKE

ARMED WITH THE CONSTITUTION, THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, AND THE FAR- REACHING GUARANTEES OF LIBERTY AND EQUALITY THAT THEY CONTAINED, DOUGLASS TOOK THE FIGHT DIRECTLY TO THE SLAVEHOLDERS.

The Case Against Biden | Joe Biden's Politics of Panic

THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT HAS A LONG HISTORY OF RECKLESS RESPONSES TO THE MENACES DU JOUR.

WELCOME TO THE NEW WORLD CIVILIZATION

SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY HAPPENED over the last few decades. For the first time in human history, a single global civilization emerged.

Political Ignorance Is Bliss

COULD PAYING LESS ATTENTION TO POLITICS BE BETTER FOR YOU, YOUR RELATIONSHIPS, AND SOCIETY?

PLEASE STAND BY

BE PATIENT: WE MIGHT NOT KNOW WHO WON THE ELECTION RIGHT AWAY

AMERICAN IDOLATRY MEETS WOKE ICONOCLASM

WHY DO PEOPLE PULL DOWN STATUES?

GUN CONTROL PUTS YOUR LIFE AT RISK

In the 20th century, far more people were murdered by genocidal governments than by armed criminals.

Capitalism Trumps Hate

CEOs have often been ahead of cops and politicians on gay rights.

WHY DOES HOLLYWOOD HATE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS?

THE TYPECASTING OF BUILDERS AS VILLAINS MIGHT HELP EXPLAIN WHY NIMBYS SO OFTEN WIN THE POLICY BATTLES OVER URBAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT.

Coronavirus Cuisine

IN THE FACE OF THE GREATEST CHALLENGE IN GENERATIONS, AMERICA’S CHEFS, BARTENDERS, AND RESTAURANT OWNERS ARE REINVENTING THEIR FOOD, THEIR BUSINESSES, AND THEMSELVES.

I Don't Want To Be Anybody's Employee

THE PUSH TO RECLASSIFY INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS IS HARMING MANY OF THE WORKERS IT’S SUPPOSED TO HELP.

FROM ANTIFA TO UFOS, ONE JOKE CAN SPAWN A THOUSAND CONSPIRACIES

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A PRANK OR SPOOF SPARKS A REAL BELIEF?

America Wasn't Ready for Coranavirus

Early takeaways from the country's response to a pandemic.