Science
Reason magazine
Cassandra Of The Crash
An inter view with former Dallas Fed researcher Danielle DiMar tino Booth
3 min |
July 2017
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Bringing The Passenger Pigeon Out Of Extinction
Bringing extinct animals back to life is now within our grasp, says Long Now Foundation researcher Ben Novak.
10+ min |
October 2015
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The Many Resurrections of Sherlock Holmes
Why the Great Detective is always in fashion.
10+ min |
October 2015
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Shut Up, Stonewall
In June 1969, patrons of the Stonewall Inn in New York City clashed with authorities who treated them like degenerate threats to the social fabric.
1 min |
October 2016
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Are Crusty Boogers Child Abuse
In Scotland, the state becomes mother-in-law in chief.
4 min |
October 2016
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Yes In My Backyard
San Francisco activists push for more construction in Baghdad by the Bay.
3 min |
October 2016
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What It's Like To Be In Debt to the State
Inside the lives of five people who have served their time, but are still paying for their crimes.
5 min |
October 2016
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Seeing Trump On The Silver Screen
What A Face in the Crowd and Meet John Doe tell us about populism, pop culture, and fear.
9 min |
December 2016
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Will Open Bazaar Succeed Where Silk Road Failed?
A new company looks to erase the limits on what can be bought and sold online.
2 min |
December 2016
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Go Ahead, Throw Your Vote Away
A math lesson for critics of third-party voters.
4 min |
December 2016
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When The Supreme Court Blessed The Imperial Presidency
The Story Of How Classical Liberal Justice George Sutherland Enabled Executive Overreach Abroad
10 min |
August/September 2018
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Health Care ATE America
In 1960, six years before the start of Medicare and Medicaid, America spent about $27 billion on health care.
3 min |
December 2018
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No More Vietnam Syndrome
U.S. FOREIGN POLICY for decades proceeded in the shadow of the failure in Vietnam. Some 58,000 Americans were killed in that war.
4 min |
December 2018
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Better, Faster, Cheaper
THE LIVING STANDARDS of Americans have vastly improved during the past 50 years, with the quality of available consumer products steadily rising even as their prices have steeply fallen.
1 min |
December 2018
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When The Nanny State Actually Tries To Nanny
ANYTIME YOU HEAR the words “for the safety of our precious children,” grab your little ones and run. Someone who thinks he cares more about your kids than you do is about to make you grovel. If he’s from the government, run faster.
3 min |
December 2018
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The Backpage Scandal Isn't What You Think
How indie media entrepreneurs James Larkin and Michael Lacey became the targets of a federal witchhunt
7 min |
December 2018
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After Living Abroad, Kids Struggle With American Overparenting
WHEN JEAN PHILLIPSON’S family returned to Fairfax, Virginia, after living in Bolivia, the main thing her 10-year-old son complained about was the bus ride home from school. “He wasn’t allowed to have a pencil out,” says the mom of three, “because it was considered unsafe.”
3 min |
February 2019
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Budget Hawks Fly The Coop
Goodbye to Paul Ryan, Jeff Flake, and Mark Sanford.
6 min |
February 2019
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Hey, California: Stop Encouraging Building In Fire Zones!
The so-called camp fire in Butte County, California, has led to the deaths of 85 people and destroyed 13,972 homes, making it the deadliest wildfire in the state’s history. Sadly, California law makes it likely that another fire will soon claim that dubious distinction.
3 min |
February 2019
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The Case Of The Notorious RBG
Examining the life and legend of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
10+ min |
February 2019
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Everything You Know About State Education Rankings Is Wrong
You probably thinkyou know which states have the best and worst education systems in the country.
9 min |
November 2018
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Dissent And Disarray In Putin's Russia
The authoritarian President’s hold on power may be shakier than it looks.
10+ min |
November 2018
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Has America's Obsession With Manufacturing Jobs Gone Too Far?
A wisconsin town is spending billions, seizing homes, and breaking state law to lure a Taiwanese company.
10 min |
November 2018
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Can Laundry And Lettuce Save Cleaveland?
A worker-owned co-op that even a capitalist could love is washing linens for the cleveland clinic and growing vegetables for the city.
10+ min |
November 2018
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Freeborn Frank Turner
The British musician brings a libertarian sensibility to his new folk-punk album.
10+ min |
November 2018
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Do Partisans Hate Each Other More Than Ever?
Scholars try to explain today’s political warfare.
5 min |
November 2018
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Congress Needs An Opioid Intervention
In an effortto combat the opioid crisis in America, Congress is calling for a slate of governmental interventions that have been tried, tested, and shown to cause more harm.
4 min |
November 2018
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Uber, But For Poop
EVERYBODY POOPS, BUT not everybody has to deal with a cartel when trying to dispose of it.
3 min |
November 2018
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Law Brett Kavanaugh Flunks His First Test As An Originalist
In his 2018 confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh was asked by Sen.
3 min |
July 2019
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If We Can't Cut Entitlements, What Can We Do?
Thanks to the overspending of Congress and successive presidential administrations, America’s debt totals $22 trillion, and it is projected to grow faster and larger in the years to come.
2 min |