Science
Reason magazine
A Florida Retiree's Uncut Lawn May Cost Him His House
The city of Dunedin, Florida, really wants Jim Ficken’s house.
3 min |
November 2019
Reason magazine
5G Is The Future
If local nimbys and federal bureaucrats don’t mess it up
10+ min |
November 2019
Reason magazine
Can Vegetarianism Stop Climate Change?
Eating meat is bad for the climate—or at least that was one of the main conclusions highlighted in a flood of news reports based on the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s August report, Climate Change and Land.
1 min |
November 2019
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States Are Depriving Innocent People Of Their Second Amendment Rights
“Red Flag” laws leave gun owners defenseless.
10+ min |
November 2019
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Will Justin Amash Run for President as a Libertarian in 2020?
Freedomfest, a largely libertarian gath ering in Las Vegas with a significant con servative presence, has been tacking in a noticeably Trumpian direction since the future president spoke there in 2015.
3 min |
October 2019
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Hells Angels Meet Housewives on Harleys
How bikers turned into their parents and turned off their kids
10+ min |
October 2019
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Bernie Sanders Leads the Anti–charter School Charge
“I believe in public education, and I believe in public charter schools,” explained Sen. Bernie Sanders (I–Vt.) at a CNN town hall in March. What the can didate for the Democratic presidential nomination doesn’t believe in, he said, are “privately controlled charter schools.”
2 min |
October 2019
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Neal Stephens Wants to Tell Big Stories
An Economist and a Science Fiction Author Discuss Cryogenics, Mythology, Philanthropy, Fragmentation, and Simulation.
10+ min |
October 2019
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Hard Lessons From the Russian Civil War
The official 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, which birthed the world’s first Communist state, came and went two years ago.
3 min |
October 2019
Reason magazine
Don't Just Do Something
“I don't know what the answer is,” Kacey Musgraves shouted during her set at Lol lapalooza on August 7, “but obviously something has to be fucking done.”
6 min |
October 2019
Reason magazine
The New Trustbusters Are Coming for Big Tech
The companies that make your life better are under attack from left and right.
10+ min |
October 2019
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Jonathan Kaiman: ‘I'M Radioactive'
Journalist Jonathan Kaiman is one of the least famous, least powerful men to be brought down by the #metoo movement. A year later, the fallout continues.
10+ min |
October 2019
Reason magazine
The Joyful Contrarianism of Gordon Tullock
Meet the Economist who understood Nascar Crashes, the Sale of Indulgences, and the Feeding Habits of Coal Tits.
10+ min |
October 2019
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Elizabeth Warren's Plans Don't Add Up
The Warren Worldview of Ill-founded Economic Pessimism is Both Bloodless and Moralizing.
10+ min |
October 2019
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Booze, Profit & Prayer
When Europe’s beer-brewing, liquor-distilling monks combine catholicism and capitalism, the results are delicious.
10+ min |
January 2019
Reason magazine
Can Algorithms Run Things Better Than Humans?
Welcome to the rise of the algocracy.
10+ min |
January 2019
Reason magazine
America Needs More Dentists
Too bad we won’t let them come here from overseas.
2 min |
January 2019
Reason magazine
Gorsuch Challenges Blank Check For The U.S. Attorney General
In October, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in an important case that asks whether Congress violated Article I, Section 1 of the Constitution by delegating its lawmaking authority to the executive branch.
2 min |
January 2019
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Can't Afford A Vacation? Blame The State!
With temperatures rising, your sweet summer getaway is just around the corner—if you can afford one.
3 min |
August/September 2017
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Why Are Cops Putting Kids In Cuffs?
Federal funding, zero tolerance, and lack of choice encourage the creeping criminalization of student misbehavior.
10+ min |
March 2017
Reason magazine
Trump Cracks Down On Refugees In Nashville's Little Kurdistan
Trump Cracks Down On Refugees In Nashville’s Little Kurdistan
10+ min |
October 2017
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Mississippi's Jump-Out Boys
The police punish people for living in a bad neighborhood.
3 min |
October 2017
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An Expensive Experiment With Singlepayer Health Care
An Expensive Experiment With Singlepayer Health Care
3 min |
October 2017
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Breaking Addicts In Order To Fix Them
How Synanon revolutionized drug treatment and poisoned the politics of prohibition.
4 min |
October 2017
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Economics
Health Care Costs Are The Reason You’Re Not Getting A Raise
3 min |
October 2017
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From Washington To Wisconsin, States Are Punishing Dissent
From Washington To Wisconsin, States Are Punishing Dissent
3 min |
June 2018
Reason magazine
The Gambia May Beat America To Ending The Death Penalty
The Gambia May Beat America To Ending The Death Penalty
3 min |
June 2018
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In The U.S., There Are 219,000 Women Behind Bars
In The U.S., There Are 219,000 Women Behind Bars
3 min |
June 2018
Reason magazine
Good Neighbors Can Make Good Fences
But when it comes to Mexico, the United States isn’t being very neighborly.
5 min |
May 2017
Reason magazine
Will Florida Ban Fracking?
NIMBYism in the Sunshine State
2 min |