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When Playboy Made It Big

PLAYBOY MAGAZINE USED to be the contraband men of all ages hid in their sock drawers.

4 min  |

April 2017
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The Slants - The Band Who Must Not Be Named

Bassist Simon Tam talks about his band’s Supreme Court fight to trademark its controversial name.

10+ min  |

April 2017
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Christians Started the Wedding Wars

Defenders of traditional marriage used the law to persecute polygamists. Now they’re the ones under attack.

10+ min  |

April 2017
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What Politicians Must Do When Protesters Attack

Learning from Robert McNamara’s mistakes and magnanimity.

5 min  |

March 2019
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Reason magazine

The Libertarian Party Future, Perennially Out Of Reach

Where does political libertarianism go after the midterms?

5 min  |

January 2019
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D.C. Vs. The Wide Open West

ONE OF THE great ironies of life in mountain and desert states is that many of the people you meet are either escapees or descendants of the East Coast—but they ended up in a place where Washington, D.C., has an enormous presence.

3 min  |

January 2019
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The New Socialists Didn't Win

But they’re still in charge for the next couple of years.

5 min  |

January 2019
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Whiplash And Backlash In The Republic Of Cuba

Starvation Won’t Turn Cubans Into Capitalists. Trade And Tourism Might. 

10+ min  |

October 2017
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The Rise Of Atomic Humanism

The Rise Of Atomic Humanism 

2 min  |

October 2017
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When The Government Declared War On The First Amendment

When The Government Declared War On The First Amendment 

3 min  |

October 2017
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Interview: Kennedy

The TV host and one-name celeb talks about cherry vodka, teenage rebellion, Frank Zappa, free-range parenting, and life as Fox’s token libertarian. 

10+ min  |

October 2017
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Education

Teachers Union Head Casts School Choice As Racism.

2 min  |

October 2017
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Democracy In Decline?

If its recent record is any indication, Winston Churchill might have been wrong about democracy.

10+ min  |

March 2019
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Reason Once Tried To Predict The Future. How Did We Do?

IT WAS MAY 1993. Barely two years earlier, a failed coup attempt had marked the last gasp of Soviet Communism. The Cold War was over. Germany was reunified. The Baltic countries were independent. In the former Yugoslavia, Sarajevo was under siege.

6 min  |

December 2018
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The Next Big Fight Over Organized Labor May Already Be Here

JUNE’S SUPREME COURT ruling in Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) freed public sector workers from being required to pay dues to unions to which

2 min  |

December 2018
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We Live In A World Of Reliable Miracles

When I’m having a bad day, I trawl the internet for videos of happy cyborgs.

4 min  |

August - September 2019
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Make School Hard Again

ON MARCH 12, news of a massive admission scandal broke in the world of higher education.

7 min  |

June 2019
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Meet The Teens Who Want To Get Vaccinated Against Their Parents' Wishes

What Happens When A Kid Raised By “all-natural” Parents Wants To Make A Different Choice?

9 min  |

June 2019
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When The Cops Come For You In The Target Parking Lot

A mom reflects on her experience parenting in the age of fear.

4 min  |

June 2019
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Reason magazine

10 Colleges Where You Won't Have To Walk On Eggshells

These schools are seriously committed to civil and diverse debate.

10+ min  |

June 2019

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India At A Crossroads

India is known as the land of contradictions, and recent events do little to undermine that reputation.

6 min  |

January 2019