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Reason magazine
Charlottesville And The Perils Of Collectivism
PETER CVJETANOVIC STANDS in a sea of tiki torches, his mouth wide open, teeth partially bared. You can almost hear the snarling scream from the photograph.
3 min |
November 2017
Reason magazine
Government Created The Housing Crisis. Government Can Solve It.
Suggestions from a New York real estate attorney
5 min |
November 2017
Reason magazine
Your Flight Is Delayed
THE FRENZIED BATTLE TO REFORM AMERICAN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL
10+ min |
November 2017
Reason magazine
Cops Who Claim They Know When Drivers Are Stoned
Even when blood tests say they’re not
2 min |
January 2018
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Authoritarians To The Left And Right
Authoritarians To The Left And Right
2 min |
January 2018
Reason magazine
Don't Panic Over North Korea
Don't Panic Over North Korea
2 min |
January 2018
Reason magazine
Go Ahead, Put Salt On Your Food
Ignore the feds’ bad advice on diet and nutrition.
2 min |
August/September 2017
Reason magazine
What America Taught A Murderous Drug Warrior
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte follows prohibitionist logic to its lethal conclusion.
3 min |
August/September 2017
Reason magazine
Deportations Up Under Trump
A round-up of immigrant round-ups
4 min |
August/September 2017
Reason magazine
Jane Jacobs, In Her Own Words
The death and life of a great American urbanist
5 min |
August/September 2017
Reason magazine
Your Money Or Your Life
The immorality of insurance
5 min |
July 2017
Reason magazine
Under The Stars And Under The Radar
A handy guide to camping on forbidden turf
4 min |
July 2017
Reason magazine
Young Men Are Playing Video Games Instead of Getting Jobs. That's OK. (For Now.)
VIDEO GAMES, LIKE work, are basically a series of quests comprised of mundane and repetitive tasks: Receive an assignment, travel to a location, overcome some obstacles, perform some sort of search, pick up an item, and then deliver it in exchange for a reward—and, usually, another quest, which starts the cycle all over again. You are not playing the game so much as following its orders. The game is your boss; to succeed, you have to do what it says.
10+ min |
July 2017
Reason magazine
We Could Have Had Cellphones Four Decades Earlier
Thanks for nothing, Federal Communications Commission.
8 min |
July 2017
Reason magazine
God And Man At The FBI
Dissident and off beat religious groups have faced more than a century of surveillance.
4 min |
July 2017
Reason magazine
Toward A Unified Theory Of Stalin, The Teamsters, Alcoholics Anonymous, And Facebook
Toward A Unified Theory Of Stalin, The Teamsters, Alcoholics Anonymous, And Facebook
5 min |
June 2018
Reason magazine
Why The Wall Won't Work
The Legal, Practical, Economic, and Moral Case Against Trump’s Border Barrier
10+ min |
May 2017
Reason magazine
Drug Smugglers Have Already Beaten Trump's Wall
DURING A SPEECH announcing his intention to seek the presidency, Donald Trump stumbled on what would become a signature issue for his campaign: Mexico.
4 min |
May 2017
Reason magazine
Why It's So Hard To Get Pervs Out Of Politics
POLITICS IS A high-stakes, winner-takes all game with irresistible appeal to a certain kind of low-quality human being. There are typically only two viable candidates in any national race, and voters have a lot invested in the idea that bad things will happen if their guy loses.
5 min |
February 2018
Reason magazine
You're Not Going To Die In A Plane Crash
That has nothing to do with who is president.
4 min |
March 2018
Reason magazine
The Applied Theory Of Bossing People Around
Richard Thaler’s prize isn’t noble.
5 min |
March 2018
Reason magazine
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
Reason magazine
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
Reason magazine
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
Reason magazine
What Politicians Must Do When Protesters Attack
Learning from Robert McNamara’s mistakes and magnanimity.
5 min |
March 2019
Reason magazine
The Libertarian Party Future, Perennially Out Of Reach
Where does political libertarianism go after the midterms?
5 min |
January 2019
Reason magazine
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
Reason magazine
The New Socialists Didn't Win
But they’re still in charge for the next couple of years.
5 min |
January 2019
Reason magazine
Whiplash And Backlash In The Republic Of Cuba
Starvation Won’t Turn Cubans Into Capitalists. Trade And Tourism Might.
10+ min |
October 2017
Reason magazine
The Rise Of Atomic Humanism
The Rise Of Atomic Humanism
2 min |