Los Angeles Times
A furor over flags flown at half-staff — or not
After Charlie Kirk was slain, WeHo gets grief for lowering banners, L.A. for staying pat.
3 min |
September 18, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Nvidia is navigating a diplomatic tightrope
The chief executive of Nvidia, which faces tight restrictions on selling its chips to China amid the U.S.-China battle over trade and tech, said he’s disappointed about the situation.
1 min |
September 18, 2025
Los Angeles Times
'Am I Roxie?' centers on a Latina's dilemma
Roxana Ortega recalls the inner turmoil of being a caregiver in one-woman show.
3 min |
September 18, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Hitting the wait room to succeed
In era of high school transfers, practicing patience still pays off for many athletes.
2 min |
September 18, 2025
Los Angeles Times
UCLA's 'political earthquake'
Re “Justice Dept. demands a shift in UCLA values,” Sept. 15
1 min |
September 18, 2025
Reason magazine
The AI Therapist Will See You Now
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS evolving fast. Large language models such as ChatGPT and Gemini can write papers and code, make quirky art, and attempt deep research and complex problem-solving. Now, AI is venturing into a more personal role: therapist.
2 min |
November 2025
Reason magazine
Cheetos in the Capital
A nation that chooses this as its answer to crime has lost the thread of both constitutional limits and sustainable governance.
3 min |
November 2025
Reason magazine
Radiation Rules Are Stalling Nuclear Power
UNREASONABLY STRICT RADIATION exposure limits are holding back nuclear power development, according to a July report from Idaho National Laboratory (INL) researchers. The report challenges the current model for radiation exposure, arguing that recent evidence shows it is biologically unwarranted.
1 min |
November 2025
Reason magazine
How Stockholm Tamed Traffic
IF YOU LOVE walking, Stockholm was built just for you. Spread across 14 islands linked by bridges, the city brims with waterfront promenades, ferries gliding through inlets, the whir of bicycle wheels, and pedestrians spilling into lively café-lined squares.
1 min |
November 2025
Reason magazine
PRANK: LARRY RICHARDSON
Google Scholar is a wonderful research resource. The free service covers a huge amount of the global scientific publishing enterprise, encompassing peer-reviewed articles, books, reports, conference papers, and preprints. It's easy to use and accessible to anyone.
1 min |
November 2025
Reason magazine
California's Minimum Wage Law Cost 18,000 Jobs
IN 2023, CALIFORNIA passed a law requiring a $20 per hour minimum wage for all fast-food restaurants with more than 60 locations nationwide.
2 min |
November 2025
Reason magazine
CULTURE WAR POLICE STATE
HOW THE CULTURE WAR FEEDS THE POLICE STATE
10+ min |
November 2025
Reason magazine
How 'National Security' Came Unmoored From Americans' Actual Security
THE IDEA OF “national security” is so ubiquitous that it is hard to imagine an American political culture without it.
5 min |
November 2025
Reason magazine
ARCHIVES
Excerpts from Reason's vaults
3 min |
November 2025
Reason magazine
What Caused the Serial Killing Spike of the 1970s and '80s?
A new book offers a rich, informative, but not entirely convincing account of a crime wave.
6 min |
November 2025
Reason magazine
'THE TENSION BETWEEN TRADITION AND INDIVIDUALISM'
THE RICH DEBATES OF CONSERVATIVE FOUNDING FATHER FRANK MEYER AND LIBERTARIAN FOUNDING MOTHER ROSE WILDER LANE
10 min |
November 2025
Reason magazine
Golden Ages Don't Last
BUT THEY CAN TEACH US A LOT ABOUT WHAT MAKES CIVILIZATIONS RISE AND FALL.
10+ min |
November 2025
Reason magazine
BRICKBATS
Belgium's Permanent Commission for Linguistic Control upheld a complaint against train conductor Ilyass Alba for violating the country's strict language laws.
2 min |
November 2025
Reason magazine
Police Abuse Protected by Federal Immunity
A POLICE OFFICER had a woman jailed for over two years on false charges in connection with a bogus sex-trafficking ring. But the officer, Heather Weyker, cannot be sued, because a court ruled in July that she was acting under color of federal law.
2 min |
November 2025
Reason magazine
Feds Pump the Brakes on Autonomous Trucks
ON A LONELY stretch of Texas interstate between Dallas and Houston, the possible future of freight transportation is already rumbling down the road. But whether autonomous trucking becomes commonplace might depend on federal regulations that govern stationary trucks, rather than those that are on the move.
2 min |
November 2025
Reason magazine
6 Months in Jail for Mountain Running?
WHEN MOUNTAIN RUNNER Michelino Sunseri climbed and descended Wyoming's Grand Teton in record time last year, he posted information about his route on social media. According to the Justice Department, Sunseri thereby implicated himself in a federal misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail.
2 min |
November 2025
Reason magazine
Trump Is the Coal President
COAL-THE DOMINANT fuel in the U.S., before it was steadily replaced by cheaper and cleaner energy sources—has found new life under President Donald Trump. In April, Trump issued an executive order to reinvigorate “America’s Beautiful Clean Coal Industry,” which directed federal agencies to remove regulatory barriers to coal production and coal mining on federal lands.
2 min |
November 2025
Reason magazine
Q & A Glenn Jacobs
GLENN JACOBS, BETTER known to wrestling fans as “Kane,” has spent the past seven years as the mayor of Knox County, Tennessee.
3 min |
November 2025
Reason magazine
Trump's War on Chocolate
AMERICAN CHOCOLATIERS NEED IMPORTS, AND TARIFFS HELP NO ONE.
10+ min |
November 2025
Reason magazine
MOVIE: EDDINGTON
There's never been a movie quite like Eddington.
1 min |
November 2025
Reason magazine
MOVIE: WEAPONS
Weapons, the new horror film from writer-director Zach Cregger, is fascinatingly oblique.
1 min |
November 2025
Reason magazine
REP. CHIP ROY SOMETIMES DISAGREES WITH HIS 'LIBERTARIAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS'
THE TEXAS CONGRESSMAN ON SPENDING, IMMIGRATION, AND THE AMERICAN DREAM
10+ min |
November 2025
Reason magazine
'Botched' Drug Raids Show How Prohibition Invites Senseless Violence
THE WAR ON DRUGS AUTHORIZES POLICE CONDUCT THAT OTHERWISE WOULD BE READILY RECOGNIZED AS CRIMINAL.
10+ min |
November 2025
Reason magazine
Human Rights Crisis in ICE Detention Centers
IN EARLY AUGUST, the number of people in immigration detention in the U.S. surged to an all-time high of more than 60,000. While the Trump administration waited for massive new detention centers to open, it turned to federal prisons and jails, hastily constructed state facilities, and temporary holding cells that were never meant to house people for any extended amount of time. The overcrowding, combined with negligence and malevolence, has led to inevitable abuses that are too large to ignore or deny.
3 min |
November 2025
Sports Illustrated US
ROGER GOODELL
In 20 years on the job, he's engineered the league's growth from popular sport into global cultural behemoth. How does the NFL COMMISSIONER wield his power? According to those who have worked with him, there are many sides to his leadership style
10+ min |