Science
Reason magazine
The Surprisingly Long History Of Private Space Exploration
America returns to its roots, thanks to philanthropists who are literally shooting for the stars.
6 min |
August/September 2017
Reason magazine
Neuropsychopharmacologist David Nutt On Alcohol, LSD, and Getting Sacked For His Findings
The British psychiatrist and neuropsychopharmacologist David Nutt had reached arguably the pinnacle of his field as chairman of the government’s Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs.
3 min |
August/September 2017
Reason magazine
Health Care And The Politics Of Disruption
AT THE BEGINNING of May, the insurance giant Aetna announced that it would cease selling health coverage in Obamacare’s insurance exchanges entirely.
2 min |
August/September 2017
Reason magazine
After The Martian, Andy Weir Goes To The Moon
In November, writer Andy Weir released a new novel, Artemis, about a settlement on the moon. His first book, The Martian, which you may remember from the blockbuster movie version starring Matt Damon, was powered by plot-driving engineering mishaps and triumphs. Artemis instead gave Weir a chance to unleash his inner “economics dork,” he says. This fall, Editor in Chief Katherine Mangu-Ward talked with the author about what he thinks the political economy of the moon would look like.
3 min |
February 2018
Reason magazine
Goodbye, Millennials
Get off our lawn.
5 min |
February 2018
Reason magazine
Don't Blame Pain Pills For The Opioid Crisis
CHRIS CHRISTIE, THE outgoing governor of New Jersey, has repeatedly told the story of a law school classmate who died of an overdose after getting hooked onoxycodone prescribed for back pain.
3 min |
February 2018
Reason magazine
From Bork To Willett
Is the conservative legal movement going libertarian?
2 min |
February 2018
Reason magazine
It's Time To Privatize The V.A.
And a lot of other government functions as well
5 min |
November 2017
Reason magazine
Now Hiring: Teen Cigarette Narcs
FINDING A JOB as a 16-year-old can be a challenge.
2 min |
November 2017
Reason magazine
Steve Forbes Talks Shop
A hundred years ago, financial columnist B.C. Forbes started an eponymous business magazine.
3 min |
November 2017
Reason magazine
Ye Shall Know Them By Their Debt
DONALD TRUMP CERTAINLY knows how to drive the news cycle.
3 min |
December 2017
Reason magazine
Global Trade Is Good For Small-Town Manufacturers
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP is nothing if not a protectionist.
2 min |
December 2017
Reason magazine
Making History Modern
When women bought retro futurism at $4.50 a yard
4 min |
December 2017
Reason magazine
The Fragile Generation
BAD POLICY AND PARANOID PARENTING ARE MAKING KIDS TOO SAFE TO SUCCEED.
10+ min |
December 2017
Reason magazine
The FDA Warms To Vaping
IN JULY, THE Food and Drug Administration(FDA) extended the deadline for e-cigarette manufacturers to seek regulatory approval of their products.
2 min |
December 2017
Reason magazine
Congress Passed The First Step Act. What's The Second Step?
In the waning days of the 115th Congress, the first major criminal justice bill in eight years was passed.
3 min |
April 2019
Reason magazine
Oh, The Places They'll Go —If You Let Go
An economist’s guide to happier, more relaxed parenting
10+ min |
June 2019
Reason magazine
When Did We Get So Scared of ‘Screen Time'?
The myth of brain rot from glowing rectangles.
5 min |
June 2019
Reason magazine
What It Means To Be A Kid In The 21st Century
Free-range mom Lenore Skenazy talks with sociologist Frank Furedi about what it means to be a kid in the 21st century.
10+ min |
June 2019
Reason magazine
Teen Fiction Twitter Is Eating Its Young
“Cancel Culture” is out of control online.
10+ min |
June 2019
Reason magazine
Americans Should Impeach Presidents More Often
We don’t do it nearly enough.
10 min |
August/September 2017
Reason magazine
The Twilight Of Asset Forfeiture?
2018 WAS A bad year for civil asset forfeiture, the infamous practice by which police can seize property even if the owner is not charged with a crime.
2 min |
January 2019
Reason magazine
We Don't Need Soccer Moms - Or Dads, Or Coaches
BETWEEN THE TWO of them, Carlo Celli and Nathan Richardson—both language professors at Bowling Green State University in Ohio—have coached youth soccer for about 30 years.
3 min |
October 2018
Reason magazine
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
Reason magazine
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
Reason magazine
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
Reason magazine
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
Reason magazine
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
Reason magazine
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
Reason magazine
Budget Hawks Fly The Coop
Goodbye to Paul Ryan, Jeff Flake, and Mark Sanford.
6 min |