Science
Reason magazine
Hey, California: Stop Encouraging Building In Fire Zones!
The so-called camp fire in Butte County, California, has led to the deaths of 85 people and destroyed 13,972 homes, making it the deadliest wildfire in the state’s history. Sadly, California law makes it likely that another fire will soon claim that dubious distinction.
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February 2019
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The Case Of The Notorious RBG
Examining the life and legend of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
10+ min |
February 2019
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If We Can't Cut Entitlements, What Can We Do?
Thanks to the overspending of Congress and successive presidential administrations, America’s debt totals $22 trillion, and it is projected to grow faster and larger in the years to come.
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March 2019
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How Not To Build A Jail
The D.C. jail has been a disaster for more than 100 years. Can a new jail avoid the mistakes of the past?
10+ min |
December 2016
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Up Close And Personal With Philadelphia's Heroin Crisis
Journalist Christopher Moraff talks about a better way to report on drug culture in America.
10+ min |
August/September 2018
Reason magazine
The U.S Needs More Immigrants
Without young workers, the economy can’t grow.
9 min |
August/September 2018
Reason magazine
The Shocking Waste Hidden Inside The $126 Billion Afghan Reconstruction
“Congress has appropriated $126 billion for Afghanistan reconstruction since Fiscal Year 2002,” wrote Special Inspector General John F. Sopko in testimony delivered in May to the Senate Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management.
8 min |
August/September 2018
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The Life And Death Of A Hollywood Blacklist
Sometimes Censorship Is A Public-private Partnership.
10+ min |
August/September 2018
Reason magazine
Bad Ideas Are Spreading Like The Plague
The defeat of measles in the United States was one of the great good news stories of the turn of the millennium.
5 min |
August - September 2019
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Psychonaut Hamilton Morris On Drugs After Prohibition
What will American drug culture look like once prohibition is finally over and we can start to legally use more substances in more settings?
3 min |
August - September 2019
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Helicopter Parenting For Pet Owners
Lifestyle
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April 2019
Reason magazine
Quit Worrying And Learn To Love Trade With China
Fretting over deficits and intellectual property will do no good and much harm.
5 min |
April 2019
Reason magazine
Choosing Smart Embryos Isn't Immoral
Let's say you're a fertility doctor advising would-be parents who have exactly two viable embryos ready for implantation. The parents want to implant only one embryo. This is not an uncommon scenario; more than 71,000 babies were born in the U.S. via assisted reproduction in 2016.
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March 2019
Reason magazine
Gerry Mandering Is Out Of Control
Computers could be the key to resolving partisan fights over congressional boundaries.
10+ min |
May 2018
Reason magazine
How Vietnam Gave Us C-SPAN
Brian Lamb, the network’s founder, is retiring after 40 years of putting cameras on Congress, hosting in-depth interviews, and creating an enduring home for diverse civil discourse.
10+ min |
July 2019
Reason magazine
Law Brett Kavanaugh Flunks His First Test As An Originalist
In his 2018 confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh was asked by Sen.
3 min |
July 2019
Reason magazine
Everything You Know About State Education Rankings Is Wrong
You probably thinkyou know which states have the best and worst education systems in the country.
9 min |
November 2018
Reason magazine
Dissent And Disarray In Putin's Russia
The authoritarian President’s hold on power may be shakier than it looks.
10+ min |
November 2018
Reason magazine
Has America's Obsession With Manufacturing Jobs Gone Too Far?
A wisconsin town is spending billions, seizing homes, and breaking state law to lure a Taiwanese company.
10 min |
November 2018
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Can Laundry And Lettuce Save Cleaveland?
A worker-owned co-op that even a capitalist could love is washing linens for the cleveland clinic and growing vegetables for the city.
10+ min |
November 2018
Reason magazine
Freeborn Frank Turner
The British musician brings a libertarian sensibility to his new folk-punk album.
10+ min |
November 2018
Reason magazine
Do Partisans Hate Each Other More Than Ever?
Scholars try to explain today’s political warfare.
5 min |
November 2018
Reason magazine
Congress Needs An Opioid Intervention
In an effortto combat the opioid crisis in America, Congress is calling for a slate of governmental interventions that have been tried, tested, and shown to cause more harm.
4 min |
November 2018
Reason magazine
Uber, But For Poop
EVERYBODY POOPS, BUT not everybody has to deal with a cartel when trying to dispose of it.
3 min |
November 2018
Reason magazine
Russia's Global Anti- Libertarian Crusade
How Vladimir Putin’s desire for domination and acceptance is scrambling American politics
10+ min |
August/September 2017
Reason magazine
Gorsuch's Record Was More liberal Than Kennedy's This Term
HERE’S A CURIOUS fact about the U.S. Supreme Court term that concluded in June: Trump-appointed Justice Neil Gorsuch racked up a more “liberal” voting record than Justice Anthony Kennedy.
3 min |
October 2018
Reason magazine
Dear Immigration Restrictionists: Milton Friedman Was Not On Your Side
THE LATE NOBEL Prize–winning economist Milton Friedman was a free market libertarian who believed that immigrants helped make America great.
5 min |
October 2018
Reason magazine
Grandparents In The Gulag
DEBRA CUPP, 60, stood in front of the U.S. Capitol on a hot day in July holding a handmade sign: “Ron Cupp died waiting on compassionate release, Jan. 3, 2017.”
2 min |
October 2018
Reason magazine
The Tribe Of Liberty
National Review’s Jonah Goldberg wonders how to save civilization in his new book, Suicide of the West.
10+ min |
October 2018
Reason magazine
Meet The Good Soldier Svejk, Patron Saint Of Malingerers And Saboteurs
A 1920s-era Novel Sheds Light on Eastern European Anti-authoritarianism.
8 min |