Science
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
Reason magazine
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
Reason magazine
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
Reason magazine
Helicopter Parenting For Pet Owners
Lifestyle
3 min |
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.
3 min |
March 2019
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
Will Today's Global Trade Wars Lead To World War III?
The splintering of international economic interdependence is a worrying sign for peace through trade.
10+ min |
May 2019
Reason magazine
Will Florida Ban Fracking?
NIMBYism in the Sunshine State
2 min |
June 2017
Reason magazine
P.J.O' Rourke: Things Are Going To Be Fine
But There's Going To Be Some Trouble Getting To The Fine Part.
10+ min |
June 2017
Reason magazine
From Washington To Wisconsin, States Are Punishing Dissent
From Washington To Wisconsin, States Are Punishing Dissent
3 min |
June 2018
Reason magazine
The Gambia May Beat America To Ending The Death Penalty
The Gambia May Beat America To Ending The Death Penalty
3 min |
June 2018
Reason magazine
In The U.S., There Are 219,000 Women Behind Bars
In The U.S., There Are 219,000 Women Behind Bars
3 min |
June 2018
Reason magazine
Why Are Cops Putting Kids In Cuffs?
Federal funding, zero tolerance, and lack of choice encourage the creeping criminalization of student misbehavior.
10+ min |
March 2017
Reason magazine
Trump Cracks Down On Refugees In Nashville's Little Kurdistan
Trump Cracks Down On Refugees In Nashville’s Little Kurdistan
10+ min |
October 2017
Reason magazine
Mississippi's Jump-Out Boys
The police punish people for living in a bad neighborhood.
3 min |
October 2017
Reason magazine
An Expensive Experiment With Singlepayer Health Care
An Expensive Experiment With Singlepayer Health Care
3 min |
October 2017
Reason magazine
Breaking Addicts In Order To Fix Them
How Synanon revolutionized drug treatment and poisoned the politics of prohibition.
4 min |
October 2017
Reason magazine
Economics
Health Care Costs Are The Reason You’Re Not Getting A Raise
3 min |
October 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 |