Reason Magazine

Mandating Disaster

Shikha Dalmia | November 20

Will Americans be forced to buy health insurance?

How to Get Ahead in Law

Radley Balko | December 2009

Bernard Baran served 22 years on dubious child molestation charges, but the prosecutor who convicted him was promoted to judge.

Treating Wall Street Like the Mafia

Anthony Randazzo | November 20

Chris Dodd’s Agency for Financial Stability will give too much power to federal regulators

Friday Funnies

Chip Bok | November 20

Obama's trip abroad

The Salvia Ban Wagon

Jacob Sullum | December 2009

How does terrible drug policy get made? The mad rush to criminalize a psychedelic herb provides a textbook case.

Worse Than Taxes

John Stossel | November 19

The real burden of government is the spending level

Reason.tv: Buy American Pot—A very special message from the American Marijuana Growers Association

November 19

Sarah Palin and the Decline of Conservatism

Steve Chapman | November 19

What happened to the party of Goldwater and Reagan?

Globalization With a Human Face

Shikha Dalmia | December 2009

Jagdish Bhagwati on the trouble with protectionism, how to deal with climate change, and why NAFTA was bad for free trade.

My Body, Their Choice

Peter Suderman | November 18

Turning health care over to the government inevitably limits individual freedom.

The Palin Experience

David Harsanyi | November 18

Understanding the media's reaction to Sarah Palin

Reason.tv: Your Flight Has Been Delayed—And It's Washington's Fault!

November 18

Menu Mandate’s Missing Math

Jacob Sullum | November 18

You can show people calorie numbers, but you can’t make them count.

Reason.tv: Mike Flynn on Big Government (The Website!) & The Videos That Cut Down ACORN

November 17

The Methuselah Manifesto

Ronald Bailey | November 17

Witnessing the launch of Immortality, Inc.?

Where’s That Inflation?

Veronique de Rugy | December 2009

The monetary base has ballooned, yet inflation remains far off. Or does it?

Bernanke’s Philosopher

Penn Bullock | December 2009

The Fed chairman is portrayed as a follower of John Maynard Keynes, but his real inspiration is Milton Friedman.

The Rise of Communist Nostalgia

Cathy Young | November 16

Do east Germans regret the fall of the Berlin Wall?

Kiss Your Freedoms Goodbye If Health Care Passes

Andrew Napolitano | November 16

Why we cannot afford to sit out this fight

Are Tea Parties Racist?

Matt Welch | December 2009

Sifting through the anti-Obama-hysteria hysteria

"It Opened Our Eyes"

Radley Balko | November 16

How the paths of two very different families crossed to cheer the release of a wrongly convicted man.

Why You Should Support Reason: Al Sharpton Edition

November 16

Gay Marriage Lost, But It's Not Losing

Steve Chapman | November 16

Time is on the side of same-sex marriage

The Case Against Twitter

David Harsanyi | November 14

C'mon, admit it. Twitter is useless.

Dave Bing's Last-Second Shot

Shikha Dalmia | November 13

Can the former Piston save Detroit?

The Ayn and Only

Katherine Mangu-Ward | November 13

Cult-empress or great thinker?

Putting a Stop to Congressional Overreach

Damon W. Root | November 13

It's time for the Supreme Court to enforce the Necessary and Proper Clause

Reason.tv: The Enduring Power of Ayn Rand's Ideas

November 13

Featuring Nick Gillespie, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Veronique de Rugy, and Patrick Reasonover

Friday Funnies

Henry Payne | November 13

The Obama stimulus