News & Criticism

• "John was his idol—his hero—and probably who he considered his best friend and his mentor....He thought that he had offered the ultimate sacrifice", Matt Welch, September 30, 2009
• Friedman: America in 2009 Is Like Israel Before the Rabin Assassination, Matt Welch, September 30, 2009
• Matt Welch on 1460 KION AM Monterey (Cali) Talkin' ACORN Blues at 8:35 a.m. PDT, Matt Welch, September 28, 2009
• Another Minority-Hating Liberal, Matt Welch, September 24, 2009
• An ACORN in the Media's _____, Matt Welch, September 23, 2009
• Look What the Internets Are Doing to the News!, Katherine Mangu-Ward, September 22, 2009
• Trouble on Obama's Left, Matt Welch, September 16, 2009
• Reason Morning Links: China Gets Served, Germany Gets Punk'd, the Hammer Gets Down, Jesse Walker, September 14, 2009
• Reason Writers Around Town: Matt Welch in the New York Post on the 9/12 Protests, September 14, 2009
• Joan Walsh on Matt Welch's "strange slur" and "racial nuttiness", Matt Welch, September 11, 2009
• About Those Violent Townhall Meetings...., Matt Welch, September 11, 2009
• Obama's Lies Matter, Too, Matt Welch, September 10, 2009
• Mr. Jones Goes From Washington, But His Green-Jobs Voodoo Economics Remains, Matt Welch, September 8, 2009
• Who Will Fact Check the Fact Checkers?, Jacob Sullum, September 4, 2009
• Hackwatch: Now That Republicans Don't Run it, David Brooks Discovers the Virtues of Limited Government, Matt Welch, September 1, 2009
• Ted Kennedy, to the Pope: Bless Me, Father, For I Have Legislated, Matt Welch, August 31, 2009
• Another Quick Correction, Matt Welch, August 26, 2009
• The Race War That Isn't, Matt Welch, August 25, 2009
• Paul Krugman: Washington Is "Ruled by Reaganism", Matt Welch, August 24, 2009
• Reason Writers Around Town: Matt Welch in the New York Post: "It's the Big Government, Stupid", August 22, 2009
• Robert Novak: Two Eulogies, Jesse Walker, August 21, 2009
• Time's Joe Klein: That's it! I Can't Pretend Any Longer!, Matt Welch, August 21, 2009
• The Jackboot Only Fits if You Don't Work for the Government, Matt Welch, August 20, 2009
• Big New Journalism Idea: The Hate Beat, Matt Welch, August 19, 2009
• "History tells us these un-American incidents undermine civil society", Matt Welch, August 17, 2009
• Why We Need Strict Separation of Punditocracy and State, David Gergen Edition, Brian Doherty, August 14, 2009
• More Scenes From the Health Care Debate Race War, Matt Welch, August 14, 2009
• But, Mr. Economist, Tell Us How You REALLY Feel, Bill Flanigen, August 7, 2009
• Insane Violent Fascists on Rampage, Matt Welch, August 7, 2009
• Vast Right-Wing Astroturf Conspiracy Revealed!, Matt Welch, August 7, 2009
• Opponents of Health Care Overhaul = Birthers, Vol. 3, Matt Welch, August 7, 2009
• John Hughes, Dead and Dishonored, Katherine Mangu-Ward, August 6, 2009
• Reason Morning Links: Remaking Fannie and Freddie, Charging for New York Post Stories, Unfriending the Marines, Jesse Walker, August 6, 2009
• Dan Rather: Help Us, Obi-wan Obama, You're Our Only Hope!, Matt Welch, July 29, 2009
• Jon Stewart: America's New Cronkite, According to Dubious Online Poll, Bill Flanigen, July 27, 2009
• You Know The Real Reason The New York Times Is Losing Readership (and Credibility)? The Content (Puppy Dogs Edition)!, Nick Gillespie, July 22, 2009
• I'll Take My Alleged Bad Faith Over Jonathan Chait's Actual Bad Facts, Matt Welch, July 20, 2009
• California's Urgent Beesness, Matt Welch, July 14, 2009
• Who Watches the Wikipedians? (Cont'd), Bill Flanigen, July 13, 2009
• WashPost Peddling Access to Health Care Reporters?, Matt Welch, July 2, 2009
• The Baffler is Back, Brian Doherty, June 29, 2009
• The $2.7 Billion Tax Break for Captain Morgan, and Other Lowlights From TARPy McStimulus, Matt Welch, June 29, 2009
• Free-Market Environmentalism in the New York Times, Brian Doherty, June 24, 2009
• Workaday Media Bias, and State Budget Crises, Example #2, Matt Welch, June 23, 2009
• Workaday Media Bias and State Budget Crises, Example #1, Matt Welch, June 22, 2009
• The Passions of Richard Wolffe, Matt Welch, June 19, 2009
• New Middle East Events Prove it: Obama Right About Most Everything, Matt Welch, June 18, 2009
• Iranian Elections: What Do You Know, And Why Should They Care?, Brian Doherty, June 16, 2009
• Dr. Krugman: This Patient Needs More Bloodletting, Tim Cavanaugh, June 15, 2009
• Reason's Tim Cavanaugh and Terry Colon Win First-Place Awards at the L.A. Press Club's Annual Gala, Matt Welch, June 15, 2009
• Blame the Voters, Pass the Buck, Matt Welch, June 2, 2009
• Times Redefines "Homeowner", Tim Cavanaugh, June 2, 2009
• Bailout Mentality 101, Matt Welch, June 2, 2009
• Robert Samuelson: "Obama has inspired a collective fawning", Matt Welch, June 1, 2009
• The $499,000 Pension and Other Tales of California Governance, Matt Welch, June 1, 2009
• Onward and Upward With the Farts, Matt Welch, May 29, 2009
• New at Reason: Matt Welch on California's Silent Big Spenders, May 28, 2009
• From the people who brought you Edmund L. Andrews' personal credit crisis and a billion-dollar Renzo Piano newsroom..., Tim Cavanaugh, May 26, 2009
• Paul Krugman: If Only California Could Just Raise Taxes, Matt Welch, May 26, 2009
• The California Scare Campaign, Matt Welch, May 24, 2009
• Friday Fun Media Criticism Link, Matt Welch, May 22, 2009
• Oh, Did I Forget to Mention the Part About My Second Wife Being a Serial Bankruptcy-Filer?, Matt Welch, May 22, 2009
• Don't Read the News Today, Oh Boy: Splice Today Q&A with Newser Founder Michael Wolff, Nick Gillespie, May 21, 2009
• The Economist's 2009 Consensus Lunacy Tour, Tim Cavanaugh, May 20, 2009
• California's Political/Journalistic Class = Fail, Matt Welch, May 20, 2009
• Reason Nominated for Seven L.A. Press Club Awards, Matt Welch, May 14, 2009
• Obama's Gag Reflex, Matt Welch, May 11, 2009
• Reason's Terry Colon Wins for Best Editorial Illustration in the Western Publications Association's "Maggie" Awards, Matt Welch, May 5, 2009
• Panic! At The...Pig Farm, Jeff Winkler, April 29, 2009
• Putting the "Dream" into "Dreaminess", Matt Welch, April 23, 2009