Podcast
Robby Soave: Today's Bipartisan Tech Panic Is Yesteryear's Freakout Over Video Games
The Reason senior editor argues that attempts to break up tech giants and rein in social media are based on flawed arguments.
Biden: You Will Get a Booster Shot When the CDC Says So
If the government is going to approve them for everyone eventually, why wait?
- The Houston Chronicle Cites Iffy Data To Make the Case for Mask Mandates in Schools
- The Pandemic Is Making Childhood Obesity Worse
- Has the Pandemic Finally Peaked in the U.S.?
- The CDC Made America's Pandemic Worse
- Progressive Democrats Propose Eviction Moratorium Far More Sweeping Than the One the Supreme Court Struck Down
An Inmate Allegedly 'Leaking Blood All Over' Was Denied Medical Treatment for Hours. The Prison Guard Gets Qualified Immunity
The legal doctrine continues to render juries irrelevant.
Mass Student Loan Forgiveness Is Already Happening
Biden is using executive authority to write off debts for some borrowers, while a Bush-era law could have even bigger implications.
China Expands Crypto Crackdown, Targeting Mining and Overseas Platforms
Though domestic crypto transactions were banned back in 2017, today's move signals that Chinese authorities are making good on their threats from earlier this year.
Latest
La Brea Is a Sucking Sinkhole of a Sci-Fi Mystery Show
Both literally and in terms of quality
U.S. To Continue Cruel Treatment of Haitian Refugees—But Not on Horseback
Plus: Debt myopia, tech trade groups sue over Texas social media law, abortion providers ask SCOTUS to reconsider, and more...
Republicans Got What They Deserved in California Recall
Doubling down on stridently conservative messaging in a state where conservatives are a dwindling and fleeing minority doesn't seem like a winning strategy.
Project Hail Mary
In the new sci-fi novel, humanity manages to save itself not with social revolution but through reason, technology, and innovation.
From Russiagate to the MyPillow Guy, Let's Stop With Electoral Conspiracy Theories
Before Mike Lindell's lunatic claims and Donald Trump's sour grapes over 2020, there was Hillary Clinton and the media's false insistence on Kremlin interference.
Could Classical Liberalism Win Big in Germany?
In the country’s first post-Merkel election, Germany’s Free Democratic Party could once again be a "kingmaker."
New York City's Jails See Two Deaths in Single Week
One at Rikers, one at a nearby jail barge, marking 12 deaths this year
ACLU Thinks the Second Amendment Is a Threat to the First Amendment
"Restrictions on guns in public spaces are appropriate to make public spaces safe for democratic participation."
Blame Both Parties if the Federal Government Shuts Down in December
Democrats want to raise the debt ceiling, while Republicans occasionally remember they're against big government spending.
21 Federal Agencies Manage 200 Different Diet-Related Programs, Leading to Overlap and Chaos
"There really is no overarching federal strategy to guide the government’s efforts to improve Americans’ diets," says a new government report, which indicates that overlap in initiatives is creating waste.
Tariffs on Chinese Imports Have Accomplished Approximately Nothing
A new study shows that former President Donald Trump's tariffs did little to push American companies out of China.
Oregon Legalizes a Breakthrough Treatment: Magic Mushrooms
Oregon will license and regulate psilocybin-assisted therapy by 2023. Some health care professionals aren't willing to wait.
Proposed Local Facial Recognition Technology Ban Draws Fire
Protecting citizens from intrusive government surveillance is a virtue well worth signaling.
Whoops—No Gun Rights for Adults Under 21 After All, Says Court
Plus: ACLU rewrites Ruth Bader Ginsburg, theaters sue over NYC vaccine passports, and more...
Supreme Court Dodges Another Religious Liberty Fight
Justices have mostly demurred on the question of whether anti-discrimination laws trump religious freedom.
Robby Soave: Today's Bipartisan Tech Panic Is Yesteryear's Freakout Over Video Games
The Reason senior editor argues that attempts to break up tech giants and rein in social media are based on flawed arguments.
The DHS Agent Who Tried To Kill Kevin Byrd Can't Be Sued—Because He Works for the Federal Government
It's almost impossible to hold federal officers to account.
NYC Theaters Sue Bill de Blasio, Claiming Vaccine Mandate Obstructs Free Speech
The lawsuit argues the mandate leads to discrimination based on content of speech and type of speaker.
Excessive Bureaucracy Is Making America's Broken Immigration System Worse
A new Government Accountability Office report offers a useful lesson about the often unseen, human costs of making forms more difficult to fill out.
'Domestic Terrorism' Fears Will Be Used To Justify Increased Snooping and Harassment
The Biden administration is greatly increasing FBI caseloads and agents. That's bad news for anybody who is worried about federal overreach.
School Choice Helped a Homeless Teen Grow Up To Run a Nonprofit. Now She Wants To Help Others.
"If you would have told me when I was 12 years old, I would run this organization, I would have said you were crazy."
The Wonder Years Is a Remake Actually Worth Your Attention
In an era of cynical nostalgia-fueled reboots, a racial reframing creates a new experience.
November 2021
Magazine
The PATRIOT Act's Poisoned Tree
Two decades after 9/11, the government's appetite for spying has only grown.