Month: November 2014

Politics

Ex Cop: Everyone Behaves Better When They're on Video

Joshua Swain | 11.30.2014 5:00 PM

Culture

A Drone in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone

Footage from the ruins.

Jesse Walker | 11.30.2014 4:02 PM

Policy

Darren Wilson Denied Shooting at a Fleeing Suspect Yet Offered a Justification for Doing So

Jacob Sullum | 11.30.2014 4:00 PM

Gun Control

Challenging California's Absurd Ban on Signs in Gun Store Windows

Second Amendment supporters file First Amendment lawsuit

Steven Greenhut | 11.30.2014 1:30 PM

Steven Greenhut on Challenging California's Absurd Ban on Signs in Gun Store Windows

Reason Staff | 11.30.2014 1:30 PM

Politics

America's 3 Most Fee-Ridden Cities

Zach Weissmueller | 11.30.2014 1:00 PM

Policy

Whatever Happened to Inflation?

A look back at controversial predictions about monetary policy

Brian Doherty, Peter Schiff, David R. Henderson, Scott Sumner, and Robert Murphy | 11.30.2014 12:00 PM

Top Economists Answer: Whatever Happened to Inflation?

Reason Staff | 11.30.2014 12:00 PM

Policy

The Ghetto Archipelago

Life in an inner-city police state

J.D. Tuccille | 11.30.2014 10:00 AM

J.D. Tuccille on Life in an Inner-City Police State

Reason Staff | 11.30.2014 10:00 AM

Economics

Silk Road, Online Freedom, and Why the Prosecution of Ross Ulbricht Should Worry Us All

The mother of the alleged "Dread Pirate Roberts" speaks out.

Nick Gillespie and Jim Epstein | 11.30.2014 9:00 AM

Policy

Let Illegal Immigrants Come Out of the Shadows

Cathy Young | 11.30.2014 8:00 AM

Cathy Young: Let Illegal Immigrants Come Out of the Shadows

Reason Staff | 11.30.2014 8:00 AM

Politics

The TSA's 12 Banned Items of Christmas

Paul Detrick and Justin Monticello | 11.29.2014 7:00 PM

Policy

Cops vs. Cameras: The Killing of Kelly Thomas and The Power of New Media

Paul Detrick | 11.29.2014 3:00 PM

Music

Free Speech and Free Jazz

A documentary captures the life of civil libertarian and music critic Nat Hentoff.

Kurt Loder | 11.29.2014 12:00 PM

Kurt Loder on Nat Hentoff, Free Speech, and Free Jazz

Reason Staff | 11.29.2014 12:00 PM

Politics

Errol Morris on Donald Rumsfeld, The Unknown Known, and Evidence-Based Journalism

Nick Gillespie and Jim Epstein | 11.29.2014 10:30 AM

Civil Asset Forfeiture

How to Fight Civil Forfeiture

Scott Bullock | 11.29.2014 10:00 AM

IJ Lawyer Scott Bullock Lists Three Ways to Fight Civil Asset Forfeiture

Reason Staff | 11.29.2014 10:00 AM

Policy

The FDA's Menu-Labeling Mistake

This is a really bad idea.

Baylen Linnekin | 11.29.2014 8:00 AM

Baylen Linnekin: The FDA's Menu-Labeling Mistake

Reason Staff | 11.29.2014 8:00 AM

Police Abuse

FBI Investigating After Denver Cops Punch Unarmed Suspect Six Times, Trip Pregnant Girlfriend, Delete Video of Incident

Ed Krayewski | 11.28.2014 7:49 PM

Civil Liberties

Sorry, But the Grand Jury Got It Right With Darren Wilson

In the end, there wasn't probable cause to file charges against Wilson.

David Harsanyi | 11.28.2014 5:30 PM

David Harsanyi: The Grand Jury Got It Right With Darren Wilson

Reason Staff | 11.28.2014 5:30 PM

Executive Power

Obama's Dumb, Rash, and Unilateral War

Don't buy the president's lame excuses for attacking ISIS without congressional approval.

Jacob Sullum | 11.28.2014 3:00 PM

Jacob Sullum on Obama's Dumb, Rash, and Unilateral War

Reason Staff | 11.28.2014 3:00 PM

Policy

The Internet Does Not Increase Terrorism

Most terrorism takes place in Internet-free zones.

Ronald Bailey | 11.28.2014 1:30 PM

Internet

Ronald Bailey Reports that the Internet Does Not Increase Transnational Terrorism

Reason Staff | 11.28.2014 1:30 PM

Culture

The First Trailer for the New Star Wars Trilogy Is Here and It's Great

Peter Suderman | 11.28.2014 11:25 AM

Policy

If the Grand Jurors Had Indicted Darren Wilson, Would Prosecutors Have Been Obligated to Ignore Them?

Jacob Sullum | 11.28.2014 9:35 AM

Kurt Loder Movie Reviews

Horrible Bosses 2

Jason Bateman and Jennifer Aniston succumb to sequelitis.

Kurt Loder | 11.28.2014 9:00 AM

Kurt Loder Movie Reviews

Kurt Loder Reviews Horrible Bosses 2

Reason Staff | 11.28.2014 9:00 AM

Pakistan

Pakistani Actress Veena Malik Sentenced to 26 Years in Prison for "Malicious Acts of Blasphemy"

Ed Krayewski | 11.28.2014 9:00 AM

Book Reviews

Peter Thiel's Start-Up Manifesto

Why the PayPal founder and early Facebook investor loves monopolies, the Founding Fathers, and Lady Gaga.

Dan Mindus | 11.28.2014 8:30 AM

Dan Mindus on Peter Thiel's Start-Up Manifesto

Reason Staff | 11.28.2014 8:30 AM

Politics

Friday Funnies: Republican Brain

Henry Payne | 11.28.2014 7:00 AM

Nanny State

Ancient History

Charles Oliver | 11.28.2014 6:00 AM

Brickbat: Ancient History

Charles Oliver | 11.28.2014 6:00 AM

Police Abuse

Cops Arrest Man for Pointing Banana at Them, Say They Feared For Their Safety

Ed Krayewski | 11.27.2014 9:27 PM

Nanny State

Taxing Away Sweet Drinks: Plenty of Baptists, But No Bootleggers

Soda tax moralizers are easy to find, but where are our sweetened-beverage bootleggers?

Adam Smith and Bruce Yandle | 11.27.2014 4:30 PM

Adam Smith and Bruce Yandle: Soda-Tax Support From Plenty of Baptists, But No Bootleggers

Reason Staff | 11.27.2014 4:30 PM

Politics

Suspicious Minds

The '70s saw a strange interplay of skepticism and nostalgia.

Jesse Walker | 11.27.2014 3:00 PM

Jesse Walker on Skepticism and Nostalgia in the 70s

Reason Staff | 11.27.2014 3:00 PM