Donate Today To Kick Off Reason's Annual Webathon
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Today is Giving Tuesday, and that means the start of Reason's annual webathon week, in which we ask you—our readers, listeners, and viewers—to donate to support Reason's award-winning journalism.
This year we're hoping to raise $400,000. Your hard-earned, inflation-adjusted dollars can help us meet that goal. There is some pretty cool swag on offer at various giving levels, including Reason stress balls (obvious), digital subscriptions (packed with good stuff), a Reason calendar (because time is a flat circle), NPR-style tote bags (including one that says "Taxation Is Theft" for our anarchist pals, or a logo tote for the minarchists). At the top tiers we're offering invitations to Reason Weekend for first-timers and/or lunch with an editor (pick me! I'm great at eating lunch!).
You can get the skinny on swag at the donation page.
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The goodies are just icing on the cake, of course. All week, you'll be seeing posts from Reason editors about why you should support Reason's important work. I want to kick off the week by talking about something that sets Reason apart from the competition: We do real, honest-to-Lanny investigative journalism. Because sometimes it takes a freedom-minded worldview to see stories that others don't.
Reporter C.J. Ciaramella is our Freedom of Information Act ninja, and he manages to get ahold of an astonishing amount of material for free through sheer cussedness and persistence. But you'll be shocked—shocked—to learn that sometimes governments aren't too keen on handing over evidence of their own incompetence or worse. Cash helps speed those queries along, and it pays for lawyers when the process stalls.
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And this month we sent three reporters to Kennedy Space Center to talk with a NASA engineer about why its Artemis rocket is blowing through budgets and deadlines at a time when SpaceX is finding cost-saving measures like reusing its boosters instead of chucking them into the ocean. For their upcoming documentary on NASA's wasteful spending, we used a pair of Canon C70 Cinema cameras with telephoto lenses to capture footage of Artemis. Without your support for gear and travel, we would have had to rely on NASA for stock footage and second-hand interviews. Stay tuned for that video, but here's a sneak peek:
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Know what it is called when you tell someone they don’t understand something that they understand? Gaslighting.
Commentary is not journalism.
What about repackaging bits from other publications and tweets?
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How much of that are you donating to Reason?
How much do you have to donate to be an “Editor at Reason”?
5 bucks and a pledge of allegiance to the establishment will get you in.
Libertarians are always grubbing for other people’s money.
No different than a pan handler in the street who spits in your face after getting a donation.
Scumbags.
Guess who reads the comments on this site.
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That claimed to be so very clever
It is said to be libertarian
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It’s not worth the time or the cost
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On the other hand…
There was a magazine that spoke of freedom,
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To make our lives run their course.
It gave us hope and gave us faith,
It showed us that we can,
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To make things better for man.
And to get personal…
Katherine Mangu-Ward, some call her a bard
She’s a force to be reckoned with, a writing superstar
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We all know she’s the real deal, a writing lover
So come one and come all and read her stuff
You’ll see why she’s the best, she ain’t no bluff.
C.J. Ciaramella was quite the fella
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He’d always be cheerful and never be glum
He’d always have something funny to hum
He loved to joke, and he loved to tease
Always quick with a funny quip or sleaze
He was the life of the party for sure
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Christian Britschgi, his name is quite a sight
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He likes to think of himself as quite the young lad
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Reason Magazine was founded by the conservative activist and philanthropist Lanny Friedlander and was originally published by the Reason Foundation. The magazine’s first editor was the economist Robert Poole. Poole was succeeded by Virginia Postrel, who led the magazine until 1998. Postrel was credited with bringing a more professional and intellectual tone to the magazine.
In the magazine’s early years, it focused on economic and legal issues, often from a libertarian perspective. Over time, it began to expand its scope to include social, cultural, and political issues as well.
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