The Reason Roundtable Live in D.C. on February 4!
The NRA and NORML Unite To Oppose the Federal Gun Ban for Marijuana Users
Drug policy reformers and Second Amendment advocates team up in a case before the Supreme Court.
Trump Claims His Tariffs Have 'Brought America Back.' Here Are 3 Things He Got Wrong.
The president's article in The Wall Street Journal is wildly misleading.
No, AI Isn't Plotting Humanity's Downfall on Moltbook
Viral posts about devious chatbots on a robot Reddit haven't held up under scrutiny.
Dumping State Income Taxes Could Mean High Sales Taxes—or an Opportunity for Smaller Government
A new report warns that some plans for replacing income tax revenue rely on unrealistic assumptions.
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Shutdown Showdown
Plus: the Epstein files, the officers who shot Alex Pretti, and more...
Superintelligent AI Is Not Coming To Kill You
If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies is an extreme proposal to effectively outlaw promising AI progress.
Trump's Tariff War Is Crushing American Alcohol Makers
A Canadian boycott and retaliatory trade barriers have wiped out U.S. wine and spirits sales abroad, costing American producers jobs, revenue, and entire export markets.
ICE's Presence at the 2026 Winter Olympics Is Sparking International Backlash
Even in a limited security role, ICE has triggered backlash abroad, reflecting the agency’s unpopularity at home and overseas.
Democrats Advance 7 Bills Restricting Gun Rights in the Virginia State Senate
They’re not getting the whole “shall not be infringed” part of the U.S. and Virginia constitutions.
Podcast
Will AI Benefit Everyone?
A Soho Forum debate on artificial intelligence's potential to deliver widespread societal benefits
How Americans Are Fighting a British Censorship Invasion
A new bill in Wyoming aims to defend Americans against the U.K.’s online regulators.
Will AI Benefit Everyone?
A Soho Forum debate on artificial intelligence's potential to deliver widespread societal benefits
Key Inflation Metric Hits 3 Percent, Despite Trump's Claim That Rising Prices Are 'Solved'
The new producer price index report complicates the administration's push for lower interest rates.
There Are No Good Reasons To Subsidize Sports Stadiums. Governments Keep Doing It Anyway.
“If we stop funding all sports stadiums tomorrow, then the world wouldn't change hardly at all," says one economist.
Judge Says ICE Violated Court Orders in 74 Cases—See Them All Here
The extraordinary document offers a glimpse of a national campaign by the federal government to deprive detained immigrants of due process rights.
Trump Taps Kevin Warsh To Lead Fed
Plus: Shutdown averted? Pixar's NIMBY robot beavers, Amazon goes big on AI, and Trump wants to prop up home prices.
Free Nations Don't Have To Care About the Whims of Elected Officials
Limited government means those in power can do limited damage to the rest of us.
School Choice Week: Arizona Milestone Marks Growing Popularity of School Choice
Over 100,000 students use the state’s portable education funds for private schools and homeschooling.
Review: Charting the 3 Factions of the MAGA Movement
Furious Minds identifies national conservatives, postliberals, and Claremonters as the coalition driving the New Right.
Alex Pretti, Prestige Television, And How Joe Biden Broke Everything
Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi discuss the latest videos of Alex Pretti, their own Reason origin stories, and how Joe Biden broke everything.
DHS Retreats From the Claim That the Agents Who Killed Alex Pretti Faced a 'Violent Riot'
The department now describes the threat as "several civilians" who were "yelling and blowing whistles."
Federal Judge Slams ICE for Violating Nearly 100 Court Orders: 'ICE is Not a Law Unto Itself'
Judges across the country are fed up with the Trump administration's refusal to follow court orders requiring it to give bond hearings to detained immigrants.
From Georgia's Film Subsidies to Intel's Collapse, Industrial Policy Keeps Failing
Such attempts try to engineer outcomes while acting like political favors can substitute for market incentives.
How a Kids' Soccer Game Became a Child Welfare Case
A routine neighborhood soccer game was escalated into a state investigation, illustrating how ordinary parenting disputes are increasingly routed through government systems.
Stephen Miller's Hardline Immigration Tactics Are Backfiring
Miller says he’s waging a war for America. Americans see a brutal war on them.
Alex Pretti's Earlier Scuffle With ICE Doesn't Justify His Death 11 Days Later
Video of that scuffle does show that federal agents can manage to not shoot even violent protestors.
February/March 2026
Magazine
Mamdani Can't Ruin New York
Mayors come and go, but New York City remains fundamentally itself.
