The Abundant Life of Manny Klausner
The Reason Foundation co-founder took seriously the idea that libertarians should win—not just in the courts but also in the broader culture.
The Reason Foundation co-founder took seriously the idea that libertarians should win—not just in the courts but also in the broader culture.
Historically, many ideas that once seemed to be elite fixations eventually became mainstream.
President Donald Trump's pardon of the Silk Road creator is a rare moment of reprieve in an era of relentless government expansion.
Almost exactly one year after Congress swore off self-inflicted fiscal crises, we're back to the same tired theatrics.
Trump’s pick for federal drug enforcement was ousted for not respecting personal freedom. Too bad that that’s a job requirement.
Ambitious budget cuts will meet political reality in Trump’s second administration.
FEMA has given Americans every reason to believe it is highly politicized, a poor steward of federal resources, bad at establishing priorities, and often unable to communicate clearly to people in distress.
Policy nihilism is consuming the 2024 election.
Don't attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.
The national debt has become an alarm bell ringing in the distance that people are pretending not to hear, especially in the city that caused the problem.
Even in an era of police militarization, there’s something shocking about seeing cops in riot gear on college campuses.
Introducing Reason's artificial intelligence issue
Surprisingly strong support for "none of the above" in the 2024 primaries shows voters aren't thrilled with their options.
No matter who wins between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, chaos is likely to ensue.
Americans are wealthier today than in the 1960s. That's not because of Bidenomics; it's because of six decades of progress.
If our best and brightest technologists and theorists are struggling to see the way forward for AI, what makes anyone think politicians are going to get there first?
The siren song of the Sunshine State is the promise of freedom tinged with the idea of escape.
The federal budgeting process was broken long before Matt Gaetz and Kevin McCarthy's recent spat.
David Friedman's anarchism doesn't have the answer for everything. That's the point.
Politicians are throwing laws at the wall and seeing what sticks.
Some things won't change no matter who wins the 2016 election.
Climate change skeptics have rights to free speech and privacy, too.
Don't be fooled by the false prophet of anti-interventionism.
Republican control of both houses poisons the atmosphere in D.C.
A little empathy could go a long way
The leading candidates to replace Barack Obama think America is going to hell.
Inside the emotion-fueled politics of Planned Parenthood and school shootings
I disapprove of what you eat, but I'll defend to the death your right to eat it.
Can "conservatarians" save the GOP from itself?
There is nothing 'open-minded' about using government to punish disfavored views.
Why are Edward Snowden's supporters so eager to give government more control over the Internet?
How the press turned a local issue into the first controversy of the 2016 presidential campaign.
We value individual human lives more every day. That's (mostly) good news.
Rethinking policing after the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown
An honest conversation about foreign policy requires us to confront the brutality and imagery of violence.
American politicians are systemically destroying the right to confidential banking.
Metaphors for the Obama presidency have gone from heroic to homicidal.
Paul has had a busy summer trying to roll back mandatory minimum sentencing, bar federal prosecution of medical marijuana patients, and restrain civil forfeiture laws.
As unlikely as it sounds, anti-interventionists may miss the 44th president when he's gone.
Two decades of promiscuous intervention softened the ground for Putin's expansionism.
The long, ugly journey from the Free Speech Movement to professors assaulting protesters
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