David Boaz on Libertarianism, Ronald Reagan, and the 2024 Election
"There's all these illiberals on the left, there's all these illiberals on the right, and yet liberalism endures," says the longtime executive vice president of the Cato Institute.
"There's all these illiberals on the left, there's all these illiberals on the right, and yet liberalism endures," says the longtime executive vice president of the Cato Institute.
"I have a history of being the only vote that was a 'no,'" the Kentucky Republican tells Reason.
Is podcaster Coleman Hughes a state capacity libertarian?
Comedian Shane Mauss on the democratization of mushrooms, LSD, cannabis, DMT, and ketamine
Former Gov. Jeb Bush makes the case for why "Florida works pretty good."
The Dirty Jobs host on “essential” work, college, and the skills gap
The Fox libertarian on why joking around is a vital form of free expression
The Semafor editor and former BuzzFeed News editor in chief on the online media explosion of the 2000s.
The so-called father of capitalism was not available for comment, so we talked to another economist, Adam C. Smith.
Is the A.I. breakthrough for real this time?
Intelligence Squared U.S. has a new name and ambitions to host presidential debates.
Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears wants state education dollars "to follow the child instead of the brick building."
The authors of Superabundance make a strong case that more people and industrialization mean a richer, more prosperous world.
Philadelphia's progressive district attorney tried to enact criminal justice reform—and got impeached for his trouble.
The Monty Python legend on giving offense and getting laughs
He spent his government career thinking about space. Then he got to fly.
"While we are dribbling a ball on the other side of the ocean, people are losing their loved ones, losing their lives, and losing their hopes."
Jimmy Wales talks about why his online encyclopedia works, how to improve social media, and why Section 230 isn't the real problem with the internet.
Colorado's governor on parenting, partisanship, and sensible pandemic responses
The Hereticon organizer on deplatforming, tribalism, and why tech dudes and journalists are natural enemies
Substack's Hamish McKenzie on censorship, discourse, and Joe Rogan.
San Fransicko author Michael Shellenberger on homelessness, crime, addiction, and his differences with progressives and libertarians.
Linguist John McWhorter on the ways social justice activists have betrayed black Americans.
"The only crime of most of us was that we were Uyghur Muslims," says Ziyawudun.
The octogenarian columnist has a lot to say about happiness and history in the United States.
The greatest chess player in modern history on how the Soviet Union lost to the free world.
"If you want to fight the impulse that we human beings have to feel better than others," says Chloé Valdary, "it's a bad idea to make people so insecure."
The Wyoming Republican explains why she's long on bitcoin.
Jane Coaston on the polarization of everything.
Dr. Lee Gross' direct primary care practice takes the complexity and unaffordability out of health care.
A conversation with Whole Earth Catalog founder, Merry Prankster, and woolly mammoth de-extinctionist Stewart Brand.
Neuropsychopharmacologist Carl Hart says most of what the public knows about drugs is both scary and wrong.
Psychiatrist Sally Satel on her eye-opening year at a clinic in Ironton, Ohio
When the feds failed to track COVID-19, Emily Oster stepped in.
What went wrong at the outlet he co-founded, what's wrong with the ACLU, and what might go wrong in the Biden administration
Former Executive Director Ira Glasser discusses the past, present, and increasingly shaky future of free speech.
Kindly Inquisitors author Jonathan Rauch on the never-ending battle to defend free speech
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos on schooling during COVID-19, the future of higher ed, and why her cabinet department probably shouldn't exist at all
The Washington Post's Radley Balko was a pioneer in reporting on the disastrous consequences of police militarization and the need for criminal justice reform. Now everyone else is catching up.
Cheese shop owner Jill Erber on why she's keeping her store open to take care of her customers and her community
Rick Doblin, a leading force in America's psychedelic renaissance, imagines a world of "mass mental health" facilitated by formerly demonized drugs.
Matt Ridley on how the coronavirus caught him by surprise, the crucial role of dissent in politics, and the importance of innovation for survival
The Dispatch senior editor on the value of liberalism and the problems with the new nationalist right
Historian Amity Shlaes on the good intentions and bad results of LBJ's war on poverty
The decorated filmmaker didn't expect the dramatic reaction to his "toxic" documentary about Trump's former aide-de-camp.
"If 2018 was the year that the concept of 'cancel culture' went mainstream, then 2019 may be the year that cancel culture cancels itself."
She's not a libertarian, but Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is shaking up the race for the Democratic nomination.