Book Reviews
Blood and Leviathan
A Stanford historian thinks war is the engine that drives civilization. Is he right?
Sense8: The Wachowskis Bring Their Hallucinatory Visions to Television
First season of show about strangers with mysterious mental connections debuts on Netflix.
The Politics of Tomorrowland
The Fountainhead? More like The Open Conspiracy crossed with "The Gernsback Continuum."
Tomorrowland: 'Atlas Shrugged reimagined by Mickey Mouse'
Is director Brad Bird's film an "insidiously political" argument for the value of individual achievement?
Feminism, Frankenstein, and Freedom
The individualistic works and lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley
The Dark Side of Police Reform
Gay rights, black neighborhoods, and how reformers paved the way for Eric Garner
Bill Bennett's Pot Prevarications
A former drug czar's dazed and confused defense of marijuana prohibition
Prometheus Award Nominees for Best Libertarian Science Fiction Announced
Harlan Ellison to get Hall of Fame award for classic short story "'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman."
Unpacking Obamacare
How the president's signature law came into effect, and what might come next
Is Another Financial Crisis On the Way?
We didn't learn the lessons of the last crisis. Does that mean we're doomed to repeat it?
Somalia Lived While Its Government Died
"Serious" foreign policy minds care about everything but citizens' lives.
Friday A/V Club: Rock 'n' Roll Invasion from the Moon
Two Firesign Theater veterans recut some ancient movie serials into a conspiracy comedy.
New Books! A Libertarian Syllabus for Early 2015
12 new books of potential interest to libertarians
He Lived Long and He Prospered: R.I.P. Leonard Nimoy, the Man Who Was Spock
His role on Star Trek paved the way for decades of geek culture.
Friday A/V Club: World Leader Predicts TV Will Solve the Planet's Problems
A blast of techo-utopianism from 1929
Dying and in Denial
A new book offers a powerful dissection of contemporary end-of-life care, yet misses the underlying problem.
Are Demographics Destiny?
Self-interest, sex, snakes, and the making of our political preferences
Scientology-Funded Group Preaching Anti-Drug Message in NYC Public Schools
Foundation for a Drug-Free World was previously kicked out of San Francisco schools for promoting "bogus science."
Venerating Lincoln
A history of Abraham Lincoln's critics would be improved if the author weren't so smitten with Lincoln himself.
Inside Stalin's Head
A biography offers fresh insights on one of history's bloodiest dictators.
Orwell's 1984 Still Matters, Though Not in the Way You Might Think
A Washington, D.C., readathon reminds us that the left once hated this anti-totalitarian classic.
Press Enter for Ecstasy
Wall Street Journal review of the new book, Drugs Unlimited: The Web Revolution That's Changing How the World Gets High, by Mike Power
How Liberals Put Black America Behind Bars
A surprising new history about race and prison
Reason's Holiday Gift Guide
Our staff recommends some of the best books, movies, and music of 2014.
Peter Thiel's Start-Up Manifesto
Why the PayPal founder and early Facebook investor loves monopolies, the Founding Fathers, and Lady Gaga.
Human Sacrifices for Gun Control
Brian Aitken's memoirs show the dark side of a liberal desire to make the world safer.
