Culture

Politics

Loss of Trust in Government Leads to Power Swings

Americans have less faith than ever in government and politics, leading to volatility in congressional control.

Jason Keisling and Nick Gillespie | 12.3.2014 4:31 PM

Politics

Garry Kasparov on Chess, the Cold War, and the West's Shameful Appeasement of Putin

Nick Gillespie and Joshua Swain | 12.3.2014 3:50 PM

Nanny State

Stop Thinking of Betting as a Vice

Bans on betting create crime and deprive Americans of useful information.

John Stossel | 12.3.2014 3:30 PM

Politics

Thomas Friedman's Favorite Dictatorship Bans Puns

Anthony Fisher | 12.3.2014 1:44 PM

Culture

Reason Writer's Book Declared Notable, Highbrow, and Brilliant

Accolades for Kerry Howley's Thrown

Jesse Walker | 12.3.2014 10:12 AM

Politics

If You Want to End the Drug War Tomorrow, Support Reason Today!

Nick Gillespie | 12.3.2014 8:41 AM

Policy

Conspicuous Calorie Counts Can't Control Consumption

There is little reason to believe the FDA's new menu regulations will make people thinner.

Jacob Sullum | 12.3.2014 7:00 AM

Rape

Author of UVA Rape Story: 'What Exactly Happened? I Don't Know.'

Robby Soave | 12.2.2014 10:56 PM

Culture

Pedophile Panic at the Salvation Army: No Teen Boys Allowed, Too Dangerous

Lenore Skenazy | 12.2.2014 2:45 PM

Culture

U.K. Censors Online Porn; Spanking, Rough Sex, Other Assorted Kink Banned

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.2.2014 1:00 PM

Politics

Another Reason to Give to Reason: We Let You Comment, You Mangy Sons of Bitches!

Nick Gillespie | 12.2.2014 12:46 PM

Politics

Did the St. Louis Rams Apologize to Police for Michael Brown Gesture? No. Should They? No.

Nick Gillespie | 12.2.2014 12:00 PM

Gay Marriage

Scott Shackford on Huffington Post Live at 11:10 a.m. (Eastern), Discussing Separating the Church and State on Gay Marriage

Scott Shackford | 12.2.2014 10:00 AM

Politics

Reason's Webathon 2014: Help Us Raise $200,000 by Dec. 9!

Nick Gillespie | 12.2.2014 9:27 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Ferguson Fallout, Obama's Tortures, the Terrorists Are Coming!, Comedy in a World With No Humor, and Online-Only Aftershow

Matt Welch | 12.1.2014 8:03 PM

Culture

Chris Rock Stopped Performing for Students Because Everything Offends Them

Robby Soave | 12.1.2014 6:55 PM

Science & Technology

'When Reason Fails, Boobs Have a Chance'

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 12.1.2014 2:19 PM

Culture

U.S. Abortion Rate Reaches Lowest Level Since Early '70s

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.1.2014 11:30 AM

Politics

Watch "101 Reasons: Liberty Lives in New Hampshire," Great Doc on Free State Project

Nick Gillespie | 12.1.2014 11:17 AM

Los Angeles

L.A. May Legalize Its Strongest Drug: Street-Vended, Bacon-Wrapped Hot Dogs

Scott Shackford | 12.1.2014 11:10 AM

Culture

Is the UVA Rape Story a Gigantic Hoax?

Robby Soave | 12.1.2014 9:10 AM

Politics

Today at SCOTUS: When Do Facebook Rants Qualify As 'True Threats' of Violence?

Damon Root | 12.1.2014 8:30 AM

Culture

TV's Greatest Sleazebag

Zenon Evans | 12.1.2014 7:00 AM

Culture

Rosewater

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 12.1.2014 7:00 AM

Culture

Thrown for a Loss

Scott Shackford | 12.1.2014 7:00 AM

Culture

Make Your Own Metro

Robby Soave | 12.1.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

Brickbats

Charles Oliver | 12.1.2014 7:00 AM

Nanny State

Food Ban Fail

How the cookie crumbles

Zenon Evans | 12.1.2014 7:00 AM

Policy

FDA Plan to Make Americans Slimmer Will Reduce Fresh Food Options

Mandate for more nutritional labeling comes with a hefty price tag.

Steve Chapman | 12.1.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

Ex Cop: Everyone Behaves Better When They're on Video

Joshua Swain | 11.30.2014 5:00 PM

Culture

A Drone in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone

Footage from the ruins.

Jesse Walker | 11.30.2014 4:02 PM

Politics

America's 3 Most Fee-Ridden Cities

Zach Weissmueller | 11.30.2014 1:00 PM

Policy

The Ghetto Archipelago

Life in an inner-city police state

J.D. Tuccille | 11.30.2014 10:00 AM

Policy

Cops vs. Cameras: The Killing of Kelly Thomas and The Power of New Media

Paul Detrick | 11.29.2014 3:00 PM

Music

Free Speech and Free Jazz

A documentary captures the life of civil libertarian and music critic Nat Hentoff.

Kurt Loder | 11.29.2014 12:00 PM

Politics

Errol Morris on Donald Rumsfeld, The Unknown Known, and Evidence-Based Journalism

Nick Gillespie and Jim Epstein | 11.29.2014 10:30 AM

Policy

The FDA's Menu-Labeling Mistake

This is a really bad idea.

Baylen Linnekin | 11.29.2014 8:00 AM

Culture

The First Trailer for the New Star Wars Trilogy Is Here and It's Great

Peter Suderman | 11.28.2014 11:25 AM

Pakistan

Pakistani Actress Veena Malik Sentenced to 26 Years in Prison for "Malicious Acts of Blasphemy"

Ed Krayewski | 11.28.2014 9:00 AM

Book Reviews

Peter Thiel's Start-Up Manifesto

Why the PayPal founder and early Facebook investor loves monopolies, the Founding Fathers, and Lady Gaga.

Dan Mindus | 11.28.2014 8:30 AM

Politics

Suspicious Minds

The '70s saw a strange interplay of skepticism and nostalgia.

Jesse Walker | 11.27.2014 3:00 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Ferguson, ISIS, Rand Paul's Declaration of War, Black Friday, Our Latest Enemy of Freedom, and #LetTheTurkeyCool

Matt Welch | 11.26.2014 4:30 PM

Culture

Is Challenging 'Rape Culture' Claims an Idea Too Dangerous for University Students?

Debating assumptions about sexual violence drives Brown University over the brink.

Wendy McElroy | 11.26.2014 2:00 PM

Politics

Watch Anthony L. Fisher on Fox News' "Red Eye" Tonight at 3am ET/12am PT (For Real This Time)

Anthony Fisher | 11.26.2014 1:50 PM