Culture

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

Culture

Is This the Week's Worst Editorial Cartoon About Ferguson?

If you think you've seen a worse one, let us know.

Jesse Walker | 11.26.2014 11:22 AM