Culture

Animal Rights

SCOTUS Declines Challenge to California Foie Gras Ban

Opponents argued the law violated the Commerce Clause

Reason Staff | 10.14.2014 5:45 PM

Roman Catholic

Conservative Bishops Push Back Against Possible Change in Tone About Gays

Pope wants to be more accepting

Reason Staff | 10.14.2014 3:41 PM

Media

San Francisco Bay Guardian Shuts Down

Alternative weekly had been around for almost 50 years.

Reason Staff | 10.14.2014 3:30 PM

Culture

The Internet Is Changing Your Brain, Like Everything Else

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 10.14.2014 2:45 PM

Policy

Nobel Prize Winner Talks About Getting Hassled by TSA

Zenon Evans | 10.14.2014 2:15 PM

Culture

Alt-Weekly San Francisco Bay Guardian Goes Under

Brian Doherty | 10.14.2014 1:55 PM

Politics

Leonard Liggio, R.I.P.

Brian Doherty | 10.14.2014 12:49 PM

Politics

Watch: ISIS Releases Training Camp Propaganda Video

Zenon Evans | 10.14.2014 11:40 AM

Politics

The Upside of Ebola? Support for "Right-To-Try" Laws and Patient Power

Nick Gillespie | 10.14.2014 11:23 AM

Culture

Now Available in Paperback: The United States of Paranoia

With a new afterword on the post-Snowden era.

Jesse Walker | 10.14.2014 10:14 AM

Politics

The Link Between Ebola and Secret Service Hookers: Instapundit on Trust

Nick Gillespie | 10.14.2014 8:33 AM

Politics

Poll: 59% of Democrats Say Criminal Justice System Treats White Americans More Fairly Than Minorities, 62% of Republicans Say System Treats All Equally

Emily Ekins | 10.14.2014 8:15 AM

Politics

Poll: 59% of Democrats Say Criminal Justice System Treats White Americans More Fairly Than Minorities, 62% of Republicans Say System Treats All Equally

Emily Ekins | 10.14.2014 8:15 AM

Politics

Poll: 70% of Americans Oppose Racial Profiling by the Police

Emily Ekins | 10.14.2014 7:30 AM

Politics

Poll: 70% of Americans Oppose Racial Profiling by the Police

Emily Ekins | 10.14.2014 7:30 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Ebola Politics, Gary Johnson on Libertarian 'Spoilers,' LP Senate Candidate Amanda Swafford, Columbus Day Partying, Bobby Bones on Football Hazing, and After-show!

Matt Welch | 10.13.2014 8:34 PM

Politics

Columbus Day: Libertarian Economist Says the Left is Right to Condemn Columbus

Brian Doherty | 10.13.2014 3:52 PM

Policy

Ezra Klein 'Completely Supports' 'Terrible' Yes Means Yes Law

Robby Soave | 10.13.2014 3:50 PM

Civil Liberties

Ferguson October: Thousands Gather for Marches, Speeches, and Civil Disobedience Around St. Louis

At #MoralMonday and other "Ferguson October" events a diverse group is coming together to march, chant, sing, pray, and practice civil disobedience.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 10.13.2014 2:45 PM

Nanny State

I Let the Government Microwave Raw Chicken for Me. Here's What Happened.

Scott Shackford | 10.13.2014 2:45 PM

Civil Liberties

She Exposed the FBI, Then She Went Underground

The eighth COINTELPRO burglar comes forward.

Jesse Walker | 10.13.2014 2:30 PM

Politics

Do Libertarian Party Candidates Always Pull From Republicans?

Nick Gillespie | 10.13.2014 1:35 PM

Politics

MSNBC Has Lousy Ratings—and They're Getting Worse

Reason Staff | 10.13.2014 10:50 AM

Politics

Virginia Postrel: Why Neal Stephenson, Peter Thiel Are Wrong About the Future

Nick Gillespie | 10.13.2014 10:28 AM

Culture

Greg Beato: The Surprising Power of Subtitles

Reason Staff | 10.13.2014 10:00 AM

Culture

Giving Them the Bird

Charles Oliver | 10.13.2014 6:00 AM

Culture

GamerGate: Part I: Sex, Lies, and Gender Games

A controversy over videogames has become a battle in a larger culture war.

Cathy Young | 10.12.2014 10:00 AM

Culture

The Secret Truth About Conspiracy Theories!

Political paranoia in America.

Nick Gillespie, Jesse Walker, and Meredith Bragg | 10.12.2014 9:00 AM

Politics

Should the Military Ban Smoking?

Nick Gillespie | 10.12.2014 8:47 AM

Politics

Senior Citizens Support Medical Marijuana Initiative in Florida

Paul Feine | 10.11.2014 3:00 PM

Culture

Will the FCC Let Televised Football Be?

The micromanagement of pro football's television policies, it seems, will continue without interruption.

S.M. Oliva | 10.11.2014 12:00 PM

Economics

Reason TV: Mike Rowe on the Value of a Strong Work Ethic

Paul Feine | 10.11.2014 10:30 AM

Culture

Peter Suderman Reviews The Judge

Peter Suderman | 10.11.2014 10:15 AM

Policy

Who Can Put Suit Challenging Cali's Egg Law Back Together Again?

The answer? Farmers.

Baylen Linnekin | 10.11.2014 8:00 AM

Policy

Stop Referring to Gay Marriage as 'Marriage Equality'

How can one argue that gay marriage is OK but polygamy is not?

David Harsanyi | 10.10.2014 4:30 PM

Politics

Sex-Shaming: The Feminist Weapon of Choice to Silence Dissenters on Affirmative Consent

Shikha Dalmia | 10.10.2014 4:06 PM

Culture

How Everyone Can Win in the New Culture Wars—and How They Can Lose

Peter Suderman | 10.10.2014 12:24 PM

Culture

Whiplash and The Judge

J.K. Simmons and Miles Teller jazz it up, Downey and Duvall go to court.

Kurt Loder | 10.10.2014 9:00 AM

Culture

Friday A/V Club: Requiem for Jan Hooks

Two sketches from the late 1980s

Jesse Walker | 10.10.2014 8:10 AM

Culture

Is This the Rolling-Stoniest Rolling Stone Cover Ever?

Jann Wenner's comfort zone

Jesse Walker | 10.9.2014 2:43 PM

Policy

How To Thwart A Robot Apocalypse: Oxford Professor Nick Bostrom on the Dangers of Superintelligent Machines

Ronald Bailey and Joshua Swain | 10.9.2014 2:30 PM

Policy

Prohibition Strikes Again: Illegal Alcohol Kills 21 in Pakistan

Lucian McMahon | 10.9.2014 1:55 PM

Politics

New Poll: Americans Want Congress to Vote on Military Force Before Midterms, Say an Ebola Outbreak Is Likely and Kids Should Be Required to Get Vaccinations

Emily Ekins | 10.9.2014 1:20 PM

Politics

Washingtonian Mag Ranks Congress: Amash 'Lobbyists' Worst Enemy'

Zenon Evans | 10.9.2014 11:15 AM

Politics

List of 13 Creepiest Clowns Inexplicably Leaves Out Joe Biden, Other Pols

Nick Gillespie | 10.9.2014 10:44 AM