Culture

Culture

'Innocence Stolen?' Maybe Not. Suspicion Cast on Sex-Trafficking Tale at Heart of Eden

Another high-profile sex trafficking yarn is coming unraveled.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 6.12.2014 2:22 PM

Politics

Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones, But the Rolling Stones Should Be Banned From Trader Joe's!

Matt Welch | 6.12.2014 2:16 PM

Politics

What's a Gun-Loving Liberal to Do?

Caught between the Democrats and the NRA.

Jesse Walker | 6.12.2014 1:01 PM

Economics

Obama: 'The World Is Less Violent Than It Has Ever Been.' He's Right!

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 6.12.2014 11:39 AM

Politics

Hey Republicans: If You Reduce Cantor's Loss to Immigration Reform, You Will Keep Losing

Nick Gillespie | 6.12.2014 9:47 AM

Culture

Are You a Goer? Are You a Sport?

Charles Oliver | 6.12.2014 6:00 AM

Culture

Brickbat: Are You a Goer? Are You a Sport?

Charles Oliver | 6.12.2014 6:00 AM

Politics

How Pot Went Legit: Livestream with Weed Land author Peter Hecht Tonight at 7PT/10ET

Reason Staff | 6.11.2014 7:15 PM

Culture

Activists Lobbying for Federal Department of Photoshop Fails

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 6.11.2014 5:01 PM

Politics

Can a 'Libertarian Moment' in Politics Be Very Libertarian?

David Brat, Rand Paul, and the limits of electoral libertarianism in a two-party world

Brian Doherty | 6.11.2014 4:31 PM

Politics

Eric Cantor Loss: One Down, 200 More Small-Government Fakers to Go

Nick Gillespie | 6.11.2014 2:46 PM

Politics

Pro-Russian Separatists Are Flying the Confederate Flag. Why?

Zenon Evans | 6.11.2014 12:02 PM

Economics

Fighting Hunger: Mutual Aid in Tucson

Civil society in action.

Jesse Walker | 6.11.2014 10:40 AM

Politics

Our Short National Cheese Nightmare Is Over: FDA Backtracks on Wood-Aged Cheese

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 6.11.2014 10:10 AM

Policy

Are School Homicides 'Becoming the Norm'?

Don't assume schools are getting more violent.

Jesse Walker | 6.11.2014 8:04 AM

Policy

A Little Appeasement Never Hurt

Charles Oliver | 6.11.2014 6:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Brickbat: A Little Appeasement Never Hurt

Charles Oliver | 6.11.2014 6:00 AM

Culture

Reconciling Robert Heinlein's Ideological Range: A Coherent But Original Writer

Brian Doherty | 6.10.2014 7:07 PM

Culture

Catlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand Believed in the Objective Value of Cats; House-Training Them, Not So Much.

Nick Gillespie | 6.10.2014 4:58 PM

Civil Liberties

Universities Void Freedom of Religious Association in the Name of Tolerance

Could the Squirrel Lover's Club be forced to recognize a club president who hates squirrels?

Robby Soave | 6.10.2014 1:42 PM

Politics

We Should Ignore Michelle Obama

What exactly qualifies her to oversee a "major transformation of our nation's school-lunch program"?

Windsor Mann | 6.10.2014 1:30 PM

Culture

CIA Joins Twitter, Starts Off With a Groaner

Ed Krayewski | 6.10.2014 11:50 AM

Politics

Rand Paul: People are Calling for a "Libertarian Moment"

Nick Gillespie | 6.10.2014 11:15 AM

Culture

Slender Man Now Linked to Ludicrous Media Hysteria

The creepypasta panic of 2014

Jesse Walker | 6.10.2014 10:08 AM

Policy

Why's This Sheriff Need an MRAP? Because the U.S. 'Is a War Zone'

Zenon Evans | 6.10.2014 9:25 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Mark Hannah & Deneen Borelli on the Las Vegas Shooting & Hillary's Poverty; Eli Lake on Bergdahl, Michael Malice on the New NoKo Prisoner, Dan Caldwell on the V.A., Plus Sexy After-Show

Matt Welch | 6.9.2014 8:15 PM

Culture

Who Says Reasonoids Don't Hang Out With 1970s Rock Stars? Shikha Dalmia Paparazzis Aerosmith's Steven Tyler.

J.D. Tuccille | 6.9.2014 6:10 PM

Culture

Linking Without Consent: The New (Imagined) Tragedy of the Twitter Commons

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 6.9.2014 4:48 PM

Culture

Rik Mayall, RIP

Farewell to Rick of The Young Ones

Jesse Walker | 6.9.2014 12:22 PM

Politics

Cleveland Wants 'Sin Tax' To Become 'Win Tax' for Sports Teams

Zenon Evans | 6.9.2014 12:00 PM

Nanny State

FDA to Save Us From Scourge of Wood-Aged Artisanal Cheese

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 6.9.2014 11:35 AM

Culture

The Vegas Shootings, the Bundy Ranch, and the Splits on the Radical Right

The dynamics of radical politics.

Jesse Walker | 6.9.2014 11:19 AM

Culture

Welcome to the Naked Future

Celebrating the death of privacy

Ronald Bailey | 6.8.2014 10:00 AM

Police Abuse

The Onion Satirizes Police Brutality

Ed Krayewski | 6.7.2014 10:34 AM

Policy

New York City's Soda Ban is a Loser

New York City's ridiculous soda ban had its final day in court this week. Here's why the state's highest court should strike down the ban.

Baylen Linnekin | 6.7.2014 8:00 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: The War on Men

Matt Welch | 6.6.2014 8:59 PM

Politics

Libertarianism 3.0; Koch And A Smile

The visionary brothers' paradigm could frustrate the left and alter the right by fusing social tolerance with fiscal responsibility.

Nick Gillespie | 6.6.2014 5:15 PM

Politics

Brooklyn Bids for 2016 Democratic National Convention

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 6.6.2014 4:40 PM

Civil Liberties

Thought Police Force Local Baker to Participate in Gay Wedding. Will They Make Orthodox Rabbis and Imams Perform Gay Weddings, Too?

In Colorado, the Constitution is subordinate to hurt feelings and nuptial pastries.

David Harsanyi | 6.6.2014 4:30 PM

Policy

House Alarm Accidentally Triggered, Cops Shoot Dysplasia-Stricken Dog

Zenon Evans | 6.6.2014 1:51 PM

Civil Liberties

Don't Accept Jonah Hill's Apology! And Ignore His Offensive Comments Too!

Nick Gillespie | 6.6.2014 1:09 PM

Video Games

Survey Says What We Should All Know by Now: Gamers Aren't Antisocial Shut-ins

Scott Shackford | 6.6.2014 12:45 PM

Politics

Friday A/V Club: Jerry Brown and Francis Ford Coppola's 'Transmission From Some Clandestine Place on Mars'

One of the strangest live political broadcasts of all time.

Jesse Walker | 6.6.2014 11:09 AM

Civil Liberties

Florida County Tickets Woman for Sunbathing Topless on the Beach

Brittany Morrisey | 6.6.2014 11:00 AM

Policy

Cops Arrest Drunk Guy, Politely Apologize for Giggling at Him

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 6.6.2014 10:30 AM