Culture

War on Drugs

New NFL Policy Tougher on Wife Beaters Than Pot Smokers, But It's Close

The league had a chance to start changing this perception last week, but unfortunately it dropped the ball.

Ken Silva | 9.17.2014 9:30 AM

Culture

Brickbat: Eat Less Chikkin

Charles Oliver | 9.17.2014 6:00 AM

Civil Liberties

The Onion Joins Reason in Bashing the War on Moms

Robby Soave | 9.16.2014 4:53 PM

Politics

Instapundit: Don't Fear the Leaker!

Nick Gillespie | 9.16.2014 4:34 PM

Civil Liberties

Steven Salaita and the Tyranny of 'Hate Speech'

"Hate" is in the eye of the beholder.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 9.16.2014 4:31 PM

Biotechnology

National Academy of Sciences Invites Creationists to Testify on the Validity of Biological Evolution: Well, Actually a Bunch Anti-Biotech Activists

Ronald Bailey | 9.16.2014 2:41 PM

Culture

Taking 'We Report, You Decide' to a New Level

The Fox with two faces.

Jesse Walker | 9.16.2014 10:32 AM

Policy

Vermont School Bans Brownies, Says 'the Kids Like Kale Here'

Reason Staff | 9.16.2014 9:05 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: The Skies Over Baghdad Have Been Re-Illuminated, Chris Moody on Rand Paul's Flip-Flops, Jacob Sullum on Asset Forfeiture, Former Linebacker Darrell Reid on the NFL, Plus NSA, Chinese Sidewalks, Hillary, & Aftersho

Matt Welch | 9.15.2014 8:13 PM

Culture

Miss America 2015 Kira Kazantsev: One Girl, One Cup

Nick Gillespie | 9.15.2014 1:16 PM

School Lunch

Student Suspended for Selling Illicit Full-Sugar Pepsi Out of His Locker

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 9.15.2014 12:29 PM

Culture

For $129, You Too Can Look Like a Victim of State Violence

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 9.15.2014 9:26 AM

Civil Liberties

"We Serve Bacon in Our Restaurants for One Reason: We Are a Christian Nation. Not a Jewish or Islamic One. QED."

Nick Gillespie | 9.15.2014 7:58 AM

Civil Liberties

Daniele Watts and a Tale of Two Acts of Non-Prostitution

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 9.14.2014 4:10 PM

Intellectual Property

Ownership and Ideas

What's an idea worth?

Sheldon Richman | 9.14.2014 8:30 AM

Civil Liberties

Black Actress Daniele Watts Handcuffed, Detained in Studio City for Kissing her Husband in Public [UPDATE: With Links to Audio!]

Brian Doherty | 9.13.2014 10:02 PM

Culture

Will iWatch Announcement Translate to Profit for Wearable-Tech Industry?

Tracy Oppenheimer | 9.13.2014 6:00 PM

Culture

Girl Tries to Kill Family; Sheriff's Office Blames…Slender Man?

A new wave of Slender Man hysteria

Jesse Walker | 9.13.2014 4:46 PM

Politics

First Annual Food Freedom Fest Offers Reasons for Optimism

The Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund's first annual Food Freedom Fest, which took place last weekend, was a fantastic event.

Baylen Linnekin | 9.13.2014 8:00 AM

Scandal

Scandal-Tainted Former S.C. Governor Calls Off Engagement

Battle with ex-wife while dealing with Argentinian girlfriend

Reason Staff | 9.12.2014 6:40 PM

Science Policy

Elizabeth Whelan, Fierce Fighter Against Junk Science, Is Dead.

Ronald Bailey | 9.12.2014 2:47 PM

Politics

Atlas Shrugged: Who Is John Galt? Opens Today

Nick Gillespie | 9.12.2014 2:03 PM

Policy

Will Superintelligent Machines Destroy Humanity?

In a thoughtful new book, a philosopher ponders the potential pitfalls of artificial intelligence.

Ronald Bailey | 9.12.2014 1:30 PM

Artificial Intelligence

Ronald Bailey Wonders If Artificial Intelligence Will Destroy Humanity

Reason Staff | 9.12.2014 1:30 PM

Politics

Obama's ISIS War Already Hits Home: DHS Tells Retailers to Spy on You

Zenon Evans | 9.12.2014 12:20 PM

Politics

ISIS and Liberalism's Existential Crisis

Shikha Dalmia | 9.12.2014 10:40 AM

Culture

Friday A/V Club: A Soviet Filmmaker Adapts a Post-Apocalyptic Ray Bradbury Story

Forget The Day After. This is the great nuclear-war movie of the early '80s.

Jesse Walker | 9.12.2014 9:17 AM

Culture

The Skeleton Twins and The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby (Them)

Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig get serious, Jessica Chastain and James McAvoy sail the sea of heartbreak.

Kurt Loder | 9.12.2014 9:00 AM

Culture

An Endurance Test that Puzzles and Inspires

Steve Chapman | 9.11.2014 12:00 PM

Culture

Guys Who Gave Goodell His Job Hire Former FBI Director to Investigate If He Should Keep His Job

Alexis Garcia | 9.11.2014 12:10 AM

Culture

Liar, Liar, Goodell's Pants on Fire: Cops Say Ray Rice Video Sent to NFL in April

NFL commish's statements don't square with new evidence

Alexis Garcia | 9.10.2014 5:56 PM

Culture

Atlas Shrugged: Who is John Galt? Movie Premieres Friday; See Clips in New Documentary

Brian Doherty | 9.10.2014 3:32 PM

Politics

Why Do Reporters Think 'Isolationist' Is a Neutral Term for People Less Inclined to Wage War Than Dick Cheney?

Jacob Sullum | 9.10.2014 3:18 PM

Culture

What Destiny Tells Us About the Future of Video Games

Peter Suderman | 9.10.2014 12:49 PM

Politics

Bill Maher: 'Rand Paul could possibly get my vote'

Matt Welch | 9.10.2014 10:08 AM

Culture

Shame, Shame

Charles Oliver | 9.10.2014 6:00 AM

Politics

The Best Guide I've Ever Found to the Political Spectrum

From Mad magazine in 1972

Jesse Walker | 9.9.2014 9:20 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Tim Carney on Obama's New War, Killer Mike on Ray Rice, Peter Suderman on Spiking ER Visits, Kmele Foster on the iWatch, Plus Berkeley Anti-Speech Movement, Sudbury School, and Aftershow

Matt Welch | 9.9.2014 8:23 PM

Culture

Janay Rice Would Like You to Stop Watching Her Get Punched by Ray Rice

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 9.9.2014 2:10 PM

Policy

Michelle Obama Joins Upworthy. You'll Never–Oh Forget It.

Zenon Evans | 9.9.2014 11:00 AM

Policy

America's Junk Food Diet Might Be Better For the Environment than USDA Recommendations

Peter Suderman | 9.9.2014 10:38 AM

Politics

Millennial Libertarians Are Diverse

Emily Ekins | 9.9.2014 9:10 AM

Politics

Millennial Libertarians Are Diverse

Emily Ekins | 9.9.2014 9:10 AM

Culture

White House Trashes Ray Rice: 'Not Something a Real Man Does'

Reason Staff | 9.9.2014 8:15 AM

Culture

FTW: NFL's Ray Rice Suspended, Penn State Reinstated—Football Fans Go Insane

Alexis Garcia | 9.8.2014 5:50 PM

Culture

What the Bruce Levenson Case Says About Race, Money, and the NBA

Understanding why the Atlanta Hawks owner is selling his stake in the pro basketball team.

Ira Stoll | 9.8.2014 4:30 PM