Culture

Civil Liberties

How a Suburban SWAT Team Sees Itself

The culture of militarized police work

Jesse Walker | 8.13.2014 2:50 PM

Culture

'Civilian' Drones: Coming Soon to Your Neighborhood?

If government will just relax its regulatory chokehold, private drones could fill the skies with happy new possibilities.

John Stossel | 8.13.2014 12:00 PM

Politics

The Weird Wide Web: ISIS Supporters Tweet About Robin Williams' Death

Zenon Evans | 8.13.2014 11:00 AM

Culture

Bad Assignment

Charles Oliver | 8.13.2014 6:00 AM

Culture

Brickbat: Bad Assignment

Charles Oliver | 8.13.2014 6:00 AM

Celebrities

Lauren Bacall Dead at 89

Suffered a stroke

Reason Staff | 8.12.2014 8:10 PM

Civil Liberties

As LGBT Rights Flourish, the Gay Games Have Enduring Value to the Community

Everyone, straight or gay, bleeds when thrown off a thousand pound animal.

Zenon Evans | 8.12.2014 4:31 PM

Culture

Obama, Celebrities React to Death of Robin Williams

Reason Staff | 8.12.2014 9:34 AM

Politics

Which is Worse: Beating Your Wife or Carrying a Gun with a Permit?

Nick Gillespie | 8.12.2014 8:33 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: The Lawyer for Shaneen Allen, the Writer of That NYT Mag Piece, the Mom Who Claims Cannabis Saved Her Kid, Plus Iraq War, St. Louis Riots, Tony Stewart, Robin Williams, and After-Show

Matt Welch | 8.11.2014 8:17 PM

Politics

Village Voice Writer States Falsely That Reason Defends Bigoted Bakers More Than the Right of Gays to Be Legally Married

Matt Welch | 8.11.2014 7:28 PM

Culture

Robin Williams Dead at 63

Back to Ork

Reason Staff | 8.11.2014 7:24 PM

Politics

Anthony L. Fisher on Fox News' "Red Eye" Tonight: 3a ET/12a PT

Anthony Fisher | 8.11.2014 6:44 PM

Journalism

Pulitzer Winners Call for End of DOJ Pursuit of Journalist's Testimony, Not That the Feds Will Care

Scott Shackford | 8.11.2014 3:45 PM

Policy

Sucking the Life Out of Detroit—With a New Sports Stadium

Jason Keisling and Shikha Dalmia | 8.11.2014 2:00 PM

Nanny State

No Clever Innovation Goes Unpunished: Maine Shuts Down Really Awesome Food Boat (UPDATE: Reprieve!)

Scott Shackford | 8.11.2014 11:00 AM

Politics

A Look Inside Obama's PR Machine

"I am who the media says I am." - Barack Obama, 2006.

Todd Krainin | 8.10.2014 5:00 PM

Politics

UPDATED 8/11!: Liberals, Conservatives Say The "Libertarian Moment" Is So Far From Happening That It's Not Even Funny, Man.

Nick Gillespie | 8.10.2014 4:33 PM

Economics

NCAA Loses Ed O'Bannon Video Game Case, Judge and Public Agree Athletes Should Be Paid When Their Likenesses Are Used

Ruling is latest in string of lawsuits against the organization

Alexis Garcia | 8.9.2014 2:01 PM

Civil Liberties

Fooling the Cameras

Leo Selvaggio plans to confound the world's surveillance systems by distributing lifelike masks of his own face.

Jesse Walker | 8.9.2014 12:00 PM

Policy

The FDA's Idiotic Attack on 'Added' Ingredients

The FDA's growing crackdown on added food ingredients just doesn't add up.

Baylen Linnekin | 8.9.2014 8:00 AM

Sports

NCAA Athletes *Can* Make Money, Says Court

Reason Staff | 8.8.2014 9:44 PM

Politics

Jonathan Chait is Wrong About Reason's Polling

Emily Ekins | 8.8.2014 5:05 PM

Policy

How Parents in Prison Lose Their Kids Because They Can't Afford to Call Home

Brittany Morrisey | 8.8.2014 3:59 PM

Policy

What's an 'Economic Patriot' to Do About the Surge of Expats Renouncing U.S. Citizenship?

J.D. Tuccille | 8.8.2014 12:58 PM

Culture

The End of McFood?

Customizable food chains like Chipotle winning out.

Reason Staff | 8.8.2014 12:20 PM

Politics

E-Cig Vote Reveals a Ban-Happy Mindset

Our public servants are anti-science and pro-nanny.

Steven Greenhut | 8.8.2014 12:00 PM

Culture

Peter Suderman Reviews the New Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Peter Suderman | 8.8.2014 10:32 AM

Politics

Friday A/V Club: Woody Allen's Lost Nixon Movie

A mockumentary that PBS wouldn't air

Jesse Walker | 8.8.2014 9:32 AM

Culture

What If: A Rom-Com Gem. Land Ho!: A Charming Indie Road Trip.

Zoe Kazan and Daniel Radcliffe in love and confusion, and two unconquerable codgers on an Icelandic adventure.

Kurt Loder | 8.8.2014 9:00 AM

Torture

The New York Times Discovers Word 'Torture' in Its Dictionary, Dusts It Off

Scott Shackford | 8.7.2014 6:01 PM

Policy

In 1997, the FDA Set Out to Regulate Tic Tacs. They're Still at It.

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 8.7.2014 4:50 PM

Iraq

Obama Thinking About Bombing Iraq Some More

No final decision has been made.

Reason Staff | 8.7.2014 2:59 PM

Policy

Police Department Sorry It Got Caught Denying Owning Drone

Zenon Evans | 8.7.2014 12:52 PM

Culture

White Americans' Support for Prison-Industrial Complex Grows With Knowledge That It's Harder on Blacks

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 8.7.2014 12:15 PM

Politics

Some Supplemental Reason Reading (and Viewing) on 'The Libertarian Moment'

Matt Welch | 8.7.2014 11:07 AM

Culture

What Will Happen to College Radio?

A rough period for student-run stations.

Jesse Walker | 8.7.2014 10:01 AM

Politics

Common Core: Is it the Solution Reformers are Hoping For?

Nick Gillespie and Amanda Winkler | 8.6.2014 5:13 PM

Russia

Find Mama's Borscht Recipe: Russia to Ban Food Imports from US, EU

Tit continues to meet Tat.

Reason Staff | 8.6.2014 4:25 PM

Civil Liberties

Mom Arrested for Letting Kid Play in Lego Store While She Shopped

Don't take your eyes off your kids before they are legally old enough to join the Army.

Lenore Skenazy | 8.6.2014 12:31 PM

Civil Liberties

Patrolmen Without Borders

U.S. Border Patrol agents are routinely harassing American citizens who just want to drive home from work.

John Stossel | 8.6.2014 12:00 PM

Culture

Copyright Absurdity: Reagan Biographer Gets Paraphrased, Demands $25 Million

This week in preposterous legal threats

Jesse Walker | 8.6.2014 9:05 AM

Politics

What Congress Edited on Wikipedia Today: Snowden, Manning, Cato, More

Zenon Evans | 8.5.2014 6:05 PM

Politics

New Jersey Supreme Court: 'Violent, Profane, and Disturbing Rap Lyrics' Inadmissible in Attempted Murder Trial

Damon Root | 8.5.2014 11:14 AM

Civil Liberties

Mom Sues TV Station for Falsely Claiming She Left Kids in Hot Car

I'm glad this mama is shaming the haters back.

Lenore Skenazy | 8.5.2014 11:10 AM