Culture

Policy

End the Food Protectionism Racket

Food protectionism is harmful, rampant, and stupid.

Baylen Linnekin | 12.22.2012 8:00 AM

Policy

Green Bay May Penalize Homeless Shelter For Helping Too Many People

Nothing is more important than abiding by red tape

Reason Staff | 12.21.2012 5:10 PM

Politics

New Reason eBook Features Interviews with F.A. Hayek, Ronald Reagan, Christopher Hitchens, Thomas Szasz, and Timothy Leary

5 great Reason interviews in one ebook

Cathy Reisenwitz | 12.21.2012 3:36 PM

Politics

Los Angeles City Council Grinches Screw Over Super-Sized Food Trucks

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 12.21.2012 3:32 PM

Policy

Government Worker Fired After Threatening Journalists

Stupid tweets live forever

Reason Staff | 12.21.2012 3:30 PM

Culture

Years Without a Santa Claus

Puritans, pagans, and Christmas

Jesse Walker | 12.21.2012 3:00 PM

Culture

Officer's Post-Katrina Manslaughter Conviction Vacated

Convicted in 2010 of shooting man outside strip mall in 2005

Reason Staff | 12.21.2012 2:52 PM

World

Extremists in Yemen Reportedly Raid Homes over Alcohol

One woman killed

Reason Staff | 12.21.2012 2:45 PM

Culture

Student's Plan to Dress Up as Santa for School Freaks Out Authorities

Let's just avoid anything resembling a "surprise," no matter how innocuous, for the time being

Reason Staff | 12.21.2012 2:37 PM

Civil Liberties

Group Hails End of Drug War in Full-Page Ad

Sends thanks to voters in Colorado and Washington State

Reason Staff | 12.21.2012 2:23 PM

Civil Liberties

Iowa Rules You Can Fire Workers for Being Too Hot

Too sexy for this job

Reason Staff | 12.21.2012 2:15 PM

Policy

Three Charged with Murder over Indiana House Explosion

Killed a couple, decimated neighborhood

Reason Staff | 12.21.2012 2:00 PM

Policy

NRA Fights Anti-Gun Hysteria With Pro-Gun Hysteria

Jacob Sullum | 12.21.2012 1:54 PM

Culture

"Gangnam Style" Video Logs 1 Billion Views

Overtakes Justin Beiber

Reason Staff | 12.21.2012 1:23 PM

Culture

Four Dead, Three Injured in Penn. Shooting

Suspect shot and killed by state troopers

Reason Staff | 12.21.2012 1:15 PM

Policy

Mass. Trans Fat Ban Set to Hit Bakeries

One Chelsea baker says he may stop selling pastries because alternatives taste awful

Reason Staff | 12.21.2012 1:08 PM

Civil Liberties

Sacramento Officer Arrested for Sexually Assaulting Elderly Woman

Being held on $1 million bail

Reason Staff | 12.21.2012 12:37 PM

Politics

Only Two Inaugural Balls for Obama This Time

Obscene spectacle becomes a bit more modest

Reason Staff | 12.21.2012 12:15 PM

Culture

World Doesn't End

You might have noticed

Reason Staff | 12.21.2012 12:08 PM

Civil Liberties

Pope Attacks Gay Marriage on Twitter

Says gay marriage denies God

Reason Staff | 12.21.2012 12:00 PM

Civil Liberties

NRA Calls for Armed Officers in Every School

Holds press event but doesn't take questions

Reason Staff | 12.21.2012 11:40 AM

Politics

Schwarzenegger Now Joking Positively About the Marijuana Whose Prohibition He Recently Supported

Matt Welch | 12.21.2012 11:39 AM

Policy

Fiscal Cliff Could Result in Soaring Milk Prices

Thanks to archaic, protectionist agriculture regulations

Reason Staff | 12.21.2012 11:37 AM

Culture

Marijuana Might as Well Be Legal in California

It's everywhere

Reason Staff | 12.21.2012 11:30 AM

Civil Liberties

Wisconsin Court Upholds Domestic Partner Registry

Doesn't violate gay marriage ban

Reason Staff | 12.21.2012 11:23 AM

Culture

Mayan Apocalypse or Y2K?

Mesoamerican calendar confusion causes 2012 chaos.

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 12.21.2012 10:30 AM

Culture

Jack Reacher

Tom Cruise misfires in the role of an ultra-hard-boiled investigator.

Kurt Loder | 12.21.2012 9:00 AM

Culture

Fan Resentment Aimed at NHL

Third lockout in 19 years has some fans saying they won't come back when the NHL does

Reason Staff | 12.21.2012 9:00 AM

Politics

Ben Affleck Leaving Door Open for Massachusetts Senate Run

How about them apples?

Reason Staff | 12.21.2012 8:52 AM

Culture

Former Olympian Says She Worked as Prostitute

Suzy Favor Hamilton

Reason Staff | 12.21.2012 8:44 AM

Culture

Language Barrier at Miss Universe Pageant

Miss Venezuela tried to answer a question in English, with local media blaming that on her loss

Reason Staff | 12.21.2012 8:28 AM

Culture

The Apocalypse According to Bill

Greet the end of the world with William Burroughs.

Jesse Walker | 12.21.2012 8:13 AM

Politics

Russian Parliament Approves Ban on American Adoptions

As a response to legislation sanctioning human rights violators in Russia

Reason Staff | 12.21.2012 7:38 AM

Culture

Bernie Madoff's Brother Gets 10 Years in Prison

Pleaded guilty to cooking some books

Reason Staff | 12.20.2012 8:20 PM

Culture

Jake Tapper Joins CNN as Anchor

Some of us remember waaaaaay back when he wrote for Salon.

Reason Staff | 12.20.2012 8:10 PM

Civil Liberties

Judge Clears Woman to Give Christmas the Finger

Christmas lights that "flip the bird" can stay

Reason Staff | 12.20.2012 7:30 PM

Culture

Assange: WikiLeaks Will Release One Million Documents in 2013

Will they come with summaries? Because that's a lot.

Reason Staff | 12.20.2012 7:10 PM

Culture

Facebook Testing Paid Messaging to Strangers

I believe that's called "spam" and we already get plenty of it

Reason Staff | 12.20.2012 6:40 PM

Politics

Sen. Inouye Lies In State in Rare Honor

Memorialized in Capitol Rotunda

Reason Staff | 12.20.2012 6:20 PM

Policy

Eric Holder to Meet with Newtown Law Enforcement

Time to militarize, right?

Reason Staff | 12.20.2012 6:10 PM

Civil Liberties

Former U.S. Olympian Admits to Work as an Escort

Probably paid better than working at Home Depot

Reason Staff | 12.20.2012 6:00 PM

Culture

Queen of England to Give Christmas Message in 3d

It's considered impolite to reach out and try to touch her hat

Reason Staff | 12.20.2012 5:30 PM

Politics

Ben Affleck for Senate?

Could be a challenger for Scott Brown's return if Sen. John Kerry joins Cabinet

Reason Staff | 12.20.2012 4:40 PM