How To Be the President's Kid
From Alice Roosevelt to Hunter Biden, we've never been sure how to reconcile American democracy with American dynasties.
From Alice Roosevelt to Hunter Biden, we've never been sure how to reconcile American democracy with American dynasties.
Some crimes linger in public memory and some crimes fade away. The Columbine massacre didn't just stay with us—it created a script for future murders.
"This bill would basically allow the government to institute a spy draft," warns head of the Freedom of the Press Foundation.
We've seen this saga so many times before.
Don't trust the do-gooders campaigning against drinking, smoking, and gambling.
The protagonist's adversaries eventually embrace modernity.
Having someone take your fast-food order on a virtual call may seem strange, but the benefits speak for themselves.
"I am not in the newsroom," the embattled NPR chieftain said over and over again.
Plus: A listener asks the editors for examples of tasks the government does well (yikes).
Argentine President Javier Milei and Tesla CEO Elon Musk met for the first time in Austin, Texas, where they "agreed on the need for free markets."
One viewer said it should be illegal to take the Lord's name in vain on TV—and that was one of the more coherent complaints.
The team's owner, John Fisher, may have overestimated Las Vegas residents' enthusiasm for a new baseball team.
Alex Garland's latest post-apocalyptic thought experiment is a war movie without a take.
It turns out that making video games and making cities are both really hard.
Ray Nayler's The Tusks of Extinction explores the value of nonhuman intelligence.
Kentucky's governor signed a law last week that could require porn sites to ask for users' government IDs before allowing access to adult material.
The author of Bad Therapy argues that we have created a generation of "emotional hypochondriacs."
A similar law in California had disastrous consequences.
The local prosecuting attorney in Sunflower, Mississippi, is seeking to take away Nakala Murry's three children.
Dev Patel's action debut is a righteous, wild revenge film.
The anime Mashle: Magic and Muscles offers an absurdist metaphor for politically driven discrimination.
Instead, the White House is pushing for similar job-killing regulations on the national level.
A locked-down high schooler started asking libertarian thinkers what people in her generation should know.
Apple's pricey new headset ends up feeling clunky.
Urban policy analyst Addison Del Mastro advances it in the Catholic journal America.
It's in cities that greater absolute numbers of religious people can compensate for declining per capita rates of religious observance.
When schools get rid of advanced offerings, they hurt smart, underprivileged students.
Ethan Mollick, Wharton School professor and author of Co-Intelligence, discusses AI's likely effects on business, art, and truth seeking on the latest episode of Just Asking Questions.
Plus: Evil tech bros want to teach kids math, Utah and Texas tackle DEI, Trump loves Sinéad, and more...
Jackson County, Missouri, voted not to extend a sales tax that would have benefited the Chiefs and the Royals.
Last year, the offices of the Marion County Record were raided by police. A new lawsuit claims the search was illegal retaliation against the paper.
In a new book, left-wing writers debate whether America is going fascist.
From struggle sessions to cancel culture, the story depicts the terrors of surveillance authoritarianism.
The civil liberties lawyer talks to Reason about the misguided impulse to attack free speech in the name of protecting women.
Free trade brings us more stuff at lower prices.
"You just can't raise kids like that anymore—it isn't safe," the cops told the Widner family.
DARE to Say No details the history of an anti-drug campaign that left an indelible mark on America.
The Turkish opposition ran circles around President Recep Tayyib Erdogan's party in local elections. It could be the beginning of the end of his 20-year reign.
"There were many of us who opposed censoring pornography...precisely because of our commitment to feminist goals and principles," says the former ACLU chief.
Plus: Illegal homes in California, Erdogan's party does poorly in local elections, and more...
Jesse Spafford's new book argues that libertarian premises lead to left-anarchist conclusions. Is he right?
Over 1,500 types of wine are protected by European Union regulations.
Willis Gibson, 13, became the first Tetris player to trigger a "kill screen."