The New York Times Joins the 'ISIS Is Too Scary For Free Speech' Movement
The Grey Lady gets cold feet about the First Amendment.
Foreign Policy
Why Ground Troops Won't Work Against ISIS
Sometimes even when there is a will there is no way
GOP Voters Trust Trump to Deal with ISIS, But Is Foreign Policy Approach Too Militarized?
Expert says U.S. relies too much on military over diplomacy.
Trump-Clinton Spats over Schlonging, ISIS Recruitment, Illustrative of Bullshit Distractions 2016 Election is Centered Around
Who got schlonged in 2008? America. And it's been getting schlonged since.
Who Will Cry for Lindsey Graham? Not Matt Welch Tonight, on MSNBC's All in with Chris Hayes
Tune in after 8:30 p.m. ET to hear your resident magazine editor talk about the GOP race
The Will and the Way Problem With Defeating ISIS
Why boots-on-ground, Western or Muslim, are not a good strategy
Dutch Museum Renames Historic Paintings With More Politically Correct Names
PC hysteria: not just for Americans!
Lindsey Graham Drops Out of Presidential Campaign: 'I've Hit a Wall Here'
Four down, a dozen to go.
America's Asymmetrical War on Terror
The U.S. government and its accomplices are waging actual war. In contrast, terrorists commit crimes.
Is America's Military Interventionism an Extension of Its Gun Culture?
Tyler Cowen makes a fascinating but wanting argument.
U.S. Foreign Policy Is Too Militarized
How the military became the most powerful diplomatic tool America has - and why that won't help win the fight against ISIS.
At Least Republicans Are Having a Foreign Policy Debate
Democrats blithely marching toward fifth Bush term.
On 'International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers,' Women Around the World Demand Rights, Not Rescue
The criminalization of prostitution is at the root of the risk sex workers face.
The Latest Excuse for Curbing Free Speech? ISIS.
Law professor Eric Posner never misses a chance to scaremonger for limits on free expression.
Carpet-Bombing: Wall-to-Wall Folly
'Death from Above' has shown little success as a long-term strategy against terrorists
The Biggest Loser at the GOP Debate? America, I Argue Tonight on Red Eye w/ Tom Shillhue
Unkind words for Donald Trump, Chris Christie, John Kasich, Vladimir Putin and more, at 3 a.m. ET on Fox News
The Rubio/Cruz Foreign Policy Blues
Here's a crazy idea: How about we don't subsidize the Mubaraks or bomb the Qaddafis?
Facebook Check Wouldn't Have Stopped San Bernardino Terrorists, No Matter What GOP Candidates Say
Did an Obama-administration policy prevent the feds from looking at Tashfeen Malik's social-media profiles? Yes and no.
Rand Paul Is Virtually the Only Candidate Who Doesn't Want to Start World War III in Syria
GOP debate separates the interventionist hawks from... the one other guy.
Does the Libertarian Support for Gun Rights Lead to U.S. Foreign Policy Adventurism?
A response to Tyler Cowen
Bowe Bergdahl, Ayn Rand Fan?
Deserter is reportedly "a truthful but delusional soldier, who identified with John Galt." He faces life in prison.
Apocalypse 2016
The leading candidates to replace Barack Obama think America is going to hell.
Why the Paris Climate Change Agreement Will Fail
World leaders are looking in all the wrong places for a solution
Rand Paul Unveils Loud and Scary New Ad Attacking Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and Refugees
As campaign falters, the Kentucky senator "sounds the alarm."
Please Don't Say Radical If You Mean Violent
Nothing about the word radical implies approval of aggression or terrorism.
Muslim Women Who Wear Veils Are Choosing to Be Unequal
Even in liberal democracies, Muslim women who cover their faces relegate themselves to second-class citizenship.
The US is Heading Toward More Open-Ended War With No Coherent Mission
New bases and new commitments to defend other countries' borders mean "enduring" military conflicts.
Watch Anthony L. Fisher on Tonight's Stossel, Talking France's Crackdown on Civil Liberties
8p ET on Fox Business Network: The mustachioed libertarian TV icon discusses the French retreat from liberty in the name of security.
Hakeem Olajuwon? Go Play Ball Somewhere Else. Beardy McTerrorist? Come on in!
Matt Welch talks about Donald Trump's inanely authoritarian Muslim border policy on Kennedy
The Phony Mystery of Why 'They' Hate Us
The explanation is far more political than religious.
Watch Matt Welch Talk Trump and Muslims and Terrorism and Civil Liberties on Tonight's Kennedy
Be there at 8 p.m. ET, with a midnight re-run, on Fox Business Network
Against Bombing Syria? Sexist!
Sure, these British female politicians voted to rain death on Syria. But back to the real issue: incivility on Twitter.
French Police Push for Ban on Free Wi-Fi and Tor Browser
Two proposed laws could potentially violate the French constitution.
Donate to Reason! Because We Will Be Dogging Candidate/President Clinton's Every Freedom-Disrespecting Move
While Trump gobbles the oxygen, Reason keeps pointing out the awful ideas and practices of the Democratic frontrunner
#DoSomething vs. #DueProcess
Barack Obama's latest hashtag campaign is especially sad coming from a constitutional law prof.
"Life would be noticeably dimmer without REASON": Reason Supporters, In Their Own Words!
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Finland Wants to Replace Welfare Programs With a Minimum Income for All Residents
The basic-income scheme is meant to save Finland money and reduce the country's high unemployment rate.
Donate to Reason, Because Unlike Obama, Clinton, and Modern Democrats, We Don't React to Murder by Scapegoating Free Speech
While Loretta Lynch goes after 'anti-Muslim rhetoric,' Reason goes after pols who would crack down on free expression
Obama is Right to Call for New AUMF to Fight ISIS, But Maddeningly Vague on Its Contents
The president didn't lay out a new plan as much as remind us of what he's been doing for months already.
UPDATED W TRANSCRIPT: Watch President Obama's Speech on ISIS & San Bernardino Shooting Here at 8 P.M.
Streaming live from the White House YouTube channel...
