Police Requests for Military Gear Are Not About Fighting Terrorism
Mother Jones reveals hundreds of documents detailing local PDs requests for "combat style weapons, trucks, and armor" from the Pentagon.
Foreign Policy
Human Trafficking in America: Myths and Realities
A Reason event on prostitution, sex trafficking, and the law
The Obama Administration's War on the Press Could Become a Touch More Literal
Pentagon manual calls for potentially treating journalists like 'unprivileged belligerents.'
The Economics of Software-Vulnerability Sales: Can the Feds Encourage 'Pro-Social' Hacking?
The question for cybersecurity-minded lawmakers should not be how to control the zero-day market but how to encourage more "white hat" trades and fewer destructive ones.
Nick Gillespie on Fox News' Red Eye, Talking Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, Ferguson, and More
Set TIVO for 3 A.M. ET; other folks appearing include host Tom Shillue, Andy Levy, and former Independents' co-host Kmele Foster.
"Clothes are freedom—freedom to choose how we present ourselves to the world; freedom to blur the lines between man and woman, old and young, rich and poor."
Here's what to say the next time somebody rags on about the kids and adults these days with their droopy pants and turned-around baseball caps...
Mao More Than Ever: Chinese Broadcaster in Big Trouble for Mocking Mass Killer
Then again, he does work for a state-run TV channel.
How Bad Does Alleged Pro-Security Legislation Have to Be to Get DHS to Oppose It?
Federal agency sees the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) as harmful, not helpful.
Does Britain Owe India Reparations for Colonial Rule?
Only if India owes reparations to dalits for the caste system
Bombs Drop in a Smithsonian Documentary and NBC Sit-Com
The ravages of Hiroshima; the misery of unfunny summer comedies
Sex Workers From Around the World Tell Hollywood to Mind Its Own Business
Hundreds of human-rights orgs, sex workers, and allies kindly ask Lena Dunham et al. to STFU about prostitution.
The Obama Administration Should Stop Lying About Iran
Iran has not been seeking a nuclear bomb.
Hillary Keeps Lying
Why does Hillary lie? Because she thinks she can get away with it. Will American voters let her?
I Mean, What Isn't Auschwitz These Days? (UPDATED)
The Holocaust: Not just for Planned Parenthood anymore!
What the State Department's New Report Tells Us About Human Trafficking Here and Abroad
Annual report looks at human-trafficking conviction numbers in America and around the world.
What Makes a Woman? Not Testosterone Level Alone, Rules Global Sports Court
Court of Arbitration for Sport rules in favor of 19-year-old Indian sprinter Dutee Chand.
Ban Killer Robots, Says Open Letter from Robotics and AI Researchers
Lethal autonomous weapons are too dangerous to develop.
Celebs Protest Amnesty International Call to Decriminalize Prostitution
Decriminalizing sex work supports "gender apartheid" say the likes of Lena Dunham, Anne Hathaway, and Meryl Streep.
The Government's Latest Attempt to Stop Hackers Will Only Make Cybersecurity Worse
"Cyberweapons" crackdown could be used to criminalize basic software-bug testing.
What Ever Happened to Mike Huckabee?
His campaign hasn't been proceeding according to plan.
Rand Paul "Different Kind of Republican" When it Comes to Sharing Data with GOP
Also: Paul's SuperPAC lags, and quotes Khamenei out of context to Kerry to make Iran nuke deal sound worse.
'People who are opposing GMOs…are leading to preventable deaths'
John Stossel asks: Is the left's scientific ignorance more damaging than the right's?
Easy New Gene Editing Technique CRISPR Conjures Fears of a Brave New World
Is it immoral to slow progress toward curing diseases and creating more environmentally benign products?
House Passes Bill to Deny/Revoke Passports for Americans Deemed to Have 'Helped' Terrorist Organizations [UPDATED w/ even more outrage!]
No appeals, no definition of 'helped,' no due process
No, American Taxpayers Shouldn't 'Compensate' Israel for the Iran Deal
The Obama administration, of course, is amenable.
Enter the Reason Media Awards and Win $10,000!
Annual competition rewards writers and filmmakers for libertarian-themed work.
David Cameron Declares War on 'Extremist' Speech
Britain's prime minister warns against "wild conspiracy theories," wants a law to stop "cult leaders" from "peddling their hatred."
Encryption Protects Free Speech: Lavabit's Ladar Levison on Online Freedom, Net Neutrality, and Cryptography
"If we are going to continue to preserve our right to free speech in the electronic age, then we need to use tools like encryption."
IJ Fights Grave Injustice Created by N.J. Headstone Cartel
Lawsuit to allow private religious ceremonies to sell pretty carved rocks
"The End of Doom": Ron Bailey on Why The Future Looks Pretty Damn Great
Advances in technology will address climate change before calamity strikes.
Peter Schiff on the Fed, Rand Paul, and the Next Financial Crisis
"What the voters want is snake oil. They want something that makes them feels good"
Trump's Dismissal of McCain's Heroism Shows Lack of Judgment and Human Decency, And Is Also Dead Wrong
When will Republican voters start punishing the serial lies of an idiocratic TV huckster?
Friday A/V Club: Anarchists Take Over Film Industry, Make a Revolutionary Children's Musical
One of the odder artifacts of the Spanish Civil War
The Iran Debate and the Echoes of History
Criticism of presidential treaties with adversarial governments goes back a long way.
2 Reasons to Be Happy About the Iran Deal, and 1 Reason Not to Be
The good that will come out of this agreement cannot be overstated. But the agreement has a significant downside too.
Obama to Iran Critics: Support the Nuclear Deal or Push for War
Those are the options, the president says, anything else is posturing
Hillary's Dirty Dance with Trump on Sanctuary Cities
She was right the first time when she opposed a federal crackdown on these cities
WTF: British Police Tweet Image of Comedian, Ask Followers to ID Him for a Larf
A stunning invasion of privacy that is chilling - and not against the law as the coppers define it.
What the 1970 Baseball All-Star Game Can Teach Us About Media Literacy
Pete Rose didn't ruin Ray Fosse's career any more than Walter Cronkite ended the Vietnam War.
