World

Politics

Pre-Emptive Lessons of the Torture Report: It Doesn't Work, Is Bad for Morale, and Shouldn't Be Repeated. Until It Needs to Be.

Nick Gillespie | 12.9.2014 8:30 AM

Politics

"Your Work Has Changed My Life": Donor Comments on Why They're Supporting Reason!

Nick Gillespie | 12.8.2014 10:30 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: The Racial Divide, the Torture Report, Demoralized Military, Tom Brady's F-Bombs, Rolling Stone Fallout, Heroes of Freedom, and After-Show!

Matt Welch | 12.8.2014 8:22 PM

Politics

Richard Posner: Privacy is "Mainly" About Concealing Guilty Behavior

Nick Gillespie | 12.8.2014 3:31 PM

Politics

And the Award for the Best Iraq Bombing Goes to…

Meredith Bragg and Nick Gillespie | 12.8.2014 2:00 PM

Policy

Copyright Extension Season

When a music release isn't really a release.

Jesse Walker | 12.8.2014 1:40 PM

Politics

Support Reason and Help Reach the Next Generation of Libertarians

Nick Gillespie | 12.8.2014 10:54 AM

Policy

Does This Mean War? Libertarian Foreign Policy Gets Real(ist)

Reason Staff | 12.8.2014 10:45 AM

Policy

Paper Rights

The trouble with international human rights law

Noah Berlatsky | 12.8.2014 10:00 AM

Policy

In Search of Libertarian Realism

How should anti-interventionism apply in the real world?

Matt Welch, Sheldon Richman, Christopher Preble, William Ruger, and Fernando Tesón | 12.8.2014 10:00 AM

World

Bad Blogger

Charles Oliver | 12.8.2014 6:00 AM

World

Vid: Garry Kasparov on Chess, the Cold War, and the West's Shameful Appeasement of Putin

Nick Gillespie and Joshua Swain | 12.7.2014 9:00 AM

Politics

Check Out Matt Welch's And Nick Gillespie's Ask Me Anything at Reddit

Nick Gillespie | 12.7.2014 8:00 AM

Politics

This is What $1,000 Gets You! Support Reason's 2014 Webathon!

Nick Gillespie | 12.6.2014 4:53 PM

Politics

How Low Can Oil Prices Go?

Peak oil? What peak oil?

Ronald Bailey | 12.5.2014 1:30 PM

Politics

Are You Ready to Ask Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch ANYTHING? Go to Reddit at 12 noon ET!

Nick Gillespie | 12.5.2014 9:15 AM

Civil Liberties

Internet Freedom Under Global Attack; Report Finds Governments Around the World Expanded Online Control, Surveillance Last Year

Governments are expanding online controls "rapidly" and adopting new laws that effectively criminalize online dissent.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.4.2014 12:30 PM

World

German Gender Quotas

Charles Oliver | 12.4.2014 6:00 AM

Politics

Support Reason…and Commit a Crime Against Nature!

Nick Gillespie | 12.3.2014 7:04 PM

Politics

Loss of Trust in Government Leads to Power Swings

Americans have less faith than ever in government and politics, leading to volatility in congressional control.

Jason Keisling and Nick Gillespie | 12.3.2014 4:31 PM

Politics

Garry Kasparov on Chess, the Cold War, and the West's Shameful Appeasement of Putin

Nick Gillespie and Joshua Swain | 12.3.2014 3:50 PM

Politics

Thomas Friedman's Favorite Dictatorship Bans Puns

Anthony Fisher | 12.3.2014 1:44 PM

Politics

If You Want to End the Drug War Tomorrow, Support Reason Today!

Nick Gillespie | 12.3.2014 8:41 AM

Culture

U.K. Censors Online Porn; Spanking, Rough Sex, Other Assorted Kink Banned

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.2.2014 1:00 PM

Politics

Another Reason to Give to Reason: We Let You Comment, You Mangy Sons of Bitches!

Nick Gillespie | 12.2.2014 12:46 PM

Politics

Reason's Webathon 2014: Help Us Raise $200,000 by Dec. 9!

Nick Gillespie | 12.2.2014 9:27 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Ferguson Fallout, Obama's Tortures, the Terrorists Are Coming!, Comedy in a World With No Humor, and Online-Only Aftershow

Matt Welch | 12.1.2014 8:03 PM

Politics

Watch "101 Reasons: Liberty Lives in New Hampshire," Great Doc on Free State Project

Nick Gillespie | 12.1.2014 11:17 AM

Politics

"U.S. Drones Kill 28 'Unknowns' for Every Intended Target"

Nick Gillespie | 12.1.2014 9:02 AM

Politics

The Outback Libertarian

In September, David Leyonhjelm was elected to the Australian senate as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party, a libertarian party founded in 2001.

Scott Shackford | 12.1.2014 7:00 AM

World

Long Fingers of the Law

Charles Oliver | 12.1.2014 6:00 AM

Culture

A Drone in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone

Footage from the ruins.

Jesse Walker | 11.30.2014 4:02 PM

Politics

Errol Morris on Donald Rumsfeld, The Unknown Known, and Evidence-Based Journalism

Nick Gillespie and Jim Epstein | 11.29.2014 10:30 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Ferguson, ISIS, Rand Paul's Declaration of War, Black Friday, Our Latest Enemy of Freedom, and #LetTheTurkeyCool

Matt Welch | 11.26.2014 4:30 PM

Culture

United Colors of Benetton Aims to 'End Violence Against Women Now' With Sexy Stoning Ad

Ready for some cause marketing gone very, very wrong?

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 11.26.2014 11:10 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Let's Try That Ferguson Show Again, Featuring Deroy Murdock, Basil Smikle, Eric Guster, Mollie Hemingway, and More

Matt Welch | 11.25.2014 7:25 PM

Civil Liberties

In Ferguson, Legal Observers Fight for Rights of Protesters

ACLU and others closely monitor police behavior

Aaron Malin | 11.24.2014 6:22 PM

Civil Liberties

St. Louis County Police Violate Court Order By Arresting Journalist Standing on Sidewalk

And nobody seems to be in charge as grand jury decision looms

Aaron Malin | 11.23.2014 11:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Police and Protesters Anxiously Await Ferguson Grand Jury Announcement

Police, residents, and protesters prepare and hope

Aaron Malin | 11.23.2014 10:10 AM

Politics

Coming to America?: "The Insane Swedish Plan to Rate Video Games for Sexism"

Nick Gillespie | 11.23.2014 9:38 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Obama's Immigration, Thad McCotter on Libertarians Rising, Ecstasy for PTSD, FCC for the Internet, Jeb's Common Core, Webb's Uncommon Appeal, Obamacare Closing Hospitals, Plus Citizenship Quiz!

Matt Welch | 11.21.2014 8:37 PM

World

Your Eyes Got Me Dreaming

Charles Oliver | 11.21.2014 6:00 AM

Politics

Watch Matt Welch and Kmele Foster React to Obama's Immigration Speech on Tonight's Stossel

Matt Welch | 11.20.2014 7:24 PM

Politics

Timothy Sandefur, Tamar Jacoby, John Tierney, Mike Baker, and The Independents Co-hosts Assess the Wisdom and Legality of Obama's Executive Actions on Immigration

Matt Welch | 11.20.2014 1:14 PM

Politics

Rating Video Games for Sexism? Ugliest Swedish Export Since Tor Johnson

Nick Gillespie | 11.20.2014 9:04 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Obama's Executive Action Play, Jared Polis on Pelosi & NSA, John Stossel on Jon Gruber, U.S. Continues to Plummet, Drinking Your own Pee, and Two Minutes Hate

Matt Welch | 11.19.2014 8:30 PM