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World

Rogue Election Yields New Pro-Russian Leader in Eastern Ukraine

Alexander Zakharchenko wins as head of "Donetsk People's Republic"

Reason Staff | 11.3.2014 9:30 AM

Policy

Ebola Quarantines Ignore Experience and Trample Freedom

When did it become a badge of toughness to succumb to irrational panic?

Steve Chapman | 11.3.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

"Maiden trick-or-treater gets blade in candy bar": Hoax Countdown Begins…Now!

Nick Gillespie | 11.1.2014 11:31 AM

Politics

Watch The Independents Halloween Spectacular Tonight at 9 p.m. ET!

Matt Welch | 10.31.2014 8:49 PM

Politics

The Deteriorating Relationship Between Israel and the Obama Administration

None of this is especially shocking, considering the antagonism the administration has shown toward the Jewish state from the start.

David Harsanyi | 10.31.2014 4:31 PM

Politics

Cold War Revival?: Hackers, Harassment, and Nuclear-Equipped Bombers

Zenon Evans | 10.31.2014 1:30 PM

Culture

French Town Bans Clown Costumes Amid Nationwide 'Aggressive Clown' Terror

SPOILER ALERT: This story also involves Clown Hunters

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 10.31.2014 12:22 PM

Policy

Chuck Hagel Says We Haven't Had Enough War Yet

J.D. Tuccille | 10.31.2014 10:49 AM

Politics

Rand Paul: GOP Brand "Sucks" Like Domino's Pizza

Nick Gillespie | 10.30.2014 4:33 PM

Politics

America Cannot Kill Its Way Out of the ISIS War

This is not a simple "we win, they lose" scenario.

Zenon Evans | 10.30.2014 4:31 PM

Civil Liberties

Quarantined Ebola Nurse: 'Beautiful Day for a Bike Ride'

Reason Staff | 10.30.2014 4:28 PM

World

U.S. Treasury Struggling to Disrupt ISIS Funding

Lucian McMahon | 10.30.2014 3:18 PM

Politics

This One Picture of Telly Savalas Refutes All Fears That Progress Has Ended

Nick Gillespie | 10.30.2014 1:13 PM

Politics

Tensions High After White House Official Calls Israeli PM 'Chickenshit'

Zenon Evans | 10.30.2014 12:20 PM

World

NATO Jets Intercept Russian Military Flights Over Europe

Reason Staff | 10.30.2014 9:30 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Millennials Abandon Dems, Suderman-Computerman on Obamacare, President John eBolton on "chickenshit," Julian Sanchez on the White House Cyber Attack, and a New Enemy of Freedom That Rhymes With "Yost off 'is"

Matt Welch | 10.29.2014 8:24 PM

Politics

Tonight on "Red Eye": Anthony L. Fisher Talks Catcalls, Ebola Panic and Intolerant Berkeley Students Teach Tolerance to Bill Maher

Anthony Fisher | 10.29.2014 7:02 PM

World

Kurdish Reinforcements Reach Kobani

Turkey puts tensions aside for the moment.

Reason Staff | 10.29.2014 6:04 PM

World

ISIS Nabs New Ground-to-Air Missiles

The usual supply-the-rebels SNAFU.

Reason Staff | 10.29.2014 2:50 PM

Culture

Can ISIS Survive…Mockery?

J.D. Tuccille | 10.29.2014 2:43 PM

Politics

Sugar Subsidies Make Halloween Candy Much More Expensive, Leave Sour After-Taste

Veronique de Rugy | 10.29.2014 2:03 PM

Politics

Vesuvius Caused Less Damage Than Italian Labor Laws

Nick Gillespie | 10.29.2014 11:57 AM

Culture

Stalkers of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone

Sneaking into a radioactive wasteland

Jesse Walker | 10.29.2014 11:10 AM

Politics

What Will Republicans Do If WHEN They Win the Senate? A Limited-Govt Scenario

Nick Gillespie | 10.29.2014 10:31 AM

Politics

Did Western Aid Create the Breeding Ground for Ebola?

Aid-dependent Liberian leaders neglect the needs of their people to please Western benefactors.

Shikha Dalmia | 10.28.2014 4:31 PM

Politics

Shikha Dalmia on How Western Aid Contributed to West Africa's Ebola Epidemic

Reason Staff | 10.28.2014 4:31 PM

Politics

"How we 'won' in Vietnam, but are losing at home": Glenn Reynolds

Nick Gillespie | 10.28.2014 3:53 PM

Politics

Rand Paul: Conservative Realist?

The Kentucky senator speaks about ISIS, the Middle East, and when America should go to war

Matt Welch | 10.28.2014 3:30 PM

Civil Liberties

British Authorities Drop 'Extreme Pornography' Charge When They Realize the Tiger Is Actually a Man in a Tiger Suit

The perils of the Extreme Pornography Act.

Jesse Walker | 10.28.2014 12:23 PM

Politics

"Asset forfeiture, drug legalization, and the mainstreaming of libertarian ideas"

Nick Gillespie | 10.28.2014 11:23 AM

Politics

FAIL: State Dept. Spent $3.6 Million on Afghan Goat Carcass Game, and That's Just the Start of It

Zenon Evans | 10.27.2014 2:16 PM

Politics

Poll: Russians Fear the United States More than ISIS-Type Terrorists

Zenon Evans | 10.27.2014 12:05 PM

Politics

Should What ISIS Hostages Endured Before Being Murdered Matter to US Policy?

Nick Gillespie | 10.27.2014 9:55 AM

Science & Technology

Watch (and Cringe): U.S. vs. U.K. Media on Ebola

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 10.27.2014 7:00 AM

World

White House Not Happy About States' Ebola Quarantines

Reason Staff | 10.26.2014 5:30 PM

Politics

Obama's Taylor Swift Strategy: Shake It Off (Remy Remix)

Remy and Meredith Bragg | 10.26.2014 1:00 PM

Politics

Sharyl Attkisson's Stonewalled: How the Media Protects Obama

Nick Gillespie | 10.26.2014 9:00 AM

Politics

Why Are the Midterm Elections Turning Off Voters? (Hint: It Involves Dildos)

Nick Gillespie | 10.25.2014 10:14 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Midterm Madness, With Veronique de Rugy, Stephen Hayes, Guy Benson, Richard Fowler, and More!

Matt Welch | 10.24.2014 6:38 PM

Nanny State

Lets Not Import Canada's Sex Work Bill

Canada's new proposals criminalize johns, while decriminalizing those engaged in prostitution.

Noah Berlatsky | 10.24.2014 4:30 PM

Politics

Kenny G Backs Down on Hong Kong Support After Chinese Reprimand

Zenon Evans | 10.24.2014 12:40 PM

Policy

Ebola: The Upshot of Liberia's Western Aid Curse

Shikha Dalmia | 10.24.2014 11:06 AM

Politics

Rand Paul: The Case for Foreign-Policy "Realism"

Rand Paul | 10.24.2014 9:51 AM

World

Ottawa Murderer Linked to Jihadists

Great

Reason Staff | 10.23.2014 1:53 PM

World

Lone Gunman Behind Ottawa Shootings

Michael Zehaf Bibeau, 32, acted alone

Reason Staff | 10.23.2014 9:42 AM

World

Airstrikes in Syria Have Killed 521 Militants, 32 Civilians

464 ISIS-member deaths

Reason Staff | 10.23.2014 8:45 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents SCRATCH THAT: Your Indies Co-hosts Will Be on a Special Live Discussion About the Ottawa Attack, Hosted by Neil Cavuto

Matt Welch | 10.22.2014 7:49 PM