World

World

ISIS Frees 49 Hostages

The Turkish prisoners were held for three months

Reason Staff | 9.20.2014 2:08 PM

Politics

The Scottish Independence Vote Failed, But the Secessionist Movements Live On

Joshua Swain | 9.20.2014 10:30 AM

Politics

Nick Gillespie Talking ISIS and Threat Inflation on CNN's Smerconish at 9.30AM

Nick Gillespie | 9.20.2014 8:42 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: 'The Evolution of Terror'

Matt Welch | 9.19.2014 8:59 PM

World

Peace Deal (For Now) In Ukraine

Divvy up the turf

Reason Staff | 9.19.2014 8:47 PM

Culture

"iOS8: The Operating System That Would Be King"

Nick Gillespie | 9.19.2014 8:32 PM

Civil Liberties

Shouldn't Obama Bomb a Domestic Terrorist Outfit Allegedly More Dangerous than Islamist Jihadis?

Shikha Dalmia | 9.19.2014 4:55 PM

Policy

Rand Paul Wants to 'Destroy' ISIS Yet 'Stay the Heck Out of Their Civil War'

Jacob Sullum | 9.19.2014 4:32 PM

World

It Doesn't Matter the Scottish Voted No on Independence

Ed Krayewski | 9.19.2014 4:01 PM

Politics

"Dewars Defeats Truman" or 110 Percent of Scotsmen Can't Be Wrong

Nick Gillespie | 9.19.2014 2:32 PM

Politics

"The GOP's metamorphosis from…the stupid party into [one] that is both stupid and useless is almost complete."

Nick Gillespie | 9.19.2014 2:12 PM

Politics

How Many Billions Will Bombing ISIS Cost? What About Other Radicals?

Zenon Evans | 9.19.2014 1:45 PM

Policy

Obama Might Send Armed Soldiers, On the Ground, to Help Fight ISIS—But Don't Worry, They Won't Be 'Ground Troops'

Redefining combat.

Jesse Walker | 9.19.2014 10:47 AM

World

Makers of Tehran 'Happy' Video Sentenced to Prison, Lashes

6 months + 91 lashes

Reason Staff | 9.19.2014 10:35 AM

Policy

Friday A/V Club: That Time Jane Jacobs and Marshall McLuhan Made a Movie Together

Killing the Spadina Expressway

Jesse Walker | 9.19.2014 9:13 AM

World

An Independent Scotland Isn't to Be

54 percent vote "No"

Reason Staff | 9.19.2014 6:00 AM

World

The Implications of Scottish Independence

The country that gave us David Hume and Adam Smith could once again be a beacon of liberty, a case study in free minds and free markets.

Tom Clougherty | 9.18.2014 5:38 PM

Politics

Cowardice, Meet Politics: Congress Didn't Want to Vote on ISIS Plan, Anyway

Robby Soave | 9.18.2014 2:30 PM

Politics

U.S. Sanctions on Russia Cause Kalashnikov Rifle Price Surge

Zenon Evans | 9.18.2014 2:20 PM

World

Weekly Standard: Scottish Independence May Sound Harmless, But Just Wait Til the RUSSIAN SUBMARINES Arrive

For aficionados of anti-independence scaremongering.

Jesse Walker | 9.18.2014 11:48 AM

Politics

If Scotland Votes "Yes," Is Northern Ireland Next?

Anthony Fisher | 9.18.2014 10:56 AM

Politics

With Friends Like These: Bush Lawyer John Yoo Backs Obama's Undeclared War on ISIS

Damon Root | 9.18.2014 10:18 AM

Culture

The Plight of the Scots

'We, on the other hand, are colonized by wankers.'

Jesse Walker | 9.18.2014 8:05 AM

Policy

The Unlawfulness of Obama's ISIS Plan

Is the White House planning to run this war directly as LBJ did in Vietnam?

Andrew Napolitano | 9.18.2014 7:00 AM

World

Ticket Please

Charles Oliver | 9.18.2014 6:00 AM

World

Brickbat: Ticket Please

Charles Oliver | 9.18.2014 6:00 AM

World

'World War III Is a Very Important, Very Progressive War'

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 9.17.2014 6:29 PM

Civil Liberties

The ISIS Conspiracies

How a century's worth of anxieties about America's southern border are affecting the latest foreign-policy crisis.

Jesse Walker | 9.17.2014 4:30 PM

Politics

Obama Promises That Military Operation Involving Hundreds of Airstrikes and Troops Won't Be a Combat Mission or a Ground War

Peter Suderman | 9.17.2014 4:07 PM

World

CIA to Obama: We Already Did Your Dumb Plan And It's 'Doomed to Failure'

Robby Soave | 9.17.2014 3:43 PM

Politics

The Hyped Up Western Jihadi Fear of ISIS

Don't freak out, America has endured worse subversives.

Shikha Dalmia | 9.17.2014 1:30 PM

Politics

Shikha Dalmia on ISIS's Existential Threat to Liberalism

Reason Staff | 9.17.2014 1:30 PM

World

Justin Amash: I Will Vote Against Arming Syrian Rebels

Robby Soave | 9.17.2014 12:44 PM

World

House Vote on Arming Syrian Rebels Expected Today

Reason Staff | 9.17.2014 12:06 PM

Politics

Rand Paul: "If it was wrong not to protect the consulate in Benghazi, then it's wrong not to protect the consulate in Erbil."

Explains rationale for military action in Iraq.

Nick Gillespie | 9.17.2014 10:45 AM

World

Is This New York Man an ISIS Terrorist?

Reason Staff | 9.17.2014 10:37 AM

Politics

Why the Scottish Should Vote 'Yes' on Independence

Scotland gave the world the Enlightenment. It's time for the modern heirs of Adam Smith and David Hume to claim their freedom.

Helen Dale | 9.17.2014 9:30 AM

World

Will Scotland Stay or Will It Go?

Reason Staff | 9.17.2014 8:25 AM

Policy

Obama's Dumb, Rash, and Unilateral War

Don't buy the president's lame excuses for attacking ISIS without congressional approval.

Jacob Sullum | 9.17.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: 'Boots on the Ground' and Other Linguistic Evasions, the ISIS Non-Strategy, the War on Ebola, Smoking in New York, Obamacare Bummers, Benghazi Update, and Aftershow

Matt Welch | 9.16.2014 8:23 PM

World

John McCain Loves the Syrian Rebels, But Confuses Them With ISIS

Robby Soave | 9.16.2014 5:30 PM

Politics

Instapundit: Don't Fear the Leaker!

Nick Gillespie | 9.16.2014 4:34 PM

Politics

Get Ready for Boots on the Ground in Iraq…

Nick Gillespie | 9.16.2014 3:58 PM

World

Obama Struggles to Build Anti-ISIS Coalition

Everybody is a bit tired of endless war

Reason Staff | 9.16.2014 2:27 PM

Politics

Anthony Fisher on The Blaze's "Real News" Today at 7p ET

Anthony Fisher | 9.16.2014 1:43 PM

Politics

Ukraine Ratifies E.U. Association Deal, Grants Rebels Self-Rule

Zenon Evans | 9.16.2014 12:31 PM