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Editor's Note: How Bush Outspends LBJ

Nick Gillespie | 12.1.2005 12:00 AM

Spending Overdose

Nick Gillespie and Veronique de Rugy | 10.6.2005 12:00 AM

The President's Philosopher

The holes in Natan Sharansky's democratic manifesto.

Cathy Young | 5.1.2005 12:00 AM

Four More Years!?!?!

7 high hopes and 7 big fears for Bush's second term.

Reason Staff | 2.1.2005 12:00 AM

Editor's Note: Four More Years…But of What?

Complete print edition now available in digital version on NewsStand.com

Nick Gillespie | 2.1.2005 12:00 AM

Dick Nixon Has Risen From the Grave

When will we be finally on our own?

Jeff Taylor | 1.26.2005 12:00 AM

All Tomorrow's Partisans

The culture war after the 2004 election.

Matt Welch | 1.1.2005 12:00 AM

America Unbound…or Insolvent?

Bush knows that Anti-Americanism is costly; he just doesn't care

Matt Welch | 11.15.2004 12:00 AM

Who's Getting Your Vote?

Reason's revealing presidential poll.

Peter Bagge, Ronald Bailey, John Perry Barlow, James Bovard, Stewart Brand, Drew Carey, Tim Cavanaugh, Steve Chapman, Brian Doherty, Richard A. Epstein, Charles Paul Freund, Glenn Garvin, Robert George, Nick Gillespie, Mike Godwin, Nat Hentoff, Robert Higgs, Penn Jillette, David Kopel, John McClaughry, Deirdre Nansen McCloskey, Wendy McElroy, Charles Murray, P.J. O'Rourke, Camille Paglia, Steven Pinker, John Pitney, Robert Poole, Jonathan Rauch, John Rennie, Glenn Reynolds, Louis Rossetto, Julian Sanchez, Jack Shafer, Michael Shermer, RU Sirius, Bradley Smith, Vernon L. Smith, Andrew Sullivan, Jacob Sullum, Jeff Taylor, Eugene Volokh, Jesse Walker, Jude Wanniski, Matt Welch, Robert Anton Wilson, and Cathy Young | 11.1.2004 12:00 AM

Bad Deal

How FDR made life worse for African Americans.

Damon Root | 10.1.2004 12:00 AM

Watergate Blowback

The White House's ongoing battle against post-Nixon sunshine laws.

Matt Welch | 8.1.2004 12:00 AM

Energy Independence: The Ever-Receding Mirage

30 years of presidential futility and failure

Ronald Bailey | 7.21.2004 12:00 AM

Bill Clinton, Doorman

A presidential fantasy of a life in uniform

Charles Paul Freund | 6.23.2004 12:00 AM

Reagan's Real Legacy

He missed greatness, but nailed rightness

Jonathan Rauch | 6.18.2004 12:00 AM

The Closer

A president on the right side of history

Cathy Young | 6.15.2004 12:00 AM

Jellybeans and Jitters

A nervous capital's farewell to Reagan

Charles Paul Freund | 6.10.2004 12:00 AM

Ron Ran

How Lebanon tarnishes Reagan's legacy

Michael Young | 6.9.2004 12:00 AM

The Search for the Historical Reagan

The last and greatest betrayal

Jesse Walker | 6.7.2004 12:00 AM

Temporary Doves

Why are the architects of Kosovo so down on Gulf War II?

Matt Welch | 5.1.2004 12:00 AM

Gossip Wants to Be Free

In defense of online scandal mongering.

Matt Welch | 5.1.2004 12:00 AM

Not the Same Old Hickory

The contested legacy of Andrew Jackson.

Amy H. Sturgis | 5.1.2004 12:00 AM

Do These Deficits Look Familiar?

Meet Richard Milhous Bush

Jonathan Rauch | 1.26.2004 12:00 AM

Bush's Missed Opportunity

...and its potential costs

John Hood | 1.21.2004 12:00 AM

State of the SotU

Some notes for the teams

Julian Sanchez | 1.21.2004 12:00 AM

W Is for What?

Bush may be compassionate, but he's no conservative.

Jacob Sullum | 11.14.2003 12:00 AM

Mr. Moonves, Tear Down This Series

Free speech or twisting of history?

Cathy Young | 11.11.2003 12:00 AM

Hot Air

Why bother listening to a presidential speech?

Jesse Walker | 5.7.2003 12:00 AM

Worst Episode Ever, Presidential Edition

Bush-haters and Clinton-haters

Jesse Walker | 3.11.2003 12:00 AM

The Spirit of '73

An absurd nostalgia sweeps the globe.

Tim Cavanaugh | 2.1.2003 12:00 AM

Has Bush Bitten Off Too Much?

Yes, but So Did Truman

Jonathan Rauch | 1.20.2003 12:00 AM

Bush's Winning Streak

Nick Gillespie | 10.7.2002 12:00 AM

Soundbite: POTUS and the Brain

Sara Rimensnyder | 8.1.2002 12:00 AM

Elsewhere on the Web

Coverage of Bush's address

Reason Staff | 1.30.2002 12:00 AM

Why Bush (Senior) Didn't Blow It in the Gulf War

Jonathan Rauch | 10.27.2001 12:00 AM

Bush Reveals Secret of Success

He doesn't make gaffes; he speaks in haiku!

Mike Lynch | 5.22.2001 12:00 AM

Two Men Who Would Be King

Bill Clinton vs. Elvis Presley vs. America

Paul Cantor | 2.1.2001 12:00 AM

Bill Clinton's Exit Interviews

The outgoing president enters his final spin cycle.

Nick Gillespie | 2.1.2001 12:00 AM

Bye, Bye Bill

Farewell to the Entertainer-in-Chief

Mike Lynch | 1.11.2001 12:00 AM

Presidential Blowup

In an election more obscure than an Antonioni film, Bill Clinton's real legacy comes into focus.

Nick Gillespie | 1.1.2001 12:00 AM

Capital Letters: Stump Speeches

In which our man in Washington sees Dick Cheney check into an old folks' home, watches Bush and Gore debate via proxies, and meets good-looking Libertarians with full sets of teeth.

Mike Lynch | 12.1.2000 12:00 AM

Being Al Gore

The "Real" Appeal of The Kiss

Nick Gillespie | 11.1.2000 12:00 AM

The New Presidential Identity

Charles Paul Freund | 11.1.2000 12:00 AM

Imagining Politics: Alternate Clintons

Charles Paul Freund | 8.21.2000 12:00 AM

Based on a True Story

Bill Clinton and the New Court Culture.

Nick Gillespie | 7.17.2000 12:00 AM

Albert Agonistes

What Gore's winning storyline tells us about politicians.

Nick Gillespie | 6.1.2000 12:00 AM

Assault with Blunt History

Richard A. Epstein | 5.1.2000 12:00 AM

Stupid Grandson Theory

Kennedy Scandals, Then & Now.

Nick Gillespie | 4.3.2000 12:00 AM

President Scarface

How Bill Clinton runs the press like Capone ran Chicago.

Thomas W. Hazlett | 4.1.2000 12:00 AM

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