Sohrab Ahmari Is a Joke
The emptiness of conservative nationalism
The unsurprising result of conservatives complaining about Big Tech bias: less speech, not more
Their orgy of statism is un-American.
What does it mean to be an American, and what do individuals owe to the country in which they live?
His case reminds us that the misuse of government power is still the biggest threat to liberty.
If big government is the price of "good outcomes," the American right is increasingly willing to pay it.
In short, it's using the power of the state to punish his enemies and make the world the way he wants it to be.
From Sohrab Ahmari to Josh Hawley, what the new right really wants is to squelch free expression.
Defending the conservative sensibility in the era of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders.
Why libertarians should care about the illiberal Right as much as the illiberal Left.
A defense of the conservative sensibility in an era of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders.
Republicans, who have gleefully warned the public about Democratic flirtations with socialism, shouldn't be quick to gloat given the emergence of an anti-freedom movement on the Right.
The postwar era has been an endless series of rebukes to social conservatives—and a win for libertarians.
Plus: Workplace fatalities down in places with medical marijuana, bad news booze bans at strip clubs, pushback to panic about Big Tech, and more...
The move violates the First Amendment, according to the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education.
Pondering the right-commentariat's populist-nationalist vs. classical liberal split, on the latest Reason Podcast
By rejecting classical liberalism, Sohrab Ahmari and his ilk deny the dignity of the human person.
In which First Things throws a temper tantrum
More sloppy mischaracterizations from Talia Lavin, who is indeed "too online."
The president of the American Enterprise Institute says we need to reboot politics and that libertarians may hold the key.
Even for conservatives who believe in individualism, group identity trumps all.
The biggest conservative conference of the year used to be welcoming to libertarians. What about this year?
Pew survey data complicate the young/old and left/right framing of this issue.
Q&A about the rise of right-wing "grifters" such as Charlie Kirk, the death of The Weekly Standard, and the future of the American right.
What conservatives against "market fundamentalism" can tell you about libertarians without power
Tune in to Reason's livestream with the co-creator of the YouTube channel 1791.
The additional cost of adding paid leave to Social Security would be $114 billion over 10 years.
Killing Section 230 would only lead web platforms to ban even more speech.
The culture of free speech has been deteriorating for long enough that politics, sadly and predictably, is catching up.
"The Party of Lincoln is going to become the party of pissed off 55-plus white guys with GEDs," warns Republican strategist Rick Wilson, author of Everything Trump Touches Dies. Also: "There's a giant market opportunity for the Libertarian Party."
The Republican Party should take a more forceful and public stand on behalf of freedom and opportunity for all.
Trump used Twitter to blast Twitter for allegedly censoring several prominent conservative leaders.
"I'm gay married. You people don't care about that, do you?" They did not.
Devin Nunes gets the Richard Spencer treatment.
"I know that it's fun and that it can feel good, but step back and think about what you're accomplishing when you do this-are you persuading anyone?"
As on war and spending, the constitutional conservative approach to oversight is best demonstrated when the president is a Democrat.
So long as anything resembling legitimate elections continue to be held, no political coalition will gain a permanent lock on the future.
Libertarian History/Philosophy
The Suicide of the West author explains his anti-Trumpism, evolution on culture-war issues, and growing attraction to libertarianism.
Woods' agent reportedly told him he was "feeling patriotic" on Independence Day.
One reason the national political press has almost always liked the Arizona maverick? He shares their disdain for the conservative media bubble.
When Kevin Williamson isn't welcome but Joseph Stalin is
Williamson's rhetoric is inflammatory, but his views on abortion are not beyond the pale.
"Left-wing authoritarians can be just as prejudiced, dogmatic, and extremist as right-wing authoritarians."
It's the conservative version of cradle-to-grave welfare.
If everything problematic is evil, silencing and punishing everything problematic becomes a social necessity.
They used to call themselves supporters of limited government. Some still do.
In 2017, the left eats its own and the right shows its true colors.