Who Said It: President Obama or Jon Stewart?
10 mushy platitudes that came from either Obama's final State of the Union or the former Daily Show host's "Rally for Sanity and/or Fear."
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Obama's Final SOTU Is a Dud, Like His Presidency
Domestically and abroad, he has set more fires than he put out.
Obama to Congress: Please Authorize What I'm Already Doing
...but if you don't authorize it, he'll keep doing it anyway.
Reason State of the Union Live Tweet
Real-time reactions to President Barack Obama's final State of the Union address.
Obama in 2010: 'We can't afford' the Kinds of Results That Obama Ended up Producing From 2011-16
If the State of the Union is used as an accountability tool, Obama has a lot to answer for
Brooklyn's Barclays Center is an Eminent Domain-Created Failure
Politicians and developers stole a neighborhood to build it, but it loses money and revitalized nothing.
How Trump's Big Lie Technique Works - "Belief Echoes" from Disinformation
Politicians have an enormous incentive to "strategically spread false information" otherwise known as "lie."
This Is Not a Laundry List: The Last State of the Union Drinking Game Under President Obama
Here's when to take a drink and click a link during tonight's big presidential address.
David Brooks Is Right About Ted Cruz's 'Brutalism' & Negativity
What is the Texas senator *for*, other than defending Kim Davis for refusing to do her job as a public employee?
Black and Brown Politics and the State of the Union, With Kmele Foster
Listen to SiriusXM Insight (channel 121) at noon, and call 877-974-7487 to talk about race and politics in Obama's America
Should Teachers Be Forced to Pay Union Fees? Friedrichs v. CTA Brings Protests Outside Supreme Court
In testing the limits of individual conscience, the Friedrichs case may reveal the Court's commitment to freedom itself.
Rand Paul, Carly Fiorina Booted from Main GOP Presidential Debate Thursday
Prideful Paul won't participate in the undercard debate on Fox Business News.
SCOTUS Arguments Seem to Bode Ill for Public-Sector Unions
The Supreme Court hears Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association.
Powerball Meme Mathematical Illiteracy Illustrates Bernie Sanders' Appeal
Politics suffer from a lack of numeracy among the public, and politicians.
Rand Paul: I'm 'the one candidate that doesn't want to make the sand glow in the Middle East'
The senator talks about his Audit the Fed vote tomorrow, why he belongs on the main debate stage, and how the GOP 'needs to become more diverse, not only ideologically but ethnically as well'
How to Chat Anonymously Online
A guide to anonymous encrypted communication in 5 easy steps.
David Bowie Foresaw the Collapse of the Music Industry and Adjusted Accordingly
The singer sold "Bowie Bonds," which securitized his future royalties.
As Sanders Polls Closer to Clinton, Obama Declines to Stick His Neck Out
It's typical for the president not to endorse early, but it's a reminder there's no true 'successor.'
Listen to Matt Welch Today and All Week at Noon ET on SiriusXM Channel 121!
Call 877-974-7487 to heckle the host and Matt Kibbe about Rand Paul, David Bowie, and the 'Libertarian Moment'
Today at SCOTUS: Public-Sector Unions, Mandatory Unions Fees, and the First Amendment
Can the government compel non-members to pay mandatory union fees?
David Bowie Was an Emissary From Our Own Hyper-Personalized Future
His insistent, playful shape-shifting helped to create a freer, more individualized world.
"Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and the Missile Headed for Grandma's House"
When it comes to foreign policy, there's less difference among the leading contenders than you might think.
Sean Penn's Interview with El Chapo Helped Lead to Drug Lord's Capture
Mexican authorities say the actor's interview with the notorious fugitive kept the trail hot.
New at Reason: Getting to the Facts Behind the "Neoconfederate Alabama Cops" Story
A viral outrage story from last month wasn't all it claimed, but the truth is still disturbing.
Death Rates Rise for Young White Americans Too
It's not just midlife whites - mortality rates for whites ages 25 to 34 are also increasing
Greek Bronzes and the Rise of Artistic Realism: Power and Pathos Exhibition
What rare Hellenistic statues tell us about the ancient world and 21st-century America.
Alabama Cops, Confederate Flags, Racism, and an Over-Eager Media
Despite unsubstantiated claims that police planted evidence on black men, credible accusations of systemic racism and police malfeasance remain.
Gov. Gary Johnson on Burqa Ban: 'My Response Was Wrong'
The 2012 LP presidential candidate says "banning face veils wouldn't work, and would be impossible to enforce without infringing on basic rights."
Anthony Fisher Talks Oregon, Guns, and Obama's Tears on HuffPost Live
First Cocktail Chatter of 2016!
What Are the Odds You Know Who's Going To Be President?
Prediction markets do better than pundits or polls.
Libertarian Lawyer Clint Bolick Appointed to Arizona Supreme Court
Gov. Doug Ducey makes his first appointment to the state's highest court.
Exclusive: Gary Johnson Running For President, Call Trump's Plans "Just Whacked - Just Nuts!"
Johnson running to be a "spokesman for individual liberty" but would ban the wearing of burqas in United States.
The Charlie Hebdo Massacre: One Year Later, Still Misunderstood
Were the murdered journalists "free speech martyrs" or "hipster racists"?
You Know Who Else Would Have Crushed Uber?
Salon praises the Germans' salutary fealty to rules, since it helped get rid of Uber.
Hillary Clinton Wants to Keep Companies From Leaving U.S. By Holding Patents Hostage
Government gives, government takes away.
Worst Argument Ever Against Ted Cruz Is Donald Trump's Birther Claim
The latest burst of birtherism is a reminder of how sad the whole meme always was.
UPDATED: Gary Johnson Is Running For President
The former two-term governor of New Mexico was the Libertarian Party candidate in 2012.
Watch Matt Welch Talk Guns, Trump, Clinton, Cruz and 'Hate Speech' on Tonight's Kennedy
8 p.m. ET, and again at midnight, on Fox Business Network
"Tomorrow We Should Do More" and Other Reasons Gun Rights Folk Mistrust President Obama
Obama's announcement today uses public mass gun murder to buttress irrelevant policies, with vague promises of "more."
Vice News Reporter Freed After 131 Days in Turkish Prison
Mohammed Rasool was held as "protective measure" since August, as part of crackdown on free press.
The Rubio/Cruz Foreign Policy Debate Keeps Getting Worse
When Cruz cracks that we'll find out "if sand can glow in the dark," Rubio responds with...this?
Congressional Republicans Take Obamacare Repeal on a Test Run
It's not full repeal. And it won't pass. But it's still worth doing.
Donald Trump Displays Profound Foreign Policy Incoherence on O'Reilly Factor
GOP frontrunner says voters want "unpredictability."
Americans Overwhelmingly Support Police Body Cameras, Understand They're for Both Sides
Poll also shows people think the 'war on police' is actually real.
Federal Court Rules Tattooing a Constitutional Right Under the First Amendment
"The act of tattooing is sheltered by the First Amendment."
Nick Gillespie Talking The Politics of Punk, Henry Rollins, Ann Coulter, & Libertarianism
"Why I think that libertarianism holds the last, best hope for an America that isn't constantly talking about...politics."
