Politics

Politics

Ebola: Election 2014's 'October Surprise'

Issue particularly fraught for Democrats

Reason Staff | 10.15.2014 9:35 AM

Politics

Were Quantitative-Easing Alarmists "Knaves, Fools"? No, Says Cliff Asness.

Nick Gillespie | 10.15.2014 9:25 AM

Politics

Poll: Third-Party Voters Side With Democrats on Police and Foreign Policy and with Republicans on Economics

Emily Ekins | 10.15.2014 8:45 AM

Politics

Poll: Third-Party Voters Side With Democrats on Police and Foreign Policy and with Republicans on Economics

Emily Ekins | 10.15.2014 8:45 AM

Policy

How Bogus Threats of Voter Fraud, Dangerous Abortions, and Other Phony Emergencies Make Honest Debate Impossible

Two Texas laws illustrate a politically poisonous legislative habit.

Jacob Sullum | 10.15.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: South Dakota Independent Senate Candidate Larry Pressler, Dems Fleeing Obama, The Invisible Ebola Czar, Zuckerberg's Millions, the One-Man Highway, Michael Moynihan, Mollie Hemingway, Michael Weiss, and Aftershow

Matt Welch | 10.14.2014 8:34 PM

Politics

Union Lobbyists Substitute-Teach for One Day, Get $1 Million Pensions

Nick Gillespie | 10.14.2014 2:28 PM

Politics

Republicans Are Still Talking About Obamacare Repeal. They Could Be Talking About Obamacare Reform.

Peter Suderman | 10.14.2014 1:55 PM

Libertarian Party

Libertarian Iowa Senate Candidate Doug Butzier Dies in Plane Crash

Late last night, was pilot

Reason Staff | 10.14.2014 1:33 PM

Politics

Mike Huckabee, Social Conservatism, and Hypocrisy in the GOP

Justin Haskins | 10.14.2014 1:30 PM

Politics

Douglas Butzier, Libertarian Senate Candidate from Iowa, Dies in Plane Crash

Brian Doherty | 10.14.2014 1:25 PM

Politics

Leonard Liggio, R.I.P.

Brian Doherty | 10.14.2014 12:49 PM

Politics

Watch: ISIS Releases Training Camp Propaganda Video

Zenon Evans | 10.14.2014 11:40 AM

Election 2014

Senate Future Continues to Lean Right, But Will It Actually Tip Over?

Scott Shackford | 10.14.2014 11:25 AM

Politics

The Upside of Ebola? Support for "Right-To-Try" Laws and Patient Power

Nick Gillespie | 10.14.2014 11:23 AM

Politics

The Link Between Ebola and Secret Service Hookers: Instapundit on Trust

Nick Gillespie | 10.14.2014 8:33 AM

Politics

Poll: 59% of Democrats Say Criminal Justice System Treats White Americans More Fairly Than Minorities, 62% of Republicans Say System Treats All Equally

Emily Ekins | 10.14.2014 8:15 AM

Politics

Poll: 59% of Democrats Say Criminal Justice System Treats White Americans More Fairly Than Minorities, 62% of Republicans Say System Treats All Equally

Emily Ekins | 10.14.2014 8:15 AM

Politics

Poll: 70% of Americans Oppose Racial Profiling by the Police

Emily Ekins | 10.14.2014 7:30 AM

Politics

Poll: 70% of Americans Oppose Racial Profiling by the Police

Emily Ekins | 10.14.2014 7:30 AM

Politics

The Dumb Republican Calls for a Travel Ban to Fight Ebola

If anything, it will make matters worse

Shikha Dalmia | 10.14.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Ebola Politics, Gary Johnson on Libertarian 'Spoilers,' LP Senate Candidate Amanda Swafford, Columbus Day Partying, Bobby Bones on Football Hazing, and After-show!

Matt Welch | 10.13.2014 8:34 PM

Politics

Whistleblower Monday: Watch the V.A.'s Scott Davis and the NSA's William Binney Explain How the Government Punished Them for Telling the Truth

Matt Welch | 10.13.2014 6:27 PM

Texas

Wendy Davis Defends Wheelchair Ad

...by calling her opponent a hypocrite.

Reason Staff | 10.13.2014 4:30 PM

Politics

Columbus Day: Libertarian Economist Says the Left is Right to Condemn Columbus

Brian Doherty | 10.13.2014 3:52 PM

Politics

The GOP's 2016 Shadow Primary Has Already Begun

Peter Suderman | 10.13.2014 3:41 PM

Politics

City Spends Months Debating Smoking Ban in Public Parks, Discovers Smoking Was Already Banned in Public Parks

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 10.13.2014 3:27 PM

Politics

Americans Distrust Government Too Much to Answer Census Questions, So Let's Threaten 'Em, Says Official

J.D. Tuccille | 10.13.2014 3:22 PM

Politics

Libertarian Party Candidates, In and Out of Debates

Brian Doherty | 10.13.2014 3:04 PM

Ferguson

Cornel West Arrested in Ferguson

West was in Ferguson as part of the "Ferguson October" rally, which has been attended by over 1,000 protesters.

Reason Staff | 10.13.2014 3:00 PM

Politics

Hong Kong Clashes as Cops Remove Protesters' Barricades

Zenon Evans | 10.13.2014 2:15 PM

Politics

Do Libertarian Party Candidates Always Pull From Republicans?

Nick Gillespie | 10.13.2014 1:35 PM

Politics

Hypocrisy Alert: John McCain Wants An Ebola Czar

Lucian McMahon | 10.13.2014 1:33 PM

Politics

What is the Government's Proper Role in Fighting Ebola in a Libertarian World?

Shikha Dalmia | 10.13.2014 1:03 PM

Politics

Blackwater Founder Wants Mercenaries to Fight ISIS War

Zenon Evans | 10.13.2014 11:40 AM

Gay Marriage

Huckabee Threatens to Walk If GOP Backs Off on Gay Marriage

Scott Shackford | 10.13.2014 11:20 AM

Politics

MSNBC Has Lousy Ratings—and They're Getting Worse

Reason Staff | 10.13.2014 10:50 AM

Politics

Latest Salon Interview with Liz Warren Even More Nauseating Than Usual

So exclusive. Much interview.

Robby Soave | 10.13.2014 10:45 AM

Politics

Virginia Postrel: Why Neal Stephenson, Peter Thiel Are Wrong About the Future

Nick Gillespie | 10.13.2014 10:28 AM

Politics

ATTN D.C. Reasonoids: Damon Root Discusses His New Book on the Supreme Court at Cato on Nov. 3

Reason Staff | 10.13.2014 9:40 AM

Politics

Can You Blame Ebola Outbreak on "Republican Cuts" to Health Budgets?

Nick Gillespie | 10.13.2014 8:56 AM

Politics

Should the Military Ban Smoking?

Nick Gillespie | 10.12.2014 8:47 AM

Politics

Senior Citizens Support Medical Marijuana Initiative in Florida

Paul Feine | 10.11.2014 3:00 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Governmental Breakdown, With Glenn Reynolds, Mike 'Heckuva Job' Brown, NSA Whistleblower William Binney, Thad McCotter, and Critics of the V.A., CIA, and Post Office!

Matt Welch | 10.10.2014 6:01 PM

Politics

Travel Ban: How Not to Fight Ebola

Shikha Dalmia | 10.10.2014 5:04 PM