Politics
Introducing Reason's 2023 Debate Issue
Where libertarians debate democracy, open borders, cats and dogs, and more
Apocalypse Tomorrow: Trump's Looming Indictment
Plus: the terrible case for pausing A.I. innovation
Black America and Progressivism: Jason L. Riley vs. Nikhil Pal Singh
The Manhattan Institute senior fellow and the NYU historian debate whether black Americans should move away from progressivism.
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions
Disparaging scientists, disappearing warrants, and disgruntled lawyers.
The Shaky New York Case Against Trump Reeks of Desperation To Punish a Reviled Political Opponent
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is relying on debatable facts and untested legal theories to transform minor misconduct into a felony.
Poll: Most Americans Don't Think a College Degree Is Worth the Cost
56 percent agreed that "people often graduate without specific job skills and with a large amount of debt to pay off."
Feds Want to Penalize Overly Complicated Subscription Cancellations at $50,000 a Pop
A government big enough to "solve" your minor irritants will do plenty of other stuff you don't like.
Trump Indictment Could Be the Jolt His Flailing 2024 Campaign Needs
Plus: Evidence that social media causes teen health problems "isn't convincing," more states ban gender transition treatments for minors, and more...
Black Americans vs. Progressivism: Jason L. Riley Debates Nikhil Pal Singh at the Soho Forum
The Manhattan Institute senior fellow and the NYU historian debate whether black Americans should move away from progressivism.
Ron DeSantis Reportedly Plans To Portray Trump As Soft on Crime
Trump touted his support for sentencing reform as evidence of his "deep compassion," which DeSantis sees as a weakness.
New York Lawmakers Could Pass the Nation's Strictest State-Level Rent Control Law by the End of the Week
A controversial "good cause" eviction bill that would cap rent increases could be included in a budget bill that must pass by April 1.
Progressive Politicians Are Regulating Their Own Projects Into Oblivion
Excessive government interference in the market hurts consumers and thwarts policy goals. It also gets in the way of the government itself.
Nobel Prize–Winning Economist: Democrats Are Committed 'To Spending Other People's Money'
Vernon Smith weighs in on Biden's budget, how government causes inflation, and why bailing out Silicon Valley Bank was a bad idea.
Deirdre McCloskey: 'What We Want Is a Nonslave Society'
The economic historian and Magatte Wade, Alex Gladstein, Mohamad Machine-Chian, Tony Woodlief, and Tom Palmer are challenging authoritarians everywhere.
This Year's Farm Bill Threatens To Be a Bigger Monster Than Ever
The massive piece of legislation embodies all that is wrong with American lawmaking.
Majority Still See Hard Work, Tolerance, and Religion as Important American Values
Plus: Free speech is at the heart of the SCOTUS immigration case, the best and worst states for occupational licensing, and more...
West Virginia Legislature Enacts RFRA, With Abortion Carveout
WV is looking to get ahead of RFRA-challenges to post-Dobbs litigation.
Harlan Institute-Ashbrook Virtual Supreme Court - Round of 4
The top 4 teams of HS Students presented oral argument in Students for Fair Admission v. UNC.
Jason Brennan's "Democracy: A Guided Tour"
The noted Georgetown political philosopher offers a valuable overview of the political theory of the strengths and weaknesses of democracy.
Agatha Christie Books Get Woke Makeover, Join Roald Dahl and Ian Fleming
Books by the acclaimed mystery author have been edited, ostensibly to comport with modern sensibilities.
Federal Courts Clash Over Financial Watchdog's Constitutionality
The CFPB funding scheme is constitutional, the 2nd Circuit says.
Joan Biskupic's Barely-There Exclusives
Gone are the days that Biskupic told us things we didn't already know.
Trump's Anti–First Amendment Skylarking Is DeSantis' Anti–First Amendment Action
The former president wanted to "open up" defamation laws. The governor of Florida is about to try.
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions
Anti-Muslim tweets, inactive warrants, and anti-Muslim prison guards.
This College President Knows the First Amendment Protects the Drag Show He Canceled. He Just Doesn't Care.
"I will not appear to condone the diminishment of any group at the expense of impertinent gestures toward another group for any reason, even when the law of the land appears to require it," he wrote.
Virtue Signaling by Scientific Journals Backfires, New Study Finds
Nature's 2020 endorsement of Joe Biden changed no minds but did significantly undermine trust in science.
Maybe A.I. Will Be a Threat—To Governments
The designer of China's Great Firewall sees new A.I. tech as a concern for public authorities.
