Science & Technology
Closing the Net
Will overzealous investigations of computer crime render freedom of the press technologically obsolete?
The Seduction of Planning
Our cities suffer from the belief that only governments can plan grandly and only grand plans work.
America's Rising Sun
The doomsayers ignore unique strengths that could spark a resurgence in our third century of independence.
REASON Interview: Eldridge Cleaver
He used to plot how to kill Ronald Reagan. Today he worries about how to get blacks off welfare and into the economy. The ex-Black Panther revolutionary talks to REASON.
The Viewer Is the Loser!
Cable technology promised a TV revolution, but politicians and monopolists prefer business as usual.
Interview with Mark S. Fowler
The new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission talks about the future of television, radio, and telephone service at the hands of federal regulators
Two Utilities Are Better Than One
In Lubbock, Texas, two electric utilities are competing for people's business. How does it work? Could competition be the answer to rising electric bills? answer to rising electric bills?
Free Space!
If there's one thing to be learned from the history of technology, it's that government support entails hidden perils. We can-and should-develop space without government "help."
How Science Should Deal with Pseudoscience
Ignoring the cultists will not make them go away; scientists should devote time and effort to investigating the pseudoscientists' claims.
African Deception
A small German firm is launching rockets from Zaire. The world-wide campaign to discredit it is a fraud. Why it was done reveals some bizarre realities of international power politics.
UFOs, Bent Spoons, and Alternate Realities
Can the scientific outlook survive in an increasingly pseudo-scientific age?