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Republican Senators to Plow Ahead With Kavanaugh Vote: Reason Roundup
Plus: Giving cops the finger is protected speech and Elon Musk is under fire from the SEC.
Unions Change Their Tune on Janus Supreme Court Ruling
It was the end of the world...until it wasn't.
Elon Musk Sued by SEC Over Securities Law Violations For Tweets
The SEC wants to bar Musk from being an operator or director of any publicly held company for claiming he had a firm offer to take Tesla private at $420 a share.
Brett Kavanaugh's Anger Should Surprise No One
If he's innocent, he's been falsely accused and dragged through the mud. If he's guilty, he'll try to appear innocent.
After Millions of Dollars Spent and Hundreds of New Lane Miles Built, Bike Ridership Is Down Across America
The 2017 American Community Survey finds the number of people biking to work is falling nationwide.
Rep. Justin Amash Slams 'Pathetic' Spending Bill, Reminds Trump of His Pledge
Trump will "now be put to the test," Amash says.
Philadelphia Cops Arrested for Detaining a Man Without Cause
An investigation concluded that there was no way the officers could have seen a man using drugs as they said they did.
Republicans Attack Democrats, Not Ford, Following Her Testimony Against Brett Kavanaugh
We didn't get another Anita Hill hearing. Let's consider that a small silver lining.
Dick Durbin Argues That E-Cigarettes Will Cause an Increase in Smoking
The senator's claim is based on some highly implausible assumptions.
Epilepsy Drug Is the First Marijuana-Based Treatment Legalized Under Federal Law
The FDA approved Epidiolex in June, and today the DEA made it a Schedule V drug, the least restrictive classification for controlled substances.
Nobel Prize Winner Joseph Stiglitz, Hugo Chavez, and the Return of Socialism: Podcast
Journalist and Soho Forum co-founder Gene Epstein on economists' romance with strongmen and his upcoming debate with Jacobin's Bhaskar Sunkara.
Christine Blasey Ford Was Worth Hearing, But No One on the Senate Judiciary Committee Was Listening
This isn't due process-this isn't even an honest attempt to determine what actually happened.
British Group Fighting Secret Government Surveillance Subjected to Secret British Government Surveillance
U.K. government officials insisted they didn't collect and store communications data of Privacy International. Turns out they did.
Public Transit Can't Ban "Disparaging" Ads
So the Ninth Circuit held, applying the reasoning from the Slants case (Matal v. Tam).
FEMA Director Brock Long Racked Up $151,000 in Unauthorized Travel
One of his unauthorized trips included a tour of a pineapple plantation with his family.
TSA Will Report Weed at LAX to Cops, Who Can't Do Anything About It
It makes no sense. Then again, neither does prohibition.
The 3 Biggest Lies Trump Told About Tariffs at His Crazy Press Conference
Trump says tariffs aren't hurting the economy, new steel plants are opening up, and some stuff about Canada. It's all wrong.
3 Questions To Ask Yourself While Watching the Kavanaugh/Ford Hearings Today
It's a given that many senators are acting in bad faith. But what about the rest of us?
New FAA Reauthorization Bill Tackles Seat Size, Supersonic Jets
Congress gives a nod to new technologies in renewing the aviation safety agency's legal authority, while punting on real reforms.
Dramatic Accusations and Twists Accelerate Ahead of Kavanaugh and Ford Testimony Today: Reason Roundup
Plus: Is postmodernism bad?
Murphy Brown Revival Forgets Its Roots in Desperate Attempt to Join the Resistance
It's neither funny, nor insightful. Why did it even come back?
A Flyby Analysis of Flyover Country
Two Atlantic writers tour America in a tiny plane and manage to miss nearly everything that really matters.
Another Day, Another Terrible Congressional Spending Bill
If there's something the government does well, it's spend money.
A Florida Amendment Seeks to Restore Voting Rights to Ex-Cons Who've Paid Their Dues
If Amendment 4 receives 60% of the vote in November, ex-felons would see the right to vote once again.
Don't Confuse the Kavanaugh Gang Rape Accusation with the Rolling Stone Rape Hoax
Julie Swetnick's charge may well turn out to be untrue too, but there are some significant differences between her story and Jackie's.
Like the Rest of Us, Jeff Flake Is Frustrated and Confused About the Kavanaugh Confirmation Process
Unlike most of us, he's in a position to do something about it.
Cracked Beam Compels San Francisco Officials to Close Brand New $2.2 Billion Transit Hub
The transit center will remain closed through the end of next week.
Do Laws Requiring People to Report Crimes Violate the First Amendment?
The logic of a recent Second Circuit decision suggests that they do.
Libertarian Postmodernism: A Reply to Jordan Peterson and the Intellectual Dark Web
Reason's Nick Gillespie defends Foucault, Hayek, and an "incredulity towards metanarratives."
The Marine Le Pen Case Shows That Supposedly Enlightened France Treats Political Speech As a Crime and a Symptom of Mental Illness
The right-wing politician faces prosecution and psychiatric examination for posting pictures of ISIS atrocities.
Texas Attorney General Ignores 75 Years of Supreme Court Rulings Trying to Force a Student to Stand for the Pledge
The irony is that she's protesting authoritarian police behavior.
Can California Conservatives Kill the High-Speed Rail Boondoggle?
A ballot initiative planned for 2020 would let voters kill the overbudgeted, underfunded, behind-schedule monstrosity.
New Kavanaugh Accuser Says Nominee Abetted Gang-Rape, Groped Girls, and Spiked Punch With Drugs at High-School Parties
The allegations were released on Twitter this morning by lawyer Michael Avenatti, who is asking for an FBI investigation.
Working for TSA Is Only Thing Worse Than Being Searched by TSA, Report Finds
The House report will make you feel sorry for TSA employees against your will.
Cop Kicks Teen Who Had Already Been Pepper-Sprayed
The officer is now under internal investigation. Some want a citizen review panel, but the chief thinks that would be "problematic."
Elizabeth Warren's New Bill Would Spend $500 Billion on Housing
The American Housing and Economic Mobility Act would nearly double current federal housing spending.
Trump's Bailout Won't Save Soybean Farmers
Soybean prices have fallen as much as 30 percent since planting season, and harvest is fast approaching.
Can DHS Shoot Down Citizen Drones? House Votes Today: Reason Roundup
Plus: why Gary Johnson will be good for the Senate, "toxic culture" at the TSA, the dismissal of an anti-FOSTA lawsuit, and a new economic freedom index.
A Sexual Assault and a Pot Club: Guess Which One Alaska Treated More Harshly?
Two high-profile crimes committed in Anchorage highlight a seemingly unequal criminal justice system.
A Million Little Things Is The Big Chill for a New Generation
New ABC show attempts to duplicate success of This Is Us.
Debate: Libertarians Should Be Vegetarians
Do animals have rights that humans must respect?
Bloomberg and Trump Share a Love of Stop and Frisk
Both New York billionaires overestimate the program's effectiveness and overlook its constitutional defects.
