Rejecting Rand Paul's Budget, Republicans Commit to Fiscal Irresponsibility
Even the suggestion that defense spending could be cut is enough to scare most Republicans away from a facing fiscal reality.
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Google Now Deindexing Some Web Pages Based on FDA's Administrative Agency Findings
A new Google policy calls for such deindexing based on administrative agency findings-without a court order-in cases where the agency is "charged with protecting consumers' physical safety from harm by products or services that they consume."
Reason Nominated for a Record 30 Southern California Journalism Awards
From "Game of Thrones: Libertarian Edition" to depressing criminal-justice investigations to this here blog, Reason's eclectic 2017 work receives some industry recognition.
Hooray! U.S. Fertility Rate Falls to 40-Year Low
Exercising reproductive freedom is a good thing.
Do You Hear "All Immigrants Are Animals" or "MS-13 Are Animals"?
Forget Yanni vs. Laurel. Donald Trump's latest controversy gets at the heart of what divides us.
Canadian City Leaders Declare Anarchy Symbol to Be Hate Speech
When government has the power to censor, ultimately it will look for excuses to suppress opposition.
More Wind and Solar Power Perversely Locks In Fossil Fuel Generation
Skip renewables for zero-carbon electricity and go directly to nuclear
2 in 5 Top-Ranking Liberal Arts Schools Have No Full-Time Republican Professors
New study explores liberal bias of university faculty-it's worse than we thought
In Win For Fathers' Rights, Kentucky Says Judges Must Presume Shared Parenting In Child Custody Battles
The presumption applies even when one or more of the parents is opposed.
Trade Hearing Highlights Staggering Number of Losers From Trump's Tariff Plan
Trump wants tariffs on 1,300 Chinese-made goods. Dozens of American businessmen and women are in Washington this week to explain why that's an awful idea.
New Hate Crime Bill Protecting Cops Passes House Despite Clear 10th Amendment Violation: Reason Roundup
Plus: Why FOSTA is "unambiguously evil" and fighting back against "pasteurization without representation."
UC Davis Law School Commencement 1978: California Supreme Court Justice Stanley Mosk's Finest Hour
Students were enraged over his opinion for the California Supreme Court holding race-preferential admissions unconstitutional in Bakke v. University of California Regents. They demanded that he withdraw as Commencement speaker. He refused. "Judges," he told them, "cannot be intimidated," and "Lawsuits are won and lost in the courtrooms, not in the streets."
Seattle's Idiotic Tax on Amazon
The tyranny of local government was on full display this week.
Sports Betting Will Complete the Gambling Revolution
Judging the outcome of this week's SCOTUS opinion allowing states to legalize sports gambling.
Would AG Sessions Have Sent Ayaan Hirsi Ali Back to Somalia to be Killed?
He is questioning the legitimacy of private violence against women as valid grounds for asylum
Senate Votes to Halt Net Neutrality Repeal
Today's vote is a mostly symbolic victory for supporters of the Obama-era internet regulations.
Deputy Who Failed to Engage Parkland Shooter Gets $104,000 Annual Pension for Life
A travesty that sheds light on public retirement costs in Florida and around the country
Arizonans Get More Freedom to Operate Food Trucks, Grow Hemp
Maybe don't do both, though.
Broader Implications of the Supreme Court's Sports Gambling Decision
Commentators are right to suggest that Murphy v. NCAA will help sanctuary cities, but wrong to claim it is like to undermine federal laws restricting state taxes.
Nevada Records Show 'Opioid-Related' Deaths Usually Involve Illicit Drugs or Mixtures
Deaths attributed solely to pain pills are rare in Clark County.
This Year's Farm Bill Is Everything Wrong With Washington
The bill is full of handouts to wealthy businesses and other special interests.
John McCain: It 'Wasn't Incorrect' to Say Rand Paul Was 'Working for Vladimir Putin'
The Arizona senator goes out shooting against the Paul family, even as he and the Kentucky senator make common cause on Gina Haspel.
CNN's Mary Katharine Ham Loves Waffle House, Isn't So Sure About Twitter: Podcast
A conversation about social media, privacy, and the public-private, left-right free speech fight
Judge's Ruling Threatens California's Assisted Suicide Law
Lawmakers approved bill during a special session. Now that process has been challenged.
In Seattle, Amazon Shrugs
The city attempts to wring more money from its employers rather than fix its housing problems.
Rand Paul's Plan to Balance the Budget by 2023 Will Get a Senate Vote This Week
Do Republicans have the guts to impose strict spending caps?
Democratic Socialists and #MAGA Candidates Both See Wins In Tuesday Elections: Reason Roundup
Plus: Blabbering Bolton threatens North Korea talk and sending Wikipedia to the moon.
A Public Defender Is Shaking Up the Race for San Diego D.A.
Genevieve Jones-Wright wanted to be a prosecutor but ended up becoming a public defender. Now she's running for D.A.
Correcting Simkovic on the Scalia Law School
Prof. Simkovic makes several incorrect assertions and insinuations about George Mason's law school
SCOTUS Feigns Federalism in Sports Betting Decision
Congress can't "commandeer" state legislators, but it can achieve the same result with "preemption."
Extra Twist in the Arkansas Prior Restraint Case
"A northwest Arkansas judge who ordered that attack ads critical of Supreme Court Justice Courtney Goodson be taken off the air this week reported receiving [over $12,500 of] income, through his wife, from the law firm of Goodson's husband."
Food Truck Freedom in Arizona
A state law, signed yesterday, frees food trucks from various onerous local restrictions.
Stossel: Seattle's 'Amazon Tax'
The Seattle government passes a job-killing tax to fix the housing shortage it helped cause.
Which Businesses (or Which Filter Manufacturers) Are Blocking Our Blog?
A customer reports that he was blocked from accessing us at a Nordstrom coffee shop; have you had similar experiences?
FDA Head Acknowledges Suffering Caused by Opioid Crackdown
Scott Gottlieb announces a public meeting focused on the concerns of chronic pain patients.
More Yale Students Demand Emotional Support Animals, Which Are Just Pets
Federal law says universities have to make "reasonable accommodations" for students who claim emotional trauma.
Senators Want to See Secret Torture Memo Before Haspel's Confirmation
As the Senate prepares to vote on Gina Haspel's nomination, senators call for more transparency on torture and her role in it.
What Do Cannabis Entrepreneurs Owe Victims of the Drug War?
Overregulating the cannabis market to right past wrongs won't work.
Tom Wolfe Is Dead but the 'Me Decade' Lives On (and That's a Good Thing)
The world didn't just lose a transformative prose stylist. We lost our guide who still explains the contemporary world.
Feminist Group Demands Spotify's New 'Hate Content' Policy Be Applied to Red Hot Chili Peppers, Eminem
The company's new policy is already giving it problems.
