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Judge Orders Oakland Cop to Trial; Says He Was 'Like a Pimp' to Exploited Teen
Former Oakland cop Brian Bunton is one of dozens of area police officers who've been implicated in the sexual exploitation of "Celeste Guap."
History Lessons Are Turning My Kid Into a Scofflaw (and I Couldn't Be Happier)
Looking at the past tests and develops the values you bring to your life-including a healthy contempt for authority.
Explosion at Manchester Arena After Ariana Grande Concert Kills at Least 22
ISIS claims responsibility for suicide bombing.
Report: President Trump Asked Top Intelligence Officials to Push Back Against FBI
Unnamed sources tell The Washington Post that Trump approached the director of national security and head of the NSA to publicly denounce FBI's Russia probe.
Trump's Saudi Trip Wasn't a Break From Tradition
But it revealed a split between America's actual foreign policy and Americans' self-image.
Hey Libertarians: Prepare To Be Disappointed in Trump's 10-Year Budget Plan
He'll cut less than we want, exaggerate economic growth, and pretend it all balances out in 2028.
Report: Regulation 'Has Essentially Ground to a Halt' Under Trump
The Obama administration submitted 118 new rules in the same time it has taken Trump to make just 39
Is Offering a "Pill Cosby" Cocktail an Artifact of "Rape Culture" or a Critique of it?
Washington, D.C. bar pulls drink named for TV star after "highly predictable outcry."
Atheism More Prevalent Among Americans Than the Polls Generally Show
A new study finds that 26 percent of Americans likely do not believe in God.
Trump's Tough Talk in Saudi Arabia, Cultural Appropriation Follies, And Protesting Mike Pence [Reason Podcast]
What happens when rhetoric is good but totally divorced from reality, whether the topic is the budget or war?
How Deregulation Gave Us FM Radio, HBO, and the iPhone
The FCC is designed to protect incumbents, enrich politicians, and screw consumers, says economist Thomas Hazlett.
How Deregulation Gave Us FM Radio, HBO, and the iPhone
The FCC is designed to protect incumbents, enrich politicians, and screw consumers, says economist Thomas Hazlett.
Texas Transgender Bathroom Panic Law Set to Pass
Compromise waters down worst parts, but it still screws with students.
Reason Nominated for a Record-for-Us 28 Southern California Journalism Awards
Best website, best blog, and TV journalist of the year are among the honors.
Who's Telling the Truth in Washington? Anyone?
For politicians lying is an art form.
Notre Dame Students Who Protested Mike Pence Did Not Violate His Free Speech Rights
Walking out of a commencement address isn't censorship.
Coroner Says Everyone Should Avoid Energy Drinks, Which Kill at Random
As usual, coverage of the latest scare ignores or misrepresents the relative potency of caffeinated beverages.
No, 'The Conceptual Penis as a Social Construct' Hoax Doesn't Prove Gender Studies Is Garbage
Hoax social science paper is more an indictment of pay-to-publish journals than anything else.
Don't Rush to Impeachment
There's a reason it's supposed to be hard to remove the president.
Trump To Muslim World: Peace Only Possible "if your Nations Drive Out the Terrorists and Extremists"
The president's speech articulates non-interventionist principles despite fiery rhetoric.
Seasteading in Paradise
New promise for floating free communities in a Polynesian lagoon—but is the movement leaving libertarianism behind?
A Canadian Writer Defended Cultural Appropriation and All Hell Broke Loose
"...a space that is not safe for indigenous and racialized writers."
Ninth Circuit Should Strike Down Idaho's 'Ag-Gag' Appeal
The court should uphold a lower-court ruling suppressing the unconstitutional (and unconscionable) law.
P.J. O'Rourke: Things Are Going to Be Fine
But there's going to be some trouble getting to the fine part.
Trump Administration Announces Its NAFTA Renegotiation Concerns
Many of them echo old labor union and Democratic Party complaints about freer trade.
Net Neutrality Nixed: Why John Oliver Is Wrong
The internet did just fine before bureaucrats started micromanaging it.
Net Neutrality Nixed: Why John Oliver Is Wrong
The internet did just fine before bureaucrats started micromanaging it.