New Russia Sanctions Not Helpful For Anything but Domestic Political Rhetoric
New sanctions harm Russians, Europeans, Americans, and the prospects for improved relations.
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Tom Shillue Is a Mean Dad for a Better America [Reason Podcast]
The comedian and Fox News host celebrates his free-range childhood in the 1970s and what it means for his own kids.
The Mist Gets Lost in a Baffling Cloud
Confused adaptation of Stephen King's novella dissipates the tension.
FDA's Gottlieb Hints at a Huge Overhaul of Health Tech Regulations
The recently confirmed FDA commissioner plans to make good on his promise of getting out of Silicon Valley's way.
Freedom Caucus Conservatives Break from Trump, Want More Surveillance Reform
Some legislators want more privacy protections from unwarranted snooping of U.S. citizens.
Does Rhetoric Influence Violence? The Fifth Column Debates
Plus: Notes from a man who recently interviewed Alex Jones yet generated very little controversy
5 Clichés Used to Attack Free Speech (New @ Reason)
Five terrible, perpetually recurring arguments, debunked.
5 Clichés Used to Attack Free Speech
Five terrible, perpetually recurring arguments, debunked.
5 Clichés Used to Attack Free Speech
Five terrible, perpetually recurring arguments, debunked.
The Federal Government Ruined Puerto Rico
Puerto Rican statehood is an opportunity to redefine American federalism.
Subsidies Encourage Maine Farmers to Keep Growing Too Many Blueberries
The market can't fix the problem when government insists on intervention.
California Lawmakers Seek to Subvert Government Transparency
The state legislature is failing to heed the will of the voters.
Movie Review: The Book of Henry
Naomi Watts heads up a good cast in a mess of a movie.
Arizona Supreme Court Clears Way For Adoption of American Indian Child by Non-Native Parents
The local Native American tribe had tried to stop the adoption.
Which Republican Will Play Gandalf to Trump's Balrog of a Health Care Bill?
As the president throws the Freedom Caucus under the bus by reportedly calling the AHCA a "mean, mean, mean…son of a bitch," Rand Paul says he'll vote against any "new entitlements," and the swing vote shifts to…Ted Cruz?
Hotels Want New Yorkers to Narc on Their Neighbors for Using Airbnb
New hotline is brought to you by the same nonprofit that invented a fictional woman for anti-Airbnb television ad in D.C.
Student Agreed to Orgy, But Later Called It Sexual Assault, Lawsuit Claims
Judge says that University of California, Santa Barbara, may have denied accused male student due process
Colombia Sees First Gay Polygamous Marriage. Sort Of.
Three men declare themselves wed. It's not clear if the government will recognize it.
Blame the Shooter, Not the 'Rhetoric'
The New York Times shamefully-and stupidly-ties yesterday's shooting to...an old Sarah Palin ad?
Fifty Shades of Comey
It's time we applied affirmative consent to government meddling.
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D&D Creator Gary Gygax's FBI Records Make Him Sound Like a Badass
"He is known to be a member of the Libertarian Party."
Congress Could Make It Harder for Local Pols to Blow Your Money on Stadiums
Bipartisan proposal would prohibit the use of tax exempt municipal bonds for stadium projects. That won't end stadium giveaways, but might reduce them.
'A Firm Hand of Repression': The Espionage Act Turns 100
One hundred years ago today, the U.S. government declared war on the First Amendment.
This Bill Would Protect Medical Marijuana Suppliers From Jeff Sessions' Whims
The bipartisan CARERS Act prohibits federal prosecution of patients and providers who comply with state law.
Scapegoating Businesses for Bad Government Policy
All too often the media demonizes companies for responding to the incentives politicians give them.
Unnamed Sources: Trump Now Being Investigated for Obstruction
Let's not overreact in any particular direction.
The Rise and Fall of Prog Rock—and of Libertarianism [Reason Podcast]
"There's not a lot of space for libertarianism in politics right now," says Wash Post's David Weigel. Is he right?
NYPD Claims It's the Most Transparent Police Department in the World
In case you needed a good laugh today.
Katy Perry Is Very Sorry She Once Wore Her Hair in Cornrows
The cultural appropriation hysteria reaches a fever pitch.
