No, Canada Will Not Be the Next Silicon Valley
It takes more than government money to spark a creative revolution.
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Maine Food Rules Handcuff Amish Sausage Maker
Meddling and oppressive safety regulations threaten shop's survival.
John Kerry: ISIS Striking in Europe Because It's Losing Its 'Fantasy' of a Caliphate in Middle East
John Kerry visiting Belgium after terror attacks
Violent Leftwing Students, Violent Trump Staffers: Both Bad
Radicals at the University of California at Berkeley should be ashamed.
Documentary Highlights James Randi's War on Fake Psychics
Where magic meets the scientific method.
Bob Poole Remembers Tibor Machan, A Fellow Founding Co-Editor of Reason Magazine
Machan was one of the libertarian community's most prolific writers and thinkers.
Reason Weekly Contest: Comfort the Emory University Students
Last week's winners revealed.
Dems & Reps Are Melting Down. These Two Tweets Help Explain Why
GOP frontrunner Donald Trump is a seriously deranged male chauvinist pig, while Obama praises Cuban education.
Science Is a Good Substitute for God
Believers in sci-tech progress tend to be happier than the religiously faithful, says new study
Residents Abandoning Chicago: Is It Following in Detroit's Footsteps?
Illinois' sources of revenues are leaving as government employees keep demanding more, more, more.
Justice Department Tells Prisons to Take Gender Identity Seriously
Prison and jail policies "must allow for housing by gender identity when appropriate" say new federal guidelines.
Anti-Partying Law Turns Innocent Kids Into Criminals
Expanded ordinance criminalizes kids for merely showing up to a loud party
Tibor Machan, a Founding Editor of Reason, RIP
Refugee from communism, academic philosopher, Objectivist, popular columnist brought precision and clarity to Reason's early years.
China Trade Isn't Killing America's Working Class
Government handouts maybe more responsible.
Celebrity Doctor Insists on Misleading Smokers About Vaping Hazards
Margaret Cuomo claims e-cigarettes are "at least as harmful" as the real thing.
How the Fed Was Born
A book about the birth of the Federal Reserve overlooks the flaws in the system.
Movie Review: Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice
Ben Affleck dons the crusader's cape, but the movie's real wonder is a woman.
Watch Matt Welch Talk About Gary Johnson's Chances and Toes on Red Eye
Tune into Fox News at 3 a.m. ET
Libya: It Was About Regime Change, and It Was a Disaster
Hillary Clinton was part of a campaign to mislead us about the purposes of the Libyan intervention.
Ron Paul and Bernie Sanders: Separated at Birth?
Rolling Stone article on Sanders lists his high points as two things exactly matching big things Ron Paul fans loved about him.
Yoga Banned from Georgia School: Blame Christian Conservatives, Not Political Correctness
Turning kids against Christianity? That's a stretch.
The 'Trump 2016' Emory Chalking: Vandalism? Maybe. Violence? No Way.
Students said they feared for their lives. They shouldn't.
Corporate Influence over Government Is Bad…Unless They Hold the Correct Positions
Hollywood, NFL lobby to block law in Georgia to the cheers of the left.
Libertarian Gary Johnson Could Pull Support From Both Clinton and Trump
The Libertarian Party candidate got double digit support in a new poll, pulling hypothetical voters from both the Trump and Clinton camps.
Missouri Ordered to Reveal the Source of Its Death Penalty Drugs
A rare win for transparency in government in the Show-Me State.
Really Stupid Moms Across America Scaremongering About Glyphosate in Wines
Moms: Get a clue-organic wines are carcinogens.
The Internet Turns a Chatbot Into a Nazi
Microsoft released a simulacrum of a teenager into the digital wild. Guess what happened next!
Turkey Strikes Kurdish Positions After Ankara Terror Attack
Ankara and Istanbul have faced multiple attacks from a PKK off-shoot as well as ISIS.
DA Recommends No Jail Time For NYPD Officer Who Killed Akai Gurley
Peter Liang shot an innocent, unarmed man in a stairwell, then texted his union rep rather than help his victim.
Why Donald Trump's Foreign Policy Team Baffles the GOP Establishment
Conservative foreign policy counsels are stacked with status quo hawks, so Trump's less interventionist crew draws from the fringes.
The Plan to Create a Giant, Privately Funded Nature Reserve by Selling Beef
Montana's American Prairie Reserve aspires to be 1.5 times the size of Yellowstone National Park.
The Plan to Create a Giant, Privately Funded Nature Reserve by Selling Beef
Montana's American Prairie Reserve aspires to be 1.5 times the size of Yellowstone National Park.
Video Gaming Is Entirely Beneficial for Cognitive Functioning, Says New Study
And is associated with aspects of good mental health, too
The Trump-Cruz (and Clinton) Police State Is Already Alive in France
But does it work? And should we import it to the United States? No and no.
California Republicans to Enjoy Brief, Fleeting Moment of Relevance
The combative GOP primaries put the state into play.
