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Policy

Death, Taxes, and American Aid to Israel

Three things you can count on: death, taxes, and American support for military contractors channeled through the tiny but prosperous democracy.

Anthony Fisher | 12.8.2014 10:00 AM

Civil Liberties

New Law Lets Courts Decide If You Are a Sensitive Enough Parent

Lenore Skenazy | 12.8.2014 9:30 AM

A.M. Links: House Intel Chair Warns of Violence if Senate Releases Torture Report, New Horizons Wakes Up Close to Pluto, Home Video Game Console Inventor Dies

Ed Krayewski | 12.8.2014 9:00 AM

Steve Chapman: Black Crime and Police Killings

Reason Staff | 12.8.2014 7:00 AM

Civil Liberties

The Problem With Blaming Black Crime for Police Shootings

The epidemic of unarmed blacks being killed by police comes not when black crime is high but when it is low.

Steve Chapman | 12.8.2014 7:00 AM

World

Bad Blogger

Charles Oliver | 12.8.2014 6:00 AM

Brickbat: Bad Blogger

Charles Oliver | 12.8.2014 6:00 AM

Webathon

Donate to Reason! Because Our Publisher Won't Blather on About 'Sustainable' False Choices in The Washington Post!

Matt Welch | 12.7.2014 11:00 PM

Civil Liberties

Alameda Sheriff Buys Two Drones Despite Privacy Cries

Paul Detrick | 12.7.2014 5:00 PM

Civil Liberties

Do Violent Rap Lyrics Constitute 'True Threats'? SCOTUS Hears Rap Case

Paul Detrick | 12.7.2014 1:00 PM

Racial Profiling

Holder's Claim He Will End Federal Racial Profiling 'Once and for All' a Great Big Lie

Scott Shackford | 12.7.2014 12:15 PM

Brian Doherty Reviews America's Forgotten Constitutions

Reason Staff | 12.7.2014 12:00 PM

Politics

Donate to Reason, to Perpetuate the Conspiracy That Is Jesse Walker!

Matt Welch | 12.7.2014 11:59 AM

Libertarian History/Philosophy

Tackling Straw Men is Easier Than Critiquing Libertarianism

And so far more common

Sheldon Richman | 12.7.2014 11:00 AM

Sheldon Richman on The Straw Men Opponents of Libertarians Build Instead of Critiquing Libertarian Ideas

Reason Staff | 12.7.2014 11:00 AM

Noah Berlatsky on the Feminist Debate About Sex Work in Video Games

Reason Staff | 12.7.2014 10:00 AM

Sex Work

Pixelated Prostitution: Feminist Debate Over Sex Work Bleeds Into Video Games

Why sex workers have criticized the way feminist Anita Sarkeesian talks about women's agency

Noah Berlatsky | 12.7.2014 10:00 AM

World

Vid: Garry Kasparov on Chess, the Cold War, and the West's Shameful Appeasement of Putin

Nick Gillespie and Joshua Swain | 12.7.2014 9:00 AM

Politics

Check Out Matt Welch's And Nick Gillespie's Ask Me Anything at Reddit

Nick Gillespie | 12.7.2014 8:00 AM

Webathon

The Reason Webathon Is Doing Pretty Good at the Halfway Point, BUT IT COULD DO BETTER. Do it for Libertarianism, Johnny!

Matt Welch | 12.6.2014 10:40 PM

Politics

Violent Crime Decreases After San Francisco Stopped Prosecuting Drug Users

Zach Weissmueller | 12.6.2014 6:00 PM

Politics

This is What $1,000 Gets You! Support Reason's 2014 Webathon!

Nick Gillespie | 12.6.2014 4:53 PM

Culture

History Repeats Itself at The New Republic

The latest shift at a magazine that has changed course many times before

Jesse Walker | 12.6.2014 4:44 PM

Politics

3 Reasons Why Conservatives Should Fight for Defense Spending Cuts

Amanda Winkler | 12.6.2014 2:00 PM

Brian Doherty Highlights the 'Reason' 3D-Printed Gun

Reason Staff | 12.6.2014 12:00 PM

Culture

Reason's Holiday Gift Guide

Our staff recommends some of the best books, movies, and music of 2014.

Ronald Bailey, Brian Doherty, Anthony Fisher, Nick Gillespie, Todd Krainin, Ed Krayewski, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Stephanie Slade, Peter Suderman, Jesse Walker, and Matt Welch | 12.6.2014 10:00 AM

The Reason Gift Guide!

Reason Staff | 12.6.2014 10:00 AM

Politics

What Reason TV Saw at the NYC Eric Garner Protest

Jim Epstein | 12.6.2014 9:30 AM

Politics

Who Can Save Us From the Farm Bill's False Savings?

Just as critics feared, the Farm Bill is waste billed as savings.

Baylen Linnekin | 12.6.2014 8:00 AM

Baylen Linnekin: Who Can Save Us from the Farm Bill's False Savings?

Reason Staff | 12.6.2014 8:00 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: The Supremes! (As in Court.) Starring Damon Root, Judge Napolitano, Peter Suderman, and Timothy Sandefur!

Matt Welch | 12.5.2014 7:23 PM

Civil Liberties

Rolling Stone's Botched Account of a UVA Gang Rape Does a Disservice to Rape Victims

Peter Suderman | 12.5.2014 4:49 PM

Politics

NYPD Cop Shoots Unarmed Man, Texts Union Rep Instead of Calling for Help

Anthony Fisher | 12.5.2014 4:49 PM

Civil Liberties

Eric Garner's Death Shows How Stupid Laws Help Get People Killed

Why do Americans want to trust an institution that will kill you over failure to pay a cigarette tax?

David Harsanyi | 12.5.2014 4:30 PM

David Harsanyi on How Stupid Laws Help Kill People

Reason Staff | 12.5.2014 4:30 PM

Gang Rape Story's Credibility Blasted, Garner Grand Jury Denied Options, Supreme Court to Consider First Amendment and License Plates: P.M. Links

Scott Shackford | 12.5.2014 4:30 PM