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Tonight on The Independents: Judge Napolitano on Suicide Pact, Commie Jesse Myerson on the Awesome National Debt, Plus Ferguson, Four More Presidential Candidates, and Holder's 'End' to Racial Profiling

Matt Welch | 12.2.2014 8:24 PM

Politics

Give to Reason! Because Peter Suderman's Obamacare Articles (or Star Wars Costumes) Won't Pay for Themselves!

Matt Welch | 12.2.2014 7:41 PM

Brian Doherty on Rand Paul: Can Interesting Be Electable?

Reason Staff | 12.2.2014 4:31 PM

Politics

Rand Paul for President: Can Interesting Be Electable?

Rand Paul's electoral virtues might be the same as his vices.

Brian Doherty | 12.2.2014 4:30 PM

New Defense Secretary (Maybe) Picked, Detroit Has Massive Blackout, Ukraine's New Government Forms: P.M. Links

Scott Shackford | 12.2.2014 4:30 PM

Politics

Nick Gillespie Talks Rams, Police, and Free Speech on MSNBC's Reid Report

Reason Staff | 12.2.2014 4:04 PM

Culture

Pedophile Panic at the Salvation Army: No Teen Boys Allowed, Too Dangerous

Lenore Skenazy | 12.2.2014 2:45 PM

Militarization of Police

Four Members of Congress Put Their Hands Up in Solidarity With Ferguson Protesters, None Voted to Limit Police Militarization

Ed Krayewski | 12.2.2014 2:35 PM

Civil Liberties

The Oath Keepers in Ferguson: Three Updates

The story didn't end when police ordered them down from the roofs.

Jesse Walker | 12.2.2014 2:33 PM

Racial Profiling

Holder Says Feds to End Racial Profiling. Unless He's Declaring an End to the Drug War, No.

Scott Shackford | 12.2.2014 1:45 PM

Culture

U.K. Censors Online Porn; Spanking, Rough Sex, Other Assorted Kink Banned

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.2.2014 1:00 PM

Politics

The CBO Was Created to Provide a Check on Executive Power

Peter Suderman | 12.2.2014 12:54 PM

Politics

Another Reason to Give to Reason: We Let You Comment, You Mangy Sons of Bitches!

Nick Gillespie | 12.2.2014 12:46 PM

Police Abuse

White Cleveland Cops Claim Harsher Treatment When They Shoot Black Suspects

Ed Krayewski | 12.2.2014 12:39 PM

Drug Courts

WATCH: When San Francisco Stopped Prosecuting Drug Users, Violent Crime Went Down

Zach Weissmueller | 12.2.2014 12:30 PM

Policy

LA Schools Learn Wrong Lesson from iPad Debacle, Buy Chromebooks and Laptops

Robby Soave | 12.2.2014 12:22 PM

Politics

Did the St. Louis Rams Apologize to Police for Michael Brown Gesture? No. Should They? No.

Nick Gillespie | 12.2.2014 12:00 PM

Volokh Conspiracy

Book Review of Joseph Bottum, 'An Anxious Age: The Post-Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of America'

Todd Zywicki |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.2.2014 11:09 AM

Gay Marriage

Scott Shackford on Huffington Post Live at 11:10 a.m. (Eastern), Discussing Separating the Church and State on Gay Marriage

Scott Shackford | 12.2.2014 10:00 AM

Policy

Federal Debt Soared Above $18 Trillion Last Week

J.D. Tuccille | 12.2.2014 9:50 AM

Politics

When San Francisco Stopped Prosecuting Drug Users, Violent Crime Went Down: Police Chief Greg Suhr Talks Narcotics Enforcement

Zach Weissmueller | 12.2.2014 9:30 AM

When San Francisco Stopped Prosecuting Drug Users, Violent Crime Went Down: Police Chief Greg Suhr Talks Narcotics Enforcement

Zach Weissmueller | 12.2.2014 9:30 AM

Politics

Reason's Webathon 2014: Help Us Raise $200,000 by Dec. 9!

Nick Gillespie | 12.2.2014 9:27 AM

A.M. Links: Rand Paul Is Running for Reelection, Bill Cosby Resigns from Temple University Board, Wife of ISIS Leader Arrested in Lebanon

Damon Root | 12.2.2014 9:00 AM

Volokh Conspiracy

Is Russia behind anti-fracking activism?

Jonathan H. Adler |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.2.2014 8:42 AM

Jeffrey Rogers Hummel Tells Us How the Fed Got So Damned Big

Reason Staff | 12.2.2014 7:00 AM

Nanny State

Stand Still, Laddie

Charles Oliver | 12.2.2014 6:00 AM

Brickbat: Stand Still, Laddie

Charles Oliver | 12.2.2014 6:00 AM

Volokh Conspiracy

Why Michael Brown's best friend's story isn't credible

Paul Cassell |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.2.2014 4:15 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Ferguson Fallout, Obama's Tortures, the Terrorists Are Coming!, Comedy in a World With No Humor, and Online-Only Aftershow

Matt Welch | 12.1.2014 8:03 PM

Culture

Chris Rock Stopped Performing for Students Because Everything Offends Them

Robby Soave | 12.1.2014 6:55 PM

Ira Stoll: Government-Backed Green Energy Goes Bust

Reason Staff | 12.1.2014 4:30 PM

Policy

Government-Backed Green Energy Goes Bust

What the Xunlight solar energy firm bankruptcy reveals about crony capitalism.

Ira Stoll | 12.1.2014 4:30 PM

President Wants New Spending to Monitor Militarized Cops, Americans Anticipate Government Gridlock, Hong Kong Cracks Down on Protesters: P.M. Links

J.D. Tuccille | 12.1.2014 4:30 PM

Police Abuse

Obama Doesn't Really Care About Police Militarization

Scott Shackford | 12.1.2014 3:15 PM

Civil Liberties

Washington's Universal Gun Background Checks Kick In, Not That They Can Be Enforced

J.D. Tuccille | 12.1.2014 2:56 PM

Policy

At CBO, A Choice for Republicans

Peter Suderman | 12.1.2014 2:49 PM

Science & Technology

'When Reason Fails, Boobs Have a Chance'

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 12.1.2014 2:19 PM

Civil Liberties

Day Care Owners Convicted In Satanic Sex-Cult Hysteria Ask Texas Court to Clear Their Names

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.1.2014 1:25 PM

Volokh Conspiracy

Column in the American Banker on Overdraft Fees

Todd Zywicki |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.1.2014 12:52 PM

Volokh Conspiracy

Great legal quotations from the last 30 years?

Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.1.2014 12:34 PM

Volokh Conspiracy

Gun rights, even in New Jersey

Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.1.2014 12:22 PM

Oil prices

Saudi Arabia's Attempt to Kill Off U.S. Fracking Could Kill Off Some Unsavory Regimes Too

Ronald Bailey | 12.1.2014 12:13 PM

Culture

U.S. Abortion Rate Reaches Lowest Level Since Early '70s

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.1.2014 11:30 AM

Volokh Conspiracy

Atheist Zombie Mohammed becomes Christian, complains about schoolteacher's Star of David

Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.1.2014 11:25 AM

Politics

Watch "101 Reasons: Liberty Lives in New Hampshire," Great Doc on Free State Project

Nick Gillespie | 12.1.2014 11:17 AM

Los Angeles

L.A. May Legalize Its Strongest Drug: Street-Vended, Bacon-Wrapped Hot Dogs

Scott Shackford | 12.1.2014 11:10 AM

Volokh Conspiracy

Max Boot on paying ransom, past and present

Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.1.2014 11:03 AM

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