The Alternative Medicine Racket
A decades-long campaign of federal funding for quackery
Features
What Donald Trump Gets Wrong About the Border
El Paso Rep. Beto O'Rourke explains what the GOP frontrunner misses about Mexican immigrants (and everything else).
Obamacare Could Have Been Even Worse
The federal government's new health plans are a case study in how bad the public option would have been.
Why Intellectuals Hate Capitalism
Whole Foods CEO John Mackey on entrepreneurship, snobbery, and the minimum wage
Junk Science and Campus Rape
A new inquiry casts serious doubt on the most influential study on collegiate sexual assault.
A Libertarian-Gay Divorce?
Government-sponsored discrimination is nearly eradicated. So what's left to work together on?
The War on Sex Trafficking Is the New War on Drugs
And the results will be just as disastrous, for "perpetrators" and "victims" alike.
Jurassic Pigeon
Bringing extinct animals back to life is now within our grasp, says Long Now Foundation researcher Ben Novak.
The End of Doom
Good news! Dire predictions about cancer epidemics, mass extinction, overpopulation, and more turned out to be a bust.
Plastic Bags Are Good for You
What prohibitionists get wrong about one of modernity's greatest inventions
Why Does Cadbury Chocolate Taste Worse In America?
An overzealous FDA and a bitter trademark battle keep British expats from enjoying their favorite sweets.
San Francisco's Private Police Force
The City by the Bay has a second, private police force...with a better record than the government cops.
The FDA Wants to Ruin Your Treats
Trans fats make donuts and popcorn delicious. Soon they may be illegal.
Drop That Snack!
L.A.'s long war against working-class people eating tamales, tacos, Cheetos, and other tasty food
Geoffrey Zakarian: In Praise of Free Enterprise Food
The celebrity chef talks about America's food revolution, and the overzealous regulators who threaten it
Spilled Milk
A brief history of the dairy lobby's unwholesome influence on the U.S. Supreme Court
Which States Will Legalize Pot Next?
A preview of the marijuana initiatives that voters can expect to see in 2015 and 2016
What Can We Learn From National Primary Polling? Virtually Nothing.
Who's up? Who's down? Who cares?
The Did-Something Candidate
Scott Walker stands out in the 2016 field for running on his record. How does it stack up?
Rand Paul's Strategic Ambiguity
An unusual foreign policy stance has unusual political perils.
Can They Stop Themselves?
Reason's guide to whether any of the 2016 presidential hopefuls would actually cut government.
Everything's Awesome and Camille Paglia Is Unhappy!
The author of Sexual Personae talks about feminism, rape, academia, and Hillary Clinton.
Hacking Marriage
Polyamory, creative prenups, platonic co-parenting, open marriage, and the power of contracts
Globalization Is Good for You!
New research demonstrates the amazing power of open markets and open borders.
When Open Government Slams Shut
Failed transparency, from Hillary Clinton's emails to hidden campaign contributions
How to Break the Internet
The biggest threat to the Net isn't cable companies. It's government.
Bitcoin and the Cypherpunks
Will recent breakthroughs in computer science make truly free markets a reality?
'A Solution That Won't Work to a Problem That Simply Doesn't Exist'
Maverick FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai on why net neutrality and government attempts to regulate the Internet are all wrong.
Will They Take Our Jobs?
MIT economist Andrew McAfee on driverless cars, wireless fishermen, and the second machine age
The Settlement Shakedown
Federal and state governments are extracting and pocketing huge payments from big businesses, perverting justice along the way.
The Robot Revolution Is Here
They're sweeping my floors, watching my kids, and stealing my job. Here's why I'm not worried.
Are We Becoming Morally Smarter?
The connection between increasing IQs, decreasing violence, and economic liberalism
Glenn Greenwald: The Outsider
The anti-establishment journalist who midwifed the Edward Snowden revelations talks about surveillance, reporting, and new fault lines in American politics.
Ted Cruz: Loose Cannon or Libertarian Reformer?
The Texas senator might be just crazy enough to win the GOP presidential nomination.
