Review: A Vampire Mockumentary Takes on Local Politics
“It’s really no surprise, the amount of energy vampires in politics," says a fictional candidate for Staten Island comptroller.
“It’s really no surprise, the amount of energy vampires in politics," says a fictional candidate for Staten Island comptroller.
A podcast about a man everyone already has an opinion about.
The political commentary in Netflix's sci-fi comedy isn't exactly subtle.
Did Laura Ingalls Wilder's libertarian daughter have an outsize role in crafting the beloved children's series?
Amity Shlaes anthologizes Franklin D. Roosevelt’s critical contemporaries.
Leaders depicted in the Apple TV+ series outlaw "relics" of the past, even including PEZ dispensers.
The Amazon miniseries examines the Institute in Basic Life Principles, focusing on the Duggar family and its multiple sex abuse scandals.
This retelling of the Nixon scandal is more in the style of Leslie Nielsen than Robert Redford.
A Chicago sandwich shop's survival depends on cutting through red tape.
A new podcast asks whether federal agents are catching bad guys or creating them.
Washington Post reporter Ben Terris offers a fair treatment to both conservative and liberal activists in the Trump era.
A new book handles the ill-fated CEO's story with respect.
Jake Gyllenhaal stars in a film that criticizes the U.S. immigration system.
A biotech lab led by a lightly fictionalized alternate version of Rob Lowe works to save the world.
The rapper is a Bernie Sanders supporter who speaks out about gun rights and free speech.
The assault on Mount Carmel was meant to bolster the ATF's reputation. It failed.
What happens when a "wife guy" divorces his wife?
A supposedly sacred duty devolves into much ado about ordering lunch.
The author, whose libertarian leanings are evident, makes readers consider the impact of the choices they make in the voting booth.
"If he goes down, so will journalism," Assange's father John Shipton says in the documentary.
The Apple TV+ film tells the story of an entrepreneur who helped bring a Soviet designer's game to the world.
Futuristically thrilling but aesthetically limited
In the Pokemon universe, there's no central government and vital social services are provided by informal clubs.
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves is more Rob Reiner than J.R.R. Tolkien.
The 19th century reformer's influence on 20th century progressives, conservatives, and libertarians
Asset forfeiture isn't funny—but what if it involves tripping bunnies and psychedelic mushrooms?
Too few remember the pope's opposition to Polish building regulation.
Author Kaitlyn Tiffany offers a history of fandoms.
Author Alex Cody Foster went deep with McAfee for months in an ill-fated attempt to ghostwrite his memoir.
Author Leigh Goodmark's end goals of abolishing prisons and defunding police are hard to swallow.
Politicians in the last century accused pinball of being mob activity.
Knives Out director Rian Johnson offers a twisted vision of the American economy as one populated by makers and moochers.
Human bonds transcend ideology in the HBO series.
The HBO movie muddies important distinctions.
Predictably, the machine-learning robot starts killing.
In one sequence, the Jerry Seinfeld stand-in stood onstage at a comedy club for minutes without saying a word.
The video game is a 100-year simulation of the Victorian era where the player has centralized control over the government of their chosen country.
In this film, it's mean and funny enough to work.
The book's 12 thematic chapters are dense and rich—like flan, but good.
The HBO series features what Ayn Rand would call "second-handers."
A new novel by Reason contributor Kat Rosenfield
Momfluenced bemoans unrealistic expectations set on American mothers but then establishes new ones.
McDonald's invested in some spiffy new toys, but almost everything else stayed the same.
Hating tech billionaires is The Current Thing.
In Meme Wars, so-called "disinformation" experts call for the suppression of more ideas and speakers to protect democracy.
The glowing documentary makes no mention of her failures or even shortcomings as speaker.
These superb books recount events from the viewpoints of both soldier and statesman, providing a greater understanding of the why and how of the Civil War.