Charles Oliver, Author at Reason Magazine

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A soccer player wears pink sweatbands with "XX" on his wrist. | Illustration: Matimix/Dreamstime/Midjourney

Brickbat: XX Marks the Spot

Charles Oliver | 9.11.2026 4:00 AM

bb4 | Illustration: Peter Bagge

Brickbats: October 2026

News of politicians, police, and bureaucrats behaving badly from around the world

Charles Oliver and Peter Bagge | 9.10.2026 6:00 AM

Volunteers with the group We Heart Seattle. | We Heart Seattle/Facebook

Brickbat: Clean Break

Charles Oliver | 9.10.2026 4:00 AM

German Federal Police (Polizei) | IMAGO/Revierfoto/Gesche M. Cordes/picture alliance/SZ Photo/Newscom/Nikolai Sorokin/Alptraum/Dreamstime. Illustration: Fatima Ruiz

Brickbat: Mein Gott

Charles Oliver | 9.9.2026 4:00 AM

A Greenville, North Carolina, police officer speaks to an apartment resident, as seen on her Ring video doorbell. | WITN

Brickbat: Thinkin' About My Doorbell

Charles Oliver | 9.8.2026 4:00 AM

Police traffic stop at night | Welcomia/Dreamstime

Brickbat: Itchy Taser Finger

Charles Oliver | 9.7.2026 4:00 AM

Toy gun pointed at a rubber duck | Illustration: Jiri Hera/Atman/Dreamstime/Midjourney

Brickbat: Duck and Cover

Charles Oliver | 9.4.2026 4:00 AM

Tindley Genesis Academy | indianateentreatmentcenters/Instagram

Brickbat: School of Hard Knocks

Charles Oliver | 9.3.2026 4:00 AM

Guo Degang, the Chinese flag, and sheet music | Lightkeeper/Dreamstime/photomall/Xinhua News Agency/Newscom. Illustration: Fatima Ruiz

Brickbat: Seeing Red

Charles Oliver | 9.2.2026 4:00 AM

Camera footage of a police officer in St. Louis County, Missouri, approaching a car and saying "Stop or I'll shoot." | St. Louis County Police Department

Brickbat: Ask Questions Later

Charles Oliver | 9.1.2026 4:00 AM

Brickbat: Burning Rubber

Charles Oliver | 8.31.2026 4:00 AM

Jill Brown's mug shot | Illustration: Wapello County Sheriff’s Office/Georgesheldon/Dreamstime

Brickbat: No-Time Delivery

Charles Oliver | 8.28.2026 4:00 AM

Body camera footage of an officer grabbing a suspect. | San Francisco Public Defender

Brickbat: The Streets of San Francisco

Charles Oliver | 8.27.2026 4:00 AM

Police in England arrest a man holding a baseball bat. | c5news/Instagram

Brickbat: Swing and a Miss

Charles Oliver | 8.26.2026 4:00 AM

A gavel slams down toward a bee | Illustration: Fatima Ruiz/Midjourne

Brickbat: King Bee

Charles Oliver | 8.25.2026 4:00 AM

A police officer points a gun while approaching a car. | Illustration: Midjourney

Brickbat: What the Flock

Charles Oliver | 8.24.2026 4:00 AM

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani | Porter/ AdMedia / MEGA / Newscom/JGLIT/Newscom

Brickbat: Paying More for Less

Charles Oliver | 8.21.2026 4:00 AM

Police cars with lights on are seen in a rearview mirror. | Photo:Walter Arce/Dreamstime

Brickbat: Fake Stop

Charles Oliver | 8.20.2026 4:00 AM

Discord app | Illustration: Discord/Midjourney

Brickbat: Texas Two-Step

Charles Oliver | 8.19.2026 4:00 AM

New Orleans Police Department SUV | Jason Lawrence/Wikimedia Commons

Brickbat: The Big Easy

Charles Oliver | 8.18.2026 4:00 AM

Daniel Hughes' mug shot | Illustration: The Crown Prosecution Service/Tero Vesalainen/Dreamstime

Brickbat: Running With a Rough Crowd

Charles Oliver | 8.17.2026 4:00 AM

Caroline Proulx | @tonygalephoto/Instagram

Brickbat: Liberté d'Expression

Charles Oliver | 8.14.2026 4:00 AM

Russian President Vladimir Putin | Gavriil Grigorov/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

Brickbat: Banned in Moscow

Charles Oliver | 8.13.2026 4:00 AM

Sam Dogen playfully holds his child upside down. | @maggiehshannon/instagram

Brickbat: Anyone for Tennis?

Charles Oliver | 8.12.2026 4:00 AM

Jack Grove, Jason Arday, and Cambridge University | Faculty of Education/Cambridge. Andrewro/Dreamstime. jgro_the/X

Brickbat: Stop Asking Questions

Charles Oliver | 8.11.2026 4:00 AM

A police car with lights flashing pulls a car over. | Mike2focus/Dreamstime

Brickbat: Traffic Toll

Charles Oliver | 8.10.2026 4:00 AM

bb3 | Illustration: Peter Bagge

Brickbats: August/September 2026

News of politicians, police, and bureaucrats behaving badly from around the world

Peter Bagge and Charles Oliver | 8.9.2026 6:00 AM

Jason Rogers | Illustration: Underwood School District/Google Maps

Brickbat: Not Your Steppin' Stone

Charles Oliver | 8.7.2026 4:00 AM

Shoppers use a self checkout at Target. | ColleenMichaels/Dreamstime

Brickbat: Cash Back

Charles Oliver | 8.6.2026 4:00 AM

A man wears a shirt with a swastika on the back, with a circle and a line through it. | Illuatration: Midjourney

Brickbat: Banned T-Shirt

Charles Oliver | 8.5.2026 4:00 AM

Brickbat: Where in the World?

Charles Oliver | 8.4.2026 4:00 AM

Male and female sidewalks | Photo: Oblong1/Dreamstime Illustration: Fatima Ruiz

Brickbat: The Other Side of the Street

Charles Oliver | 8.3.2026 4:00 AM

Lawsuit-UK-Equal-Pay-7-29 | Adani Samat/Midjourney

Brickbat: Apples and Oranges

Charles Oliver | 7.31.2026 4:00 AM

Overflowing trash and recycling bins | Illustration: Midjourney

Brickbat: Rubbish

Charles Oliver | 7.30.2026 4:00 AM

Stack of books with chains across them | Flynt/Mohol/Albond/Dreamstime. Illustration: Fatima Ruiz

Brickbat: We'll Know It When We Read It

Charles Oliver | 7.29.2026 4:00 AM

Brian Hurton | Hurton Photography/Facebook

Brickbat: Waiting on Hold

Charles Oliver | 7.28.2026 4:00 AM

A government employee in an orange vest and work helmet peers into a trash can. | Illustatrion: Midjourney

Brickbat: We Can Sort It Out

Charles Oliver | 7.27.2026 4:00 AM

Zachary Krug in court, wearing a prison uniform and a neck brace | Hillsborough State Attorney's Office

Brickbat: Deadly Hurry

Charles Oliver | 7.24.2026 4:00 AM

Police body camera footage of a teenager being violently grabbed by the officer. | Photo: Melbourne Police Department

Brickbat: Exactly Wrong

Charles Oliver | 7.23.2026 4:00 AM

Georgia State Patrol trooper | Illustration: Georgia Department of Public Safety/Midjourney

Brickbat: That's the PITs

Charles Oliver | 7.22.2026 4:00 AM

Drive-thru exit sign | Illustration: Bondarillia/Envato/IrynaTolm/Envato

Brickbat: In-N-Out but Not Thru

Charles Oliver | 7.21.2026 4:00 AM

Anne Arundel County Police vehicle | Jeffrey F. Bill/TNS/Newscom

Brickbat: Friends Helping Friends

Charles Oliver | 7.20.2026 4:00 AM

A license plate and a license plate camera | Illustration: Midjourney

Brickbat: Unlicensed Search

Charles Oliver | 7.17.2026 4:00 AM

Debbie Norris Woodell | Illustration: U.S. Attorney/s Office/justice.gov/Zimmytws/Dreamstime

Low-income housing

Brickbat: Well Housed

Charles Oliver | 7.16.2026 4:00 AM

Audato and Ieda Denardi, as well as their children, whose faces are blurred | Alliance Defending Freedom International

Brickbat: Reading, Writing, and Gender Studies

Charles Oliver | 7.15.2026 4:00 AM

An open file cabinet with papers inside | Illustration: Midjourney

Brickbat: Making Myself Useful

Charles Oliver | 7.14.2026 4:00 AM

Carla Louise Collins' mug shot | Illustration: Marion County Jail/Jetcityimage/Dreamstime

Government employees

Brickbat: Bargain Shopping

Charles Oliver | 7.13.2026 4:00 AM

Brickbat: Hard Labor

Charles Oliver | 7.10.2026 4:00 AM

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