Greg Beato is a contributing editor at Reason. He has written for dozens of publications, including SPIN, Wired, Business 2.0, and the San Francisco Chronicle.
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The Internet vs. the NEA
Is Kickstarter a secret right-wing plot to undermine the National Endowment for the Arts?
Lift the Ban on the Domestic Dissemination of U.S. Propaganda
It's time for American citizens to see the government-funded propaganda directed at other countries.
Tear Down This Paywall
Court records are expensive and inaccessible. It's time for information liberation.
The Lighter Side of Electronic Monitoring
History shows the benefits of positive reinforcement for Ankleted-Americans.
The Case for Carpooling 2.0
How ride-sharing apps and other innovations are bringing carpooling into the 21st century
Say Goodbye to the King-Sized Snickers Bar
How Michelle Obama is fighting to make excessive chocolate consumption legal but rare-and giving Big Candy a boost in the process
Aliens vs. Bureaucrats
Our costly, record-breaking system for dealing with illegal immigrants
Skyscrapers As Spaceships
The "rampant individualism" and surprising environmentalism of really tall buildings
The Case for Walmart
New York City politicians should drop their misguided war on the retail giant.
The Quantified Self
What will life be like when every aspect of your existence is as easy to access as the latest Lady Gaga single?
Pepper Spray's Progressive Origins
The government's favorite air freshener is also a tool of individual empowerment.
The War on "Supersized Alcopops"
Prohibitionists succeeded in removing the caffeine from Four Loco. Now they're targeting the alcohol.
Reading Is Fundamentally Forbidden
Prison Legal News fights for the First Amendment at South Carolina's Berkeley County Detention Center.
The Eternal Fallout Shelter
We're still living in the wake left by Cold War civil defense hysteria.
Notes from the Underground
How the underground press of the 1960s revolutionized the American media
A Techno-Agrarian Manifesto
Is vertical farming the future of American agriculture?
Grade Inflation
The more we spend on higher education, the more we spend on higher education.
Culture Shock
How joy buzzers, trick chairs, and other prank devices helped manufacture the post-industrial American male
Watching What You Eat
Why has the USDA been plumping up the food stamps program like a factory chicken?
Corpses, Crimes, and Comic Books
Old Testament justice in the horror comics of the '50s
The Return of Debtor's Prison
Collection agencies use the criminal justice system to pocket credit card debts.
Cartoon Truth
Animated recreations may be the next big thing for the news biz.