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Mike Riggs - Contributing Editor,

Mike Riggs

Contributing Editor

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Mike Riggs is a contributing editor at Reason. He was previously a deputy managing editor.

He previously served as the communications director for Families Against Mandatory Minimums, as well as a staff writer for Freethink Media and The Atlantic's CityLab, and an editor at the Washington City Paper.

His writing has appeared in The New Republic, The Awl, The Washington Post, Pacific Standard, The Weekly Standard, Slate, The Nation, and GQ.

Once upon a time, he was a Reason Burton C. Gray Memorial Intern.

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Latest from Mike Riggs

Politics

Pay No Attention to the Man Holding Jumper Cables

Mike Riggs | 6.18.2008 10:08 AM

Politics

It's About Zombies, Dummy, Not Global Warming

Mike Riggs | 6.17.2008 6:11 PM

Politics

Ride 'Em, Jesus!

Mike Riggs | 6.17.2008 11:46 AM

Politics

I Didn't Ask for Help

Mike Riggs | 6.16.2008 11:47 AM

Politics

"Purple Rain" in a Whole New Light

Mike Riggs | 6.13.2008 3:12 PM

Policy

Medicare Fraud: Big League Faking It

Mike Riggs | 6.13.2008 10:53 AM

Politics

Take My Kids Instead

Mike Riggs | 6.12.2008 1:45 PM

Civil Liberties

"And Then They Started Having Sex"

Mike Riggs | 6.11.2008 3:08 PM

Policy

One Place Where Crime Isn't Getting Any Better

Mike Riggs | 6.10.2008 3:28 PM

Policy

Bottled Water: The New Slippery Slope

Mike Riggs | 6.9.2008 11:10 AM

Civil Liberties

Chemical Warfare of the Sexes

Mike Riggs | 6.6.2008 5:43 PM

Policy

But I Don't Even Speak Armenian!

Mike Riggs | 6.6.2008 12:04 PM

Politics

Sell the Whales

Mike Riggs | 6.6.2008 11:18 AM

Policy

R. Kelly's Sex Tape Phantom

Mike Riggs | 6.5.2008 12:17 PM

Politics

White Folks Want to Run Blackjack, Too

Mike Riggs | 6.4.2008 3:58 PM

Policy

RIP, Emperor's Club VIP

Mike Riggs | 6.4.2008 12:19 PM

One from the Vault: The Rogue Elector

Mike Riggs | 6.3.2008 5:27 PM

Ron Paul v. Satan

Mike Riggs | 6.3.2008 3:41 PM

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