Darts and Laurels for the Late George H.W. Bush: Podcast
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Nick Gillespie, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Peter Suderman, and Matt Welch take your questions.
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You have come to the right place for CBO death porn.
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Before the news cycle spins forever into crazy-land, Reason editors pause to assess the deep meanings, and lack thereof, of this week's elections
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Polling uncertainty and a surge in voter enthusiasm could make tomorrow an embarrassing day for many in the political class.
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Are we all just living through Elon Musk's dystopian simulation?
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If hatred is the country's main political motivator these days, you might as well lean into it.
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It's bad when U.S. presidents think of weapons sales to dictatorships as jobs programs, but should we remove political constraints on arms dealing altogether?
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On the market for political combat and the lack of interest in the Afghanistan War
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Lying about the Devil's Triangle may or may not be disqualifying for the Supreme Court, but this whole process is a reminder that the federal government's power makes politics too important.
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Reason's editors discuss the latest Brett Kavanaugh revelations, Rod Rosentein's fate, and how to recover basic norms of political discourse.
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Reason's editors debate whether a single-source allegation from 35 years ago should be enough to derail a Supreme Court pick.
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Before demanding censure or intervention, take a step back from the Twitter machine and ask yourself whether anyone really cares about this stuff.
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What the reaction to John McCain's death tells us about the values of Washington's political class
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What could go wrong with federalizing the corporate charter process and putting bureaucrats in charge of long-term business thinking?
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Should libertarians cheer, boo, or do a shrug-emoji when a private social media platform bans the likes of Alex Jones?
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The podcast crew takes on the The New York Times' controversial new hire, Trump's trade war escalations, Medicare-for-all, and 3D-printed guns.
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The Reason Podcast crew takes on Trump's lawyers, trade wars, plastic straw bans, and the rise of socialism.
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The Reason Podcast crew covers deficits, tariffs, Russians, gender, and more.
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The short answer is no. The longer answer is maybe, a little at a time, and that's a problem. Plus, is 2018 turning into 1968, a year of high-profile violence?
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Reason editors grapple with disassociation etiquette, family separation, third-party legal doctrine, health association plans, and the existential despair of Fozzie Bear
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Reason editors discuss what anti-immigration fantasy looks like when translated into policy, and how education diversity goals lead to discrimination.
Surviving the Death of the West: Podcast
Trump disrupts the status quo on trade, diplomacy, North Korea, and pot.
Reason Totally Called the Masterpiece Cakeshop Case: Podcast
After oral arguments last year, Stephanie Slade correctly observed that "justices might have found a sort of get-out-of-jail-free card." Also on the Reason Podcast: Bill Clinton, Roseanne, Samantha Bee, Kim Kardashian, and maybe the worst celebrity of the week, Larry Kudlow.
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The president and his detractors both bungle scare stories in the outrage-politics contest that passes for our immigration policy debate.
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Civil debate, whether on Trump/Russia, gun policy, or fungible abortion funding, begins in the workplace.
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Should Robert Mueller Subpoena President Trump?: Podcast
Reason editors assess Rudy Giuliani's media tour, make bets about Iran policy, and gently suggest that some economic policies in Seattle may be suboptimal.
Politics Is Not Pretty: Podcast
Reason editors rate the White House Correspondents Dinner, Trump's nuclear politics, the optics of political summits, and the resuscitation of Zora Neale Hurston.
Welcome to the Pot Resistance, Chuck Schumer!: Podcast
Reason editors share notes on the end of the political war against marijuana, plus the latest on Trump/Russia and the "undocumented" Andrew Cuomo.
How To Talk to People Who Think You're Evil and/or Insane: Podcast
A special all-female edition of the Reason Podcast
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From Syria to spending, the legislative branch has lost all interest in performing its basic constitutional functions.
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How will Trump and new national security adviser John Bolton respond to a reported chemical attack in a war-ravaged country?
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The greatest conflict of our time enters a new phase.
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Plus: Facebook goes after Trump's social media firm, and Trump tiptoes toward a trade war.
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Reason editors dispute presidential notion that "trade wars are good, and easy to win," and also argue over the Oscars.
The Parkland Shooting Screw-Ups Go All the Way to the Top: Podcast
On today's podcast: Mona Charen gets booed, the gun control debate reignites, public sector unions suck, and Olympic curling is surprisingly awesome.
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Katherine Mangu-Ward, Peter Suderman, Robby Soave and Nick Gillespie talk gun violence, immigration politics, Russian electoral interference, and Black Panther.
Did We Get the Tea Party Wrong?: Podcast
An autopsy for the brief limited-government era of conservatism that ended on Friday
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Working toward a de-presidentified future while trying to imagine an immigration deal that isn't awful
