Peoples Climate March This Saturday: New at Reason
Progressives claim that climate change entails killing off capitalism
Donald Trump
Trump's First 100 Days: At Least He Picked Some Good People to Run Things
The best thing about Trump's administration is the parts that aren't Trump (or Jeff Sessions).
Trump Executive Order Could Empower State and Local Governments to Manage Federal Lands
Issues executive order to Interior Department to review national monument designations.
100 Days of Trump: Three Best and Worst Moments of Presidency So Far
The best and worst achievements so far.
Seattle Gives City Workers Time Off to Attend Anti-Trump Protests
The resolution also declares May Day a "day of action for worker and immigrant rights."
Mostly Weekly: Why I'm Boycotting the White House Correspondents' Dinner
Journalists and politicians work best as frenemies.
Media Bubbles and Trump's 100-Day Scorecard: The New Fifth Column
Or, how many Reason articles can Matt Welch reference in a single podcast?
Trump's Radical Tax Reform Is the Best Antidote for Trumpism
A growing economy will undercut the appeal of his ethno-nationalist politics.
Forget Reagan: Trump's Tax Plan Is More Like George W. Bush
Instead of permanent tax reform we get temporary taxcut-and-spend, again.
Trump's Tax Plan: Lower Tax Rates, Fewer Tax Breaks
Some good news, but will there be any spending cuts?
'The Wall Will Stop the Drugs,' Trump Promises. No, It Won't.
Smugglers will always find ways through, under, over, and around whatever barriers the government erects.
The Next President
Michelle Obama has better odds of being the next president than Hillary Clinton.
Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration from Enforcing Executive Order on Sanctuary Cities
The order's "facially unconstitutional directives and its coercive effects weigh heavily against leaving it in place."
Trump's Lumber Tariff Shows He is a Depressing Continuation of the Status Quo
Not a nightmarish departure from it.
Trump Administration Not Backing Off Legal Battle With Catholic Nuns
This is why you shouldn't trust a man who has no principles of his own to do right by yours.
No, the Le Pen-Macron French Presidential Match-Up Isn't Just Like Trump-Clinton
For one, Macron is the one with no previous elective office while Le Pen is the one from a political family.
Trump, Like His Predecessors, Refuses to Call Armenian Genocide a 'Genocide'
At least he's not flagrantly breaking a solemn campaign promise, like Obama and many others did
It Costs a Lot When Government Sets Prices
Be it cigarettes, imported products, or even labor.
Election Do-Over Poll Shows Gains for Gary Johnson, Jill Stein
No sign of third-party regrets
The Only Solution to the Trumps' Conflicts of Interest
The heart of the potential for conflicts of interests is not the Trump business empire. It's the presidential power to steer benefits to particular interests.
That Time a Professional Football Team Fact-Checked The New York Times
An attempt to re-open the stupidest narrative of 2017 backfires spectacularly. When will the media learn to stop creating fake controversies?
Protests against Socialism in Venezuela Escalate Again, Not Because of Donald Trump
At least 20 people have died during unrest this month.
Trump Is Recycling Old Real Estate Marketing Gimmicks in Hopes of Reviving the Obamacare Repeal Bill
As a developer, Trump tried to generate interest in projects through false momentum.
Scientists' March on Washington
Do researchers risk becoming just another leftwing interest group?
Scientists' March on Washington: New at Reason
At risk of becoming just another special interest?
Trump's 'Buy American. Hire American' Policy Is Dangerous Nonsense
In a political sense, the issue is much like fighting climate change.
President Trump's Executive Order Targeting Foreign Techies Will Hurt American Companies and Workers
Spurning talent is never a road to greatness.
Is Certification of Iran's Compliance With the Nuclear Deal a 'Coming of Age' for the Trump Admin?
State Department also announced review of deal-related sanctions suspensions.
Trump's Latest "America First" Executive Order Puts Taxpayers Last
"You better believe it."
Trump, the Media, and the First 100 Days: Matt Welch on Kennedy
Watch Fox Business Network at 8 pm ET & midnight for a show that also includes John Stossel and Tom Shillue
Are Trump Fans a Protected Class? Maryland Cops Charge Teens Who Burned Trump Sign With a Hate Crime
Cops say the 19-year-old women violated a state law against harassment based on "race, color, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, or national origin."
Trump's Executive Order Targeting the H-1B Visa Program Is Pure Theater
He is baiting opponents to sue him.
In Trump Era, Many Political Activists Follow Their Leader, Not Their Principles
The reward centers of the brain light up when partisans reject information that contradicts their political preferences, the same way drug addicts' brains do.
DHS Head to America: Shut Up, Be Terrified, and Do What You're Told
Secretary John Kelly wants you to know that the problem is you, not them.
Trump's Congratulatory Call to Erdogan Is Bad; His and NATO's Lack of Urgency on Turkey's Authoritarianism Is Even Worse
It's past time for NATO to reconsider Turkey's membership.
Undocumented Workers Do Indeed Pay State Taxes
An Oregon think-tank's study finds undocumented workers contributes $81 million to state and local government coffers.
Bob Poole, Kmele Foster, Kyle Smith, Matt Welch: Sirius XM Insight, Channel 121, 9-12 am ET
The North Korea missile crisis, Trump's transportation bill, the new Star Wars, bad baseball uniforms, and more
U.S. Sending More Troops to Somalia—Continuing Escalation Kickstarted Last Year
About 40 U.S. troops will "train and equip" local forces.
Trump Admin Rhetoric Taking U.S.-North Korea Crisis to a Dangerous New Place, Says Kim Jong Il Biographer
The rhetoric against the Syrian government wasn't this intense before the U.S. launched missile strikes.
Donald Trump's Foreign Policy Switcheroos: The New Fifth Column, With Michael Weiss
Also: Watch Matt Welch talk North Korea on MSNBC tonight at 8 pm ET
Draining the Swamp Apparently Means Hiding the White House Visitor Logs
Releasing White House visitor logs was one of Obama's better transparency moves. Naturally, Trump won't do it.
Welcoming Immigrants Means Higher Wages
'Immigration represents an opportunity rather than a threat to our economy and to American workers.'
MOABs, Russkies, Prog Rock, Jesus, Jackie Robinson, and the F-word: Matt Welch Hosts on Sirius XM 9-12 AM ET
Lots o' loose talk, w/ Dave Weigel, Michael Brendan Dougherty and more, on channel 121. Call in at 1-877-974-7487.
