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"We did a lot of field studies and got nothing to show for it," said one U.S. Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory researcher.
There is no question that Rose defiantly broke the rules, but we love our baseball characters, warts and all.
The site of George Washington's famed winter encampment might not have existed without colonial-era iron regulations.
Some players like the game to mimic the real world. Others like to play as Gandhi but nuke their enemies into oblivion.
Progressives used to believe in building more stuff. Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson want to do that again.
The Reason Foundation co-founder took seriously the idea that libertarians should win—not just in the courts but also in the broader culture.
Two new biographies tell the stories of the unsung members of the Marx Brothers and the Three Stooges.
Lidar technology is revealing that the Mayan civilization was more complex and interconnected than previously thought.
The tradition of decorating eggs in springtime is a lesson in symbols shared across cultures.
The Peruvian novelist, who passed away this Sunday, was a lifelong defender of freedom in all its forms.
In the chaotic early days of Poland's "shock therapy," free market reformers measured their success by the falling price of this one basic commodity.
A historian tries to tie two classical liberal economists to the racialist right, and scrambles their words in the process.
The taxpayer-funded think tank cloaked elite impunity and American interventionism in the language of liberalism.
How John McClaughry and Karl Hess fought to decentralize power—one from inside the system, one ever further from it
Did the 25th president really make America "very rich through tariffs"? William McKinley might have told you otherwise.
An economist explores how a stable and relatively just legal order emerged in medieval Japan.
An economist explores how a stable and relatively just legal order emerged in medieval Japan.
A new book explores the legacy of the Report on Iron Mountain, while another probes the life of the novelist and essayist Robert Anton Wilson.
"Bad ideas have been making a comeback," the host of Conversations with Tyler tells Reason.
The "In Slavery's Wake" exhibit celebrates black Americans' resistance to slavery and Jim Crow.
The historian and podcaster joins us on the five-year anniversary of the COVID-19 emergency to relive all the pandemic policy failures.
Historian Donald L. Fixico explores a forgotten moment in Oklahoma history and its lessons about liberty.
The Austrian economist's principled thought once served as a check on the intellectual right.
What the Russian-born author would have thought of Russia's war in Ukraine
"Hindu mystics" with "swarthy faces and dreamy-looking eyes" once had Uncle Sam in a tizzy.
Wall Street legend Jim O’Shaughnessy discusses how to live well and innovate boldly during the age of Trump, Musk, and AI.
Historian Sean McMeekin dissects how communism has enduring and resurgent appeal in the West despite its history of violence and economic disaster.
The president's planned National Garden of American Heroes might be a nice idea, but it would be extremely costly—and unnecessary.
Some of California's architectural wonders were consumed by the flames.
Director Ridley Scott explores what happens when people from the fringes of society rise to power.
Though awkward and antiquated, the Second Amendment’s syntax and grammar unambiguously protect gun rights.
A unanimous Supreme Court decision established as much in 1965.
Decades after his death, the English philosopher's ideas helped shape the American republic.
Economist Tyler Cowen on historical lessons, populism today, and the philosophical debates within libertarianism.
The Rip Current podcast is a good reminder that political division and even violence are not new in America.
Long before Wicked came along, America's homegrown fairyland was filled with politics.
Playing this digital collection of new retro-style games is like rediscovering a box of old cartridges.
The libertarian case for the late Jimmy Carter.
How much should a Wendy's Baconator cost? Elizabeth Warren thinks the government should help decide.
The English city protects its historical sites while embracing growth and redevelopment.
The president-elect can't tell political asylum from an insane asylum. But a little linguistic history reveals a more compelling American tradition.
Former VJ Dave Holmes explores the channel's history on his podcast, Who Killed the Video Star.
In Common Law Liberalism, legal scholar John Hasnas offers a new vision for a free society.
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