Ban Private Schools in the Name of the Collective Good?
Bans on private education have already been tried and rejected in the U.S.
History
That Time Orson Welles Called for Outlawing Racist Speech
Some arguments have been around for a while.
Open Borders in America: A Look Back and Forward
Featuring highlights from decades of Reason immigration coverage
Gangs and 'Outside Agitators': Baltimore Authorities Pick Their Conspiracy Theories
City leaders put a new spin on some very old tales.
U.S. Capitalism Isn't a 'Free Market'
Centuries of government intervention have distorted society and the economy considerably, and it will take time and patience to fix.
The Rise and Fall of Cybernetic Communism
The Soviets, the cyberneticists, and the SNAFU Principle
Another Bout of Anti-Libertarian Nonsense from the Left-Wing Center for American Progress
Confronting the ugly record of "genocidal progressivism."
The Last Witness to Lincoln's Assassination Goes On a Game Show
It has been 150 years since John Wilkes Booth killed Abraham Lincoln. This man was there.
More Anti-Libertarian Nonsense from the Left-Wing Center for American Progress
Liberal group tries to whitewash Progressive movement's ugly record on eugenics.
What Libertarians Get Wrong About American History
American history is not an essentially libertarian story.
Friday A/V Club: D.W. Griffith and the Censors
A tale of movies, racism, censorship, and zombies
An Alternative History of The Nation
The lost libertarian leanings of a long-lived left-wing magazine
National Review Launches Another Attack on 'Libertarian Constitutionalism'
The conservative magazine doubles down on its defense of judicial deference.
Does Camille Paglia Have Any Hope for Our Modern Society?
The Cultural Critic Discusses Sexuality, Race, Gender, Feminism, and Hillary Clinton
Conservatives, Progressives, and Judicial Deference
A reply to National Review's Ramesh Ponnuru.
The War of 1812 Dramatically Changed American People and Government
"Forget self and think of America," wartime pundits urged.
Friday A/V Club: Woody Woodpecker Resists Wartime Rationing, Fights the Police
The 1943 cartoon Ration Bored
How the War of 1812 Eroded U.S. Liberalism
The War of 1812 helped "the State come into its own" by concentrating power and interest in the national government.
Friday A/V Club: Uncle Sam Reminds You to Visit Your Local Draft Board
An artifact from the age of peacetime conscription
The Elusive Politics of American Sniper
It isn't a hawkish movie, and it isn't conventionally dovish either. But it does have a distinct political perspective.
Libertarianism, the Anti-Slavery Movement, and Black History Month
Classical liberalism and the fight for racial equality.
When Americans Practiced Terrorism
Obama had a good point at the National Prayer Breakfast.
Friday A/V Club: Ice-T's Guide to Sexual Subcultures
When the down-low panic came to Law and Order: SVU
Friday A/V Club: World Leader Predicts TV Will Solve the Planet's Problems
A blast of techo-utopianism from 1929
What the Hell Does 'Politically Correct' Mean?: A Short History
The many meanings of 'political correctness'
Jesse Walker to Speak in Canada About Conspiracy Theories in U.S. History
The event is at Western University.
Venerating Lincoln
A history of Abraham Lincoln's critics would be improved if the author weren't so smitten with Lincoln himself.
