History

Slavery and the Civil War

Damon Root | 4.7.2010 12:41 PM

Up from Slavery

There's no such thing as a golden age of lost liberty

David Boaz | 4.6.2010 4:30 PM

States' Rights and American History

Damon Root | 4.6.2010 12:12 PM

ACORN's Original Sin

Critics of the expiring activist group say it was driven by the vision of Saul Alinsky. If only that were true.

Jesse Walker | 3.26.2010 3:00 PM

Repeal the Davis-Bacon Act

How prevailing wage laws benefit unions at the expense of taxpayers

Damon Root | 3.24.2010 4:30 PM

Reason Writers Around Town: Damon Root on Repealing the Pro-Union Davis-Bacon Act

Reason Staff | 3.22.2010 10:55 AM

Louis Brandeis' Partial Justice

How the famous jurist shaped-and misshaped-American law

Damon Root | 3.19.2010 3:00 PM

Happy Birthday, Moorfield Storey!

Damon Root | 3.19.2010 9:10 AM

Don't Mess With the Texas Curriculum

Michael Moynihan | 3.17.2010 5:26 PM

Constitutional History

Damon Root | 3.17.2010 4:46 PM

Inflation: The Unspeakable Crisis

Brian Doherty | 3.16.2010 3:18 PM

The Decline of a Once-Great City: Reason Saves Cleveland With Drew Carey, Ep. 1

Reason Staff | 3.15.2010 7:28 AM

The Decline of a Once-Great City: Reason Saves Cleveland With Drew Carey, Episode 1

Reason Staff | 3.15.2010 7:00 AM

Mr. President, You're No Theodore Roosevelt

Damon Root | 3.11.2010 8:31 AM

The Children of George Metesky

Not every terrorist is a product of the left or the right.

Jesse Walker | 3.10.2010 3:00 PM

Does Obama Know What 'Principled Commitment' Means?

Jacob Sullum | 3.5.2010 11:35 AM

Justice Scalia's Faint-Hearted 14th Amendment Originalism

Damon Root | 3.3.2010 10:28 AM

Some Good Things to Read on the Internet

Jesse Walker | 3.1.2010 12:39 PM

Liberal Fantasies About Obama Packing the Supreme Court

Damon Root | 3.1.2010 12:31 PM

Reason Supreme Court Preview: Does the Second Amendment Apply to the States?

Reason Staff | 3.1.2010 11:25 AM

Regulation Now, Regulation Tomorrow, Regulation Forever

Tim Cavanaugh | 2.28.2010 10:40 AM

Historical Document of the Day

Jesse Walker | 2.27.2010 1:48 PM

Getting the 14th Amendment Right

The Chicago gun case and the fight for economic liberty

Damon Root | 2.26.2010 3:00 PM

Meanwhile over at Lew Rockwell, an Anti-Confederate Defense of Contemporary Secession…

Nick Gillespie | 2.22.2010 10:34 AM

Does Justice Scalia Think the Second Amendment Applies Only to the Federal Government?

Damon Root | 2.19.2010 4:57 PM

They Burn the Research of Class Enemies, Don't They?

Michael Moynihan | 2.17.2010 5:26 PM

Who Killed Apartheid?

Was it the African National Congress' armed struggle that ended white rule in South Africa? Or was it nonviolent civic resistance?

Jesse Walker | 2.11.2010 3:00 PM

Property Rights Are Civil Rights

Damon Root | 2.10.2010 4:40 PM

Civil Liberties

The Birth of The Birth of a Nation

Jesse Walker | 2.8.2010 3:47 PM

In Restraint of Liberty

Citizens United and the problem with conservative judicial restraint

Damon Root | 2.5.2010 3:00 PM

The People's Historian?

Howard Zinn was a master of agitprop, not history

Michael Moynihan | 2.3.2010 5:30 PM

The Audacity of Populism

Obama dons a venerable mantle, but Bryan's real descendants may be media stars.

Jesse Walker | 2.2.2010 7:00 AM

Trial by Ordeal

The surprising accuracy of the Dark Ages' trial by fire rituals

Radley Balko | 2.1.2010 4:30 PM

Reason Writers Around Town: Jesse Walker on Populism

Reason Staff | 1.29.2010 7:00 PM

Should Obama Just Pack the Supreme Court and Get It Over With?

Damon Root | 1.28.2010 1:09 PM