ISIS

World

Ill-Timed Headline of the Week: 'Rand Paul's Fatal Pacifism'

Richard Epstein misreads Rand Paul.

Jesse Walker | 9.4.2014 3:25 PM

Politics

Rand Paul's Strategic Slipperiness on Foreign Policy

Matt Welch | 9.4.2014 12:46 PM

World

Rand Paul Sets the Record Straight: Yes, He Absolutely Would Bomb ISIL

Robby Soave | 9.4.2014 12:44 PM

World

Ignorance Fuels the Calls for War

Lack of knowledge never stops us.

Steve Chapman | 9.4.2014 12:00 PM

Policy

What Happened on Friday Afternoon That Banished Rand Paul's Doubts About War Against ISIS? [UPDATED]

Jacob Sullum | 9.4.2014 11:35 AM

Policy

From Russia to ISIL, Obama Weighs Interventionist Foreign Policy

Reason Staff | 9.4.2014 10:15 AM

World

An Unhappy Summer for Liberty

Locally and nationally, we live under governments that prefer to rule rather than to serve.

Andrew Napolitano | 9.4.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: U.S. vs. ISIL, Russia vs. Ukraine, Michelle Obama vs. Satire, Ebola, Rape-Victim Child Support, Kinder/Gentler Drug Courts, Plus After-show

Matt Welch | 9.3.2014 8:27 PM

World

Biden on ISIL: 'We Will Follow Them to the Gates of Hell'

Reason Staff | 9.3.2014 2:43 PM

Barack Obama

Obama: Not Going to Be "Intimidated" by ISIL

Okay

Reason Staff | 9.3.2014 9:10 AM

Politics

Rand Paul vs. the Hawks

The Kentucky senator urges interventionists of both parties to contemplate unintended consequences.

Jacob Sullum | 9.3.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: The Latest ISIL Beheading, Grover Norquist Tells All About Burning Man, Report from the Russo-Ukrainian Mini-war, Leaked Nudes, Revolving Cantor, NSA, Minimum Wage, Plus After-show!

Matt Welch | 9.2.2014 8:04 PM

The Independents

What War Is Good For

Matt Welch | 9.2.2014 6:12 PM

Policy

Does Rand Paul Think the Beheading of American Journalists Justifies War Against ISIS?

Jacob Sullum | 9.2.2014 4:44 PM

Economics

Under ISIL Threat, Erbil Residents Snap Up Black Market Guns

J.D. Tuccille | 9.2.2014 4:39 PM

ISIS

Video Appears to Show Second American Journalist's Execution by Islamic State (Updated)

Video of Steven Sotloff appears online

Reason Staff | 9.2.2014 4:36 PM

World

Wacko Isolationist Rand Paul Would Seek Congressional Approval to 'Destroy ISIS'

Robby Soave | 9.2.2014 4:36 PM

Policy

U.S. Intelligence Identifies American-Born ISIL Fighters

Reason Staff | 8.29.2014 10:05 AM

Politics

The Deep Roots of Obama's "We Don't Have a Strategy Yet" Problem - and What to Do Next.

Nick Gillespie | 8.29.2014 9:32 AM

Iraq

'We Learned It From Watching You!'—Islamic State Waterboarded Foley, Others

Scott Shackford | 8.28.2014 4:15 PM

World

ISIL Executes 250 Syrian Soldiers

Video posted on YouTube

Reason Staff | 8.28.2014 12:00 PM

Politics

Fox's Kim Guilfoyle Wants Putin-esque War Leader, Not Civil Liberties

Zenon Evans | 8.28.2014 11:40 AM

World

Headline Inversion: The Consequences of a Jennifer Rubin Mindset on Terrorism

Robby Soave | 8.28.2014 8:30 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Red Meat Wednesday, With John Stossel, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Geraldo Rivera, and Two Minutes Hate!

Matt Welch | 8.27.2014 4:30 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Tierney vs. Bolton in a Battle of the Johns, ISIL vs. the U.S., Gene Healy vs. Militarization, Killer Mike on Ferguson, Plastic-Bag Bans, Reclining Airplane Seats, the Worst Driving Cities, Plus After-show!

Matt Welch | 8.26.2014 8:14 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Are You Scared of ISIL? Also, Rand Calls out Hillary's Hawkishness, Burger King Wears a Toque, Everyone Apologies for Everything (Except Suge Knight), and Enlightening Aftershow!

Matt Welch | 8.25.2014 8:19 PM

Politics

Powerful: Egyptian Feminists Literally Shit, Bleed on ISIL Flag (NSFW)

Nick Gillespie | 8.25.2014 5:50 PM

Policy

'The US military's involvement is not over' in Iraq, Says Secretary of Defense

So...this is Iraq War the Third?

J.D. Tuccille | 8.22.2014 10:05 AM

Politics

Hillary Clinton, ISIL, and the Interventionist Bias

Let's stop training fighters whom we end up fighting, OK?

Christopher Preble | 8.22.2014 8:30 AM

Politics

ISIL Crisis Could Improve U.S.-Iran Relations

A silver lining on a bad situation.

Zenon Evans | 8.21.2014 2:00 PM

World

Obama Says ISIL Is 'Cancer.' But Is the U.S. Ready for More Chemo?

Robby Soave | 8.20.2014 2:06 PM