Mindfulness Is What's Missing From the Political Arena
Politics isn’t going away, so we can at least try to make it less bad.
J.D. Vance
Kyle Rittenhouse's Call of Duty Habit and Post-Arrest Silence Aren't Evidence of His Guilt
Judge Bruce Schroeder rightly reprimanded Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger for what he called a "grave constitutional violation."
The Ohio GOP Senate Primary Is an Embarrassing Spectacle
Josh Mandel and J.D. Vance are locked in a race to the bottom.
COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalizations, and Deaths Fell Significantly in September
Plus: Why partisans want civil war, Biden's comptroller pick yearns for the USSR, and more...
J.D. Vance Says Government Should Seize Assets of Political Nonprofits
Plus: Fusionism, OnlyFans, and more...
Here's Why Twitter Briefly Suspended J.D. Vance's Campaign Account
Hint: It wasn't Big Tech censorship.
J.D. Vance Surrenders to the Politics of Hate
"I think our people hate the right people," the Senate candidate said last week. He's in infamous company.
Afghan Refugees Coming to the U.S. Aren't Unvetted Security Threats
Nativists like J.D. Vance warn that we need to be "properly vetting" the Afghans coming to the U.S., neglecting to mention just how safe these people are.
CDC Took Mistaken Data on Delta Variant Transmissibility From a New York Times Infographic
Plus: Dominion defamation suit against Trump lawyers can proceed, prices rose 0.5 percent in June, and more...
The U.S. Quietly Departs Its Largest Military Base in Afghanistan
Plus: Sha'Carri Richardson might miss Olympics over positive pot test, 130 countries agree to broad strokes of a global minimum corporate tax, and more...
Critical Race Theory Can't Be Banned. It Can Be Exposed, Mocked, and Avoided.
The semantics battle obscures reasonable objections to antiracist diversity seminars.
Both the Left and the Right Are Exaggerating the Threat Posed by Facebook
Facebook can't kill, jail, or tax you. It can only stop you from posting on Facebook.
Expanding Government Power Won't Defeat Poverty
Conservatives would no doubt use government differently than liberals, but libertarians have good reason to doubt that the results will be better.
The Ultimate 2020 Libertarian Gift Guide
Reason's writers and editors share their suggestions for what you should be buying your friends and family this year.
Netflix's Hillbilly Elegy Is a Movie Afraid of the Book It's Based on
J.D. Vance's memoir was an inherently political story. The film tries to ignore its context.
New Blows to Trump Campaign Election Fraud Theories
Plus: Hillbilly Elegy film flops, TikTok would like to know if it's still banned, and more...
Zoom Is Keeping Pandemic-Stricken America Connected. Cue Congress's Tech Panic.
Plus: Court upholds Texas abortion ban, Americans say they're choosing to stay at home, a doctor's view on hydroxychloroquine, and more...
Against the New Nationalism
Individual autonomy is not the cause of our problems and state autonomy is not the solution
The War on Porn Is Back
Conservatives hope to renew their old alliance with radical feminists.
Vape Shops May Be Excluded From Ban on Flavored Vaping Products
Plus: Buttigieg just behind Warren in Iowa, sex work in Scotland, anger in Russia, Trump impeachment news, a call for regulatory reform, and more...
U.S. Fertility Falls to Lowest Rate Ever
The number of children that families choose to have is none of the government's business.
Conservative Nationalists, Not Immigrants, Are Having Trouble Assimilating in America
Their orgy of statism is un-American.
The New Conservative Nationalism Is About Subverting Individual Liberty
If big government is the price of "good outcomes," the American right is increasingly willing to pay it.
The Cat in the Hat Is Right About Parenting
The most libertarian answer to the question of what it means to be a libertarian parent is that there is no answer.
Don't Let Tucker Carlson Make You a Victim
Virtually everyone is better off because of market capitalism.
Debate: Corporate Data Collection Poses a Threat to Personal Freedom
There are lots of reasons to be concerned about government snooping, but how should we feel when private companies do it?
Why Don't People Who Are Stuck in Depressed Appalachian Towns Just Leave?
A Reason writer returns to his family's home to investigate
'We Hillbillies Have Got to Wake the Hell Up': Review of Hillbilly Elegy
A family chronicle of the crackup of poor working-class white Americans.
Another Obamacare Clown Car Crash: 800,000 Given Wrong Tax Info
Good luck with that paperwork, folks!
Secession and the Politics of Venting
Why we talk about proposals that aren't actually going to happen.
Who's Getting Our Votes: Reason Writers' 2012 Presidential Picks
Plus: Which other races are most important and whether freedom is growing
