L.P. Presidential Candidate Jacob Hornberger Wants 'To Live in a Free Society'
The longtime activist is the front-runner for the L.P. presidential nomination and has a special message to young people.
The longtime activist is the front-runner for the L.P. presidential nomination and has a special message to young people.
A surgeon and policy analyst tallies up the steep costs of delaying and denying elective surgery and other care during the coronavirus pandemic.
Health care expert Avik Roy says that even without widespread testing, it's time to reopen schools and allow healthy, younger employees to go back to work.
Economic historian Phillip W. Magness on classical liberalism and abolition, Abraham Lincoln's contested legacy, and why history matters in contemporary politics.
In a new collection, the economic historian documents how classical liberals pushed for abolition and equality in 19th-century America.
Friday A/V Club: Daniel Tucker discusses his documentary Local Control: Karl Hess in the World of Ideas—and we also screen the movie itself.
The renowned science writer talks about pandemics, Chinese authoritarianism, Brexit, and why the freedom to innovate must not be quashed.
From relaxed TSA rules to speedy FDA approvals, the coronavirus is forcing authorities to admit many of their regulations are unnecessary.
That's a bad thing, even—or especially—from a libertarian perspective.
Walter Block and Kerry Baldwin debate whether women should have the legal right to terminate their pregnancies.
Walter Block and Kerry Baldwin debate whether pregnant women should have the legal right to evict a fetus.
Dave Smith and Nicholas Sarwark debate the 2016 Libertarian Party ballot, what constitutes success in an election, and how to effectively share libertarian principles.
Dave Smith and Nicholas Sarwark debate the 2016 Libertarian Party ticket, what constitutes success in an election, and how to effectively share libertarian principles.
The billionaire philanthropist worked to create a world in which people are more prosperous and tolerant.
People are important as individuals, not as extensions of some faceless mass.
Thaddeus Russell and Stephen Hicks debate human nature, moral relativism, and the nature of truth.
Thaddeus Russell and Stephen Hicks debate human nature, moral relativism, and the nature of truth.
Raised in Lithuania during the final years of the Cold War, Zilvinas Silenas wants to bring libertarian ideas to young people in the 21st century.
Author Kerry McDonald explains why her kids flourish outside of conventional classrooms—and why yours might too.
Why did a leading businessman go from calling Donald Trump "a national disgrace" to saying he's doing a good job?
The Libertarian Party's 1984 presidential nominee wanted his campaign to build for the future.
A biographical comic about a mid-century libertarian foremother
Is "mental illness" a fraudulent concept for locking up social deviants? Or does forced treatment free the ill "from the Bastille of their psychosis?"
Libertarian History/Philosophy
Struggling to find gifts to get for loved ones? How about a book?
One of Reason's founding editors, attorney Manny Klausner, tells tales from the early days of the magazine of "Free Minds and Free Markets."
So far, the world is kind of listening. Q&A with the co-host of The Fifth Column and co-founder of Freethink Media.
LSD, psilocybin, and other hallucinogenics are gaining new acceptance as serious medicine. But what if you want to do them just for fun, asks Jacob Sullum.
As we celebrate our 50th anniversary, listen to and read interviews with the editors of the magazine of "Free Minds and Free Markets."
Join Reason in celebrating its 50th anniversary! Also: changes to Title IX, the fiscal impact of ballot initiatives, and the resurrection of an awful neocon meme.
It sure beats endless battles over who gets to stuff their preferred governance down the throats of the vanquished.
Reason's Nick Gillespie defends Foucault, Hayek, and an "incredulity towards metanarratives."
Members are moving to New Hampshire and running for office in record numbers. Will they bring "liberty in our lifetime"?
How to disagree with other libertarians
Libertarians think freedom creates the conditions that lead to human flourishing. The Catholic Church has a name for that.
Libertarian History/Philosophy
The longtime operator of Laissez Faire Books was one of America's most tireless and effective promoters of libertarian thought.
Libertarian History/Philosophy
The Suicide of the West author explains his anti-Trumpism, evolution on culture-war issues, and growing attraction to libertarianism.
We don't need UBI to enable people to tell bosses to take the job and shove it.
Libertarian History/Philosophy
Party officials split on how to deal with a member's radical rhetoric.
The author of The Better Angels of Our Nature is back with a bold new book defending humanism, progress, and capitalism.
Libertarian History/Philosophy
The magazine's early editor talks about what Reason got right-and wrong-in its first half-century of existence.
These films showcase individualism, innovation, and anti-statism, all while making us laugh and cry.
A look into the philosophy of Ubisoft's long-running franchise.
Libertarian History/Philosophy
The ancient authoritarian imperative to restrict speech shows up in a new guise.
Friday A/V Club: Columnist, broadcaster, and critic of concentrated power
Where does the United States land on the 2017 Freedom Index? Not as high as you think.