Where Did Trump Come From?
A new history of the American right sheds light on the GOP in 2016.
Libertarian History/Philosophy
Dumb Voters Needn't Mean a People Unable to Run Their Own Lives
A reminder from libertarian philosopher Jason Brennan, author of Against Democracy
Conservatives Are From Mars, Libertarians Are From…Woodstock?
There's no ceasefire in conservative Republican concern-trolling about Gary Johnson and William Weld's ideological apostasies.
Friday A/V Club: When the Governor Has a Libertarian Side
The Maryland governor who defied Prohibition, and the Utah governor who wouldn't pay his income tax
George Will on the Limits of Majority Rule
"What we need is an engaged judiciary asserting the fact that the essence of America is not majority rule, it is liberty."
"The Alternative To Innovation Is Not Stability. It's Stagnation."
Fred Smith of the Competitive Enterprise Institute & Center for the Advancement of Capitalism wants business owners to champion free markets better.
Judge Andrew Napolitano on Election 2016 and Being a Pro-Life Libertarian
The Fox News legal analyst fears electing Trump OR Clinton would be the "demise of the Constitution as we understand it."
New Gay-Friendly GOP Targets LGBTQ Voters With Fabulousness, Fearmongering, While Democrats Embrace Hillary Clinton, Transgender Movement
From a limited-government, classical-liberal perspective, neither convention presented an inspiring future for LGBT activism.
Libertarian History/Philosophy
Libertarianism, Yes! But *What Kind* of Libertarianism?
Virtue vs. Libertinism or, a Reason debate on liberty, license, coercion, and responsibility.
The Libertarian Party Was the First Modern Crew To Nominate a Woman To Ticket
Tonie Nathan ran for vice-president in 1972 and, along with presidential nominee John Hospers, won an electoral vote.
"Let people do what they want with their own bodies and property": Q&A with Todd Seavey
'Libertarianism for Beginners' was born in seeing the Soviet Union collapse.
Rep. Thomas Massie: 'Republicans Want to Spend More Money Just as Much as Democrats Do.'
The Kentucky Congressman on Trump, House of Cards, and the plot to kick out Boehner.
Don't Tell Us How to Live Our Lives!: A Libertarian Millennial Manifesto!
Exclusive excerpt from Government Gone Wild: How D.C. Politicians Are Taking You for a Ride-and What You Can Do About It.
In Search of the Elusive Cultural Libertarian
You might be a cultural libertarian if... well, that depends on whom you ask.
Randy Barnett: How To Secure Our Liberty Through "Our Republican Constitution"
The intellectual leader of the libertarian legal movement talks about Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, third parties, Merrick Garland, and how to roll back the state.
Bob Poole Remembers Tibor Machan, A Fellow Founding Co-Editor of Reason Magazine
Machan was one of the libertarian community's most prolific writers and thinkers.
Tibor Machan, a Founding Editor of Reason, RIP
Refugee from communism, academic philosopher, Objectivist, popular columnist brought precision and clarity to Reason's early years.
Open Borders, Open Markets, Low Taxes, Tiny Government: The Liechtenstein Model
The European microstate provides a prosperous example of governance in the third millennium.
Is Liechtenstein a Libertarian Utopia?
Prince Hans-Adam II says open borders, low taxes, free trade, and small government should define "the state in the third millennium."
Giancarlo Ibarguen, R.I.P.
Leader of Guatemalan Universidad Francisco Marroquin advocated for startup cities and libertarian ideas in Latin America.
Americans Have Always Been Obsessed With National Security
Since the beginning of the republic, nationalists have warned that because America is exceptional, it faces constant danger.
Edward Snowden Keynoting Free State Project's Liberty Forum Today & Tomorrow
Whisteblower will be interviewed by Reason's Nick Gillespie.
Donald Trump & Bernie Sanders Are Burning the GOP & Democratic Party To The Ground, Thank God.
This is happening at the same time Gallup finds libertarian voters outnumber conservatives, liberals, and populist voters. Do the math, reformers!
Is the Fact that More People Aren't Libertarian Proof that Libertarianism Is a Failure?
Shouldn't truth succeed in the "marketplace of ideas"? Some reasons why we shouldn't assume that will be the case.
Is There a Libertarian Case for Bernie Sanders? Not That I've Seen
The Vermont socialist and ice-cream flavor is too far left on economic freedoms & not libertarian enough elsewhwere.
Free-Market Education Radical Andrew J. Coulson, RIP
Author and Cato scholar wrote path-breaking book Market Education: The Unknown History.
Meet Clint Bolick, Libertarian Lawyer Turned Arizona Supreme Court Justice
The newly appointed justice talks law, politics, immigration, and why he got "visibly tattooed."
"With Rand Paul's Exit, Has the 'Libertarian Moment' Died Once Again?"
Libertarianism has died more times than Abe Vigoda. But unlike good old Fish, libertarianism is still alive and kicking.
Google Celebrates Frederick Douglass Today. So Should You, Esp. If You're a Libertarian.
The escaped slave and ouspoken abolitionist was a classical liberal.
The Libertarian Movement: Too Extremist, Too Moderate, or Just Right?
Did Barry Goldwater's famous quote about "extremism in the defense of liberty" deform the libertarian movement?
Rand Paul on Daily Show: Gov't Shouldn't Tell You What To "Smoke, Drink, and Eat"
The "libertarianish" senator lays out vision of limited government while sipping bourbon with Trevor Noah.
Independents Rule but GOP, Dem, & Media Establishment Says Everything Is Fine
Why are historically low numbers of voters identifying as Democratic or Republican? Because they can.
Libertarian Lawyer Clint Bolick Appointed to Arizona Supreme Court
Gov. Doug Ducey makes his first appointment to the state's highest court.
Libertarian History/Philosophy
It's Time To Embrace Free-Market Existentialism!
Capitalism provides the most choices and opportunities for philosophical self-definition.
Was 2015 The Year Libertarianism Died?
The fall of Rand Paul and the rise of Donald Trump means the Libertarian Moment is dead. Also, I've a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you.
Brendan O'Neill: 'The Real Threat To Free Speech Now Is Conformism and Cowardice'
Spiked's Brendan O'Neill on free expression, environmentalism as "an apology for poverty" and why he is "a Marxist libertarian."
Fame, Ain't It a Bitch in the New Media World? R. Kelly Walks Off HuffPost Live
Controversial singer refuses to answer questions about lyrics and lawsuits, walks off set, shows power of new media.
Being Libertarian vs. Being Anti-Establishment: The Crucial Difference
Being against business as usual in DC doesn't mean being pro-liberty.
Nobelist Douglass North Taught Us Institutions Matter Most
Nobel-winning economist, one of the most influential thinkers of his generation, dies aged 95.
The Corporate Christian Conspiracy?
A historian tries to blame "Christian libertarians" for the idea that America is a Christian nation.
Should There Be *Any* Limits to Self-Fashioning?: Al Roker as Charlie Brown Edition
The Today Show tests the limits of tolerance and pluralism. And movie tie-ins.
New York Times Prefers John Roberts Over His Libertarian Critics
Liberal pundit alarmed by competing versions of legal conservatism.
Herbert Spencer, 'the Most Misunderstood Libertarian'
A new book examines the life and ideas of the proto-libertarian philosopher.
