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Openness

McCarthy celebrates becoming Speaker of the House | Rod Lamkey - CNP/picture alliance / Consolidated News Photos/Newscom

Congress

Did the House Rebellion Against Kevin McCarthy Have an Upside?

Plus: a lightning round recollection of comical political fabulists

Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman | 1.9.2023 5:10 PM

Reps. Matt Gaetz and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speak privately on the House floor. | Screenshot/C-SPAN

Politics

Cameras Should Stay in Place After the House Picks a Speaker

C-SPAN has shown House proceedings since 1979 but only what the House chooses to let it show. That needs to change.

Joe Lancaster | 1.6.2023 4:40 PM

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Free Speech

A Professor Pushed Back Against 'White Fragility' Training. The College Investigated Her for 9 Months.

The chaos at Lake Washington Institute of Technology is by no means an isolated occurrence.

Jesse Singal | 4.5.2021 10:00 AM

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Lifestyle

Out West, Rules Are Made To Be Broken

J.D. Tuccille | 5.30.2018 6:00 AM

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History

How We Lost Privacy

Today people are shamed for not sharing personal information about themselves.

Katrina Gulliver | 4.19.2018 6:00 AM

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Reasontv

Flemming Rose Against the Worldwide Suppression of Speech

"I am not willing to sacrifice freedom of expression on the altar of cultural diversity."

Nick Gillespie and Todd Krainin | 2.10.2017 12:11 PM

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Science

Stunning Rejection of Scientific Values of Transparency and Skepticism at New England Journal of Medicine

Outside researchers might "even use the data to try to disprove what the original investigators had posited."

Ronald Bailey | 1.22.2016 11:38 AM

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Civil Liberties

Free Speech for Pro-Lifers

The ideals of freedom and autonomy must be put back at the heart of the pro-choice agenda. Let's start by defending the right of the pro-life side to say whatever it wants.

Brendan O'Neill | 12.3.2015 4:00 PM

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Policy

Big Data, Big Business, and Big Government

How bureaucrats are keeping people in the dark about the Export-Import Bank

Veronique de Rugy | 5.13.2015 8:30 AM

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Politics

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Transhumanism and the Singularity…

...but were afraid to ask. Q&A with R.U. Sirius & Jay Cornell, authors of Transcendence: The Disinformation Encyclopedia of Transhumanism & the Singularity.

Nick Gillespie | 5.7.2015 8:30 AM

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Politics

Reps. Poe, Massie, Lofgren, Internet Guru Vint Cerf Warn Against Gov't "Backdoors" That Allow Warrantless Searches

Nick Gillespie | 5.6.2015 8:46 AM

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Politics

"College Students are Human Veal"

Abetted by idiot administrators, today's students seem incapable of living in the real world.

Nick Gillespie | 5.4.2015 12:01 PM

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Politics

Free Speech Under Fire; Two Gunmen Killed at Texas "Draw Mohammed" Contest

Free speech is never a justification for violence - or submitting to the thug's veto.

Nick Gillespie | 5.4.2015 7:47 AM

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Politics

Vid: Open the Borders - to Goods and People!

Nick Gillespie | 4.30.2015 4:52 PM

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Politics

Prying Open Government: The Sunlight Foundation's Fight for Transparency

Q&A with President Chris Gates

Todd Krainin and Meredith Bragg | 4.30.2015 2:06 PM

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Politics

Open the Borders—to Trade and to People!

When it come to immigration and the Trans-Pacific Partnership, Republicans and Democrats sound more like South Park rednecks than statesmen.

Nick Gillespie and Meredith Bragg | 4.30.2015 2:00 PM

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Culture

Open Worlds and Endless Lives

How massive, explorable environments brought a new era of choice to video games.

Peter Suderman | 4.30.2015 11:00 AM

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Policy

Open Borders in America: A Look Back and Forward

Featuring highlights from decades of Reason immigration coverage

Ed Krayewski | 4.30.2015 11:00 AM

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Civil Liberties

Gun Rights, Civil Rights

The heirs of the Black Panthers and the fight for black open carry

Zach Weissmueller | 4.30.2015 11:00 AM

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Politics

When Open Government Slams Shut

Failed transparency, from Hillary Clinton's emails to hidden campaign contributions

Mark Hemingway | 4.30.2015 11:00 AM

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Policy

Globalization Is Good for You!

New research demonstrates the amazing power of open markets and open borders.

Ronald Bailey | 4.30.2015 11:00 AM

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Culture

Hacking Marriage

Polyamory, creative prenups, platonic co-parenting, open marriage, and the power of contracts

Diana Adams | 4.30.2015 11:00 AM

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Culture

Don't Close the American Mind

There is nothing 'open-minded' about using government to punish disfavored views.

Matt Welch | 4.30.2015 11:00 AM

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Policy

Cameras in the Court

Will allowing recording devices unleash the Supremes' inner Judge Judys?

Greg Beato | 4.30.2015 11:00 AM

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Openness

Openness, For a Free, Innovative, and Dynamic Society

From open trade and immigration, through the challenges of government transparency, to private end-runs around unresponsive bureaucracy

Reason Staff | 4.30.2015 10:00 AM

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Policy

Free the Seeds!

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 4.30.2015 10:00 AM

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