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Plagiarism

Robby Soave appears on the left. Nick Gillespie appears on the right. In the center box, from left to right are images of Presidents George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump. Bold text across the bottom of the screen reads "WE DID IT, AMERICA!" | Illustration: Adani Samat

National Debt

How Did America Get $40 Trillion in Debt?

Plus: Trump's trade war with Canada, the growing backlash against data centers, and calls to censor journalists in Britain

Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Robby Soave | 8.24.2026 6:44 PM

Jack Grove, Jason Arday, and Cambridge University | Faculty of Education/Cambridge. Andrewro/Dreamstime.  jgro_the/X

Health

Brickbat: Stop Asking Questions

Charles Oliver | 8.11.2026 4:00 AM

Katherine Mangu-Ward appears on the left. Matt Welch appears on the right. An image of New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez appears behind them in the center square. Bold text across the bottom of the screen reads "Woke 1 was crazy" | Illustration: Adani Samat

Socialism

Are Socialists Actually Leaving Wokeness Behind?

Plus: the rise of affordability politics, Trump attempts to end birthright citizenship, and the Cambridge plagiarism controversy

Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Matt Welch | 8.10.2026 6:10 PM

Kamala Harris | Phil McAuliffe/Polaris/Newscom

Media Criticism

The Media Shouldn't Overlook Kamala Harris' Plagiarism

The pouncing isn't the point.

Robby Soave | 10.17.2024 1:30 PM

Steven Pinker outside of Harvard's campus | Illustration: Lex Villena

Higher Education

Steven Pinker: What Went Wrong at Harvard

The psychologist and bestselling author argues that Harvard's free speech policy was so "selectively prosecuted that it became a national joke."

Nick Gillespie | 3.27.2024 10:45 AM

Claudine Gay during a U.S. House hearing | Photo: Sipa USA/Alamy

Academia

Claudine Gay's Defenders Shot the Messenger

Harvard should pick someone with academic integrity as its next president.

Robby Soave | 2.19.2024 6:00 AM

Aaron Sibarium on Just Asking Questions background | Illustration: Lex Villena

Higher Education

Aaron Sibarium: Did Harvard's Plagiarism Scandal Doom DEI?

Aaron Sibarium discusses the downfall of former Harvard President Claudine Gay on the latest episode of Just Asking Questions.

Zach Weissmueller and Liz Wolfe | 1.11.2024 1:50 PM

Nikki Haley speaks at campaign event | Brian Cahn/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

Election 2024

Nikki Haley's Last Stand?

Plus: Which is worse, trashing Nancy Pelosi's office or having sex in a Senate hearing room?

Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Christian Britschgi | 1.8.2024 4:26 PM

John Stossel is seen in front of a blue tinted image of the White House with a photo of Joe Biden to his left and a photo of and Donald Trump to his right | Stossel TV

Election 2024

Both Biden and Trump Are Bad Candidates

The next presidential election may be between the two men. Can't we do better?

John Stossel | 8.23.2023 12:30 AM

Plagiarism

Sanctions for Lawyer's Plagiarism of Opposing Side's Motion

Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 10.19.2022 12:42 PM

16-19 | Gage Skidmore; Lex Villena

Libertarian History/Philosophy

Beyond The 1619 Project: Holding Academics and Journalists Accountable

Intellectual watchdog Phil Magness talks Nikole Hannah-Jones, Nancy MacLean, Hans-Hermann Hoppe, and Kevin Kruse.

Nick Gillespie | 9.13.2022 3:00 PM

Candid picture of historian Kevin Kruse speaking. | Miller Center/Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

History

Is Twitter-Famous Princeton Historian Kevin Kruse a Plagiarist?

His 2000 thesis on civil-rights-era Atlanta lifts passages from other people's work.

Phillip W. Magness | 6.14.2022 3:15 PM

upiphotostwo652402 | MIKE THEILER/UPI/Newscom

Free Trade

Trump's Anti-China Trade Advisor Invented a Fake Economist To Sell His Protectionist Views

Peter Navarro also said Americans wouldn't pay the costs of Trump's tariffs, a claim that seems to be equally fabricated.

Eric Boehm | 10.17.2019 9:50 AM

Plagiarism

BuzzFeed Writer Caught Plagiarizing. You Won't Believe What Happens Next.

Plus 26 reasons why you shouldn't copy and paste from Wikipedia.

Reason Staff | 7.25.2014 1:40 PM

Culture

Shia LaBeouf Apologizes For Plagiarizing Graphic Novel on Twitter, Moves on to Plagiarizing Apologies After Critics Won't

Didn't like that the first apology didn't stop the tweeting

Reason Staff | 1.2.2014 7:00 PM

Politics

Sen. Paul Pledges To Implement New Process For Speeches, Writings

Amid plagiarism charges

Reason Staff | 11.5.2013 2:30 PM

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Politics

Report: Three Pages of Rand Paul's Book Were Plagiarized

Matthew Feeney | 11.3.2013 12:00 PM

Rand Paul

Rand Paul Plagiarizes Wikipedia Gattaca Entry in Liberty University Speech?

Ronald Bailey | 10.29.2013 11:43 AM

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