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Civil Liberties

How Graffiti Empowers Big Government

While advocates present graffiti as a liberating force, graffiti has also given local governments a pretext to expand their coercive powers.

Greg Beato | 1.23.2013 5:00 PM

Culture

6 Video Games Every Libertarian Should Play

Post-apocalyptic America, Ayn Rand underwater, the decline of the Wild West, and more.

Peter Suderman | 1.17.2013 10:30 AM

Culture

South Park Creators Launch Their Own Production Studio

Look for more anti-authoritarian coolness

Reason Staff | 1.14.2013 5:48 PM

Politics

Django Unchained and the Latest Liberal Smear Against Clarence Thomas

Damon Root | 1.9.2013 9:08 AM

Culture

Impeach Lincoln!

Matthew Feeney | 1.7.2013 10:30 AM

Culture

The Mongols Are Coming!

A new trilogy courtesy of Neal Stephenson's cult following.

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 1.7.2013 10:30 AM

Culture

Survivor: Nuclear Edition

Scott Shackford | 1.7.2013 10:30 AM

Economics

How Walt Disney Cashes In on Corporate Welfare

Why are taxpayers picking up the tab for Mickey Mouse?

Yaël Ossowski | 1.6.2013 1:00 PM

Policy

Iron Maiden Singer Bruce Dickinson: "Civil servants, on some level, are almost institutionally prejudiced against entrepreneurial activity and risk"

Damon Root | 1.4.2013 4:31 PM

Politics

Sex and Violence

Nick Gillespie | 1.3.2013 6:52 PM

Economics

How Capitalism Made the Christmas Tree Better

Originally intended as an antidote to commercialism, the Christmas tree soon had the opposite impact.

Greg Beato | 12.20.2012 4:30 PM

Politics

Don't Believe the Hype About "Dangerous" Christmas Toys

Welcome to the season of bogus scare stories.

Lenore Skenazy | 12.19.2012 4:30 PM

Culture

Kickstarter: It's Cool and All, But It Doesn't Allow for Enough Central Control

Brian Doherty | 11.28.2012 2:09 PM

Politics

When Marvin Miller Almost Hired Richard Nixon

Matt Welch | 11.27.2012 4:51 PM

Culture

In Defense of Black Friday Shopping

Like Thanksgiving and Christmas, Black Friday celebrates bounty and benevolence.

Greg Beato | 11.21.2012 4:30 PM

Culture

Captain Nowhere

Nationalist superheroes aren't what they used to be.

Noah Berlatsky | 11.18.2012 1:00 PM

Policy

How Steven Spielberg's Lincoln Benefited from Crony Capitalism

Virginia taxpayers helped foot the bill for the Hollywood blockbuster.

Carten Cordell and Kathryn Watson | 11.15.2012 4:30 PM

Politics

Highbrow Memes, Lowbrow Memes

LOL the vote

Jesse Walker | 11.6.2012 10:47 AM

Culture

Happy 85th Birthday, Steve Ditko!

Brian Doherty | 11.2.2012 11:48 AM

Culture

Pants Off the Ground

Charles Oliver | 11.1.2012 6:00 AM

Culture

Brickbat: Pants Off the Ground

Charles Oliver | 11.1.2012 6:00 AM

Culture

Happy Halloween from Reason

Damon Root | 10.31.2012 10:10 AM

Culture

Disney Promises New Star Wars Trilogy

Plans afoot with their new intellectual property

Reason Staff | 10.30.2012 10:45 PM

Culture

Banksy Art Fails to Impress in LA

Several works fail to sell at auction

Reason Staff | 10.30.2012 7:45 PM

Culture

Disney Buys Lucasfilm, Plans New Star Wars Movie

Disney now officially owns everybody's childhood

Reason Staff | 10.30.2012 4:40 PM

Culture

Back to Columbine

Looking back at the baseless speculation and scapegoating that followed a tragedy.

Jesse Walker | 10.26.2012 1:30 PM

Policy

New York Court Determines When a Gyrating Ass May Be Taxed

The stripper's pole is a slippery slope, or something like that

Scott Shackford | 10.23.2012 12:09 PM

Culture

Stepford Guys

The classic tale of suburban paranoia turns 40.

Jesse Walker | 10.18.2012 1:30 PM

Culture

Dressed for Success

Charles Oliver | 10.18.2012 6:00 AM

Culture

Brickbat: Dressed for Success

Charles Oliver | 10.18.2012 6:00 AM

Policy

Britain's High-Tech Thought Police

British authorities target bloggers, tweeters, and t-shirt wearers for speech crimes.

Brendan O'Neill | 10.17.2012 4:30 PM

Policy

Why the Pussy Riot Case Still Matters

The punk feminists protest the abuses of Russia's authoritarian state.

Cathy Young | 10.17.2012 1:30 PM

Culture

In Defense of Blackface

Racism, envy, and the complicated politics of minstrelsy.

Thaddeus Russell | 10.13.2012 1:00 PM

Politics

Mitt Romney's Hero's Journey

The GOP nominee as a screenplay protagonist.

Peter Suderman | 10.10.2012 4:00 PM

Culture

Ramone's Final Riff

A review of Johnny Ramone's autobiography

Anthony Fisher | 10.2.2012 9:01 AM

Economics

Comics Culture

Brian Doherty | 10.2.2012 9:00 AM

Culture

Bike to the Future

As pedaling goes electric, alternative transport goes individualist.

Greg Beato | 9.14.2012 1:30 PM

Policy

Tattoos, Free Speech, and the Constitution

Damon Root | 9.10.2012 6:08 PM

Policy

Should Government Fund the Arts? Nick Gillespie in Economist Debate…

Nick Gillespie | 8.29.2012 3:04 PM

Culture

Intelligence at Work

Neal Stephenson's new book explores science fiction, underseas cables, Hong Kong, and the art of storytelling.

Anders Monsen | 8.26.2012 1:00 PM

Culture

Privacy for Sale

Welcome to the brave new world of encryption apps, real-time marketing, and using your face to shop.

Greg Beato | 8.24.2012 10:30 AM

Economics

Cosmopolis

David Cronenberg's delightfully strange riff on sex, technology, capitalism, and the quest for a good haircut.

Peter Suderman | 8.24.2012 9:00 AM

Politics

Shenanigans!

A worm's-eye view of what it takes to get someone I can stand elected president.

Peter Bagge | 8.10.2012 4:30 PM

Politics

1776, All Over Again

A 1969 musical about the Declaration of Independence is back

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 8.7.2012 7:00 AM

Movies

Bloodthirsty Cineastes Tear Orson Welles from His Throne

A film magazine releases its decennial selections of the world's greatest movies.

Jesse Walker | 8.1.2012 3:21 PM

Politics

Goodbye to Gore Vidal, America's Biographer and Champion

Remembering one of my favorite writers

Brian Doherty | 8.1.2012 3:09 PM

Politics

Ice-T: From "Cop Killer" to Second Amendment Hero

Damon Root | 7.25.2012 11:00 AM