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Vacations

Three people taking a selfie with smart phone in the mountain on summer vacation | AntonioGuillem/Newscom

Vacations

Give Your Teen Some Freedom on Their Summer Vacation

Most parents say they wouldn’t let their teen wander alone on vacation. But a study shows that declining independence in children could be feeding anxiety and depression.

Lenore Skenazy | 7.9.2025 4:25 PM

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Travel

Why Free Movement Is Essential to a Free Society

Reason's 2025 travel issue takes seriously the idea that the right to roam is inseparable from the right to speak, to work, to love, and to associate freely.

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 7.1.2025 6:00 AM

The Treasury Department building in Washington, D.C. | Chuck Myers/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

Government Spending

Americans Learned a Lesson About Interest Rates. Washington Has Not.

Higher rates lead to more debt, and more debt begets higher rates, and on and on. Get the picture?

Veronique de Rugy | 10.19.2023 12:01 AM

U.S. passports pictured in front of a calendar | Illustration: Lex Villena, DPST

Bureaucracy

Here's Why the State Department Is Taking Months To Renew Your Passport

COVID-era problems are partially to blame, but so are outdated government practices.

Fiona Harrigan | 4.14.2023 5:25 PM

Dave Bautista and Kristen Cui in "Knock at the Cabin" | Universal Pictures

Movies

Review: Knock at the Cabin and To Leslie

Shyamalan’s latest twist and a most unexpected Oscar nom.

Kurt Loder | 2.3.2023 7:30 AM

Cruise ships at a U.S. port. Smoke blows from the ships. A skyline is visible in the background | Al Diaz/TNS/Newscom

Coronavirus

Cruise Lines Relax COVID Testing and Vaccination Policies

For trips shorter than six days, vaccinated passengers will no longer need to obtain a negative test result before boarding.

Eric Bazail-Eimil | 8.3.2022 11:00 AM

depalaska022806(1) | Emily Riddell/Newscom

Reason Roundup

Ron DeSantis Threatens To Capsize Cruise Ship Industry if Boats Require Vaccinations

Plus: Poll finds belief in QAnon conspiracy theory high, bill would nix double-taxing of teleworkers, and more…

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 5.28.2021 10:00 AM

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Coronavirus

Fun Travel May Mean Road Trips for the Foreseeable Future

Unless you are especially dedicated to seeing the world and willing to run a gauntlet of hassles to do so, travel is poised to become a more local activity.

J.D. Tuccille | 5.13.2020 10:00 AM

Large image on homepages | Albin Lohr-Jones/Sipa USA/Newscom

Paid Leave

Bill de Blasio Proposes Mandated Paid Vacations Because 'New Yorkers Need a Break'

"If you work hard and you don't get a break, that's not fair," de Blasio said.

Joe Setyon | 1.9.2019 4:20 PM

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Economics

Can't Afford a Vacation? Blame the State!

Veronique de Rugy | 7.24.2017 7:33 AM

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