Reason Magazine

The Vain Crusade to Purify Politics

Jacob Sullum | January 18

How misguided efforts to prevent corruption gave us the pretense of "independent" campaign spending.

Blast Off Into Space with Reason Magazine's Matt Welch

Matt Welch & Meredith Bragg | January 17

After 2008's Hope and Change, It's Sober and Sane for 2012

Gene Healy | January 17

We're picking a constitutional officer here, not anointing a prophet.

Cancel the War and Fix the Wounded

A. Barton Hinkle | January 17

Most people don’t overindulge. Some do. Let's help the ones who need it, and leave the rest alone.

Space on Earth

Brian Doherty | February 2012

A visit to a wooden hangar where the future is being born

Romney and Hancock

Ira Stoll | January 16

To understand the presidential bid of the 70th governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, it’s useful to remember the career of the first.

Opposing Imperialism Is Not Isolationism

Sheldon Richman | January 16

What Ron Paul's critics refuse to admit

Skyscrapers As Spaceships

Greg Beato | February 2012

The “rampant individualism” and surprising environmentalism of really tall buildings

I Was (Almost) a Teenage Mormon

Steve Chapman | January 16

To many Americans, Romney and Huntsman represent a faith that most of them know little about. To Chapman, it's been a trip down memory lane.

How Liberals Distort Austrian Economics

Sheldon Richman | January 13

The lame campaign to discredit the Austrian school

A Policy of Lying

Jacob Sullum | February 2012

Why does the most open and transparent administration in history lie about government records?

Can a White Libertarian Man Represent NY's Chinatown? Meet Dan O'Connor.

Joshua Swain | January 13

The Pain of Bain Falls Mainly on Romney’s Campaign? Not Quite

Peter Suderman | January 13

Newt Gingrich’s attacks on Romney are good news for Mitt, but bad news for the rest of us.

Another Way California Wastes Taxpayer Dollars

Steven Greenhut | January 13

Golden state lawmakers ignore real problems while spending precious time and money renaming highways.

Ron Paul Rising

Emily Ekins | January 13

Evidence from national polls on Ron Paul’s supporters

The GOP Field: Theocracy, Michary, & Ambiguocracy

A. Barton Hinkle | January 13

The GOP campaign really does present voters with sharp contrasts.

Friday Funnies

Chip Bok | January 13

Mortal Kombat: GOP Edition

Contraband and We Need to Talk About Kevin

Kurt Loder | January 12

A movie with no purpose, a woman with no hope.

Ron Paul's Possible Path to Victory

Brian Doherty | January 12

The Ron Paul campaign positions its man to face off against Romney in a two-man race.

Reason TV: Who's Lethal? Police or Tasers

January 12

For Richer and for Poorer

Veronique de Rugy | February 2012

Millionaires get poorer while the poor get richer. So what’s all this talk about the income gap?

Putting Faith in Champions of Freedom, Not Politicians

John Stossel | January 12

It’s a mistake to look for heroes in politics. It’s too ugly a business.

The Republicans' Cow Pie Bingo

Steve Chapman | January 12

The Republican presidential race now moves from New Hampshire to South Carolina, but it's really taking place in an upside-down Lake Wobegon.

The Decline of Violence

Ronald Bailey | February 2012

Neuroscientist Steven Pinker on the triumph of peace and prosperity over death and destruction

The Supreme Court Fails to Protect Economic Liberty, Again

Damon W. Root | January 11

Occupational licensing abuse gets a pass from the high court.

3 Takeaways from the New Hampshire Primary

Matt Welch & Meredith Bragg | January 11

Conservatives Against Consumption

Ronald Bailey | January 11

Are fossil fuels responsible for moral and social decay?

The GOP's Creative Destruction

David Harsanyi | January 11

Venture socialism is certainly empathetic. Venture capitalism, on the other hand, happens to be useful.

The FCC's Incomprehensible Ban on Broadcast Indecency

Jacob Sullum | January 11

The Supreme Court examines TV censorship.