Trump Speaks to Cops, Takes Credit for Crime Drop
In a red-meat speech to the International Association of Chiefs of Police’s annual conference in Chicago today, Donald Trump took credit for declining crime rates, called for the federal death …
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America Needs a 21st Century Equivalent of the Ellis Island Open Border Immigration Policy
Last week I debated National Review‘s Ramesh Ponnuru on immigration at American University. I argued that immigration has been very good economically for America and that we need to strive …
It Seems Highly Doubtful That a President Sanders Could Unilaterally Legalize Marijuana
Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders recently unveiled a plan to legalize marijuana within the first 100 days of his presidency by removing it from the schedules of the Controlled Substances …
Buttigieg and Sanders Clash Over the Supreme Court
Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg has discovered a surefire way to shock and annoy progressives: Say something nice about retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. In a recent interview with …
Canada Hobbles ‘Legal’ Marijuana With Burdensome Rules
Marijuana legalization was supposed to give Canada’s cannabis fanciers access to above board and reliable drug sources while providing tax revenue for the government. But one year in, large numbers …
What are the cases in the Constitutional Canon?
In our new book, Randy Barnett and I selected the 100 cases that we think belong in the “constitutional canon.” This process was quite difficult, and we had to make …
Florida Prisons Are a Slow-Motion Disaster
On August 21, an inmate at Lowell Correctional Institution, Florida’s largest women’s prison, was transported to the hospital with a broken neck. According to eyewitness accounts that immediately began to …
Brickbat: Special Delivery
Former Winona, Wis., postmaster Sherri Jo Genkinger has been sentenced to two years probation and 80 hours of community service for destroying mail. Last year, a retired police officer decided …
Today in Supreme Court History: October 27, 1787
10/27/1787: First Federalist Paper is published. Alexander Hamilton ReasonFounded in 1968, Reason is the magazine of free minds and free markets. We produce hard-hitting independent journalism on civil liberties, politics, …
Pessimists Archive Podcaster Jason Feifer Debunks Past Panics About Elevators, Novels, and Bicycles
Are you old enough to remember Louise Brown? In 1978, she became the first person born through in vitro fertilization (IVF). She was called a “test-tube baby,” and the technology …