Obama, Trudeau, and the Morality of Electoral Interference
Barack Obama and Justin Trudeau (2016). Over the last three years, many Americans have been angered and distressed at Russia’s efforts to influence the outcome of the 2016 US presidential …
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Maui Mayor Won’t Settle Clean Water Act Case
On November 6, the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral argument in Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund, easily the most significant environmental case on the Supreme Court’s docket this term …
The Irony of Antisemites for Bernie
As the candidate who is both furthest left in the Democratic presidential field and least favorably-inclined toward Israel in his public statements, it would not inherently be surprising that Bernie …
Today in Supreme Court History: October 20, 1973
10/20/1973: The Saturday Night Massacre occurs. President Richard Nixon ReasonFounded in 1968, Reason is the magazine of free minds and free markets. We produce hard-hitting independent journalism on civil liberties, …
Medicare for All Is All Democrats Want To Talk About
In summer 2009, while Democrats in Congress were deep into the process of designing the health care reform that would become the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Tea Party protests sprung …
Guns and Due Process
From In re Duvall, decided Tuesday by the North Carolina Court of Appeals (Judge John Tyson, joined by Judge Reuben Young, and with a separate opinion by Judge Richard Dietz): …
Fast-Food Bans Are a Dumb Idea That Won’t Die
A growing number of American cities are banning new fast-food drive-thru windows, NPR reported last week. While some activists tout the bans as a cure-all for much of what ails …
Jesus Told Me the Answer
Last month, I asked why Jesus is common in some Spanish-speaking countries (as well as among Hispanics in the U.S.), but apparently very rare in other Christian countries, whether Catholic …
Today in Supreme Court History: October 19, 1789
10/19/1789: Chief Justice John Jay takes oath. Chief Justice John Jay ReasonFounded in 1968, Reason is the magazine of free minds and free markets. We produce hard-hitting independent journalism on …
The Creek Nation and the Culture of Consent
Of One Mind and of One Government: The Rise and Fall of the Creek Nation in the Early Republic, by Kevin Kokomoor, University of Nebraska Press, 516 pages, $80 In …