Reason “Large bureaucracies, with the power that the computer gives them, become more powerful,” said New York Times reporter David Burnham in a 1983 C-Span interview about his book The Rise …
Let your child nap in the car on a cool day while you run into the hardware store and you might have to say goodbye to your dreams of adoption. …
As I mentioned a few months ago, several groups have invited me to give Zoom talks this Fall, and I enthusiastically accepted. It’s less engaging, of course, than an in-person …
10/14/1911: Justice John Marshall Harlan I dies. Justice John Marshall Harlan I ReasonFounded in 1968, Reason is the magazine of free minds and free markets. We produce hard-hitting independent journalism …
Something extraordinary happened over the last few decades. For the first time in human history, a single global civilization emerged. “We are witnessing a cultural shift of world-historic proportions,” I …
Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, District Attorney David Prater has charged two former detention officers and their supervisor with cruelty to a prisoner and conspiracy. Prater says the three forced inmates to …
It’s a law-heavy tech news week, so this episode is all news. If you come for the interviews, though, do not fear. We’ll be releasing episode 333 tomorrow, and it’s …
When COVID-19 hit, I quarantined in Eastern Massachusetts. Biking around the woods, I noticed something strange. There are two campgrounds near my house. One is full. Lots of people pitch …
Judging from their grandstanding during Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation hearing, Democrats think the composition of the Supreme Court is a big issue in next month’s presidential election. Yet evidently it …
At Tuesday’s confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D–Calif.) asked Barrett if she would roll back protections for LGBT citizens. Barrett responded that she …