Reason Kentucky, New York, and Virginia held primary elections yesterday. Overall, it was a good day for weirdos, newcomers, and idealists that lean outside Washington establishment lines. Kentucky Republican voters handed …
I’ve written a new book about approaches to writing that made the words of Lincoln, Churchill, and others so powerful. Monday’s post talked about Lincoln’s use of Saxon words to …
6/24/2013: Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin I is decided. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzpABcdMGQc?feature=oembed&w=500&h=281] ReasonFounded in 1968, Reason is the magazine of free minds and free markets. We produce hard-hitting independent …
Police in Vienna, Austria, fined a man €500 (about $564) for releasing “a massive intestinal wind in the immediate vicinity of the officers.” Police say the man “had already behaved in …
The Indiana Supreme Court has handed down a decision in a compelled decryption case, Seo v. State, that creates a clear split in the lower courts on how the Fifth …
Do you say what you think? That’s risky! You may get fired! You’ve probably heard about a New York Times editor resigning after approving an opinion piece by Senator Tom …
Libertarian-leaning Rep. Thomas Massie (R–Ky.) has crushed his opponent in the Republican primary for the Northern Kentucky seat he’s represented since 2012. It was one of two notable victories for …
Harvard economics professor Roland Fryer had an interesting Wall Street Journal op-ed summarizing his research on race and policing. It begins: I have led two starkly different lives—that of a Southern black boy …
An interesting article by Jonathan Chait (New York Magazine): On May 28, progressive election data analyst David Shor tweeted about a new paper by Princeton professor Omar Wasow, showing that peaceful civil-rights …
The past few years have seen many states and localities easing their restrictions on selling and using fireworks. Not so in New York City, where Mayor Bill de Blasio has …