Reason Magazine

Political Discourse and the Tucson Shootings

Cathy Young | January 14

Is this a teachable moment?

Reason.tv: Using Cameras to Fight Human Rights Abuses - Yvette Alberdingk Thijm of WITNESS

January 14

Weapons of Mass Consumption

Greg Beato | January 14

Has modern technology ruined our self-control?

Radio Theater

Jesse Walker | February 2011

Some prominent Republicans say they want to defund National Public Radio. We’ve heard that line before.

Friday Funnies

Henry Payne | January 14

Sign of the times

The Green Hornet

Kurt Loder | January 13

Seth Rogen stars as Seth Rogen in another misbegotten comic-book flick.

Frame On

Peter Suderman | January 13

What the political class doesn’t get about Jared Lee Loughner.

Reason TV: Former LA Mayor Richard Riordan on Schwarzenegger, Unions, and Bankrupt Cities

January 13

Same as the Old Boss?

John Stossel | January 13

Don't count on the GOP to shrink the size of government

When Booze Was Banned but Pot Was Not

Jacob Sullum | February 2011

What can today’s antiprohibitionists learn from their predecessors?

Why Gun Control (Still) Won't Work

Steve Chapman | January 13

Restricting the Second Amendment is not the answer to the Tucson shootings.

Can We Trust the GOP?

Veronique de Rugy | February 2011

The Republicans have retaken the House, but that doesn’t mean you should expect the government to get any smaller.

Reason.tv: Delta Smelt and Undocumented Farm Workers: How Federal Policy Is Failing California's Central Valley

January 12

This "Conversation" Is a Set-Up

David Harsanyi | January 12

Political rhetoric is not the problem.

The Lone Gunman Theory of Legislation

Jacob Sullum | January 12

The perils of letting armed lunatics drive public policy

Just Your Typical Would-Be Assassin

Ronald Bailey | January 11

Tuscon shooter Jared Loughner fits the profile of a killer. But not in the way you might think.

Reason.tv: 5 Rules for Coping with Tragedy

January 11

Hating the "Sinner"

David Harsanyi | January 11

Gay marriage and social conservatism

The View From the Sidelines

Matt Welch | February 2011

The pros and cons of political self-marginalization

Grading the Governors in 2010

January 10

Q&A with Chris Edwards

The Year in Clemency

Radley Balko | January 10

The major pardon and commutation stories of 2010

Irrationality in Football and Politics

Steve Chapman | January 10

Is it time for a change?