5/19/1921: Chief Justice Edward Douglass White dies. Chief Justice Edward Douglass White The post Today in Supreme Court History: May 19, 1921 appeared first on Reason.com. Read More Article from Reason.com Reason MagazineThe Reason Magazine website is a go-to destination for libertarians seeking cogent analysis, investigative reporting, and thought-provoking commentary. Championing the principles of individual […]
People around the world are, by and large, satisfied with the freedom they enjoy in their everyday lives. The exceptions to this trend are Americans—women, in particular. This could be the set-up for commentary from Euro-pundits and U.N. officials about American political dysfunction or the evils of our culture except for an important complication: By […]
Uncle Sam conducted several pointless and destructive experiments on his own people during the Cold War. The most infamous was MKUltra, the CIA’s project to develop procedures for mind control using psychedelic drugs and psychological torture. During Operation Sea-Spray, the U.S. Navy secretly sprayed San Francisco with bacteria to simulate a biological attack. San Francisco was also […]
Police officer Gerald Richardson has been charged with third-degree assault and battery for knocking down a 17-year-old high school student in Sumter, South Carolina. According to arrest warrants, Richardson confronted the student for cursing in a school hallw Read More Article from Reason.com Reason MagazineThe Reason Magazine website is a go-to destination for libertarians seeking […]
The post Monday Open Thread appeared first on Reason.com. Read More Article from Reason.com Reason MagazineThe Reason Magazine website is a go-to destination for libertarians seeking cogent analysis, investigative reporting, and thought-provoking commentary. Championing the principles of individual freedom, limited government, and free markets, the site offers a diverse range of articles, videos, and podcasts […]
Afrikaner migrants arrive in the US. May 12, 2025 (Reuters). Â Last week, the first group of South African white Afrikaners admitted by the Trump Administration as refugees, arrived in the United States. They were admitted under an executive order issued by Trump in February, even as his administration has tried to block all other […]
From Damien Charlotin, 87 cases so far, mostly from the U.S. but also from Brazil, Canada, Israel, Italy, the Netherlands, South Africa, Spain, and the UK. I expect that there are many more out there that didn’t make the Read More Article from Reason.com Reason MagazineThe Reason Magazine website is a go-to destination for libertarians […]
Venezuelans fleeing the socialist regime of Nicolas Maduro. (NA)  On Friday, the Cato Institute and I filed a Supreme Court amicus brief in Noem v. Doe, a case where the Trump Administration is trying to terminate parole status for over 500,000 legal immigrants from four Latin American nations. The brief is available here. Here’s a […]
5/18/1860: Abraham Lincoln wins the Republican Party presidential nomination. President Abraham Lincoln The post Today in Supreme Court History: May 18, 1860 appeared first on Reason.com. Read More Article from Reason.com Reason MagazineThe Reason Magazine website is a go-to destination for libertarians seeking cogent analysis, investigative reporting, and thought-provoking commentary. Championing the principles of individual […]
Long before it became a pejorative to describe claims you don’t like, “fake news” was a comedy genre. Its flagship for years was The Onion, a satirical weekly newspaper founded in 1988 that grew to become a cultural institution. Calling itself “America’s Finest News Source,” The Onion published realistic-looking news reports with facts either skewed or invented for […]