It’s time to say goodbye to the SUMC superhero movie franchise. Just days before the release of Kraven the Hunter, Sony Pictures announced that the film would mark the end of the SUMC comic book spin-off series, which has chronicled the adventures of various villains and secondary characters from the Spider-Man comi—wait. WAIT A MINUTE. […]
Whenever Donald Trump promotes some controversial idea or uses inflammatory rhetoric, many of his supporters offer some benign interpretation about what is really going to happen. But I find it far better to assume the worst—especially when it comes to the administration’s plan to deport millions of illegal immigrants. Trump made impressive gains among Latino men […]
12/13/1873: Justice Samuel Nelson died. Justice Samuel Nelson The post Today in Supreme Court History: December 13, 1873 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 […]
The murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has renewed the debate over “ghost guns,” according to some news reports. More accurately, the usual control freaks are using the killing as a convenient hook on which to hang their authoritarian arguments. While there’s plenty to find horrifying in this crime, that alleged murderer Luigi Mangione made […]
My co-blogger, Josh Blackman, has previously written an excellent post about what might be viewed as the “stealth impeachment” of Judge Newman in the Federal Circuit. Judge Newman has been suspended due to her alleged failure to “cooperate” with a Special Committee appointed by the Chief Judge of the Federal Circuit, which was investigating Judge […]
Megalopolis/Lionsgate Films”/> Francis Ford Coppola spent an estimated $120 million (most of it borrowed against his successful wine business) to make Megalopolis, a dream project of personal artistic expression. Coppola’s was an extravagant gesture reminiscent of Howard Roark, the architect hero of Ayn Rand’s 1943 novel The Fountainhead, who made only what he wanted to make, irrespective of market […]
Arena/Magazine”/> “The new needs friends,” says food critic Anton Ego in the Disney movie Ratatouille. Arena magazine doesn’t just echo that sentiment—it emblazons it on the cover of its inaugural issue. “Misunderstandings and misinterpretations of new things are used to make the public fear innovation, and to hate innovators,” writes editor and publisher Maxwell Meyer in a […]
Brazilian military police officer Luan Felipe Alves has been arrested after he was caught on video throwing a man, who did not appear to be resisting, over the side of a bridge. Alves told a court he meant to throw the man to the ground, not over the bridge. The man reportedly survived the fall, […]
In the wake of October 7, college students across the country responded by praising the resistance against settler colonialism. These elites accused Jewish people of being Zionist oppressors. And leading thinkers justified acts of violence against Jewish students as a proportional response to “genocide” in Gaza. Should any of these reactions have been surprising? No. […]
This June, the University of Wyoming Firearms Research Center and the Duke Center for Firearms Law will host their seventh annual joint Works-in-Progress Conference. These two Centers are the only firearms law/policy centers in the United States that are open to and that publish papers from diverse viewpoints. I am a Senior Fellow at the […]