From Nebraska, from Arkansas, Central inland race are we, from Missouri, with the continental blood intervein’d, All the hands of comrades clasping, all the Southern, all the Northern, Pioneers! O pioneers! —Walt Whitman Walt Whitman’s poem, inspired by the adventurous spirits who formed the vanguard of the westward expansion of the United States, was itself the […]
Donald Trump’s appointment of Tulsi Gabbard (a former U.S. Representative, whose focus had been to end the control over the U.S. Government by America’s armaments manufacturers) as his Director of National Intelligence, is being treated by America’s main media as being traitorous, because she has pointed out many of the war-promoting lies in the news media […]
11/17/1880: The United States and China sign treaty that protects Chinese laborers residing in the United States. This treaty 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 […]
Is the film Night of the Living Dead too racy for daytime television? What about double entendres about “spotted dick” pudding? Or a travel documentary about Paris featuring burlesque dancers and a museum with nude paintings? These were just some of the federal obscenity complaints that made Hot Spring County, Arkansas, the most prudish place in America. […]
The 2024 Federalist Society National Lawyers Convention is a wrap. I already wrote about our change of venue from the Mayflower to the Washington Hilton. Yet, there is a far more monumental change looming on the horizon. For the past four decades, Gene Meyer has served as the President of the Society. Indeed, he was […]
How does European free speech law differ from American free speech law, when it comes to “hate speech,” blasphemy, and misinformation? Jane Bambauer and I welcome Jacob Mchangama, who is CEO of The Future of Free Speech; research professor of political science at Vanderbilt; the author of Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social […]
I erroneously put it up before rechecking it, and fortunately caught the error quickly and deleted the post. The post basically faulted this New York Times article for characterizing the resignation of Laura Helmuth at the Scientific American as just “Editor Resigns After Calli Read More Article from Reason.com Reason MagazineThe Reason Magazine website is a go-to destination […]
