On April 24-26, I attended LibertyCon Europe 2026, the major annual gathering of European libertarian students and academics (held this year in Madrid). I was invited to give two talks, and therefore came to this event for…
Politicians tax what we earn, regulate what we build, and often decide what we can do with our bodies and our money. I like to think I own myself. But politicians increasingly act as if they do. "People should not have…
Today, Liberalism.Org posted my first essay as a regular contributor to their project. It is entitled "Immigration Restrictions Restrict Americans' Liberties." Liberalism.Org is a new initiative of the…
This week, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Matt Welch discuss the legacy of Paul Ehrlich, author of The Population Bomb, and the enduring impact of the overpopulation panic he helped…
Jesus, how do you write an obit of someone you hired? It is with a heavy heart but many, many fond memories and intense gratitude that I write about my colleague Brian Doherty, found dead unexpectedly on Friday at the age of…
Brian Doherty, a longtime Reason senior editor and the leading historian of the libertarian movement, was found dead Friday morning after a fall the night before in Battery Yates park along the San Francisco Bay. He was 57.…
On the political right, the months since the death of conservative media superstar Charlie Kirk have been characterized by ever-escalating and internecine warfare between his would-be professional inheritors. In retrospect,…
Few books can be said to have withstood the test of time 250 years later, but Adam Smith's An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (usually shortened to The Wealth of Nations), published for the…
Stranger Things' fifth season delivered an epic conclusion to one of Netflix's most popular shows. In the process, the Duffer brothers, creators and showrunners, communicated a libertarian message about moral…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMHE8EKh4gs "There's a real tragedy in what DOGE did," former Biden administration Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg tells me in a new Reason Interview podcast.…
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