Donald Trump and Peter Thiel Are Using AI To Supercharge the Surveillance State
Peter Thiel, the billionaire venture capitalist and PayPal co-founder, has a provocative theory about how the Antichrist could take over the...
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Reason Video Podcast
This video podcast features the latest stories from Reason TV, the video-journalism arm of Reason—the planet's leading source of news, politics, and culture from a principled libertarian per...
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20 of 48 episodesEisenhower Warned Us About the 'Scientific Elite'
In President Dwight D. Eisenhower's famous 1961 speech about the dangers of the military-industrial complex, he also cautioned Americans abo...
Milton Friedman's Warning to DOGE
"Wise words," wrote Elon Musk about this 1999 viral clip described as "Milton Friedman casually giving the blueprint for DOGE [the Departmen...
Why the Internet Celebrated a Killer
"Deny," "defend," "depose"—these three words were allegedly written on bullets found at the murder scene of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thom...
Why Donald Trump Made a Deal To Free Ross Ulbricht
Ross Ulbricht was arrested at 29. Now, he's 40. He faces a double life sentence plus 40 years with no possibility of parole for creating the...
Three Mile Island Nearly Killed Nuclear. Now It's Coming Back.
Is a nuclear renaissance about to begin on the very site of the public relations catastrophe that practically destroyed the industry 45 year...
A New Law Is Making It Even Harder To Find Day Care in D.C.
Average toddler day care costs in Washington, D.C., exceed $24,000 a year, outstripping expenses in cities like New York and San Francisco....
Academics Use Imaginary Data in Their Research
After surviving a disastrous congressional hearing, Claudine Gay was forced to resign as the president of Harvard for repeatedly copying and...
The Bad Science Behind Jonathan Haidt's Call to Regulate Social Media
In his 1996 book, The Vision of the Anointed , economist Thomas Sowell sketched out a pattern that many of the "crusading movements" of the...
The Political Sabotage of Nuclear Power
Once upon a time, America embraced nuclear power as the future of energy. Today it accounts for a mere 18 percent of the nation's electricit...
David Stockman on Why Trump Can't Fix the Debt: 'This Guy Is Part of the Swamp'
As Ronald Reagan's first budget director, former Michigan congressman David Stockman led the charge to cut the size, scope, and spending of...
Javier Milei vs. Big Labor
After enacting sweeping reforms in Argentina, President Javier Milei faced a major protest. Tens of thousands of people marched through the...
Why We Went Crazy During COVID Lockdowns
If we all went a little nuts during the COVID-19 lockdowns, it's absolutely true that some of us—including many of our country's leaders and...
Free Speech Absolutism in Practice
"If the problem with campus speech codes is the selectivity with which universities penalize various forms of bigotry," wrote James Kirchick...
The Real Reasons Africa Is Poor—and Why It Matters
Did you know that by 2050, fully a quarter of the planet's population will reside in Africa? Yet despite abundant natural resources and a yo...
Former Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey Loves Barry Goldwater and Milton Friedman
During his two terms as governor of Arizona, Doug Ducey managed to pass a flat income tax with a rate of 2.5 percent, reform public sector p...
Can the Government Be More Effective?
William D. Eggers is co-author, with Donald F. Kettl, of Bridgebuilders: How Government Can Transcend Boundaries to Solve Big Problems . He'...
Jennifer Burns on Milton Friedman's Legacy
"Was Milton Friedman the most important libertarian of them all?" Reason' s Nick Gillespie asked Stanford historian Jennifer Burns during a...
Why We Need To Quit More in Politics, Work, and Life
Quitting is massively underrated, says Annie Duke, an author, doctor of psychology, and former professional poker player who holds a bracele...
Why Is Nike Stomping On Independent Creators?
After their invention in the late 1800s, sneakers became a pop-culture staple by the 1970s and '80s with models like the Adidas Superstar ,...