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The article presents an interview with Chase Oliver, the Libertarian presidential nominee, discussing his political journey and platform. Topics include his stance on reducing government entitlements and military spending, his approach to immigration policy inspired by Ellis Island, and his critiques of both major political parties, particularly their handling of social issues and foreign policy.

IF THE SOVIET Union was notoriously incapable of producing blue jeans, smokeable cigarettes, and durable cars in the numbers its citizens craved, it was unrivaled at producing world-class chess grandmasters. [...]

CHLOE VALDARY HAD an unusual childhood. She grew up in a Christian family, but one that celebrated Jewish holy days. She was raised in New Orleans, a city dominated by [...]

SEN. CYNTHIA LUMMIS (R-Wyo.) might not seem like your typical cryptocurrency owner. She's 66 and doesn't have a tech background, but she's 'in it for the distance.' Bitcoin emerged just [...]

IN AN AGE of cancel culture, it's perhaps fitting that the death of a free speech hero would receive little fanfare. So when the poet, publisher, and provocateur Lawrence Ferlinghetti [...]

JANE COASTON IS the new host of The Argument, a massively popular New York Times podcast that seeks to showcase civil and informed discussions about the most pressing issues of [...]

HAS ANYONE LIVED a more interesting, influential, and inspiring life than Stewart Brand? Born in 1938 and educated at Stanford, Brand was a Merry Prankster who helped conduct Ken Kesey's [...]

CARL HART IS a professor of neuroscience and psychology at Columbia University. He served in the United States Air Force, earned a Ph.D., and raised three children to adulthood. As [...]

interview by NICK GILLESPIE photos by Dean Alexander WHY DID PRESCRIPTION opioids bring so much misery to the small towns of postindus-trial America? The standard narrative puts the blame on [...]

The article offers information on Glenn Loury's memoir, "Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative," which includes a recipe for crack cocaine along with discussions of economics and prominent thinkers. Topics include Loury's upbringing on Chicago's South Side, his academic and professional journey, struggles with addiction, and redemption.

The article present an interview with American commentator and host of "Hardcore History" podcast Dan Carlin. Topics include Carlin's views on history; including discussions on moral choices in the past; updates to his book in light of COVID-19; the value of lessons from history; the importance of understanding historical context and the intersection of personal actions with broader historical forces; and cautioning against judging the past solely through modern moral sensibilities.

THE SATURDAY AFTER voters in Washington, D.C, and Oregon voted to loosen legal restrictions on magic mushrooms, my girlfriend and I celebrated in the most appropriate way possible. We each [...]

FEW JOURNALISTS ARE more relentlessly iconoclastic than Glenn Greenwald, who shared a 2014 Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on the Edward Snowden revelations. Though unapologetically progressive, the 53-year-old former lawyer [...]

IN 1977, THE American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) went to court to defend the rights of American neoNazis to march through the streets of Skokie, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago [...]

IN 1993, JONATHAN Rauch wrote Kindly Inquisitors: The New Attacks on Free Thought, an influential defense of free speech and open inquiry that was excerpted in Reason. The book took [...]

ON MAY 25, George Floyd, an unarmed black man, died at the hands of Minneapolis police. Six years ago, after cops killed Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, just 43 percent [...]

WHEN PSYCHEDELIC DRUGS finally become legal in the United States and elsewhere around the world, the lion's share of the credit will go to Rick Doblin. Since founding the Multidisciplinary [...]

MATT RIDLEY is one of the best-selling--and best-regarded--science and economics writers on the planet. He wrote recently that in the face of the coronavirus pandemic 'we are about to find [...]

IN 1964, PRESIDENT Lyndon Johnson announced plans for what he called 'the Great Society,' a sweeping set of programs that would represent the most ambitious and far-reaching expansion of the [...]

ROGER EBERT ONCE called documentary director Errol Morris 'as great a filmmaker as Hitchcock or Fellini.' In keeping with that assessment, Morris received an ovation when he debuted American Dharma, [...]

'IF 2018 WAS the year that the concept of 'cancel culture' went mainstream,' writes Meghan Daum near the beginning of The Problem With Everything: My Journey Through the New Culture [...]

The article present an interview with American author David Boaz. It discusses Boaz's significant impact on the libertarian movement; threats to freedom such as the PATRIOT Act; the illiberalism seen in both left and right ideologies; the challenges faced by libertarians in navigating the current political landscape; Boaz's assessment of the state of libertarian ideas; and the essence of libertarianism centered around the nonaggression principle and cosmopolitanism.

WHEN LIBERTARIANS DOLE out blame for the growth of government, perhaps we should take a look in the mirror. Is it possible that our arguments--correct and widely accepted though they [...]

OVER THE PAST 20 years, arguably no libertarian thinker has cut a broader or deeper intellectual swath across American public policy and culture than Tyler Cowen.The 56-year-old New Jersey native [...]

IN 1992, FRANCIS Fukuyama published The End of History and the Last Man, an extended argument that the combination of liberal democracy and market capitalism could represent the end state [...]

The article present an interview with Coleman Hughes, a writer and podcaster who specializes in race, ethics & public policy. Topics include his forthcoming book, "The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America"; his argument for the return to the original ideals of the American civil rights movement; the challenges posed by the departure from the colorblind ideal; and his perspective on the role of the state in minimizing tribal instincts related to race.

An interview with former Florida Governor Jeb Bush highlights his perspective on the state's success, attributing Florida's growth to its efficient infrastructure and business-friendly environment. Topics also include Florida's education system, the influence of immigrants, concerns about legislation affecting speech, and the need for a balance between freedom and discourse in politics.

BE MORE KIND is the seventh studio album by the British singer-songwriter Frank Turner. The title is based on a Clive James poem published in The New Yorker, and like [...]

AFFIRMATIVE: Private, Contractual Methods Are More Efficient and More Just I'M AN ANARCHIST because government tends toward ineptitude and consent is extremely important. If you describe yourself as a libertarian, [...]

JONAH GOLDBERG IS worried about the state of the nation. In his new book, Suicide of the West: How the Rebirth of Tribalism, Populism, Nationalism, and Identity Politics Is Destroying [...]

STEVEN PINKER IS famous for observing that human material well-being has undergone tremendous, and vastly underrated, improvement over the last few hundred years. 'We've got this problem called obesity,' the [...]

SCIENCE WRITER GARY Taubes has a knack for subverting conventional wisdom. Sixteen years ago, he published a groundbreaking feature article in The New York Times Magazine arguing that decades' worth [...]

An interview with comedian, Shane Mauss is presented. He focuses on the democratization and mainstreaming of psychedelic substances like mushrooms, LSD, cannabis, DMT, and ketamine. He shares insights into the psychedelic community, its benefits, and challenges as it becomes more mainstream and discusses the potential societal impacts of normalized psychedelic use, including both positive and negative aspects.

An interview with Mike Rowe, known for hosting Discovery Channel's "Dirty Jobs," focuses on the importance of vocational education, the evolving landscape of work and education, and the skills gap in the workforce. Topics discussed include the decline of high school vocational programs, the misconceptions surrounding trade jobs, and the changing expectations of younger generations in the workforce.

The interview is presented with Fox News contributor Kat Timpf discussing her book "You Can't Joke About That: Why Everything Is Funny, Nothing Is Sacred, and We're All in This Together," which defends free speech and humor as essential tools for healing and unity. Topics include Timpf's views on free speech, the dangers of allowing others to dictate speech, the balance between disapproving speech and erasing history, instances of controversial speech.

'IF YOU BAN my ability to express my message, whether it's a political message, whether it's a marketing message,' says Flying Dog brewery CEO and co-founder Jim Caruso, 'you're effectively [...]

P.J. O'Rourke writes in his new book, How the Hell Did This Happen? (Atlantic Monthly Press). 'Then supporters of that politician become shocked and weepy when another politician, whom they [...]

IN 2005, WHILE an editor at the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, Flemming Rose commissioned a series of cartoons about the prophet Muhammad. His goal was to highlight the dangers of self-censorship [...]

An interview with Ben Smith, former BuzzFeed News editor in chief, covers the rise and fall of influential online media outlets such as Gawker, HuffPost, Breitbart News, and BuzzFeed News. Topics discussed include the impact of social media on the news landscape, controversial publishing decisions, and the changing dynamics of online journalism.

Gary Johnson reached into his pocket to make a point about the emancipating wonders of modern technology, and then panicked. 'Where is my iPhone? Oh my gosh, where is it?' [...]

NATIONAL SECURITY WHISTLEBLOWER Edward Snowden remains in exile in Russia, but on February 20, the former federal contractor who exposed government incursions on privacy spoke with reason's Nick Gillespie via [...]

DAVID BOWIE was weird, even for a rock star. From his first burst of fame in the late 1960s, when he hit the big time with a song narrated by [...]

'WHAT WE'VE WITNESSED in the past 25 or 30 years is just incredible,' says Geoffrey Zakarian about the food and restaurant revolution in America. As one of the country's most [...]

Growing up as 'a gender nonconforming entity' in Eisenhower's America wasn't easy for cultural critic and best-selling author Camille Paglia. Her adolescence in small-town upstate New York was marked by [...]

Things were tense at the end of February, as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) prepared to vote on a proposal that would revamp the way Washington regulates the Internet. The [...]

'PUTIN IS a paranoid, aging dictator who believes he is Russia,' says chess-champion-turned-human-rights-activist Garry Kasparov. 'Russia today is not like the old Soviet Union or modern China. It is not [...]

The article presents an interview with Clea Conner, Chief executive officer of Open to Debate, a nonpartisan and nonprofit organization. Conner describes the organization's mission to curate conversations and experiences that encourage respectful engagement with opposing views on complex issues. She explains that their goal is to create a contempt-free zone where people can question their own values, beliefs, and biases, and learn something in the process.

An interview with lieutenant governor of Virginia, Winsome Earle-Sears is presented including discussion on the school choice movement in the state and the education savings accounts (ESAs) program. Topics includes her views on the program stating that it will spur better education outcomes by driving competition and providing more choices for parents, her reflection on the school choice movement and also mentions the impact of education savings accounts on the education system in Virginia.

There was a moment at the 2013 Grammy Awards that captured how millennials are different than Gen Xers and baby boomers, and what it all means for the future of […]

Krist Novoselic is best known as the co-founder and bassist of Nirvana, one of the most influential music groups of the past quarter century. The release of the band's albums [...]