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The "interactive artist" inspired by Jack Kirby and Barry Goldwater challenges social media and intellectual conformity.
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The "interactive artist" inspired by Jack Kirby and Barry Goldwater challenges social media and intellectual conformity.
The Netscape co-founder and legendary venture capitalist talks about the future, innovation, and your next beach read.
A former teacher says there are bigger problems in K-12 education than CRT and wokeness—and that school choice may not fix them.
Virginia's lieutenant governor wants state education dollars to fund students, not school buildings.
Pessimism is everywhere, but the author of The Cloud Revolution says we're entering a golden age of abundant, ubiquitous, and liberating technology.
As the drug war retreats, individualist approaches to substance use and abuse will make us all better off.
The first FBI director wasn't all bad (or a cross-dresser). But he and the agency he created regularly flouted constitutional limits on power.
Q&A with the co-author of Raising the Bar: A Bottle-by-Bottle Guide to Mixing Masterful Cocktails at Home.
The Superabundance authors make a compelling case that the world is getting richer for everyone.
Prostitutes have not only provided a much-in-demand service but helped to push the boundaries of freedom and liberty for millennia.
The Weapons of Mass Delusion author says election-deniers like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert may be the Republicans' future.
The legendary art director talks about the aesthetics of rebellion and his strange journey from Screw magazine to The New York Times.
The Burning Down the House author says the shift from Hayek's classical liberalism to Rothbard's anarcho-capitalism is a moral and practical disaster.
Gun control is 'the most racist practice in America,' says the Philadelphia native and community leader.
The journalist and comedian makes the case that "new puritans" espousing the religion of social justice have captured the Western world.
Q&A with Philadelphia's district attorney, who is facing an impeachment threat because of rising crime.
The Of Boys and Men author documents why the modern male is struggling and suggests solutions that don't come at women's expense.
The Network State author and serial entrepreneur on the future of freedom, online and offline.
In Criminal (In)Justice, the Manhattan Institute scholar argues that most reforms favored by social justice activists—and many libertarians—make life worse for communities of color.
Reason's Zach Weissmueller and the New York Post's Karol Markowicz talk about life under the most controversial governor in America.
A new PBS series underscores the long, deadly shadow cast by xenophobia, antisemitism, and restrictive immigration laws.
The intellectual watchdog keeps tabs on everyone from The 1619 Project's Nikole Hannah-Jones to Mises Institute's Hans-Hermann Hoppe in the name of serious scholarship.
The host of EconTalk and author of Wild Problems says our biggest decisions don't submit to easy cost-benefit analyses.
By forcing kids to learn from home, teachers unions did more to promote the need for radical K-12 education reform than a million activists.
In Return of the Artisan, anthropologist Grant McCracken explains how we've shifted from an industrial to a handmade economy.
The psychiatrist and Good Chemistry author has written the definitive account of "the science of connection from soul to psychedelics."
The Christian satire site's editor on defying Twitter bans, flaying Gen Z's super-thin skin, and being funny while pious.
The best-selling author of Why People Believe Weird Things sees a fundamental clash between wokeness and scientific inquiry.
The 'conscious capitalism' innovator on overregulation, COVID mandates, and why he will be speaking his mind much more freely when he retires.
The creator of The Moth talks about why the past is never dead, especially in his new novel The Kingdoms of Savannah.
The "British by birth" and "Nigerian by blood" rapper and podcaster thinks Americans don't fully appreciate the freedom they have.
The Monty Python legend says political correctness poisons thinking in all areas of human activity.
The larger, louder half of Penn & Teller talks masks, vaccines, compassion, Bob Dylan, and much, much more.
''The kind of values I've always embraced are heard more on Fox than on CNN and MSNBC," says the Pulitzer Prize–winning progressive journalist.
A conservative argues today's left is channeling Puritan theocrats when they try to prevent us from enjoying ourselves. Is he correct?
A new history, Dirty Pictures, explores how underground comix revolutionized art and exploded censorship once and for all.
Libertarian History/Philosophy
The leading libertarian legal theorist talks about worrying trends at the Supreme Court as a conservative majority takes hold.
The L.P. just held its most-momentous convention in years. Here's what is next for the third-largest political party in the country.
The self-described freedom maximalist explains why he isn't put off bitcoin by its decline since last November.
The longtime head of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education announces a new name and expanded mission for FIRE.
The Secret City author explains how panic about homosexuality led to discrimination, bad policy, and, eventually, freedom.
The co-founders of Ideas Beyond Borders talk about bringing Steven Pinker and John Stuart Mill to an audience dying for them.
The Polish-born artist is creating "heroic portraits" of machines and defending individualism and creative expression in Silicon Valley.
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The energy policy analyst says cheap and abundant gas, oil, and coal will continue to play a central role in human flourishing.
The MicroStrategy CEO and biggest corporate owner of bitcoin is HODLING for the long haul, come bull or bear market.
Does returning decisions about abortion to the states increase liberty or shrink it?
The co-founder of "the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit" talks about the power of decentralization and the rise in subscription models for journalism.