Martin Morse Wooster's Front Row Seat
RIP to a prolific and colorful Reason contributor and author.
RIP to a prolific and colorful Reason contributor and author.
The Norwegian government euthanized Freya the walrus on Sunday, citing safety concerns for the crowds that gathered to watch her sunbathe.
McCullough didn't just build on academic historians' work—he filled a gap they left.
In the infamous Ruby Ridge standoff, federal agents killed his wife and son.
The former secretary of state died today at the age of 84 after a long and complicated career in U.S. foreign policy.
"Libertarianism isn't political...It's anti-political, really. It wants to take things out of the political arena."
"At the core of libertarianism is the idea that people are assets."
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Harvey, who died last week, dedicated his life to supporting human pleasure along with the power to manage it responsibly.
Upon his passing, it's worth remembering how badly things can go when a man has such great power, even a man with elements of conventional decency.
A heterodox hero and committed antiwar activist, Gravel put the Pentagon Papers in the public record.
The software entrepreneur, Libertarian presidential hopeful, and international man of mystery had just been ordered extradited to the U.S. from Spain on charges of tax evasion when he was found dead by hanging.
Friday A/V Club: How a Watergate burglar spent the '80s
"In the drafting, we were adamant that you didn't have to have an interest to have access. You could just be a citizen."
He was no libertarian, but he absorbed an important lesson about regulating speech.
Abrasive, tasteless, and uncompromising, Flynt undoubtedly made the world safer for speech of all varieties.
Libertarian History/Philosophy
"I just do my own thing," said the George Mason University economist and author of The State Against Blacks.
The self-described "crazy-ass man" and libertarian economist focused on government's role in perpetuating racial inequality.
We don't normally talk about how rock's late, great lead guitarist was an immigrant success story and inspiration to early hip hop, but that's only because he (and America!) were too busy getting rad.
What's next for SCOTUS?
Hamill’s city was exactly what the likes of Robert Moses were trying to control when they imposed a top-down technocratic regime on New York in the middle third of the 20th century.
His political claim to fame was his "9-9-9" tax plan.
The American University professor called for "drug peace" at a time when both major parties were committed to ever-escalating violence.
John Lewis' life was a testament to the power of free speech and peaceful agitation.
For half a century, Grinspoon tirelessly advocated a more rational and tolerant approach to marijuana and other psychoactive substances.
Little Richard helped make the United States a little more black, a little more queer, and a little more free.
Clayton Christensen, father of the theory of "disruptive innovation," predicted that half of high school classes would be delivered online by 2018. What went wrong?
The late drummer left behind a legacy of unparalleled musicianship and freedom-celebrating lyrics.
The pioneering psychedelic researcher, Timothy Leary collaborator, and New Age seeker exemplified America's postwar turn to individualism.
The Grateful Dead lyricist filled a generation with a sense of amused, loving, liberatory patriotism.
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A fierce, but friendly, antagonist in various bioethical controversies
A previously unpublished conversation with “investigative satirist” Paul Krassner, who just died at age 87.
The widely quoted and consulted academic died yesterday at the age of 68.
The comic magazine's ability to rib culture, politics, and business shaped the boomer mentality, and we should be grateful.
The Libertarian Party's 1984 presidential nominee wanted his campaign to build for the future.
Kelling later disavowed the high-volume arrest programs that police departments justified using his theory.
The science fiction writer appealed to traditionalists with tales of far-flung futures.
Krueger's work included highlighting the breadth of licensing in American labor markers, and the economic costs of mandatory government permission slips.
The king of surf guitar transformed music (and himself) in a quintessentially American way.
The second-generation congressman from North Carolina is a profile in principle and courage.