Bonnie Kristian, Author at Reason.com

Pluralism

On Elections and Gender, Fox Hosts and New York Times Critics Gave Up on Persuasion

Erasing sincere disagreement doesn't make it go away.

Bonnie Kristian | 2.18.2023 8:00 AM

Foreign Policy

How To Answer North Korea's New Nuclear Taunt

Denuclearization is not possible at any remotely acceptable price, and that may not change for decades to come.

Bonnie Kristian | 2.9.2023 5:10 PM

Joe Biden giving his state of the Union address.

Foreign Policy

Biden's Foreign Policy Is Adrift

His State of the Union address sketched a foreign policy that is reckless on some points, relatively restrained on others, and utterly uninterested in any real resolution to America’s lingering military entanglements.

Bonnie Kristian | 2.8.2023 12:50 PM

Ron DeSantis

Did Ron DeSantis Really Just Change the A.P. African American Studies Curriculum?

The College Board says these changes were already in the works. But even if that's true, they may have just opened a new front in the culture wars.

Bonnie Kristian | 2.1.2023 4:55 PM

World

If China Invades, Taiwan Shouldn't Count on U.S. Support

Compared to Russia, war with China is a deeper nightmare.

Bonnie Kristian | 1.26.2023 6:00 AM

Confidential documents in folder guarded by a hand

Congress

If We Can't Abolish the No-Fly List, Can We at Least Keep It Safe?

Reviewing and improving the federal government’s data security and digital defenses should be a priority.

Bonnie Kristian | 1.24.2023 4:55 PM

Gaetz, Hawley, and Vance oppose Ukraine aid.

Congress

The GOP Split on Ukraine Aid Isn't Really About Ukraine

For most aid critics, the urge to cut off Kyiv appears unconnected to any sort of principled realism, non-interventionism, or even isolationism.

Bonnie Kristian | 1.5.2023 11:00 AM

Foreign Policy

America's Loose Ends in the Middle East

They say the U.S. is pivoting to other conflicts, but the Pentagon hasn't exactly left the Middle East and North Africa behind.

Bonnie Kristian | 12.22.2022 7:00 AM

Anthony Fauci

What Do Republicans Want To 'Prosecute Fauci' for, Exactly?

Elon Musk reignited the GOP’s interest to bring charges against Anthony Fauci.

Bonnie Kristian | 12.16.2022 2:00 PM

Police Abuse

We Should All Be Nervous About Killer Police Robots

The San Francisco Police Department assured the public it had "no plans to arm robots with guns." But assurances aren't guarantees.

Bonnie Kristian | 12.7.2022 5:15 PM

Police Abuse

Geofencing Warrants Are a Threat to Privacy

A precedent set in the January 6 prosecutions could be dangerous to the public.

Bonnie Kristian | 12.5.2022 11:00 AM

Donald Trump

Making the GOP Liberty-Friendly Requires More Than Just Rejecting Donald Trump

Even if Trump loses this primary race, there’s every reason to think his party will retain its present will to power.

Bonnie Kristian | 11.23.2022 1:45 PM

A man in a baseball hat stands in a rusted vehicle hanging a combination U.S. and Ukrainian flag that says "I stand with Ukraine."

Foreign Policy

The U.S. Is Entangled in Ukraine for the Long Haul

Accountability, diplomacy, and planning are essential for preventing a forever proxy war.

Bonnie Kristian | 11.14.2022 8:00 AM

Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton in front of a mail-in ballot

Campaigns/Elections

'Election Fraud' Can Become Our Awful New Hyperbole

If we go through one election cycle after another and every loser unjustifiably cries fraud, eventually the claim will cease to impress.

Bonnie Kristian | 11.4.2022 3:05 PM

Syria

Biden Can't Have It Both Ways on Drone Strikes

If the combat mission is over in the Middle East, Biden should follow—and make permanent—more cautious drone guidelines.

Bonnie Kristian | 10.11.2022 1:10 PM

Donald Trump

What the FBI's Mar-a-Lago Warrant Does—and Doesn't—Mean

Even if a warrant wasn’t the DOJ’s only option, its choice to go this route doesn’t signal—let alone prove—anything about the future of the probe.

Bonnie Kristian | 10.5.2022 2:35 PM

Iran

The Iranian Protests Were Not Made in the U.S.A.

The onerous sanctions regime carried out by the Trump and Biden administrations has done immeasurable harm in Iran.

Bonnie Kristian | 9.27.2022 4:10 PM

Journalism

What Happens When Reporters Are Barred From the Story

Their articles do not, in fact, get more accurate.

Bonnie Kristian | 9.16.2022 1:10 PM

Man sitting at a table with a laptop open to the Pornhub website.

Internet

Everyone Wants To Ban Certain Content Online. No One Wants To Talk Enforcement.

Proposed internet bans open a can of worms about how to punish those involved in creating and consuming controversial content.

Bonnie Kristian | 9.9.2022 1:00 PM

Ukraine

Washington Is Learning the Wrong Foreign Policy Lesson in Ukraine

So far, U.S. support for Ukraine hasn’t had any consequences for us. We shouldn’t expect it to always be that way.

Bonnie Kristian | 8.25.2022 10:00 AM

9/11 beams of light from across the bridge in New York City

Afghanistan

Welcome to the Post-Post-9/11 Era

But a few remnants of post-9/11 foreign and domestic policy still need to be thrown out.

Bonnie Kristian | 8.18.2022 4:40 PM

National United Methodist Church in Washington, DC

Religion

What the Methodist Split Tells Us About American Political Polarization

However this denominational divorce plays out, theology around same-sex relationships isn’t the only thing driving Methodists apart.

Bonnie Kristian | 8.10.2022 2:55 PM

Nancy Pelosi and officials from Taiwan stand outside an American plane

Foreign Policy

Pelosi's Trip to Taiwan Might Be Good for Her Legacy, but It's Bad for Everyone Else

Nancy Pelosi’s presence in Taipei will not magically make Taiwan more secure from Chinese invasion.

Bonnie Kristian | 8.2.2022 2:45 PM

Russia

Don't Let Russia's Regime Change Plans Draw the U.S. Into War

As appalling as the Russian foreign minister’s admission is, it does not change the reasons to avoid a war with Moscow.

Bonnie Kristian | 7.28.2022 10:10 AM

Joe Biden giving a speech while pointing his finger

Climate Change

Not Everything Is a National Emergency

If the National Emergencies Act goes without reform, presidents will continue to misuse emergency declarations as leverage to shift Congress.

Bonnie Kristian | 7.19.2022 4:20 PM

Split image: Left side is someone at an anti-gun "die-in" protest, right side is children at a political event in front of a sign that says "protect children."

Politics

The Left and Right Are Living in Different Realities

The risk of broad and overcautious policies is one we should take more seriously.

Bonnie Kristian | 7.13.2022 2:15 PM

A Mom and Dad are holding a poster that says "we will adopt your baby"

Abortion

The Troubling Meaning of the 'We Will Adopt Your Baby' Meme Wars

The debate isn’t a panorama of the whole American abortion war, but it is a snapshot of a key battle after a surprise victory, and it shows no path to peace.

Bonnie Kristian | 7.7.2022 12:00 PM

Family

The End of Roe Is Republicans' Latest Excuse for Growing the Size and Cost of Government

There is demand for child tax credits, paid family leave, and funding for crisis pregnancy centers but the Rubio-Romney plan is not the answer.

Bonnie Kristian | 6.28.2022 4:20 PM

a poll worker sitting outside of a voting place

Elections

Elections Are Too Online

We can make our voting systems just a bit dumber and a whole lot safer.

Bonnie Kristian | 6.20.2022 3:35 PM

Yemen

Why Aren't We Out of Yemen Yet?

Biden's vague, partial drawdown isn't enough.

Bonnie Kristian | 6.9.2022 11:30 AM

a person wearing personal performs a nasal swab on a young girl protective equipment

Lockdowns

Only the Constitution Stands Between Us and Shanghai-Style Lockdowns

It would be a mistake to see these lockdowns as a foreign oddity to be pitied and tweeted.

Bonnie Kristian | 6.1.2022 12:20 PM

Foreign Policy

Reckless Foreign Policy Gives the U.S. a Bad Reputation

A significant portion of the world views the U.S. as a threat to democracy in their home countries.

Bonnie Kristian | 5.6.2021 4:30 PM

Foreign Policy

The U.S.-China Relationship Doesn't Have To Be 'Increasingly Adversarial'

Many U.S. complaints about China aren’t about actions that threaten U.S. security.

Bonnie Kristian | 3.31.2021 3:00 PM

Coronavirus

Stop Saying We Can't Go Back to Normal After Vaccines

We can justifiably hope for normalcy by Independence Day.

Bonnie Kristian | 3.4.2021 7:00 AM

Foreign Policy

Dysfunctional and Disorderly at Home, the U.S. Must Stop Meddling Abroad

Our own house is not in order, and Washington has no business policing the world or forcibly remaking other countries in its own image.

Bonnie Kristian | 1.19.2021 11:02 AM

Robots

Bad Cop, No Robot

The case for legally constraining what police departments can do with robots.

Bonnie Kristian | 12.31.2020 1:55 PM

Coronavirus

Stop Saying Lockdown Is 'Not That Hard'

Staying isolated from family and friends is wrenchingly difficult, even when it’s the right thing to do.

Bonnie Kristian | 12.10.2020 2:55 PM

Police

These Mississippi Cops Want a Camera on Your Door

Real-time police spying through smart security cams is already here.

Bonnie Kristian | 12.3.2020 3:35 PM

Biden Administration

Biden's Natsec Team Is Conventional in Style—and, Unfortunately, Policy

Joe Biden's natsec team fulfills his campaign promise of a return to normalcy and conventional Washington. That also means maintaining the failed status quo of the post-9/11 era.

Bonnie Kristian | 12.1.2020 2:30 PM