Compendium of Writings on the October 7 War and Related Issues Over the last three years, I have written a number of pieces on October 7, its aftermath, and Western reactions to it. Reason · Oct 7
Alabama Public University Professors Must Now Call Gulf of Mexico "Gulf of America" (Except When Speaking on "Historical" Questions) From HB2, which was enacted last month: Beginning October 1, 2026, all state and local entities and their employees shall… The post Alabama Public University Professors Must Now Call Gulf of Mexico "Gulf of America" (Except When Speaking on "Historical" Questions) appeared first on Reason Magazine. Reason · Oct 7
New in SCOTUSBlog: What Has Changed In 14th Amendment Cases Over The Past Two Decades? "That status quo would soon be turned upside down, as the next two decades brought a revolution to each facet of 14th Amendment law." Reason · Oct 7
An App I'd Never Heard of Told My Patient I Was a Good Surgeon Giving patients, and markets, more power in the healthcare system leads to better results. Reason · Oct 7
Judge Says Warrantless Flock Search Violated Driver's Fourth Amendment Rights The automated license plate reader system is “a type of indiscriminate mass surveillance," says a federal judge. Reason · Oct 7
FTX Is Gone, but Its Memory Still Drives Federal Crypto Policy One line in a user agreement could bring every trade on a crypto exchange under federal oversight. Reason · Oct 7
Are Economists Measuring the Wrong Things? Nobel Prize–winning economist James Heckman discusses what really drives economic mobility, the failures of universal preschool, and how AI is transforming his research. Reason · Oct 7
AI Solutions in Search of Problems Plus: Ketamine deep dive, failed Oura IPO, Ray Dalio's warning, and more... Reason · Oct 7
10 Years of The Reason Roundtable The good, the bad, and the ugly of our decade of just podcasting right through the crazy news Reason · Oct 7
Federal Court Slaps Down Utah's VPN Restrictions A judge blocked a rule that would have required adult sites to block VPNs or age-check the world. Reason · Oct 7
Brickbat: Wrong Door Farmington, New Mexico, officials have agreed to pay $6 million to settle a lawsuit brought by a family whose father… The post Brickbat: Wrong Door appeared first on Reason Magazine. Reason · Oct 7
Prettifying Executions Does Not Make Them Quicker or More Reliable Lethal injection aims to disguise the brutal reality of capital punishment by dressing it in medical garb. Reason · Oct 7
Justice Alito Gives a Fuller Explanation of His Suncor Recusal One of several worthwhile tidbits in Justice Alito's Wall Street Journal interview. Reason · Oct 7
Obama Campaigns for Abdul El-Sayed as Republicans Sound the Alarm Former President Barack Obama is hitting the campaign trail for Abdul El-Sayed as Michigan emerges as one of the country’s biggest political battlegrounds. Reason · Oct 6
Reason · Oct 6 Trump Keeps Contradicting the 'National Security' Rationale for Banishing Disfavored Journalists Attorney General Todd Blanche, who complains that CNN's coverage is "almost 100 percent negative towards the president," also has trouble keeping the story straight.
Reason · Oct 6 'I Never Lie': Audio Recordings Raise New Questions About Cornell 7 Allegations Robby Soave and Amber Duke discuss updates in the Cornell 7 scandal.
Reason · Oct 6 After More Than Three Years, Judge Newman's Case Is Transferred To The Eleventh Circuit The case was only transferred after Chief Judge Moore extended Newman's suspension for another year.
Reason · Oct 6 The 'World's Oldest' Bartender's Very Illegal Basement Bar A recent profile of 103-year-old Irv Koch's basement bar highlights all the ways that modern zoning codes crush novel and fun third places.
Reason · Oct 6 Lurching Through The Audition Trap Do we rewards judges who audition or who refuse to audition?
Reason · Oct 6 These Minnesota Parents Were Censored at a Public Meeting for Saying School Employees' Job Titles "You can't talk about the superintendent," a Foley Public School Board official told Blake and Katy DeMarais when they tried to advocate for their disabled and nonverbal son.
Reason · Oct 6 Live Reason Roundtable 10th Anniversary Show! Join Nick Gillespie, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Peter Suderman, and Matt Welch as they celebrate a decade of the show with a special live taping.
Reason · Oct 6 The "Application for an Extension and the Querulous Opposition Continue the Path of Bikeshedding or … Parkinson's Law of Triviality" From Magistrate Judge James M. Wicks (E.D.N.Y.) in Lask v. Sorid last month: ORDER granting 91 Motion for Extension of Time to… The post The "Application for an Extension and the Querulous Opposition Continue the Path of Bikeshedding or … Parkinson's Law of Triviality" appeared first on Reason Magazine.
Reason · Oct 6 Sam Altman Says 'Some Bad Things' Will Happen With AI. That Doesn't Mean We Should Stop It. Progress has always required accepting risk.
Reason · Oct 6 The SEC Is Watching American Investors' Trades. That's a Privacy Nightmare. The SEC should not keep a searchable record of Americans’ lawful trades, much less make them pay for it.
Reason · Oct 6 If Manchester City Weren't (Basically) Owned by the UAE, Their Scandal Would Be a Lot Less Complicated Plus: Nick Saban is wrong again, and could this be the last year of MLB’s playoff format?