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? Reason · Oct 6
The Energy Department Is Offering $4.2 Billion in Loans to Nuclear Projects in Ohio and Pennsylvania Private investors are already pouring billions into America’s nuclear sector. The Trump administration wants a piece of the credit. Reason · Oct 6
Alito Talks Retirement Plus: The Supreme Court weighs a local government’s lawsuit against oil companies over global climate change. Reason · Oct 6
French Tantrum Plus: Scavenging in NYC, Claude "solved" humor, the era of philanthropy, and more... Reason · Oct 6
Amicus Brief Asking Court to Consider Lawyers' Free Speech Rights, in Eastman v. State Bar I thought I'd pass along the amicus brief that I just filed yesterday on behalf of Prof. Rebecca Roiphe (an… The post Amicus Brief Asking Court to Consider Lawyers' Free Speech Rights, in Eastman v. State Bar appeared first on Reason Magazine. Reason · Oct 6
The New Dark Ages Is Long on Alarm, Short on Scientific Literacy The perils of blaming screens for everything Reason · Oct 6
Brickbat: Cold as ICE A man in Evanston, Illinois, was injured after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents mistakenly detained him because he resembled… The post Brickbat: Cold as ICE appeared first on Reason Magazine. Reason · Oct 6
How Should A.I. Change Legal Scholarship—and the Job of Being a Law Professor? A panel discussion. Reason · Oct 6
Justice Alito on Originalism His recent Wall Street Journal column on this subject makes some interesting points, but raises more questions than answers. Reason · Oct 6
Are the Cornell 7 Being Tried on Social Media? Plus: Tennessee botches the execution of Christa Pike, and Sam Altman says the benefits of AI are worth the risks. Reason · Oct 5
"Federal Judges Receive Life Tenure—Not a Life Sentence" "Public criticism is not for everyone. But if it's too much to take, you can always resign." Reason · Oct 5
The Rebirth of History and the Last Man Francis Fukuyama's new book tackles transhumanism, the urge to struggle, and what happens when people jump willingly back into the swamps of history. Reason · Oct 5
A SCOTUS Petition Argues That Pot Growers, Like Pot Smokers, Cannot Be Categorically Disarmed The case involves a federal law that criminalizes gun possession by people convicted of nonviolent felonies. Reason · Oct 5
The Bond Market Doesn't Trust the Treasury To judge from rising 10-year interest rates, the bond market doesn't seem to expect Trump to bring inflation or spending under control. Reason · Oct 5
Reason · Oct 5 Who Will Own the Moon? Property rights in space will attract investment, prevent space serfdom, and allow competition to flourish off-world.
Reason · Oct 5 Whistleblower Frances Haugen Trashes Facebook's Flawed Fact-Checkers Frances Haugen, the woman whose Facebook revelations inspired The Social Reckoning, argues that the real danger of social media isn’t bad speech—it’s the way the platforms are designed.
Reason · Oct 5 My New Lawfare Article on Why "The President Doesn't Have Unlimited Power to Impose Import Bans" Many of the same constitutional and other constraints apply as with tariffs.
Reason · Oct 5 A Visit to a Gun Store Shouldn't Put You on a Government List Gun registry bans might not be enough to protect gun owners from lists built from license-plate data.
Reason · Oct 5 I Want It All Occasionally, I hear people make arguments in favor of constitutional rights claims by arguing that the Constitution was set up… The post I Want It All appeared first on Reason Magazine.
Reason · Oct 5 The End of Social Media Algorithms and short-form video drove engagement. They also made it easier to quit.
Reason · Oct 5 Can Nebraska's Dan Osborn Win Over Libertarians? Dan Osborn discusses breaking with both parties, opposing the Iran war, and how he plans to win over Trump voters.
Reason · Oct 5 A Response to Michael Buschbacher on Suncor Energy v. Boulder County In which I reject the suggestion that my arguments do not support the respondent's position before the Supreme Court
Reason · Oct 5 What's Going To Happen in the Midterms? Plus: Anthropic's Claude constitution, Letitia James to handle Cornell rape case, and more...
Reason · Oct 5 Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! The October Term 2026 of FantasySCOTUS is now in session Predict all of the biggest cases at the Supreme Court.