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Homeland Security Is Spending $1 Billion on 'Autonomous' Border Surveillance Towers

The department plans to triple the number of surveillance towers along the U.S.-Mexico border over the next decade.

Reason · Jul 30

Can You Hate the Government and Still Love America?

Plus: World Cup tourists embrace America, the Supreme Court expands gun rights, and Europe's resistance to air conditioning

Reason · Jul 6

It's Time To Abolish the TSA

Plus: the real legacy of Cesar Chavez, blue state tax policies are driving out wealth, and a jury clears Afroman in a free speech case.

Reason · Mar 23

How Awful Policies Fueled the L.A. Fires

Plus: A listener asks the editors if Donald Trump is the most libertarian president ever.

Reason · Jan 13, 2025

Why Socialists Are Cheering the Death of an Insurance CEO

Plus: A listener asks the editors if libertarians are more prone to believing in conspiracy theories.

Reason · Dec 9, 2024

Harris and Trump's Terrible Tax Ideas

Plus: How will the editors vote in the presidential election?

Reason · Oct 14, 2024

Biden's Cognitive Shrinkflation

Plus: A listener asks if the state of Oregon’s policy on drug decriminalization should be viewed as a success.

Reason · Feb 12, 2024

OpenAI Basically Unionizes

Plus: Getting babies out of Gaza, lobster roll economics, gerontocracy update, and more...

Reason · Nov 21, 2023

How Vexatious Government Demands Can Lead Your Bank To Refuse To Do Business with You

The government treats its endless appetite for information about citizens as more important than people's ability to conduct business in a normal fashion.

Reason · Nov 6, 2023

Are Government Shutdowns Good for Limited Government?

Plus: A listener asks whether younger generations are capable of passing reforms to entitlement spending.

Reason · Sep 25, 2023