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Reason

To the Socialists of All Parties

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Ayn Rand Denounced FCC Censorship 60 Years Ago

Plastic Pollution to Practical Power

Gun Groups Oppose Trans Firearm Ban

Bail Wars Are Back

Discord Revolution in the Himalayas

Work From Home, Have More Kids

DHS Brings an Ugly Past Back to the Surface

Q&A

What Would a $100,000 H-1B Fee Do?

MAHA Mandates Food Labels

A Taste of Capitalism in Warsaw

DOGE’s Budget Bark Didn’t Match Its Bite

Federal Employment

Federal Regulation

Federal Spending

Trump’s Tariffs Fail Their Own Test

REPUBLICAN SOCIALISM • THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS BUYING STAKES IN COMPANIES. THAT NEVER ENDS WELL.

What Would Bill Buckley Do? • THE NATIONAL REVIEW FOUNDER’S FLEXIBLE APPROACH TO POLITICS DEFINED CONSERVATISM AS WE KNOW IT.

TRUMP IS DEPORTING ENTREPRENEURS • THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S MASS DEPORTATION EFFORT IS ROBBING THE U.S. OF IMMIGRANT BUSINESS OWNERS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS.

IS JAKE TAPPER DOOMED? • THE CNN ANCHOR ON THE WAR ON TERROR, THREATS TO FREE SPEECH, AND THE FUTURE OF MEDIA

The First Information Revolution • PRINTING PRESSES AND LIBRARIANS INTERPRETED CENSORSHIP AS DAMAGE AND ROUTED AROUND IT.

THE HOWARD ROARK OF COMICS • SPIDER-MAN CO-CREATOR STEVE DITKO WAS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF, AND DIRE WARNING TO, OBJECTIVIST POP ARTISTS.

A Nostalgic Read for Foreign Policy Elites

Robert Crumb’s Roving Art and Life

REVIEWS

ARCHIVES • Excerpts from Reason’s vaults

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