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10 Colleges Where You Won't Have To Walk On Eggshells
Reason magazine

10 Colleges Where You Won't Have To Walk On Eggshells

These schools are seriously committed to civil and diverse debate.

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June 2019
Kamala Harris Is A Cop Who Wants To Be President
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Kamala Harris Is A Cop Who Wants To Be President

The California Senator and former prosecutor has a long record of Pushing Illiberal Policies.

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July 2019
Democracy In Decline?
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Democracy In Decline?

If its recent record is any indication, Winston Churchill might have been wrong about democracy.

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March 2019
The Prohibition President
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The Prohibition President

Politics

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April 2019
The Wall Won't End Pot Smuggling At The Border. Legalization Will.
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The Wall Won't End Pot Smuggling At The Border. Legalization Will.

Pot is bulky and pungent.

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April 2019
Netflix Bows To The Saudis
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Netflix Bows To The Saudis

Even tech giants have to follow the law.

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April 2019
The IRS Targets Drug Policy Reformers
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The IRS Targets Drug Policy Reformers

A recently adopted IRS rule for tax exempt organizations seems to violate the First Amendment by taking aim at groups that support drug policy reform.

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April 2019
Fentanyl Is Not A Nuke, And Drug Dealers Are Not Terrorists
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Fentanyl Is Not A Nuke, And Drug Dealers Are Not Terrorists

Could fentanyl be a weapon of mass destruction?

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July 2019
Reason Once Tried To Predict The Future. How Did We Do?
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Reason Once Tried To Predict The Future. How Did We Do?

IT WAS MAY 1993. Barely two years earlier, a failed coup attempt had marked the last gasp of Soviet Communism. The Cold War was over. Germany was reunified. The Baltic countries were independent. In the former Yugoslavia, Sarajevo was under siege.

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December 2018
The Next Big Fight Over Organized Labor May Already Be Here
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The Next Big Fight Over Organized Labor May Already Be Here

JUNE’S SUPREME COURT ruling in Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) freed public sector workers from being required to pay dues to unions to which

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December 2018
We Live In A World Of Reliable Miracles
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We Live In A World Of Reliable Miracles

When I’m having a bad day, I trawl the internet for videos of happy cyborgs.

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August - September 2019
Trump Just Can't Quit Afghanistan
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Trump Just Can't Quit Afghanistan

IMAGINE BEING A U.S. citizen who believes that America should withdraw its troops from Afghanistan after nearly 18 years of increasingly pointless war.

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July 2019
World South Africa Goes Halfway On Pot
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World South Africa Goes Halfway On Pot

JOHANNESBURG’S WORST-KEPT SECRET looks like any other suburban bar, with a bartender who has nothing unusual to offer.

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July 2019
Oh Deer
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Oh Deer

30 Million of Bambi’s Buddies Are on the Loose in the U.s., Causing Crop Damage and Car Accidents. Markets Can Help.

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July 2019
The Libertarian Party Future, Perennially Out Of Reach
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The Libertarian Party Future, Perennially Out Of Reach

Where does political libertarianism go after the midterms?

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January 2019
D.C. Vs. The Wide Open West
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D.C. Vs. The Wide Open West

ONE OF THE great ironies of life in mountain and desert states is that many of the people you meet are either escapees or descendants of the East Coast—but they ended up in a place where Washington, D.C., has an enormous presence.

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January 2019
The New Socialists Didn't Win
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The New Socialists Didn't Win

But they’re still in charge for the next couple of years.

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January 2019
How We Childproofed Our Cities
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How We Childproofed Our Cities

Kid-friendly spaces make it harder to grow up.

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February 2019