Todd Krainin
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You Can Get a Year in Jail for Feeding Garbage to a Pig
Criminal defense attorney Mike Chase, the man behind the popular @CrimeADay Twitter feed, has a new book titled How to Become a Federal Criminal: An Illustrated Handbook for the Aspiring Offender. It chronicles government power at its most arbitrary and absurd. Reason's Todd Krainin sat down with Chase to learn the roots of his obsession with laws against improperly shaped cheese, whistling on a… → Read More
Vegetarians vs. Omnivores: A Soho Forum Debate
Are vegetarians healthier than omnivores? Listen to a debate @TheSohoForum featuring @bigfatsurprise and @DrDavidKatz. → Read More
Elizabeth Warren's Plan To Cancel Student Debt Helps the Well-Off
The unintended consequences of helping students with the brightest futures. → Read More
Devin Nunes' Lawsuit Against Twitter is an Attack on Every American's Right to Free Speech
According to Republican Congressman Devin Nunes, the abuse he's endured on Twitter is of a "breadth and scope" that "no human being should ever have to bear and suffer in their whole life." He's been called a "presidential fluffer and swamp rat," a "Putin shill," an "unscrupulous, craven, back-stabbing, charlatan and traitor," and "voted 'Most Likely to Commit Treason' in high school." Now this… → Read More
Has Anti-Racism Become as Harmful as Racism? John McWhorter vs. Nikhil Singh: New at
Watch the debate hosted by the Soho Forum. → Read More
Is This Gary Johnson's Last Campaign?
The former New Mexico governor brings Reason on the campaign trail and shares insights along the way. → Read More
How I Became a Libertarian
On our 50th anniversary, Reason staffers share their philosophical origin stories. → Read More
Ethnic Nationalists Won the Quebec Election. What Fueled Their Rise?
Don't mistake this election for a Trump-inspired victory – Quebec's toxic anti-immigration politics are home grown. → Read More
America Should be More Like Sweden. But Not for the Reasons You Think: Podcast
Johan Norberg's new documentary shows how the Nordic nation traded stagnant socialism for a modern mixed economy → Read More
John McCain, the Senate's Most Influential Hawk, Is Dead
The last great active political figure of 20th century American politics has lost his battle with cancer. → Read More
Jay Austin, Tiny House Innovator, Killed in Attack Claimed by ISIS
Jay Austin, 29, was killed along with his girlfriend and two others while cycling across Tajikistan. ISIS has claimed credit for the attacks. Austin was → Read More
Is Bitcoin the Future of Money? Peter Schiff vs. Erik Voorhees
Watch the debate. → Read More
Travel Shows Were Boring as Fuck. Then Came Anthony Bourdain.
The late travel host changed television—and my life. → Read More
Has the U.S. Constitution Lost Its Meaning? A Debate
Law professors Randy Barnett and Michael Dorf argued over "originalism" at an event hosted by the Soho Forum. → Read More
YouTube Won't Host Our Homemade Gun Video. So We Posted It on PornHub Instead.
Our video is awesome. But nothing in the First Amendment says YouTube has to run it. → Read More
Does Fractional Reserve Banking Endanger the Economy? A Debate
Texas Tech University's Robert Murphy vs. Cato's George Selgin at the Soho Forum → Read More
Dr. Helen Fisher on How Brain Chemistry Determines Personality and Politics
Is the libertarian mind a product of elevated dopamine and testosterone? → Read More
Whose Dystopia Is It Anyway?
Reason writers debate which fictional dystopia best predicted our current moment. → Read More
5 Great Libertarian Movies!
These films showcase individualism, innovation, and anti-statism, all while making us laugh and cry. → Read More
The Five Best Arguments Against Immigration—and Why They're Wrong
No issue is more hotly contested today than immigration, with restrictionists calling for the deportation of illegals and a 50 percent cut in legal immigration. → Read More