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Will Tucker Carlson Run for President? Don't Bet on It.

Tucker Carlson Will Tucker Carlson Run for President? Don't Bet on It. Third-party bids are much more fun to talk about than do....

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Matt Welch

The Most Corrupt Presidency in American History, by the Numbers

Donald Trump The Most Corrupt Presidency in American History, by the Numbers Looking back through the biggest scandals in American...

09.07.2026 4

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Americans Will Never Shut Up or Do As We're Told

American Revolution Americans Will Never Shut Up or Do As We're Told Two distinctly American traits that powered the Revolution: We...

03.07.2026 10

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Review: A Fresh-Eyed Tour Through Revolutionary America

American Revolution Review: A Fresh-Eyed Tour Through Revolutionary America My American Revolution revisits the American...

26.06.2026 10

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Disillusioned Revolutionaries: Many Founders Died in Despair About the American Experiment

History Disillusioned Revolutionaries: Many Founders Died in Despair About the American Experiment America's Founders helped create...

13.06.2026 20

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The Federal Government Botched the Bicentennial Too

America 250 The Federal Government Botched the Bicentennial Too There's a lesson laying there: Make it local, embrace the...

01.06.2026 10

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Does Anyone Know What's Happening in Iran?

Iran Does Anyone Know What's Happening in Iran? Plus: Spencer Pratt’s mayoral campaign rattles Los Angeles, Trump’s...

26.05.2026 10

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Viktor Orbán and His American Apologists All Deserve To Lose

Hungary Viktor Orbán and His American Apologists All Deserve To Lose J.D. Vance in Budapest: 'We have got to get Viktor Orbán...

08.04.2026 10

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Brian Doherty, Historian of the Libertarian Movement, Dead at 57

Libertarianism Brian Doherty, Historian of the Libertarian Movement, Dead at 57 The longtime Reason senior editor accidentally fell...

14.03.2026 10

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Regime Change in Cuba: 'Just a Matter of Time'

Cuba Regime Change in Cuba: 'Just a Matter of Time' Trump and other D.C. interventionists feel like they're on a roll. ...

09.03.2026 10

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Closing the Door to New Americans

Policy Closing the Door to New Americans The federal government slashed the annual cap of refugee intake to the United States by 94...

09.03.2026 40

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American Presidents Shouldn't Endorse Foreign Political Candidates

07.02.2026 20

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The West's Already-Messy Divorce

23.01.2026 10

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Final 40 Hours of Reason's Annual Fundraising Webathon Gets One Last $25,000 Matching Grant!

08.12.2025 10

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Reason Webathon Woodchips Through $400,000 Goal Before the Halfway Point!

06.12.2025 10

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Help Reason Be Your Antidote to Lousy Journalism!

05.12.2025 10

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The Art of the Presidential Health Cover-Up

15.11.2025 10

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Review: 'The Greatest Songwriter of All Time' Finally Gets a Biography

14.11.2025 20

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The Democratic Thrill for Mamdani Is a Tell

03.11.2025 20

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Is Republican Nominee Curtis Sliwa a Spoiler in NYC?

22.10.2025 10

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What If We Acted Like Political Violence Was a Problem?

11.09.2025 20

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RFK Jr.'s Defenders Are Right To Attack the Public Health Establishment. They're Wrong To Embrace Kookery.

30.08.2025 10

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Matt Welch

Trump: The Erratic but Potentially Effective Peacemaker

20.08.2025 10

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Trump Has Issued More Executive Orders So Far This Term Than Biden Did in His Whole Presidency

13.08.2025 10

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Trump Calls Zelenskyy a 'Dictator' but Not Putin. Does He Know What a Dictator Is?

07.08.2025 10

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Trump Is Openly Using the Presidency To Enrich the Trump Brand and Republicans Don't Care

02.08.2025 10

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Matt Welch

Baseball, and the Vanishing Art of Forgiveness

25.07.2025 10

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How Trump's Travel Crackdown Is Hurting Americans at Home and Abroad

19.07.2025 30

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The People Who Wrecked N.Y. Schools Love Zohran Mamdani

11.07.2025 10

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Rand Paul Blasts 'Knucklehead' Stephen Miller

13.06.2025 10

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Matt Welch

The Tom Cotton Do-Over

11.06.2025 10

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Matt Welch