Reason

Reason is the monthly print magazine of "free minds and free markets." It covers politics, culture, and ideas through a provocative mix of news, analysis, commentary, and reviews. Reason provides a refreshing alternative to right-wing and left-wing opinion magazines by making a principled case for liberty and individual choice in all areas of human activity.

In Defense of ‘Luxury Beliefs’

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Postnatal Drug Tests Turn Mothers Into Felons

Trump Is Wrong About McKinley’s Tariff Legacy

Lost Cities in the Jungle

Students Deserve Privacy Too

Supreme Court Takes Up Wrong-House Raids

The Trade War We’re Losing to Ourselves

America’s Most Important Trade Relationships

Virtual Fences on the Range

Q&A Rand Paul

Egg-sploding Prices • YOU MIGHT WANT to start protecting your egg cartons with Bubble Wrap. Egg prices hit a new high in January 2025, surpassing the peak of their pandemic price spike. Thanks to the spread of bird flu, the price of eggs rose 53 percent in the last year, and 15 percent in January alone. Fortunately, chickens raised for meat aren’t as affected as egg-laying hens. The price of chicken is rising slower than the price of food overall, which is still rising slower than the 3 percent annual inflation the country experienced in the last year, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data.

How Far Will the U.S. Go Against Cartels?

The New Prohibitionists • ANTI-ALCOHOL ACTIVISTS ARE IGNORING EVIDENCE AND HIJACKING FEDERAL DIETARY GUIDELINES.

Your Tribalism Is Dumb • NO, YOUR TRIBALISM IS DUMB!

Not Guilty but Punished Anyway • SENTENCING DEFENDANTS BASED ON ACQUITTED CONDUCT VIOLATES BASIC NOTIONS OF JUSTICE.

THE ANARCHIST AND THE REPUBLICAN • HOW JOHN MCCLAUGHRY AND KARL HESS FOUGHT TO DECENTRALIZE POWER—ONE FROM INSIDE THE SYSTEM, ONE EVER FURTHER FROM IT

The Present and Future of the Gerontocracy • POLITICAL PROBLEMS OF THE LONGEVITY TRANSITION

In Praise of Zeppo and Shemp

6 Cases That Paved the Road to Mass Incarceration

REVIEWS

ARCHIVES • Excerpts from Reason’s vaults

That’s an Order!

BRICKBATS

TRIBALISM IS DUMB • Where It Came From, How It Got so Bad, and What To Do About It