Reason magazine - January 2025

In this issue

THE GREAT AMERICAN CITY UPON A HILL IS ALWAYS UNDER CONSTRUCTION
America’s utopian dreams lead to urban experimentation.

INTERVIEW: AMANDA KNOX
Amanda Knox on true crime, the criminal justice system, and “the single victim fallacy”

EVERYBODY HATES PRICES
But they help us decide between bourbon and Baconators.

Trump's $2 Trillion?

\"AT LEAST $2 trillion\" was Elon Musk's casual preelection response when asked how much a new Donald Trump administration could cut from the federal government.

4 mins

Why Kamala Harris Lost

FEW REALISTIC POLITICAL observers expected a blowout for Kamala Harris.

3 mins

Nuclear Power Saves Lives

THE PANIC FOLLOWING the catastrophic meltdown of the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl in the Soviet Union in April 1986 resulted in nearly 400 fewer new nuclear power plants being built than had been projected.

2 mins

Glucose Monitors Are Finally Available Over the Counter

THE U.S. FOOD and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the first continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) for over-the-counter sale-a major win for health freedom and common sense.

3 mins

More Creative Corruption

IN SEPTEMBER 2024, federal officials indicted New York City Mayor Eric Adams on charges including wire fraud and bribery.

3 mins

Taxpocalypse

WHEN THE NEW session of Congress opens on January 3, the clock will already be ticking toward the most important set of fiscal decisions lawmakers will make this decade.

4 mins

Don't Credit Drug Warriors for Reducing Overdoses

DURING THEIR PRESIDENTIAL campaigns, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris both promised to fight substance abuse by disrupting the drug supply.

2 mins

No Longer a World Heritage Site, Liverpool Evolves and Thrives

IN 2021, LIVERPOOL made global headlines when the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) revoked its World Heritage status, citing new development along the waterfront as causing the \"serious deterioration and irreversible loss\" of the area's historic value.

3 mins

Musical Surveillance

SOMEWHERE IN SAN Francisco's Mission District, they say a solar-powered phone is concealed in a box atop a pole.

2 mins

Q&A Mark Calabria

IF YOU HAVE a mortgage on your home, the odds are that it's backed by one of two congressionally chartered, government-sponsored enterprises (GSES), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

3 mins

Bye, Joe

AMERICA'S 46th president is headed out the door. After a single term marked by ambitious plans but modest follow-through, Joe Biden is wrapping up his time in office and somewhat reluctantly shuffling off into the sunset.

1 min

Civil Liberties Lost Under COVID

WHEN JOE BIDEN was sworn in as president in January 2021, he had good reason to be optimistic about the trajectory of the COVID-19 pandemic.

2 mins

Trade Policy Amnesia

WHILE HE WAS interviewing for the job, President Joe Biden demonstrated an acute awareness of how tariffs work. It's worrisome that he seems to have forgotten that or, worse, chosen to ignore it-since he's been president.

2 mins

Amanda Knox Tells Her Own Story

\"OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM RELIES UPON OUR OWN IGNORANCE AND THE FACT THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR RIGHTS ARE.\"

10+ mins

The Great American City Upon a Hill Is Always Under Construction

AMERICA'S UTOPIAN DREAMS LEAD TO URBAN EXPERIMENTATION.

10 mins

EVERY BODY HATES PRICES

BUT THEY HELP US DECIDE BETWEEN BOURBON AND BACONATORS.

10+ mins

Politics Without Journalism

THE 2024 CAMPAIGN WAS A WATERSHED MOMENT FOR THE WAY WE PROCESS PUBLIC AFFAIRS.

10+ mins

Lawlessness and Liberalism

THE UNITED STATES is notorious both for mass incarceration and for militarized police forces.

5 mins

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