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Drinking Alone
A little alcohol can boost creativity and strengthen social ties. But there’s nothing moderate, or convivial, about the way many Americans drink today.
A New Hope for Star Wars
What The Mandalorian teaches us about the true power of George Lucas’s galaxy—and how to restore it
Bust The Police Unions
They don’t just protect members at all costs—they condition officers to see themselves as above the law.
The Conversion of Thomas Sowell
IT WASN’T UNTIL HIS THIRTIES THAT THE ECONOMIST STARTED TO TURN FROM MARXISM.
The Bipartisan Antitust Crusade Against Big Tech
Is Facebook a monopoly? Should Amazon be forced to do business with the new social media platform Parler? Is Apple harming its customers—and maybe democracy—by installing the Safari web browser on iPhones? Did Google bully people into using its search engine?
What Richard Wright Knew
A previously unpublished novel reveals his bleak prescience about race in America.
THE WAR ON NOSTALGIA
The myth of the Lost Cause is passed down like an heirloom. What would it take for the truth to break through?
MOVING THE NEEDLE
Inside the grassroots campaign that protected San Francisco’s Latino community—and the entire city—from a deadly virus
School's Out
Why Black parents aren’t joining the rush to send their kids back to class
A Fair Slice
Can co-ops save restaurants?
Grant McCracken on How To Reengineer the Honor Code
IN THE NEW Honor Code: A Simple Plan for Raising Our Standards and Restoring Our Good Names (Tiller Press), anthropologist, brand consultant to the stars, and past Reason contributor Grant McCracken explores the history and use of the honor code, arguing for its relevance to our private and public lives today.
Can Justice Be Served On Zoom?
COVID-19 has transformed America’s courts.
The Boutique In Your Bedroom
As stores disappear, shopping in your own closet becomes the ultimate luxury.
Hormone Monsters
Television turns to magicaal realism to explore the trials of early adolescence.
The Relentless Philip Roth
In his life as in his fiction, the author pursued the shameful, the libidinous, the repellent.
NO, REALLY, ARE WE ROME?
The sack of the Capitol was thwarted. But history suggests that corrosive change can be hard to see while it’s happening.
The Radiant Inner Life of a Robot
Kazuo Ishiguro returns to masters and servants with a story of love between a machine and the girl she belongs to.
Private Schools Are Indefensible
The Gulf between how rich kids and poor kids are educated in America is obscene.
Scott Wiener Is California's ‘YIMBY' State Senator
IN NOVEMBER, VOTERS in San Francisco reelected California Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat, over his opponent, democratic socialist Jackie Fielder.
The Myth of Antonio Salazar
The integralist right’s foolish crush on the man who once ruled Portugal
Beyond Covid
More uses for new mRNA technology
Gov. Andrew Cuomo Clings To His Pedestal
A year ago, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was a pandemic hero.
THE ALT-CURRENCY MARTYR
BEFORE THE FEDS FEARED BITCOIN, THEY FEARED E-GOLD.
This Florida Drug Smuggler Escaped 7 Life Sentences—Twice
Dickie Lynn’s story shows how the drug war warped the Criminal Justice System.
In The Tank
Ethanol’s clean promise has only led to dirtier air.
Rescue On The High Rise Bridge
With his truck dangling 70 feet above a roiling river and a storm whipping 50-mph winds, a trapped driver’s only hope is a team of trained emergency rescuers—who are stuck in traffic
Extremely Online and Wildly Out of Control
Patricia Lockwood’s debut novel explores the mind, and heart, of an internet-addled protagonist.
The United States of Amazon
How the giant company has transformed the geography of wealth and power
When America Became a Democracy
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 finally delivered on the stated ideals of this country. Now it hangs by a thread.
Bring Back The Nervous Breakdown
It used to be okay to admit that the world had simply become too much.