HISTORICAL FACTS: 26 - The Untold Story

Trump's Dictator Envy Is Once Again on Display in Tiff with South Korea

The president openly admires world leaders who exercise absolute power.

Reason · Aug 19

Brickbat: Texas Two-Step

Social media messaging app Discord has agreed to a Texas court order requiring it to introduce the same age-verification it already… The post Brickbat: Texas Two-Step appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason · Aug 19

ICE Admits It Investigated a Critic Based on Constitutionally Protected Speech

The agency’s attempt to intimidate David Streever is at the center of a First Amendment case.

Reason · Aug 19

No Pseudonymity for U Michigan Student Challenging Discipline for Using "Assertedly 'Fake' … Medical Note" "to Obtain an Accommodation"

From yesterday's decision by Judge Laurie J. Michelson (E.D. Mich.) in Doe v. Regents of Univ. of Mich.: Plaintiff, a… The post No Pseudonymity for U Michigan Student Challenging Discipline for Using "Assertedly 'Fake' … Medical Note" "to Obtain an Accommodation" appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason · Aug 18

Upcoming Speaking Engagements

Ilya Somin's upcoming speaking engagements for the Fall 2026 semester. Most are free and open to the public.

Reason · Aug 18

Suicides and Public Humiliation: Recalling Some Past Incidents

The tragic apparent suicide of Cambridge Prof. Jason Arday, following what appeared to be at least credible public allegations that… The post Suicides and Public Humiliation: Recalling Some Past Incidents appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason · Aug 18

San Francisco's 'Historic Laundromat' Project Finally Begins Construction

Activists were able to block an apartment project in the city's Mission District by raising an increasingly ridiculous set of objections.

Reason · Aug 18

The Trump Administration Promised a Pivot From the Middle East to East Asia. It's Doing the Opposite.

The U.S. military is downsizing exercises in South Korea and pulling its last aircraft carrier out of the Pacific.

Reason · Aug 18

Appeals Court Upholds Right To Film Police—but Grants Immunity to Cops Who Arrested a Connecticut Videographer

The 2nd Circuit is the latest federal circuit court to find a First Amendment right to record the police.

Reason · Aug 18

ABC's First Amendment Lawsuit Against FCC

From today's Complaint in ABC, Inc. v. FCC (D.D.C.): Government censorship is deeply un-American. That fundamental principle predates the Republic,… The post ABC's First Amendment Lawsuit Against FCC appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason · Aug 18