In a new reason Interview, Truth author and Skeptic founder Michael Shermer explains why getting the past right is essential to a flourishing society. youtu.be/pSL2EpsFOj0?si…

The tariffs are not, in fact, paid for by foreign countries. Virtually every economist agrees they are paid for by Americans, because that is how businesses pass down costs. It's basic economics. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

THE CLAYPOOL LENNON DELIRIUM Announces New Album 'The Great Parrot-Ox And The Golden Egg Of Empathy' blabbermouth.net/news/the-clayp…

This was called DOGE at the last SOTU, and before that we called it the Oversight Committee. Nobody in DC is serious about cutting fraud, because one man’s fraud is another man’s re-election program. When I offered an amendment to end the daycare fraud, the Speaker blocked it.

What if AI is solving the wrong problem?  Josh Scott wrote something worth your time on AI, guitar, and why the search is the point.  joshuaheathscott.substack.com/p/artificial-i…

Stop asking me about how my homeschooled kids socialize and start asking how our country allowed this to happen:

Back in my reason days I made a video about how much I love grocery stores!

"sex assigned at birth" is not a phrase any organization that depends on public trust should ever use

The jazz great speaks with us about creative humility, turning 75 and why ‘In My Dreams’ is about collective conversation — not guitar heroics guitarplayer.com/guitarists/the…

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Investigating what we think are shady, public-private links between the police and corporations like SEGA, Nintendo, and PI firm Fusion 85, as people are arrested for possession of devkits: youtube.com/watch?v=NU040C…

“I felt I deserved a songwriting credit because it was a No. 1 hit. They sold millions of records and I only got $200!” Flea’s bittersweet hip-hop recording experience guitarworld.com/artists/bassis…

After 47 years of Islamist tyranny Iran is on the verge of being free. MIGA

Would be a shame if everyone sent this to Rashida Tlaib.

How it started…

Important new analysis by Jean Twenge (author of 10 RULES, GENERATIONS) confirms Eric Kaufmann initial study finding a free-fall in "non-binary/trans" identification. Where did they all go? Nowhere. It was a social contagion that has run its course. open.substack.com/pub/jeanmtweng…

Fire hydrants ran dry during last year’s deadly California wildfires. Residents are now suing government. They point to a nearby reservoir that sat empty for repairs as their homes burned. That's not all:

This is complete rubbish To criticise a religion is not racist. It's culturalist The difference ? you can choose one, not the other other Now, many of us prefer some cultures to others For example, I prefer a culture that does not permit Female Genital Mutilation, Child

Age-gating the Internet is bad, censorial idea. Must-read from reason's J.D. Tuccille reason.com/2026/03/04/com…

someone is a little sensitive