Reason Magazine

11/17/2025

The Punisher is an an unrepentant murderer, quite possibly the worst role model comics have ever produced.

Why has the character's logo become so popular among police officers?

“He is breaking the very laws...that cops are supposed to uphold.”

11/17/2025

Landlords say rent caps on vacant units prevent them from financing the costs of legally mandated renovations: https://reason.pub/43wSJ1r

11/17/2025

They say a grand jury would indict a ham sandwich. But failing to get indictments has been a hallmark of the second Trump administration.

11/17/2025

AI companions are clearly a bad idea for some people. But not everyone is so lucky: 73 percent of 18- to 22-year-old workers deported feeling alone sometimes or always long before the widespread introduction of AI chatbots in 2023. For these lonely young people, are AI companions better than nothing?

🎨: Eddie Marshall

11/17/2025

One study found that generative AI sped up radiology documentation by 15.5 percent. Even modest boosts like that could reduce overall medical costs.

A Northwestern University clinical study found that generative AI sped up radiology documentation by 15.5 percent.

11/17/2025

In a reversal from other recent statements, President Donald Trump now says the House should vote to release Epstein documents: https://reason.pub/4oKscpL

11/17/2025

Hannah Bright's husband's ex-wife has made at least three calls to child protective services for activities that posed no danger to the kids: https://reason.pub/3LH0vQ7

11/17/2025

Waymo’s cars crash less, injure less, and kill less, but Luddites in unions and on city councils still want to prevent their use.

To fully realize human flourishing, America must embrace the future--not fear it.

11/17/2025

COVID-19 mRNA vaccines are NOT causing a "turbo-cancer" epidemic. Instead, they appear to "turbo-charge" cancer immunotherapy, nearly doubling the survival rates of cancer patients.

Instead, mRNA COVID vaccines may turbo-charge our bodies' immune systems to fight cancers.

11/17/2025

In 2020, Oregon became the first state in America to decriminalize all drugs. Was it a catastrophic mistake? Has this famously progressive city been mugged by reality?

Reason visited Portland and talked to drug users, politicians, and police to find out what actually happened and uncovered a very different story.

11/17/2025

Review: 'The greatest songwriter of all time' finally gets a biography

https://reason.pub/4oN4ZU6

11/16/2025

The Los Angeles City Council has voted to cap rent increases on some 650,000 apartments at a maximum of 4 percent per year.

The new rules would allow landlords to raise rents by a maximum of 4 percent per year, down from the current maximum of 8 percent.