Urban Life on Mars?

By Sarah Holder, Bloomberg In October, an international cohort of thinkers beamed into the virtual 2021 conference of the Mars Society, which has advocated colonizing the planet since 1998. In an age of low-cost rocket launches and Shatner space jaunts, it was a sign of how attainable the […]

The Amendment That Remade America

By Tunku Varadarajan, Wall Street Journal The First? The Second? No, the 14th—the basis for every claim against a state government for violating individual rights. Randy Barnett and Evan Bernick say it’s time to assert its original meaning. What’s the most important amendment to the U.S. Constitution? The […]

The Anarchic Interlude

By Matt Welch, Reason In 1990s Prague, wonderful things happened in the chaotic space between the end of communism and the rise of its replacement. Reason‘s December special issue marks the 30th anniversary of the collapse of the Soviet Union. This story is part of our exploration of […]