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Is the death penalty too expensive and ineffective to keep?  This November, California voters will have the chance to decide on that question by voting for or against a ballot initiative called SAFE (Savings Accountability Full Enforcement), which would replace the death penalty with life without possibility of parole as the state's maximum punishment.Putting the moral

On Tuesday, July 10, Editor in Chief of Reason Matt Welch went on Fox Business to talk about Democratic outrage over Mitt Romney's Swiss bank account, and how this fake populism ignores the real issues of how taxpayer money is spent.2.54 minutes. Scroll down for downloadable versions. Subscribe to Reason.tv's YouTube channel to receive

"At the end of the day, we are benefiting from savings," explains David Alvarez, executive director of the Puerto Rico Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) Authority. "The government is not dedicating more resources to (infrastructure) and the taxpayers are receiving value." Although vital public projects such as schools, roads, and airports have traditionally been the domain of the government, Alvarez tells ReasonTV "i

Reason Managing Editor Katherine Mangu-Ward discusses the controversy surrounding Countrywide making loans to government workers that have lower interest rates than normal loans and how easy it is to influence congressmen on

When California State Senator Roderick Wright attempted to legalize online poker with SB 1463, he sold it as a way to help patch up California's busted budget , which is indeed in dire trouble. Surprisingly, the strongest resistance came not from the ever-more-i

Reason Foundation Director of Economic Research Anthony Randazzo appeared on The Alyona Show to discuss schools teachers disproving evolution with the Loch Ness monster, basketball player Anthony Davis trademarking his unibrow, and Facebook introducing new @facebook email address for its users. Air Date: June 27, 2012.Approximately 11.09 minu

"My unsexy bumper sticker for adapting to climate change," says UCLA Professor of Economics, the Environment, and Public Affairs Matthew Kahn, "is 'Give free markets a chance!'"Kahn, the author of Climatopolis: How Our Cities Will Thrive in the Hotter Future , argues th

"Obamacare is not, as one judge says, a national solution to a problem," argues James V. DeLong. "It's 2,000 pages...of special-interest-written law."As such, it exemplifies what DeLong, a long-time Washington insider who has worked for many think tanks and government agencies, denounces as "Big SIS" or the "special-interest state." In his scathing - and utterly convincing - new book

Here are the three most important things you need to know in the wake of the Supeme Court's decision on The Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. Obamacare:1. Government is still unlimited.2. Mitt Romney is still lame.3. Health care costs will still soar.Click here for more details.Produced by Jim Epstein and Nick Gillespie. About 2 minutes.Visit

On June 28, 2012, Reason's Tim Cavanaugh discussed California's fiscal problems, the state budget deals and Jerry Brown on Fox 11 News. Approximately 3 minutes.Scroll down for downloadable iPod and audio versions. Subscribe to Reason.tv's YouTube Channel and receive automatic notifications when new material g

Reason's Polling Director Emily Ekins discusses the youth vote and says that it looks like President Obama is losing support due to economic worries on CNBC's Closing Bell.  Air Date: July 2, 2012. About 4 minutes. Subscribe to Reason.tv's YouTube Channel. 

June's busybodies want to shield your eyes from bikinis and remind you that they're not above ripping your garden out (even if you are complying with city codes).But top dishonors go to the police chief who admitted on camera that his officers had "more important things to do," but stil

Reason.tv editor in chief Nick Gillespie appeared on RTAmerica to discuss how the Supreme Court ruling on Obamacare is a win for Obama yet will be more expensive than previously projected and won't make Americans healthier. Air Date: June 28, 2012.Almost 15 minutes.Scroll down for HD, iPod and audio versions of this video and subscribe to

In a 5-to-4 decision, the Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act by ruling that the individual mandate is legal under Congress' power of taxation, while giving states more flexibility in deciding whether to participate in the law's Medicaid expansion.What does today's decision mean for the implementation of the law and the political effort to repeal it?Nick Gillespie sat down with Reason Magazine Senior Editor Peter Suderman to discuss today's ruli

Reason.tv editor in chief Nick Gillespie appeared on CNN's OutFront with Erin Burnett to discuss why, in Erin's words, "we are all losers" when it comes to the Supreme Court's health care ruling. Air Date: June 28, 2012.Approximately 8 minutes.Scroll down for HD, iPod and audio versions of this video and subscribe to Reason.tv's Youtube channel