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The Reason Roundtable editors answer your questions about COVID-19, libertarianism, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, artificial intelligence, Section 230, and much, much more.https://reason.com/podcast/2020/12/03/the-reason-roundtable-takes-your-questions/ …

It's time for President Donald Trump's supporters to consider that, quite possibly, there are reasons beyond a vast voter-fraud conspiracy that explain his decisive losshttps://reason.com/2020/12/04/trump-has-only-himself-to-blame-for-losing-the-election/ …

Armed agents of the state are routinely called on not only to stop serious crimes, but to investigate minor inconveniences.https://reason.com/2020/12/05/ryan-whitaker-phoenix-police-will-pay-3-million-shot-man-during-noise-complaint-officers-still-employed/ …

This is shameful — and the actions of the authorities who worked this case shouldn't be forgotten.https://reason.com/2020/12/02/florida-masseuse-ordered-to-pay-31573-after-soliciting-robert-kraft-to-commit-prostitution/ …

The good news is, everybody lost in the 2020 election—at least a little bit. Fans of limited government and fiscal discipline have a lot to be happy about. It's much harder to go big when you are constantly at risk of being told to go home.https://reason.com/2020/12/03/good-news-about-gridlock/ …

Will surveillance on this scale invite official scrutiny and perhaps devastating consequences for all sorts of small, harmless, and maybe even unwitting violations of our far too many laws? The answer is obviously yes.https://reason.com/2020/12/03/these-mississippi-cops-want-a-camera-on-your-door/ …

Happy Repeal Day! How Government Almost Killed the Cocktailhttps://youtu.be/TdfyJLZUXbU 

We must not ignore the suffering that this pandemic and our collective response to it have inflicted on millions of fellow citizens.https://reason.com/2020/12/03/the-unseen-costs-of-the-covid-19-pandemic/ …

Last year, @reason videos generated 37.5 million views on @YouTube, a 28 percent increase over 2019. Your tax-deductible #webathon2020 donation will help us grow even more in 2021.https://reason.com/2020/12/05/if-you-like-reason-videos-support-them-with-a-tax-deductible-donation/ …

Remember the brick-and-mortar restaurant industry's war on food trucks? It's still happeninghttps://reason.com/2020/12/05/food-truck-operators-are-still-fighting-an-uphill-battle-against-protectionism/ …

Using police to forcefully shut down Mac's Public House is a violation of liberty and a waste of resources.https://reason.com/2020/12/02/cops-raid-new-york-bar-and-arrest-owner-for-defying-covid-19-restrictions/ …

Phoenix police shot Ryan Whitaker twice in the back while investigating a noise complaint. Taxpayers will pay his family $3 million, even as the officers are still employed.https://reason.com/2020/12/05/ryan-whitaker-phoenix-police-will-pay-3-million-shot-man-during-noise-complaint-officers-still-employed/ …

What helps the most people in the most efficient way is greedy, self-interested capitalism!https://reason.com/2020/12/02/private-charity-beats-one-size-fits-all-government/ …

Trump's trade policies have left Biden some low-hanging fruit when it comes to getting the economy going again. If these tariffs persist, we'll have both presidents to blame.https://reason.com/2020/12/03/if-biden-really-wants-to-stimulate-the-economy-he-should-end-trumps-trade-war/ …

The president could have tried to, at times, unite the country. He could have reined in his attacks, surrounded himself with truth-tellers rather than sycophants, and reached out to other voters. He didn't. That's why he lost.https://reason.com/2020/12/04/trump-has-only-himself-to-blame-for-losing-the-election/ …

Pandemic-wear face masks may not be quite as effective a barrier to surveillance as we hoped. Time to add a hat and sunglasses!https://reason.com/2020/12/04/facial-recognition-programs-get-better-at-recognizing-masked-faces/ …

Critics say Gavin Newsom's new stay-at-home order is full of arbitrary restrictions that will damage small business owners while doing little to stem the spread of the pandemic.https://reason.com/2020/12/04/gavin-newsoms-new-stay-at-home-order-a-deathblow-to-californias-small-businesses/ …