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13:17:45 12/07/12
Guns, Football, Macho Culture Didn't Kill Jovan Belcher's Girlfriend. Jovan Belcher Did.
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Guns, Football, Macho Culture Didn't Kill Jovan Belcher's Girlfriend. Jovan Belcher Did.
Were you disgusted by news coverage immediately following the death of Jovan Belcher? Belcher was a linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs who shot his girlfriend - and mother of his three-month-old daughter - dead after an argument. Belcher then drove to the Arrowhead Stadium practice facility to profusely thank general manager Scott Pioli and head coach Romeo Crennel for their roles in his career. He reportedly said, "I love you, bro" before shooting himself. Fans and sportswriters tried to make sense of the Belcher violence, and with the suicide of San Diego Charger Junior Seau earlier this year in mind, they grasped at common straws that might tie the two acts together. But what separates Belcher from Seau - and other depressed athletes who've struggled with the fallout from a career of hard hits and head injuries - is that Junior's plight didn't end in the barbaric murder of his girlfriend and the orphaning of a three-month-old baby. Jovan Belcher's suicide might have forced the question as to whether or not football has become too violent and punishing for its player, but killing his girlfriend elevates the action to something that cannot be justified by appeals to celebrity culture and pop psychology. Or even readily explained by scientific research suggesting traumatic injury causes permanent brain damage and behavioral problems. Killing your girlfriend is not a "behavioral problem", it is a horrific, evil, cowardly act that is morally wrong to try to either ... From: ReasonTV Views: 13122 344 ratings Time: 02:43 More in Sports
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16:28:43 12/06/12
Censorship and "Unlearning Liberty" at College: Q&A with FIRE's Greg Lukianoff
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Censorship and "Unlearning Liberty" at College: Q%A with FIRE's Greg Lukianoff
"The...idea that if you just let people talk, it will be this pit of racist pandemonium...is sort of childish and it oversimplifies. But it is a great justification for having a lot of power over speech," says Greg Lukianoff, the president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE). Lukianoff spoke with Reason TV's Nick Gillespie about his new book Unlearning Liberty: Campus Censorship and the End of American Debate, where he details the slow and steady withering of free expression on America's college campuses. In some ways, the modern on-campus free-speech movement dates back to 1993's "water buffalo incident" at the University of Pennsylvania, where a student was brought up on racial harassment charges for using the term "water buffalo" as an insult. That case led directly to the founding of FIRE, which "defends free speech, due process and basic rights on campus." A Stanford Law-trained liberal who blogs at the Huffington Post, Lukianoff insists that by restricting controversial or potentially offensive speech, "you're putting people into echo chambers" where they only interact with people with whom they already agree. That sort of groupthink is dangerous to a free society, says Lukianoff, but it's particularly appalling to see it instituted at the nation's colleges and universities, where the free exchange of ideas is supposed to be the whole point of higher education. Runs about 16 minutes. Produced by Anthony L. Fisher. Camera by Jim Epstein and ... From: ReasonTV Views: 7645 314 ratings Time: 16:21 More in News & Politics
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21:10:35 12/05/12
Reason Webathon 2012 w Nick Gillespie, Matt Welch, Kennedy, and more!
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Reason Webathon 2012 w Nick Gillespie, Matt Welch, Kennedy, and more!
As part of Reason's annual fundraising webathon (December 4-11), Matt Welch and Nick Gillespie hosted a two-hour telethon featuring appearances with Reason TV host Kennedy and Reason staffers Katherine Mangu-Ward, Ronald Bailey, Mike Riggs, Peter Suderman, Matthew Feeney, and Meredith Bragg. Welch, Gillespie, and the rest talked about highlights of Reason's output in 2012 and discussed hopes and fears for 2013. Drug policy, health care, environmentalism, private space exploration, the best movies of the year - these and many other topics were covered. We're looking for 800 donors between now and next Tuesday to help us be your voice in the fight for "Free Minds and Free Markets." In 2012, Reason staffers published thousands of articles at our own sites and in the pages of outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and the Washington Post; produced over 500 videos; made hundreds of media appearances on everything from C-SPAN to NPR to PBS to Bill Maher's HBO Show to Fox, MSNBC, and CNN; and made dozens of talks and appearances at colleges, clubs, and elsewhere. We use the money we raise from contributions to produce the award-winning videos you see here, plus publish the print edition of Reason magazine and Reason.com, the country's largest libertarian news source. Reason is published by the 501(c)3 nonprofit Reason Foundation and all donations are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law. Go to www.reason.com for more information and suggested ... From: ReasonTV Views: 0 91 ratings Time: 02:01:55 More in News & Politics
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13:13:09 12/05/12
Meet Congress' Favorite Bootlegger: Prohibition, Hypocrisy, and "The Man in the Green Hat"
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Meet Congress' Favorite Bootlegger: Prohibition, Hypocrisy, and "The Man in the Green Hat"
In honor of Repeal Day, which celebrates the end of America's "noble experiment" in banning alcoholic beverages, Reason TV is happy to introduce you to George Cassiday, a man whose life and work should be taught to every schoolkid - and to every member of Congress hell-bent on legislating the nation's morals. From 1920 through 1930 - the thick of the Prohibition era - Cassiday supplied illegal liquor throughout the halls of Congress. Known as "The Man in the Green Hat," Cassiday was the Capitol's highest-profile bootlegger, with a client list that included senior members of the Republican and Democratic Parties. How instrumental was he to the DC power elite? He even had his own office in the House and Senate office buildings. Cassiday gave up the liquor trade after his arrest in 1930, but gained notoriety by penning a series of front-page articles for The Washington Post about his days as Congress' top bottle man. Though he never named names, Cassiday's stories detailed every aspect of his former business - and the depths of hypocrisy in Washington. By his own estimation, "four out of five senators and congressmen consume liquor either at their offices or their homes." Appearing days before the 1930 mid-term elections, Cassiday's revelations caused a national stir and helped sweep pro-Prohibitionist - and ostensibly tee-totaling - congressmen and senators out of power. Today, with the rise of cocktail culture and prohibition-vogue in full swing, Cassiday's life and legacy ... From: ReasonTV Views: 7156 264 ratings Time: 04:36 More in News & Politics
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18:50:51 12/04/12
Reason Mag Preview w Matt Welch & Kennedy: APOCALYPSE 2013!
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Reason Mag Preview w Matt Welch & Kennedy: APOCALYPSE 2013!
Reason TV's Kennedy sits down with Reason Editor in Chief Matt Welch to find out what's in the newest issue of the nation's only magazine of "Free Minds and Free Markets." The January 2013 edition of Reason has just newsstands and features articles about avoiding the fiscal cliff, Veronique de Rugy on how (and why) to cut defense spending, and Ronald Bailey on how your cellphone is spying on you. There's also a brand-new Peter Bagge cartoon essay about Detroit, Jesse Walker's survey of apocalypticism in American culture, and Jacob Sullum's latest dispatch from the marijuana wars. The cover is an original drawing by the great hot-rod-punk-rock-artist Chris Cooper - aka Coop. Read more about him here: www.coopstuff.com A year's subscription costs just $14.97 for 11 issues (the discount grows with multi-year subscriptions). Subscribers get the print magazine weeks before any of the material shows up online and the cost of subscribing helps underwrite Reason.com and Reason TV as well as the production of the mag itself. If you're thinking of subscribing, you might want to consider making a tax-free donation to Reason Foundation, the 501(c)3 nonprofit that publishes the magazine and this website. We're hosting our annual webathon this week and a gift of $100 will nab you a subscription plus a classic black Reason T-shirt as well (did we mention all donations are tax deductible too?). The more you give, the more swag you'll get. Go here for more information on making a donation ... From: ReasonTV Views: 4105 141 ratings Time: 03:25 More in News & Politics
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21:35:55 12/02/12
"I escaped a North Korean prison camp" - Shin Dong-hyuk's Survivor Story
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"I escaped a North Korean prison camp" - Shin Dong-hyuk's Survivor Story
Shin Dong-hyuk was born inside Kaechon #14, one of the world's harshest labor camps. His parents were political prisoners, declared enemies of the state for having committed minor offenses against the North Korean regime. Shin was routinely subjected to torture and knew nothing of the outside world until his escape at the age of 23. Today he is on a mission to tell the world his story. And to remind us of the estimated 200000 other forced laborers currently languishing under the regime of Kim Jong-un. Go to reason.com for more and subscribe to ReasonTV's YouTube Channel to receive notifications when new material goes live. From: ReasonTV Views: 39460 751 ratings Time: 04:08 More in News & Politics
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19:57:13 12/01/12
LP Candidate Bruce Majors vs. DC's One-Party System
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LP Candidate Bruce Majors vs. DC's One-Party System
"There are a lot of people in DC who are Democrats who probably don't really want to be," says DC's Libertarian Party congressional candidate Bruce Majors, "but if you don't vote in the primaries then your vote in the election doesn't really count." Majors surprised many this election by receiving 6% of the vote against longtime congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, guaranteeing the Libertarian Party major party status in the nation's capital. Majors sat down with Reason TV's Nick Gillespie to discuss the election, DC politics, and why hitting the major party threshold is important for libertarians. Camera by Meredith Bragg and Josh Swain. Edited by Swain. About 3.40 minutes. Visit www.reason.com for downloadable versions and subscribe to Reason TV's YouTube Channel and receive automatic notifications when new material goes live. From: ReasonTV Views: 4976 158 ratings Time: 03:43 More in News & Politics
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16:42:56 11/30/12
Texas Schools Track Students with RFID Chips! (Nanny of the Month, Nov '12)
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Texas Schools Track Students with RFID Chips! (Nanny of the Month, Nov '12)
This month's lineup of of busybodies includes the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, where administrators may ban booze in dorms--even for students of legal drinking age (guess those college kids would just stay dry!). Then there's Chi-Town, where officials are using GPS devices to track food trucks to make sure they don't wander within 200 feet of any fixed businesses that sell food, including convenience stores. Violators could face fines of $2000. Compare that to the $100 fine you'd face for parking in front of a fire hydrant and you get an idea for just how seriously city officials take the threat of competition. (Good thing the Institute for Justice is on the case.) But this time the nanny of the month comes to us from deep in the heart of Texas, where administrators at San Antonio's Northside school district are tracking kids with radio frequency identification chips. Dozens of electronic readers have been installed in the school's ceiling panels to keep tabs on the kiddos while they're at school. The official number-one reason for going RFID is to "increase student safety and security," but--since district funding goes up when attendance goes up--it's clearly all about the Benjamins. With school-based tracking going back to at least 2004, the Lone Star State has been something of an RFID trailblazer. In fact, Northside is considering expanding the program to cover all of the district's 97000 students. About 80 seconds. "Nanny of the Month" is written and ... From: ReasonTV Views: 16757 264 ratings Time: 01:19 More in News & Politics
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17:15:23 11/29/12
1000 Wrongfully Convicted and Counting: New Registry Checks Justice System's Power
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1000 Wrongfully Convicted and Counting: New Registry Checks Justice System's Power
If you were wrongfully convicted of a crime, how would you fight the system? 16-year-old Arthur Carmona and his mom, Ronnie Sandoval, spent years doing just that. "He wanted to fight. He said, 'I'm not signing shit. If I can't prove I'm innocent then I'm going to die in here,'" says Ronnie of her son. She fought tirelessly to get Arthur out of prison after he was wrongfully convicted of 12 counts of armed robbery. "I'm disgusted with what they did to my son," Ronnie says, "it was as simple as him walking out the door to go play video games and he stepped into the Twilight Zone, and it followed him for all the days of his life." How did Arthur get thrown in prison for a crime he didn't commit? Rob Warden, director of Northwestern University's Center on Wrongful Convictions, says it's not uncommon. "Every case that we look at is different," says Warden, "but there are common elements and there are things that seem to transcend them." Warden helped develop a project to raise awareness about wrongful convictions, and bring about change. The National Registry of Exonerations was released earlier this year and documents over a thousand cases of exonerations in the US. "Our great hope for the registry is [that it will] provide data that will fortify arguments for reform," Warden says. The registry also provides reasons why the exonerees were wrongfully convicted such as false confessions, errors with eyewitness testimony and a phenomenon called "tunnel vision." "It's very ... From: ReasonTV Views: 9669 370 ratings Time: 07:57 More in News & Politics
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22:01:38 11/28/12
"The idea that you could openly sell things that help women achieve orgasm is pretty new."
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"The idea that you could openly sell things that help women achieve orgasm is pretty new."
"Sex toys, most of them, are designed to help women achieve orgasm," says writer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Phil Harvey. "The idea that you could openly sell things that help women achieve orgasm is pretty new." Harvey runs the adult-toy company Adam & Eve and is the head of DKT International, a nonprofit that promotes family planning and HIV/AIDS prevention in underdeveloped countries. An ardent libertarian (and contributor to Reason Foundation, the nonprofit that publishes Reason TV), Harvey is also the author of several books, including 2001's The Government vs. Erotica, which documented his precedent-setting legal battles with state and federal law enforcement over the right to sell adult materials to willing customers. His new book is Show Time, a psychological thriller that follows a group of reality TV participants struggling to survive a brutal winter on a remote island in Lake Superior. By turns reminiscent of The Hunger Games, Survivor, and Lost, Show Time is a wry and gripping commentary on voyeurism, mass media, and self-destruction. Harvey sat down recently with Nick Gillespie to discuss why sex and violence will always be integral to the arts and how Americans have become more comfortable in their pursuit of sensual pleasure. About 14 minutes. Interview by Nick Gillespie. Edited by Amanda Winkler. Visit reason.com for downloadable versions and subscribe to Reason TV's YouTube channel to receive automatic notifications when new material goes live. From: ReasonTV Views: 7089 172 ratings Time: 14:25 More in News & Politics
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17:25:33 11/27/12
David Friedman on How to Privatize Everything
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David Friedman on How to Privatize Everything
"Producing laws is not an easier problem than producing cars or food," says David Friedman, author, philosopher, and professor at Santa Clara University. "So if the government's incompetent to produce cars or food, why do you expect it to do a good job producing the legal system within which you are then going to produce the cars and the food?" Friedman sat down to talk with Reason TV at Libertopia 2012 in San Diego. Friedman reflected on the impact of his landmark book, The Machinery of Freedom, discussed the differences between libertarianism and anarcho-capitalism and revealed what his father, economist Milton Friedman, thought of his anarchist leanings. Approximately 7 minutes. Interview by Paul Feine. Camera by Alex Manning and Zach Weissmueller. Edited by Weissmueller. Visit reason.com for downloadable versions and subscribe to Reason TV's YouTube channel to receive automatic notifications when new material goes live. From: ReasonTV Views: 20546 676 ratings Time: 07:33 More in News & Politics
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16:32:10 11/26/12
The Future of Financing the Arts: An Interview with Adam Huttler of Fractured Atlas
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The Future of Financing the Arts: An Interview with Adam Huttler of Fractured Atlas
"The NEA's [National Endowment for the Arts] budget, did it go up or down this year? It's the simplest, most glaring metric out there, and it's a little reductionist," says Adam Huttler, the founder and executive director of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit organization that provides financial, logistical, and technological support for arts and culture. Earlier this year, Huttler participated in a debate at The Economist, where he argued, "We must also abandon the notion that a strong arts policy begins and ends with public funding." Huttler spoke with Reason TV's Kennedy about how tax deductions for donations to the arts "dwarfs" NEA funding, and how "scrappy, DIY (do-it-yourself)" arts organizations are "breaking away from a lot of the old models of funding and support" with relatively new methods like crowdfunding and fiscal sponsorship. About 5 minutes. Produced by Anthony L. Fisher, shot by Jim Epstein and Fisher. Subscribe to Reason TV's YouTube channel to get automatic notifications when new material goes live. From: ReasonTV Views: 5927 149 ratings Time: 04:59 More in News & Politics
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18:01:06 11/25/12
Fixing Chicago's Traffic Gridlock: Reason's Adrian Moore and Sam Staley
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Fixing Chicago's Traffic Gridlock: Reason's Adrian Moore and Sam Staley
Earlier this year, the Reason Foundation's Adrian Moore and Sam Staley, in partnership with The Union League Club of Chicago Public Affairs and its Transportation Subcommittee, outlined a market-based plan to improve Chicago's traffic woes. Through a combination of user fees, innovative financing, and state-of-the-art electronic tolling, the pair found Chicagoans could greatly reduce the hours they currently spend in traffic without raising taxes. Moore and Staley presented their finding during a July 19, 2012 forum. 30 minutes. Edited by Joshua Swain. Visit www.reason.com for downloadable versions and subscribe to Reason TV's YouTube channel to receive automatic notifications when new material goes live. From: ReasonTV Views: 2981 61 ratings Time: 29:59 More in News & Politics
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15:43:32 11/24/12
Greg Gutfeld: The Joy of Hate, Liberal Speech Police, & Conservative Punks
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Greg Gutfeld: The Joy of Hate, Liberal Speech Police, & Conservative Punks
Red Eye and The Five host Greg Gutfeld talks with Nick Gillespie about his new book, The Joy of Hate: How to Triumph over Whiners in the Age of Phony Outrage, why liberals can't stand punk rockers with conservative politics, and deep-vein thrombosis in Melville's Moby-Dick. About 10.15 minutes. Shot by Jim Epstein and Anthony Fisher; edited by Todd Krainin. Visit www.reason.com for downloadable versions and subscribe to Reason TV's YouTube channel to receive automatic notifications when new videos go live. From: ReasonTV Views: 34679 821 ratings Time: 10:18 More in News & Politics
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14:02:45 11/23/12
3 Reasons to Kill The Dept. of Homeland Security: It's Unnecessary, Inefficient, & Expensive.
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3 Reasons to Kill The Dept. of Homeland Security: It's Unnecessary, Inefficient, & Expensive.
Go to reason.com for links and documentation to all claims - and for more videos! Sunday, November 25, 2012 marks the 10th anniversary of the creation of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which pulled together nearly two dozen federal agencies and departments under the control of new, single entity. Its responsibilities include running the US Border Patrol, the Plum Island Animal Disease Center, and FEMA. DHS is the third biggest cabinet agency, but are we better off because of its existence? Here are three reasons to get rid of DHS. 1. It's unnecessary. In the months immediately following September 11 attacks in 2001, President George W. Bush initially resisted calls to create a new high-level bureaucracy that would be laid on top of current activities. He was right to recognize that coordinating existing agencies would have been smarter and better. Unfortunately, he caved in to pressure to create a massive new department. 2. It's ineffective. To read the titles of Government Accountability Office (GAO) analyses of Homeland Security is to be reminded constantly that DHS is never quite on top of its game. Recent reports include "DHS Requires More Disciplined Investment Management to Help Meet Mission Needs," "DHS Needs Better Project Information and Coordination Among Four Overlapping Grant Programs," and "Agriculture Inspection Program Has Made Some Improvements, But Management Challenges Persist." 3. It's expensive. Last year, Homeland Security spent a whopping ... From: ReasonTV Views: 22745 576 ratings Time: 02:25 More in News & Politics
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22:55:37 11/21/12
Philadelphia: No Love for the Homeless
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Philadelphia: No Love for the Homeless
Last March, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter outlawed serving meals to the homeless in city parks, citing health concerns as the primary reason for the ban. Chosen 300, a private charity with a mission to serve the city's homeless, is in the midst of a lawsuit against the ban. They insist that the new regulations are harmful to the homeless community. "These laws are really designed to eliminate people out of plain view so that we can have this idea that the city doesn't have a homeless problem," said Chosen 300 executive director Brian Jenkins. The ACLU, which sued and won a temporary injunction against the new law, said the real reason for the ban is to protect the city's image as a tourist destination. The federal lawsuit will be brought to trial early next year and both the city and Chosen 300 are working to resolve the standoff out of court. About 2 minutes. Shot by Joshua Swain. Produced by Amanda Winkler. Edited by Amanda Winkler and Jim Epstein. Visit www.reason.com for downloadable versions and subscribe to Reason TV's YouTube channel to receive automatic notifications when new material goes live. From: ReasonTV Views: 15308 350 ratings Time: 02:31 More in News & Politics
12/07/12