FreedomFest 2017

Matt Welch is editor-at-large of Reason, the libertarian magazine of "Free Minds and Free Markets." He is the author of McCain: The Myth of a Maverick (2007) and co-author with Nick Gillespie of The Declaration of Independents: How Libertarian Politics Can Fix What’s Wrong with... Read More →

Ronald Bailey is the award-winning science correspondent for Reason magazine and Reason.com, where he writes a weekly science and technology column. Bailey is the author of the book  The End of Doom: Environmental Renewal in the Twenty-first Century (July 2015) and Liberat... Read More →

Zoltan Istvan is a Libertarian candidate for California Governor in 2018. He is often considered one the world’s leading transhumanists after his popular run in the 2016 US Presidential race as a science and technology candidate. Zoltan began his futurist career by publishing The... Read More →

Mike Riggs is a reporter at Reason.  He previously served as the communications director for Families Against Mandatory Minimums, as a staff writer for Freethink Media and The Atlantic's CityLab, and as an editor at the Washington City Paper. His writing has appeared at The New... Read More →

Reason is the monthly print magazine of "free minds and free markets." It covers politics, culture, and ideas through a provocative mix of news, analysis, commentary, and reviews. Reason provides a refreshing alternative to right-wing and left-wing opinion magazines by making a principled... Read More →