Reason, stylized as reason on the cover, is a monthly libertarian magazine published by the Reason Foundation, a libertarian think tank. Through interviews with libertarian-leaning politicians such as Rand Paul, columns, stories, cultural reviews, and long form content, reason seeks to promote their tagline of “Free Minds and Free Markets” to its audience. Reason is an equal opportunity mocker of both the right and the left, so most, if not all subscribers to the magazine share this lack of allegiance to either political party. As a cultural text, reason promotes a particular political outlook and does this effectively due to the competent way it distributes and promotes its content.
Reason comes in both traditional print format and digital format. With tablets and smart phones being a major way of viewing various types of content, having a digital format increases
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This attitude towards government is ingrained in libertarianism because of its inherent distrust of political authority. The content in this magazine reflects this cynicism of government. For example, in the October 2014 issue section called “Citings,” which consists of a series of short news stories of interest to a libertarian audience, Robby Soave, the author of this particular “citing,” called “Tweet of Power” details how Jim Ardis, a mayor of a town called Peoria, Illinois, used his power as mayor to arrest the creator of a parody Twitter account that mocked him. The mayor’s rational for the arrest was that “since the account initially portrayed itself as authentically belonging to Ardis, the mayor claimed that Daniel [the creator of the account] was falsely impersonating a public official” (13). This story is perfect for a magazine with a libertarian editorial direction because it shows how petty and abusive government power can