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Brian Doherty

Brian Doherty is a senior editor at Reason magazine and Reason.com. He is author of three books This is Burning Man (2004, Little, Brown; paperback BenBella, 2006) and Radicals for Capitalism: A History of the Modern American Libertarian Movement (PublicAffairs, 2007), and Gun Control on Trial (Cato Institute, 2008).
Doherty's reporting and essays have appeared in The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Mother Jones, Spin, National Review, The Weekly Standard, San Francisco Chronicle and dozens of other publications, and he has been a commentator on hundreds of radio and TV shows, including Fox News Channel's The O'Reilly Factor and CNN Headline News' Glenn Beck Show.
He ran a small indie record label, Cherry Smash Records, from 1993-2001, and has lived in Los Angeles since July 1994.
Recent Articles
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District 7
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Councilman Alarcon Charged with Fradulent Residency
Post date: 2010-08-06T06:13:42-07:00After a long investigation, a grand jury assembled from L.A. county district attorney Steve Cooley's office hit councilman and former state senator Richard Alarcon with charges, claiming he does not live where he claims residency for voting (and counci...
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Proposition 8
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Prop 8 Overturned by Federal Judge
Post date: 2010-08-04T12:13:56-07:00A federal judge has overturned Proposition 8, the anti-gay marriage amendment, on the grounds that it violates citizens rights to equal treatment under the law.
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Commentary
New State Death Penalty Plan Challenged in Court
Post date: 2010-08-02T11:38:29-07:00California has seen no executions since 2006, and a new lawsuit by a Death Row inmate challenging a new set of execution procedures meant to get the practice rolling again may continue to delay them.
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Commentary
L.A. Reacts to Arizona Law with Demonstrations
Post date: 2010-07-30T07:10:37-07:00Although a federal judge has stayed aspects of Arizona's new laws aimed at requirement immigrants to present papers, L.A. city is keeping its boycott, and angry L.A. citizens are hitting the street.
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bell
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City of Bell's Salary Scandal Expands
Post date: 2010-07-28T11:03:54-07:00City officials in Bell have come under fire in the past week for salaries among the highest in the nation for comparable positions--and their troubles have now expanded to a full-fledged investigation from L.A. County's D.A. into voting fraud and confl...
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Ramon Cortines
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Cortines to Leave L.A. Unified, and A Record of Fiscal Problems
Post date: 2010-07-26T13:05:00-07:00As L.A. Unified School District chief Ramon Cortines announces he's on the way out, audits showing huge losses in textbook management arise--amid criticism of the expenses of the Cortines transition.