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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.

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Restricted, Raided, Legal?
As police raids continued, City Council approved a highly restrictive ordinance on pot dispensaries. But pro-marijuana activists are coming back with a legalization initiative.
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Neighborhoods Offering Ideas
With the city in crisis, neighborhood councils are offering up comprehensive cost-cutting suggestions
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The Governor vs. the Unions
His days in office dwindling, the governor has laid out plans and priorities that have unions up in arms.
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Villaraigosa: L.A. May Be Poor, But We Can Afford More Cops
New revelations of surprise money shortfalls hit L.A., but among the plans for outsourcing and cutting, Mayor Villaraigosa remains committed to hiring more police.
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Supreme Court Counters Gov.
The Supreme Court just countered Arnold's attempt to halt the release of California prisoners, but the governor still has one more chance to get his way.
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City Council Votes on Pot
Certain elements of the new medical marijuana ordinance have the medical pot community riled up.
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City Wasting Phone Lines
Millions of our cash-strapped city dollars are going to unused phone lines, says a new audit from City Controller Wendy Greuel.
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Proposition 8 on Trial
California's gay-marriage-banning Proposition 8 is facing a court challenge, but thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court, we won't be using our televisions to follow along.
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Will People Ride the Rail?
The state is wondering what will happen to its high-speed rail project if optimistic ridership projections don't pan out.
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Schwarzenegger on State of the State: Troubled
Gov. Schwarzenegger tried to set priorities for his last year in office in his State of the State address yesterday, but the legislature seems resistant.
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L.A.U.S.D. Goes Federal
L.A. Unified School District goes against teachers union wishes in adopting state standards that will make them eligible for federal money.
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Bye-Bye to Arnold in 2010
This is the year we will say goodbye to Arnold. But Schwarzenegger still has a lot left to do and not much time to do it.
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