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Brian Doherty 
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Brian Doherty is a senior editor at Reason magazine and Reason.com.
Doherty is author of the 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).
From 1994 to 2003, Doherty worked as associate editor and reporter for Reason, writing a variety of stories on topics ranging from the Americans with Disabilities Act to pollution-credit trading to the independent rock scene.
Doherty's work has 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.
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. Doherty was the Warren Brookes Fellow in Environmental Journalism at the Competitive Enterprise Institute in 1999 and served as managing editor at Regulation magazine from 1993–94.
Doherty received a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Florida. He lives in Los Angeles.
Contributions | Hit & Run Posts
- Friday Mini Book Review: Head Case, Brian Doherty, February 29, 2008, 9:40pm
- Shouting "Screw You" At Prozac, Brian Doherty, February 29, 2008, 8:35pm
- Second Thoughts on WFB, Brian Doherty, February 29, 2008, 8:02pm
- "It is Well That War is So Terrible....", Brian Doherty, February 28, 2008, 8:16pm
- Libertarianism and Civil Disobedience, Brian Doherty, February 28, 2008, 3:23pm
- AT&T Works In More Places...., Brian Doherty, February 28, 2008, 1:39pm
- Of Gold and Empire, Brian Doherty, February 28, 2008, 10:46am
- Some Thoughts on WFB, Brian Doherty, February 27, 2008, 4:01pm
- Surge: Not Protecting, Brian Doherty, February 27, 2008, 11:44am
- Really Full Disclosure, Brian Doherty, February 26, 2008, 12:21pm
- Don't Let the Bedbug Story Bite, Brian Doherty, February 26, 2008, 11:33am
- Stagflation, Or Just a Good Ol' Recession?, Brian Doherty, February 26, 2008, 9:51am
- Everything Still Turns to Gold, Brian Doherty, February 25, 2008, 10:45am
- Obama: The More Things Change..., Brian Doherty, February 25, 2008, 9:06am
- The New Iraq War, Brian Doherty, February 22, 2008, 7:41pm
- Some Businesses Are Inherently Public, Says Washington State Supreme Court, Brian Doherty, February 21, 2008, 1:11pm
- Montana: Wrong Heller Decision Would Violate Its Compact with the United States, Brian Doherty, February 20, 2008, 10:13am
- Heirs of a Terror War, That's What We've Become..., Brian Doherty, February 19, 2008, 8:50pm
- Are We Ready for 2007 Nostalgia Yet?, Brian Doherty, February 19, 2008, 2:06pm
- Ron Paul: Don't Let Them Gilchrest Me, Brian Doherty, February 19, 2008, 1:57pm
- Bank Nationalisation (sic) in Britain, Brian Doherty, February 19, 2008, 1:35pm
- Cthulhu Is Just All Right With Me, Brian Doherty, February 14, 2008, 2:10pm
- The Trouble with the DOJ's Stance on DC Gun Rights, Brian Doherty, February 14, 2008, 12:45pm
- Russian Bombers Buzz the Nimitz, Brian Doherty, February 13, 2008, 12:11pm
- Steve Gerber, R.I.P., Brian Doherty, February 12, 2008, 2:21pm
- Keeping Up With Heller, Brian Doherty, February 12, 2008, 1:48pm
- Myths of Domestic Terror, Brian Doherty, February 11, 2008, 6:45pm
- 9/11 Terror Suspects from Gitmo Likely to Face Military Tribunal, Brian Doherty, February 11, 2008, 12:52pm
- Varied Reactions to Ron Paul's Scaling Back His Presidential Campaign, Brian Doherty, February 11, 2008, 12:31pm
- Ron Paul: Scaling Back, Still Down With GOP, Brian Doherty, February 8, 2008, 11:58pm
- LA's Bacon-Wrapped Hot Dog Wars, Brian Doherty, February 8, 2008, 1:36pm
- TSA Hails the "Blogesphere" for Letting It Know What the Heck Screeners Are Up To Out There, Brian Doherty, February 7, 2008, 2:19pm
- Worker Safety: Is Government Helpful?, Brian Doherty, February 7, 2008, 12:46pm
- Romney Out, Brian Doherty, February 7, 2008, 12:41pm
- Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, RIP, Brian Doherty, February 6, 2008, 3:21pm
- Modern British Libertarian History Comes to Life..., Brian Doherty, February 6, 2008, 2:51pm
- Warriors vs. the War, Brian Doherty, February 5, 2008, 6:04pm
- Obama: He May Not Be Jesus..., Brian Doherty, February 4, 2008, 3:44pm
- Victory in Iraq is What You Want it To Be, Brian Doherty, February 4, 2008, 3:19pm
- Polygamous Marriage in England: Not Quite Legal, But Subsidized, Brian Doherty, February 4, 2008, 11:20am
- You Can't Handle the 9/11 Truth!, Brian Doherty, February 1, 2008, 3:16pm
- Can You Please Pull Over, Before I Have to Break Your Window?, Brian Doherty, January 31, 2008, 8:27am
- Cato's Crane Profiled: He'd Vote for Paul, Except He Doesn't Vote, Brian Doherty, January 30, 2008, 10:03am
- Edwards to Drop Out..., Brian Doherty, January 30, 2008, 9:17am
- It's an American Dream, Includes Gun Owners Too, Brian Doherty, January 30, 2008, 12:11am
- Super-Villain Team-Up: Rudy Hearts McCain, Brian Doherty, January 29, 2008, 9:11pm
- National Greatness Conservatives, Bearded in Their Den, Brian Doherty, January 28, 2008, 1:46pm
- What Our Public Schools Need: More Rotting Piles of Books, Brian Doherty, January 28, 2008, 11:21am
- The State Secrets Protection Act, Brian Doherty, January 25, 2008, 7:55pm
- Does the "Freedom Train" Metaphor Work?, Brian Doherty, January 25, 2008, 7:29pm