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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.
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- The Gun Rights Fight Isn't Over, Brian Doherty, June 27, 2008
- The Second Amendment Goes to Court, Brian Doherty, David B. Kopel, Glenn Reynolds, Sanford Levinson, Jacob Sullum, Joyce Lee Malcolm, Randy Barnett and Alan Gura, June 27, 2008
- Power From the People, Brian Doherty, May 2008 Print Edition
- Need to Know, Brian Doherty, May 2008 Print Edition
- Artifact: Castro Shrugged, Brian Doherty, May 2008 Print Edition
- Mint Condition, Brian Doherty, April 2008 Print Edition
- The Cost of a Free Lunch, Brian Doherty, March 2008 Print Edition
- Guns for D.C.?, Brian Doherty, March 2008 Print Edition
- The Impossible Dream of Energy Independence, Brian Doherty, February 20, 2008
- Lost in Political Philosophy, Brian Doherty, February 5, 2008
- Losing Our Initiative, Brian Doherty, February 2008 Print Edition
- Cut Taxes and Spend, Brian Doherty, February 2008 Print Edition
- Scenes from the Ron Paul Revolution, Brian Doherty, February 2008 Print Edition
- Iraq 2011, Brian Doherty, February 2008 Print Edition
- Real Libertarianism, Brian Doherty, January 18, 2008
- Bloomberg's Folly, Brian Doherty, January 2008 Print Edition
- The Cost of a Free Lunch, Brian Doherty, December 28, 2007
- Always on Trial for Just Being Born, Brian Doherty, December 10, 2007
- Atlas Shrugged at 50, Brian Doherty, December 2007 Print Edition
- Magic Trade Tricks, Brian Doherty, December 2007 Print Edition
- Give Thanks for Charlie Brown!, Brian Doherty, November 23, 2007
- Americans: Sheep to the Constitutional Slaughter?, Brian Doherty, November 15, 2007
- Let 'em Roam, Brian Doherty, November 2007 Print Edition
- War is Over, If You Want It, Brian Doherty, October 26, 2007
- Rand and the Right, Brian Doherty, October 15, 2007
- Losing Our Initiative, Brian Doherty, October 5, 2007
- Safe Email 4 U!, Brian Doherty, October 2007 Print Edition
- Libertarianism vs. the Family, Brian Doherty, September 18, 2007
- A New Golden Age?, Brian Doherty, August 27, 2007
- "To Destroy You is No Loss", Brian Doherty, August 20, 2007
- Robert Heinlein at 100, Brian Doherty, August/September 2007 Print Edition
- Artifact: When Coinages Clash, Brian Doherty, August/September 2007 Print Edition
- Policing Immigrants, Brian Doherty, August/September 2007 Print Edition
- Testing Medal, Brian Doherty, August/September 2007 Print Edition
- Is He Good for the Libertarians?, Brian Doherty, July 27, 2007
- Generation Dobler, Brian Doherty, July 12, 2007
- L.A.'s Nostradamus, Brian Doherty, July 5, 2007
- 'You Can't See Why on an fMRI', Brian Doherty, July 2007 Print Edition
- Political Payoff, Brian Doherty, July 2007 Print Edition
- Market-Based Manager, Brian Doherty, July 2007 Print Edition
- City of Liberty, Brian Doherty, June 29, 2007
- Ron Paul, for the People, Brian Doherty, June 15, 2007
- Banned From Canada, Brian Doherty, June 2007 Print Edition
- 12 Scenes from the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007, Brian Doherty, May 29, 2007
- It's a Wired, Wired World, Brian Doherty, May 15, 2007
- The Immigration Law Riot, Brian Doherty, May 11, 2007
- Wireless Boondoggles, Brian Doherty, May 2007 Print Edition
- There Is Power in a Unity08, Brian Doherty, May 2007 Print Edition
- The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Libertarian, Brian Doherty, April 24, 2007
- R.C. Hoiles, American Original, Brian Doherty, April 10, 2007