No. 78 in America · Week of November 9, 2026
Editor at large, Reason
Nick Gillespie is a libertarian journalist and editor at large at Reason.
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Score breakdown
Nine parts, measured fresh each week. This is where Nick Gillespie's points came from, and the evidence behind each one.
Debate record
Argues the libertarian case on live stages and moderates debates for others.
Gillespie was editor-in-chief of Reason magazine from 2000 to 2008 and of Reason.com and Reason TV from 2008 to 2017.
He appears regularly on CNN, Fox News, MSNBC and Real Time with Bill Maher.
On the record
2024
April 11, 2024
Formal debate
Against Ann Coulter and Sohrab Ahmari · The Free Press and FIRE, Majestic Theatre, Dallas
Gillespie and Cenk Uygur argued against shutting the border, citing immigrants' lower crime rates.
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