The Government Won't Shut Down
Shutdowns don't meaningfully reduce the size or cost of government, but they also aren't the end of the world.
Shutdowns don't meaningfully reduce the size or cost of government, but they also aren't the end of the world.
Just as there are adult reasons for vape companies to sell flavored vape pods, there are adult reasons for drug dealers to color their fentanyl.
News of politicians, police, and bureaucrats behaving badly from around the world.
With a second term, the former president promised to end California's water shortage, clear homeless encampments, and conduct the biggest deportation operation in American history.
"The orange elephant in the room just never seems to be addressed head on," says Reason's Zach Weissmueller.
The late California senator always seemed to err on the side of more government power and less individual freedom.
Conceptually, it's all a bit vague, but it sure looks amazing.
A study found a "high rate of substitution" between vapes and cigarettes, suggesting that policies aimed at preventing underage use are undermining public health.
The culprit is prohibition, not lax border policing.
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"Gavin Newsom eating at French Laundry during a COVID-19 surge, for example"
We already have a party that's committed to progressive ideals, do we really need another?
We need less intrusive law enforcement, not the treatment of crime as a lark.
Leaders depicted in the Apple TV+ series outlaw "relics" of the past, even including PEZ dispensers.
The Amazon miniseries examines the Institute in Basic Life Principles, focusing on the Duggar family and its multiple sex abuse scandals.
After five years without net neutrality rules, the fix for a problem that doesn’t exist is back.
“I believe in the idea of amnesty for those who have put down roots and lived here, even though sometime back they may have entered illegally,” Reagan said in 1984.
Pence suggested executing mass shooters in "months, not years," but that would remove crucial procedural protections—and not just for those who are obviously guilty.
The best reforms would correct the real problems of overcriminalization and overincarceration, as well as removing all artificial barriers to building more homes.
The Republican presidential candidate ignores the lethal impact of the drug policies he avidly supports.
The Senate is an incompetent laughingstock regardless of what its members wear.
At least a dozen states have beefed up targeted incentives to coincide with handouts from the Commerce Department.
"Our party does face a time for choosing," said the former vice president last night.
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More than 1 in 3 Florida foster kids over 13 is taking psychotropic medications, but the state often doesn't follow rules requiring it to keep records of prescriptions.
Thank Swifties, not Joe Biden, for Ticketmaster's consumer-friendly pricing policy.
GOP presidential hopefuls should be more clear about the school choice policies they support.
A positive vision for America's future at the Republican debate
It’s highly unlikely that it would pass constitutional muster.
"He owes it to you to defend his record where they added $7.8 trillion to the debt that set the stage for the inflation that we have."
DeSantis has already removed two reform prosecutors from office in Florida. A federal judge ruled he violated the First Amendment in one of those cases.
The trial—and, in some sense, Timpa's life—was about transparency.
The researchers reached a similar conclusion about overdose trends in Washington, where penalties for simple possession were reduced in 2021.
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Until Congress is willing to acknowledge that it makes no sense to send monthly checks to wealthy seniors, everything else will be on the chopping block.
The former president's lawyers argued that even the square footage of his apartment was a "subjective" judgment for which he cannot be held accountable.
The judge ruled that the law was unconstitutionally overbroad, vague, and viewpoint discrimination.
The 'Skeptical Environmentalist' offers 12 low-cost, proven policies that he says would save 4.2 million lives and generate $1.1 trillion in new wealth every year.
"These policies are motivated by good intentions. But that doesn't mean that the consequences of these policies will turn out well."
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The Department of Justice undervalues consumer preference in its latest antitrust efforts.
No place is truly safe for dissidents when governments see no limits to their authority.
Prohibition is at the root of the hazards that have led to record numbers of opioid-related deaths.
Before correcting the record, the former president's spokesman inadvertently implicated him in a federal crime.
Among the allegations, the agency charges that Amazon Prime subscribers are incentivized to make the most of their subscription by buying more products.