Rand Paul's Criticism of Cloth Masks Was Stronger Than the Evidence Justifies
Whether or not YouTube should have suspended him, the senator overlooked the limitations of the studies he cited and ignored countervailing research.
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A Philly Man Who Spent 37 Years of a 50-Year Prison Sentence in Solitary Confinement Has Been Freed
Arthur Johnson spent his entire adult life in jail for a murder he says he was coerced to confess to by police.
Former Staffers Condemn Cruel Treatment of Inmates at a Texan Prison for Sex Offenders
The men must keep masturbation diaries, wear ankle monitors, and even use penile circumference gauges.
CDC Took Mistaken Data on Delta Variant Transmissibility From a New York Times Infographic
Plus: Dominion defamation suit against Trump lawyers can proceed, prices rose 0.5 percent in June, and more...
State Governments Didn't Need Coronavirus Bailouts. They Got Billions of Dollars Anyway.
As it turns out, state and local tax revenues hardly collapsed.
Are Mask Requirements in Schools Necessary to Control COVID-19?
The evidence that the benefits outweigh the costs is not nearly as impressive as mandate enthusiasts imply.
COVID Travel Bans Are a Death Sentence for This Remote Border Town
One of America's most isolated communities has struggled to weather the pandemic.
Reason Is a Finalist for 15 Southern California Journalism Awards
Judges selected stories about hacking medical technology, black gun rights, trans activists, Venezuelan immigrants, and the threat of nationalism.
Evil Greenpeace Objects to Philippines' Approval of Genetically Improved Golden Rice
Nobel laureates properly call activist group's campaign against crop biotechnology a "crime against humanity."
Howard Mortman: Why Does Congress Pray Every Day?
The When Rabbis Bless Congress author and C-SPAN honcho on a weird political tradition and the glorious death of legacy media
To Fight Communism, the U.S. Should Beam Internet Into Cuba
"The Cuban people are not asking for military intervention."
No Self-Respecting American Should Aspire to Hungarian-Style Nationalism
Extolling the virtues of Viktor Orbán's culture war over a sumptuous meal in Budapest is next-level cognitive dissonance.
Hawaii Limits Indoor Social Gatherings to 10 People. Will More States Follow Suit?
Hawaii Gov. David Ige issued an executive order yesterday imposing a raft of new restrictions on businesses and social gatherings.
Gavin Newsom Takes Aim at Larry Elder as California Recall Builds Up Steam
Can Democrats stop acting as if all the governor's critics are Trump-loving insurrectionists?
A Jobs-Killing Civilian Climate Corps Is Not the Way To Fix Climate Change
Sen. Ed Markey and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have proposed the creation of a counterproductive $130 billion federal behemoth.
Biden: It's Time for Afghanistan Forces 'To Fight for Themselves'
Plus: YouTube and radicalization, the infrastructure sham, and more...
A Black Market in COVID-19 Vaccination Cards Was Inevitable
Mandates, instead of incentives, were always going to drive people away.
Biden's Eviction Moratorium Defies the Rule of Law
The administration issued the order even while conceding that it lacked the authority to do so.
The Media Falsely Accused a Rockies Fan of Shouting a Racial Epithet
The man was actually calling for Dinger, the team's mascot.
The Biden Administration Is Pushing Social Media Platforms To Expand Their Definition of Intolerable COVID-19 'Misinformation'
Online censorship by proxy undermines the ordinary process for checking claims and counterclaims.
The Senate's Infrastructure Bill Redefines 'Broadband' To Manufacture a Connectivity Crisis
It is the equivalent of mandating that all new homes come with at least five bathrooms.
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Is a Sham
The Senate just passed a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill—and teed up another $3.5 trillion bill in the process.
Cuomo Resigns as New York Governor at Long Last
After allegedly sexually harassing 11 women and issuing nursing home COVID guidance that led to massive outbreaks and huge death tolls, Cuomo is out.
Is the CDC's Eviction Moratorium a Third Amendment Violation?
The Third Amendment Lawyers Association argues in a recent amicus brief that the federal eviction ban requires landlords to quarter soldiers.
Delta Is Making Americans Crazy About School Reopening, Again
The U.K. kept schools open and masks off, and now delta is in their rearview. Why can't Yanks learn?
California Law Would Limit Free Speech at Vaccination Sites
Plus: Wiretapping social media, Democrats' budget proposal, cryptocurrency regulations, the infrastructure bill, and more..
How a Sneaky Crypto Crackdown Plot Blew Up the Infrastructure Bill
Cryptocurrency advocates fight back against major government overreach.
Six Marijuana Legalization Lessons
What have policy makers learned since Colorado became the first state to allow recreational use in 2012?
Lawsuit Says Conditions Inside Biden Administration's Shelters for Migrant Teens Are 'Inherently Unsafe'
Reason reported in May on persistent underwear shortages, filthy living conditions, and medical neglect at the largest of the shelters.
Eviction Moratorium Madness
The Reason Roundtable discusses property rights, vaccine passports, and media ethics.
The One Silver Lining in the Deficit-Funded, Red-Tape-Filled Infrastructure Bill
The bill working its way through Congress would create a national pilot program to study replacing the gas tax with a mileage-based user fee.
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Will Add More Than $250 Billion to the Deficit. Does Anyone Care?
A CBO report that might have sunk legislation in an earlier era was greeted with a bipartisan shrug.
A Federal Judge Lets a Cruise Line Require Proof of Vaccination, Saying a Florida Law Banning the Practice Is Probably Unconstitutional
Gov. Ron DeSantis' embrace of the law contradicts his avowed commitment to economic freedom.
The Scariest Predictions in the New U.N. Climate Report Are Also the Most Unlikely
The Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change issues its Sixth Assessment Report on the global climate.
D.C. Gyms Want To Require Vaccination Instead of Masks. The City Said No.
Officials would rather if everybody were masked than vaccinated.
COVID-19 Is Probably 99% Survivable for Most Age Groups, but PolitiFact Rated This False
The suggestion that a person can't make any reasonable guesses about his own likelihood of survival is misleading.
Why Do the Media Keep Uncritically Repeating Implausible Police Fentanyl Overdose Stories?
Recycling a government press release is not good journalism.
Kansas Wants This Experienced Eyebrow Entrepreneur To Get 1,000 More Hours of Training
Jigisha Modi can't hire her own mother-in-law—who has decades of eyebrow-threading experience—because of Kansas' occupational licensing rules. Now she's suing.
Cryptocurrency Fight Holds Up Infrastructure Bill
For now, the side that wants less cryptocurrency regulation and taxation lost.
Cuomo and Trump: Who Can Tell the Difference?
Two rotten politicians demonstrate the sickness of America’s political culture.
Pasco County Cops Harassed Them and Searched Their Homes Without Warrants. A Judge Says They Can Sue.
The sheriff's predictive policing program has caused more problems than it's solved.
Transportation Murder Mystery Departure Provides One Last Chance to Enjoy Christopher Plummer
Two seasons of Canadian suspense drama are available on NBC streaming service Peacock.
