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Scandinavia Understands the Value of Low Corporate Taxes. Why Doesn't Joe Biden?
The president's proposed tax hike would fall on workers. This isn't a controversial point.
Joe Biden's $2 Trillion Jobs Plan Endorses 'YIMBY Grants'
The president endorses a competitive grant program that would reward localities for loosening their restrictive zoning codes.
North Carolina Board Threatens Private Drone Mapmakers Because They Aren't Licensed 'Surveyors'
Technological innovation makes gathering visual land data easier and cheaper—and threatens an industry’s status quo.
New Mexico Joins New York and 15 Other States in Legalizing Marijuana
Joe Biden, meanwhile, supports continued national prohibition, maintaining an untenable conflict between state and federal laws.
Brickbats: April 2021
News of politicians, police, and bureaucrats behaving badly from around the world
Violent Crime in Baltimore Plunges After City Ditches Prosecution of Prostitution, Drug Possession, Other Minor Offenses
Plus: The "infrastructure plan" that isn't, the Institute for Justice challenges cash seizures at airports, and more...
Biden's Infrastructure Plan Would Overturn 'Right-To-Work' Laws in 27 States
In his speech on Wednesday, the president called for the passage of the PRO Act, a grab bag of policies that labor unions have been pushing Congress to pass for years.
Reading, Writing, 'Rithmetic, and Zero About Jobs
Perhaps young people would be better served by having access to more job sampling opportunities.
Biden Said His Tax Hikes Would Only Affect the Rich. He Can't Keep That Promise.
Workers will suffer.
Joe Biden's $2 Trillion 'Infrastructure' Plan Doubles Down on Everything That Makes American Infrastructure Insanely Expensive
The president's speech outlining his American Jobs Plan was rich in ambition, but light on details.
Ronald Bailey: Covid-19 Should Be Our Last Pandemic
Technological breakthroughs mean we'll never again have to suffer with disasters like the novel coronavirus—if politicians will get out of the way.
Police Officers Brutally Beat an Undercover Cop During the St. Louis Protests. A Jury Declined To Hold Them Accountable.
Luther Hall was assaulted so severely he required a spinal fusion.
Investigators Say Portland Activist Michael Reinoehl Likely Fired at Police Before He Was Fatally Shot
Reason is still waiting on public records related to the shooting after a judge blocked its requests until the investigation was completed.
New York Becomes the 16th State To Approve Marijuana Legalization
The law is surprisingly permissive in some ways, but it includes high taxes and other provisions that hurt consumers.
We Are As Gods: Stewart Brand & The Fight to Bring Back Woolly Mammoths
From "stay hungry, stay foolish" to "try everything, take nothing off the table."
The U.S.-China Relationship Doesn't Have To Be 'Increasingly Adversarial'
Many U.S. complaints about China aren’t about actions that threaten U.S. security.
Education Department To Suspend Payments, Refund Garnished Wages and Tax Returns for Student Loan Borrowers in Default
Education Department says its goal is to make sure borrowers in default get their tax refunds.
Is Matt Gaetz a Child Sex Trafficker? Here's What the Law Actually Says.
Not all sexual misdeeds are sex trafficking.
'We Have Followed Proper Channels and They're Not Working': Dispatch From Minneapolis
Thoughts on rioting and protest from a local activist who is demonstrating outside the courthouse where the murder trial of Derek Chauvin is taking place.
D.C. City Council Considers Soundproofing Requirement for Residential Construction To Appease NIMBYs
The Harmonious Living Amendment Act improves on past proposals to fine street musicians. It still suffers from all the typical problems that come with top-down regulation.
It's Infrastructure Week. Really.
Plus: Pharmacies are doing a better job of vaccinating than the government, New York will legalize weed, and more...
They Served Their Sentences. Now They Want To Know When They Can Go Home.
Programs that keep sex offenders indefinitely confined face new challenges.
Getting Rid of the SAT Won't Diversify Higher Ed. Expanding School Choice Will.
Giving kids more educational options would help produce the long-term change activists want.
The Bump Stock Ban Highlights the Danger of Letting Bureaucrats Invent Crimes
A federal appeals court rejects a highly implausible redefinition of machine guns.
Derek Chauvin Argues That His Use of Force Was Appropriate and Did Not Kill George Floyd
The defense will have a hard time showing that Chauvin's conduct was justified by any threat Floyd posed.
White House Press Secretary: Joe Biden's Opposition to Legalizing Marijuana Hasn't Changed
But forthcoming legislation in the Senate could force Biden's hand.
Cops Tried To Force a Man To Delete a Video of Them Beating a Suspect. They Got Qualified Immunity.
The officers knowingly violated the First Amendment, said the court. But that doesn't matter.
The Derek Chauvin Trial Begins: Dispatch From Minneapolis
“I think if Chauvin’s acquitted, we’re fucked,” says one local cop.
WHO Chief Questions His Own Agency's Report on the Origins of COVID-19
"I do not believe that this assessment was extensive enough."
Arkansas Lawmakers Interfere in Trans Teens' Medical Choices
A blanket ban on medical procedures for minors is not a prescription for human liberty.
Biden, CDC Warn of 'Impending Doom' if States Reopen Because Of Course They Do
"Right now, I'm scared."
Legislators Override Kentucky Governor's Veto of School Choice Bill
Kentucky is now the 28th state with some form of school choice.
If You Like Tariffs, You Should Have Cheered the Clogged Suez Canal
Disruptions to trade are bad for the world, whether you can see them or not.
NIMBY Group Asks Residents To Donate Poop
A Philadelphia activist wants some stool samples, so he can prove a link between "irresponsible development" and colorectal cancer.
Americans Reject Far-Left Rhetoric About the Rich, Have Positive Views of Tech CEOs
Plus: Kentucky adopts school choice program, the vaccine passport debate heats up, and more...
Are NFTs Dumb, a Scam, or Secretly Useful?
Non-fungible tokens for art can seem a lot like Tulipmania. But distinct digital tokens have real use cases for things like online address management.
Africa Tries Free Trade
Liberal ideas are beginning to gain traction on the world's poorest continent.
The Accelerating Rollout of COVID-19 Vaccines Makes Domestic 'Immunity Passports' Largely Irrelevant
Vaccine hesitancy will decline as more family, friends, and neighbors get vaccinated.
Here's How Biden's Proposed Tax Increases Will Affect You
It seems some are just waking up to the size and scope of the president's federal tax plan.
Video: Maryland Cops Handcuff and Berate Five-Year-Old Boy
"This is why people need to beat their kids," one officer remarked.
