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Why School Choice Is Growing Everywhere: Podcast
Q&A with the president of National School Choice Week, Andrew Campanella
Trump Stands Up for Blue Collar Workers by Reducing Their Profit-Sharing Checks
Because of tariffs, Ford hourly employees will lose out on $750 they would have otherwise received.
What Really Drove Los Angeles Teachers To Go on Strike?
They demanded higher salaries. The real problem: A disconnect between what teachers see in their paychecks and what employers are actually paying them.
The Great Opium Bonfire of 1914
Friday A/V Club: That time the authorities set 10,000 packages of opium, morphine, and cocaine on fire in San Francisco's Marshall Square
4 Cases That Show the Scope of Services, Speech, and Conduct Protected by Section 230
Gun buyers, gay lovers, cannabis customers, and Yelp users are just a few of the groups that benefit from this federal law.
Private College for $11,000 a Year? Libertarian Businessman Creates an Alternative to Higher Ed Waste
Bob Luddy, who made a fortune in commercial kitchen ventilation, is opening Thales College in North Carolina later this year.
New York City Reaches a $3.3 Million Settlement with Kalief Browder's Family
It has been nearly four years since the young man passed away.
Should We Be Worried About How Gene-Edited Kids Will Affect Future Generations?
A new international commission will consider the pros and cons of human genome editing.
FBI and CNN Turn Roger Stone Arrest Into a Media Event: Reason Roundup
Plus: a big (and bad) change to asylum policy, Arkansas upholds anti-BDS law, and Rep. Ocasio-Cortez fights Post Fact Checker on minimum wage
Unpaid TSA and FBI Agents Don't Deserve Your Sympathy
The outpouring of emotional and material support for federal workers during the shutdown is understandable, but mistaken.
2-Year-Old Falls Out of Vehicle After Car Seat Mishap. The Kid Is Fine. Mom Could Be Headed to Jail.
Maimuna Hassan made a common mistake. Should that be a crime?
Making Community College 'Free' Will Harm Serious Students
A well-intentioned plan is one of the worst ideas in the governor's new budget given the real-world effect it will have on California students.
Movie Review: Serenity
Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway in a boldly preposterous noir.
Weed Website Offers Unpaid Federal Workers Free Medical Marijuana That They Can't Legally Smoke
"At a time when the nation's really divided, let's try to do something good," says BudTrader CEO Brad McLaughlin.
Is the Deregulatory Phase of the Trump Presidency Grinding to a Halt?
The Competitive Enterprise Institute says there's a bunch of regulatory warning signs, from trade to antitrust to speech.
Two Proposals To End the Government Shutdown Just Failed in the Senate
The shutdown rolls on, with no obvious solution in sight.
Minimum Wage Hikes in New York City Cause Restaurants to Eliminate Jobs, Cut Hours, Raise Prices
Good intentions do not always lead to good outcomes.
The FBI Stays Silent After Detaining an American News Anchor for a Week
Marzieh Hashemi's family was largely kept in the dark during her detention.
Air Safety Is Important. We Shouldn't Let Politics Put It at Risk
It's time to remove this vital function from the government budget.
Do Kids Need School? Inside the 'Unschooling' Movement
"School is a place where children go to learn to be stupid," said author and educator John Holt.
Chicago Aldermen Dismayed Not by Corruption, but by One of Their Own Cooperating With the Feds
A retiring member of the Chicago City Council wore a wire to record conversations. He's being treated like a snitch…by city leaders.
Move Over, Straw Ban: Berkeley Mandates 25 Cent Fee on Disposable Cups
The city's new policy mandates almost all disposable foodware be compostable by 2020.
Covington, Concerts, and Colonscopies: Nick Gillespie Talks With Greg Gutfeld
Why did the media, including Gutfeld himself, side so quickly against the Covington Catholic schoolkids and how to avoid making the same mistakes over and over.
9 Governors Get 'A' Grades for Marijuana Reform, Up From 2 Last Year
NORML's 2019 scorecard shows that governors, including half a dozen who are pushing for legalization in their states, are beginning to reflect public opinion.
Libel Law and the Covington Boys
Facts vs. opinions; compensatory/presumed/punitive damages; negligence, recklessness, and knowledge; libel per se; timing; choice of law; and more defamation law fun.
Don't Call Congressional Interference on a No-Call Pass Interference
The Saints were robbed. But that's not Congress' problem.
New Poll: Medicare for All Is Popular Until You Explain How It Works
Support drops when you tell people it would require higher taxes, longer lines, and switching insurance plans.
At the Most Expensive Affordable Housing Project in America, Every Apartment Cost $739,000 To Build
How a heavily subsidized Culver City development became the nation's most expensive affordable housing project.
Shutdown Leaves No Money for FBI Snitches and Drug Buys: Reason Roundup
Also, they have no tires?
Be Careful What You Wish for on the Minimum Wage
The laws of economics can't be repealed.
Attempt to Get Google to Vanish My Article About a Forged Court Order
The anatomy of two unfounded deindexing requests.
Don't Let Tucker Carlson Make You a Victim
Virtually everyone is better off because of market capitalism.
The Mayor of South Bend, Indiana, Is Running for President
Pete Buttigieg wants to move forward, not backward. What a novel campaign platform!
What We Don't Know About U.S. Airstrikes in Somalia and Everywhere Else
The war continues and it's costing lives.
Venezuelan Crisis Boils Over as Opposition Leader Declares Himself President
Juan Guaidó declared himself to be the interim president. President Trump and other world leaders have acknowledged him as the country's new head of state.
Private Schools Provide Educational Choice—For Now
Private schools are holding their ground against surging competition and scared regulators.
Government Caused Housing Segregation. Do We Need More Government to Fix the Problem?
The Manhattan Institute's Howard Husock debates Economic Policy Institute's Richard Rothstein at the Soho Forum.
Government Caused Housing Segregation. Do We Need More Government to Fix the Problem?
The Manhattan Institute's Howard Husock debates Economic Policy Institute's Richard Rothstein at the Soho Forum.
San Francisco Wants to Tax Vacant Shopfronts to Attract New Business
Supervisor Aaron Peskin is pitching his bill as a way to help out small business and crackdown on speculating landlords.
School Vouchers Aren't Welfare for the Rich
Data from North Carolina, Florida, and Arizona show how school choice programs take care of students who would otherwise be neglected.
Most Americans Support Immigration, Regardless of Age
Pew survey data complicate the young/old and left/right framing of this issue.
