Richard Epstein: 'More Probable Than Not…Total Number of Deaths at Under 50,000'
The worst-case scenarios projecting millions of deaths don't take into account adaptive behaviors.
Donald Trump
$1 Trillion Coronavirus Stimulus Unveiled: Corporate Bailouts and Loans, Checks for All
The package seeks to curb the economic chaos caused by COVID-19.
Bye-Bye Bernie: Biden Thumps Sanders on Stupor Tuesday
While the rest of the country was hunkering down against coronavirus, Democrats have very nearly chosen their presidential nominee.
Congress and the White House Are Inching Closer to a 'Helicopter Money' Response to Coronavirus Crisis
In the past, the federal government has sent everyone checks to stimulate the economy. But paying for all the losses that come with a coronavirus-induced shutdown would require more novel policies.
How the Coronavirus Might Kickstart the 21st Century
In the pandemic's wake, we'll learn, work, and live more online than ever.
Trump's Tariffs Weakened America's Hospitals. Then Coronavirus Hit.
Some of Trump's tariffs hit medical equipment and supplies from China. We need more trade, not less, to be prepared for pandemics.
Trump Says Coronavirus Crisis Could Last Until July or August
The White House has issued new 15-day guidelines for slowing the spread of the coronavirus. The president implied at a press conference that crisis measures could be needed for much longer.
Coronavirus Is Going To Be Expensive. Too Bad the Government Is Already in Massive Debt.
Having failed to be fiscally responsible when it would have been relatively easier, our elected officials will now likely hike spending even further.
Trump Declares National Emergency To 'Unleash the Full Power of the Federal Government'
But what he will do with that power remains uncertain.
Coronavirus. We Got This.
Despite the slow-growing anxieties and government incompetence, expect Americans to be resilient in fighting the pandemic.
Will Trump's New Travel Restrictions Help Combat Coronavirus?
Here's what public health experts are saying.
To Fight Coronavirus, Trump Wants a Trillion-Dollar Stimulus That Could Make the Crisis Worse
Trump wants a poorly targeted, budget-busting payroll tax that might encourage sick people to work.
Dems Want to Combat Coronavirus By Mandating Paid Sick Leave for Stalking Victims?
The House bill seems to be more focused on leveraging political points than fighting coronavirus. Republicans can relate.
Balaji Srinivasan: Coronavirus Will Shape This Decade Like 9/11 Shaped the 2000s
The biotech entrepreneur and Silicon Valley visionary wants mandatory quarantines and a "digital Dunkirk" rescue operation.
Over Objections From Privacy Advocates, Tame Surveillance Bill Sails Through the House
Some Republican senators are working hard to get Trump behind stronger fixes.
Donald Trump Declares 'We Will Ultimately and Expeditiously Defeat This Virus'
In two weeks we will know if his public health measures are too little, too late.
Trump Confuses Nation With COVID-19 Address
Plus: A second person appears to be cured of HIV, cops can destroy your home for no reason and refuse to pay, and more...
Balaji Srinivasan: The Coronavirus Might Eat the World
The biotech entrepreneur and Silicon Valley visionary calls for a "digital Dunkirk" to fix government failure and preserve future freedoms.
To Slow Coronavirus, Trump Bans Travel From Continental Europe for 30 Days
Americans and those traveling from the U.K. will be exempted.
COVID-19 Mortality Rate 'Ten Times Worse' Than Seasonal Flu, Says Dr. Anthony Fauci
Initial hopes that the public health consequences of the new coronavirus would be mild are fading.
A Compromise Bill on Domestic Surveillance Reform Aims to Do Just Enough to Shut Trump Up
Privacy activists on the left and the right decry a limp set of proposed changes to the USA Freedom Act.
Salty Sanders Supporters Say They Won't Settle For Biden
Plus: Yang endorses Biden, Klobuchar's antitrust bill, and more...
Trump's Tariffs Are Hiking the Price of Your Favorite Whisky
American whisky and wine drinkers are being punished for trying to amicably trade what they have for what they want.
Expect 'Very Dramatic' Economic Intervention Due to Coronavirus, Says Trump
Plus: How Trump's payroll tax would work, Daily Show accuses Kamala Harris of "gaslighting," and more..
Coronavirus Shock: Just Another Panic Monday?
The Reason Roundtable podcast debates the severity of the both the outbreak and the potential governmental responses.
Will We See Real Surveillance Reform This Week?
The USA Freedom Act is about to sunset. Who will decide how and if it will be changed?
Trump Attacks Biden on Drug Policy From the Left
It's an interesting strategy for a president who ran in 2016 on a Nixonian "law and order" platform.
CPAC Attendees Mocked Coronavirus Fears. Now Some Are Self-Quarantining.
Plus: Kamala Harris endorses Joe Biden, when a pandemic hits the prisons, and more...
A Federal Judge Says William Barr's Spin on the Mueller Report Makes the Attorney General Untrustworthy
Were the Justice Department's redactions influenced by Barr's desire to exonerate the president?
Chuck Schumer's Trumpian Attack on the Supreme Court Threatens the Judicial Independence That Democrats Claim To Defend
The Senate minority leader threatened two justices by name, and then he lied about it.
The Trump Campaign Sues Another Newspaper
Plus: Judge rejects Gabbard's Google lawsuit, Bloomberg drops out, and more...
Coronavirus: Don't Worry, Be Happily Informed
Reason's science correspondent explains who is getting infected, how to protect yourself, and why nobody should be freaking out. Yet.
Will Coronavirus Be the Sweet Matzo Ball of Death?
Unraveling panic, policy, and bad metaphors on the Reason Roundtable podcast
Gorsuch Throws Shade at Trump Administration for Rewriting Federal Gun Laws Without Congressional Approval
“Why should courts, charged with the independent and neutral interpretation of the laws Congress has enacted, defer to such bureaucratic pirouetting?”
Rand Paul Says Trump Is Backing Surveillance Reform
Plus: Who's using Clearview AI?, court rules against Joe Arpaio, and more...
Is Trump Deliberately Sandbagging New York's Landmark Transportation Policy?
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) claims political motivations are delaying federal approval of a plan to charge drivers entering Manhattan a congestion fee.
Would a Presidential Pardon for Roger Stone Be Unconstitutional?
The argument requires several controversial assumptions and leaps of logic.
Political Opportunists Are Using Coronavirus Fears To Push Whatever Policies They Already Wanted
No matter how bad the outbreak might turn out to be, politicians will find a way to make it worse.
The Feds' Bulk Collection of Our Data Records Has Been Expensive and Useless. But That Doesn't Mean It's Going to Stop.
A congressional battle erupts over how much to reform the soon-to-expire USA Freedom Act—if they reform it at all.
Trump Wins Second Circuit Case Against Sanctuary Cities, in Ruling that Goes Against Broad Consensus of other Court Decisions
The decision allows the Justice Department to impose immigration enforcement conditions on federal grants to state governments, and goes against numerous other court decisions striking down the exact same policy.
Trump Campaign Files Libel Lawsuit Against The New York Times
Trump has long complained that libel laws need to be loosened to allow more lawsuits against media outlets.
Taylor Lorenz Makes Sense of Online Culture for the Rest of Us
The New York Times technology reporter is revealing how social media is encouraging individual expression.
While Trump Was Praising Modi for Religious Freedom, Modi-Supporting Hindus Slaughtered Muslims in the Streets
Trump's failure to speak out against Modi's reign of lawlessness and terror is an epic abdication of responsibility.
Stone Cold Justice
The problems with federal sentencing guidelines are real and troubling, even in cases that do not involve the president’s pals.
Bloomberg and Bernie Fight Over Which Communist Dictatorship Is the Least Evil
But Sanders is also right that America has made some terrible foreign policy mistakes in the past.
Trump White House Considering Limiting Justice Department Influence Over Pardons
Criminal justice reformers say federal prosecutors torpedoed clemency petitions in worthy cases.
Buttigieg 'Doesn't Want To Explain' Why Sanders 'Is Encouraging People To Look on the Bright Side of the Castro Regime'
The Midwestern moderate isn't alone is fretting about the radicalism of the current Democratic front-runner.
