Why the Pandemic Will End Only When We Demand It's Over
Ronald Bailey and Jacob Sullum on the future of COVID-19, the politicization of science, the failure of mandates, and how to talk with anti-vaxxers.
Federal Mandates
Opening America's Doors Only to the Vaccinated Isn't Good Enough
A vaccine mandate for international visitors cuts Africa off for no good reason.
Trump Outlaws Ugly Federal Buildings
Plus: House OKs bloated $1.4 trillion spending package, new Amash bills aim to protect asylum seekers and immigrant detainees, and more...
Will Biden Use the Broad Pandemic-Fighting Powers Originally Claimed by Trump?
Trump claimed the power to issue a national eviction moratorium during COVID. Could that pave the way for the mask mandates Biden clearly wants?
Trump Wants More Stimulus Spending. Biden Wants a National Mask Mandate. Both Are Wrong.
Is it too much to ask for a presidential candidate who cares about America's fiscal health and respects the limits of his office?
Rule Change on Abortion Referrals 'Creates Unreasonable Barriers' Says U.S. Judge
Plus: "we need a president who recognizes sex work as work," says Mike Gravel; how kid-friendly pot paraphernalia killed decriminalization; more...
Drug Companies, Scared of Regulation, Inch Toward Price Transparency
"Our vision for a new, more transparent drug-pricing system does not rely on voluntary action," says HHS Secretary Alex Azar.
Trump's Repeal of a Welfare Drug-Testing Regulation Backfires (Thankfully)
Arguably the most questionable of the 14 new Congressional Review Act regulatory repeals may have the unintended consequence of limiting states' ability to drug-test those seeking unemployment benefits.
Scott Walker Flip-Flops Again on Ethanol Mandates. Or Did He Never Actually Support Them?
Governor calls for two-year 'winding down' of the Renewable Fuel Standard.
Would Hayek Have Approved Obamacare?
George Mason's Erik Angner on the libertarian economist's mostly unacknowledged support for redistribution.
Escape the Holiday Crowds by Flying Through the Bullshit Gary/Chicago International Airport!
Via Jack Shafer comes news of a federally funded boondoggle that makes the three-flights-a-day John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria County Airport look like a busy transportation hub.
New Reason-Rupe Poll: Americans Think Health Care and Broccoli Mandates Are Unconstitutional
Americans want to shop around for health insurance and are open to changing Medicare for people not yet receiving it