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Panic

Panic

No, the World Is Not Heading Toward 'Mass Extinction'

Despite an apocalyptic media narrative, the modern era has brought much longer lives and the greatest decline in poverty ever.

John Stossel | 1.25.2023 12:30 AM

Cryptocurrencies

Elizabeth Warren's Crypto Bill Targets Financial Freedom, Not Fraud

Senator Warren wants to extend the financial surveillance state cooked up by drug warriors and anti-terrorism fearmongers to cryptocurrencies.

J.D. Tuccille | 12.16.2022 7:00 AM

War on Drugs

Don't Let Police, Media Mislead You About Fentanyl Exposure Overdoses

Another officer claims to have been laid out just by being close to the drug. That’s not how it works.

Scott Shackford | 12.15.2022 1:05 PM

Drugs

Undeterred by Past Failures, the Press Goes All in on 'Rainbow Fentanyl' Panic

Even though no one's trying to give your kid rainbow fentanyl this Halloween, it hasn't stopped journalists from repeating the myth.

Emma Camp | 10.6.2022 2:00 PM

Geoengineering

The Fight To Stop Research Into a Cheap, Effective Backup Plan for Climate Change

Why are activists trying to stop research into a promising backup plan to handle climate change?

Ronald Bailey | 9.25.2022 6:22 AM

Environmentalism

After 53 Earth Days, Society Still Hasn't Collapsed

The Limits to Growth is still “as wrongheaded as it is possible to be.”

Ronald Bailey | 4.22.2022 3:15 PM

Encryption

The U.K. Government's Latest Encryption Fearmongering Relies on Child Sex-Trafficking Panics

British police want greater surveillance powers and they’re willing to destroy everybody’s cybersecurity to get them.

Scott Shackford | 1.18.2022 2:10 PM

Social Media

People Have Been Panicking About New Media Since Before the Printing Press

Politicians and activists claim social media is turning us into zombies. But new technologies have been greeted with skepticism since the dawn of time.

Robby Soave | 9.29.2021 10:30 AM

Book Reviews

When Kidnappings Were All the Rage

With panic in the air, federal law enforcement seized the moment.

Katrina Gulliver | 6.26.2021 6:00 AM

Trans

Tennessee Orders Private Businesses To Warn About Possible Trans People in the Bathrooms

Fearmongering culture panic leads to a new dumb low.

Scott Shackford | 5.18.2021 12:00 PM

Brickbats

Brickbat: Not Feeling the Love Here

Charles Oliver | 2.23.2021 4:00 AM

Moral Panic

Be Skeptical of Stories About TikTok 'Benadryl Challenge' Overdoses

One very sketchy story about an Oklahoma City teen’s tragic death has gone viral.

Scott Shackford | 9.4.2020 4:50 PM

E-cigarettes

Scary Stories About Vaping Aren't Helping Anyone

Feel free to reject the advice of this terrible new book.

Jacob Grier | 5.30.2020 6:00 AM

China

There Is No China Crisis

Unless we cause one by overreacting to Asia's changing political and economic landscape

Daniel W. Drezner | 4.25.2020 6:00 AM

Science

The Vaping Panic Is a Major Setback for Public Health

"There's no question public health would benefit dramatically if everybody switched completely to e-cigarettes."

Jacob Sullum | 12.26.2019 6:00 AM

Reason Roundup

Everyone Is Confused About Trump's Executive Order on Judaism

Plus: the foundations bankrolling bad tech policy, they is the word of the year, and more...

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.11.2019 9:50 AM

Panic

Pessimists Archive Podcaster Jason Feifer Debunks Past Panics About Elevators, Novels, and Bicycles 

Why do new things reliably freak us out?

Nick Gillespie | 10.27.2019 6:00 AM

Vaping

Vaping Panic Ignores How E-Cigarettes Save Lives

H.L. Mencken defined Puritanism as "the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy." The rub against vaping, and other smokeless tobacco products, is that people enjoy it.

Steven Greenhut | 10.4.2019 8:00 AM

Fentanyl

Pittsburgh's U.S. Attorney Is Lying to Cops and Constituents About the Actual Risks of Fentanyl Exposure

Bad science and panics by those who want to escalate the opioid drug war.

Scott Shackford | 9.11.2019 1:45 PM

Brickbats

Brickbat: Anonymous Sources

Charles Oliver | 9.3.2019 4:00 AM

Commerce

Google Launches a Drone Delivery Service in Australia

Get food, coffee, medicine, and golf balls (if your aim is just that bad).

Scott Shackford | 4.11.2019 1:30 PM

Safety

Nation's Top Safety Agency Sounds Alarm on #InMyFeelings Challenge

The Drake-inspired viral challenge has seen the nation's youth fling themselves out of moving vehicles.

Christian Britschgi | 7.26.2018 6:37 PM

Brickbats

Brickbat: Celebrating Our Freedoms

Charles Oliver | 6.19.2018 4:00 AM

Brickbats

Brickbat: Never Mind

Charles Oliver | 5.17.2018 4:00 AM

Risk

Relax—You'll Probably Survive Until Tomorrow

Americans have a poor sense of risk, and media panics don't help.

A. Barton Hinkle | 4.18.2018 12:00 PM

Brickbats

Brickbat: Dummy

Charles Oliver | 4.2.2018 4:00 AM

Politics

Don't Feed President Troll

Four questions to ask yourself before you freak out about Trump's latest tweet

Matt Welch | 2.17.2018 6:00 AM

Technology

Franklin Foer's Tech-Panic Manifesto

Pessimism by numbers

Adam Thierer | 12.23.2017 6:00 AM

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