Scott Gottlieb Is Not a Free Market Firebrand; Gerrymandering Is Out of Control; In Defense of Cash; Interview: Gary Taubes

MONKEY HERPES, FACE EATING, AND THE PORK CHOP GANG: HOW PUBLIC RECORDS LAWS CREATED THE FLORIDA MAN - But the Sunshine State's Sunshine
Law is under threat.

HOW FLORIDA FIXED ITS VOTECOUNTING PROBLEM - It’s not 2000 anymore.

FREEDOM TOWNS - Eatonville—Zora Neale Hurston’s hometown—was part of a vast but largely forgotten movement.

THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT AT 50 - Why have so few species come back from the brink? - TATE WATKINS.

THE ABUNDANCE AGENDA PROMISES EVERYTHING TO EVERYONE ALL AT ONCE - Some progressives want to remove bureaucratic obstacles to growth—in the service of Democrats and big government. - CHRISTIAN BRITSCHGI.

AFTER DOBBS - A death knell for reproductive freedom hasn’t come to pass. - ELIZABETH NOLAN BROWN.

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THE TECH GIANTS WERE ALWAYS DOOMED - Competition, not antitrust action, is humbling Facebook, Amazon, and Twitter. by ELIZABETH NOLAN BROWN.

OUR NEWS FEEDS, OURSELVES - A series of studies suggests it’s not algorithms that are driving political polarization, ignorance, or toxicity. by ELIZABETH NOLAN BROWN.
 
TAKE NUTRITION STUDIES WITH A GRAIN OF SALT - The epidemiology of food and drink is a mess. by RONALD BAILEY.

HOW HIPPIES SAVED THE FOURTH AMENDMENT - The Nixon administration did everything it could to curb antiwar activism. Then the courts said it had gone too far.

‘PRIVATE TYRANNY’ IS LESSPRIVATE THAN YOU THINK - Sohrab Ahmari inadvertently gives even more reasons to reduce the power of the state.

AFRICA’S PLANNED CITIES NEED UNPLANNING - Nigeria's slums and startup cities can learn from each other.

FUTURE - Is Debating Debt Policy Actually Terrorism? - KATHERINE MANGU-WARD.

ECONOMICS - Biden’s Bad Student Loan Math - ERIC BOEHM.

DRUGS - Prohibition Gave Us Tranq-Laced Fentanyl - JACOB SULLUM.

POLITICS - They Are Coming for Your Gas Stove - CHRISTIAN BRITSCHGI

ADAM SMITH UNDERSTOOD THAT WE NEED EACH OTHER: The thinker’s views of human sympathy, beneficence, justice, and the division of labor still resonate. - VERNON SMITH

ADAM SMITH WASN’T A PROGRESSIVE: Stop quoting him out of context on taxation, education, and monopoly. - DAVID FRIEDMAN

MARKETPLACES FIND A WAY: Though history hasn’t always been kind, butchers, brewers, and bakers still thrive at urban markets. - M. NOLAN GRAY

THE LEFT-RIGHT SPECTRUM IS MOSTLY MEANINGLESS The political landscape doesn’t fit on a simple map.
 
THE MOST HATED PERSON ON CAMPUS How a shaky allegation ignited a frenzy and destroyed a young woman’s life.
 
INTERVIEW: MARC ANDREESSEN The venture capitalist on the future of
technology and what it means to be human.

TO MAKE HOUSING AFFORDABLE, PRIORITIZE ABOLISHING GROWTH
BOUNDARIES, NOT ENDING DENSITY RESTRICTIONS
YES: WENDELL COX NO: CHRISTIAN BRITSCHGI
BITCOIN IS THE FUTURE
OF FREE EXCHANGE
YES: ALEX GLADSTEIN NO: LAWRENCE WHITE
TO PRESERVE INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY, GOVERNMENT
MUST AFFIRMATIVELY INTERVENE IN THE CULTURE WAR
YES: TODD ZYWICKI NO: KENT LASSMAN

RON DESANTIS IS ON DECK - Does he want to limit government, or does he just
want to win at all costs?

THE DRUG EXCEPTION TO THE SECOND AMENDMENT - Conservatives have been slow to recognize the threat that drug prohibition poses to gun rights and other civil liberties.

THE LUDDITES’ VETO - Beware of activists touting “responsible research and innovation.” The sensiblesounding slogan masks a reactionary agenda.

THE PROBATION QUAGMIRE What was originally intended as an alternative to incarceration has become a system for mass state control.

HOW A PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECT BECAME AN UNPLANNED NEIGHBORHOOD A favela in southern Brazil shows the upside of an “invasive” urban form—and offers lessons for U.S. housing policy.

INTERVIEW: MARIAN TUPY AND GALE POOLEY The Superabundance authors discuss population growth and human flourishing.

The Labor Market Is Broken - KATHERINE MANGU-WARD.


California Wants To Run Out of Gas - SCOTT SHACKFORD.
 
Biden’s ‘Marijuana Reform’ Leaves Prohibition Untouched - JACOB SULLUM

AMERICAN ELECTIONS ARE A MESS, AND THEY ALWAYS HAVE BEEN - The long, weird history of partisan electoral shenanigans.

INFLATION, REMIXED - What the 1970s can teach us about today’s inflationary politics.

THE TWIN CRUSADES AGAINST DRUGS AND GUNS - Americans are suffering the “unjust, cruel, and even irrational” consequences of the wars on intoxicants and firearms.

THE AUTHORITARIAN CONVERGENCE - The problem with American politics
isn’t polarization—it’s rising illiberalism. STEPHANIE SLADE


IT’S (ALMOST) ALWAYS THE FEDS - The FBI’s long history of using informants and manufactured plots to prosecute extremists. C.J. CIARAMELLA

THE UNSCIENTIFIC PANIC OVER SOLAR GEOENGINEERING - Why are activists trying to stop research into a promising backup plan to handle climate change? RONALD BAILEY

BOOK BANS IN PUBLIC SCHOOL LIBRARIES - An obscure Supreme Court case provides a roadmap through the curricular culture war.

WHY RYAN REYNOLDS CAN USE WINNIE-THE-POOH TO SELL YOU A PHONE PLAN - As pop culture icons enter the public domain, a strange new era of copyright begins.

LITTLE LIBRARIES, FREE AT LAST? - Good news for fans of literacy and opponents of restrictive zoning codes.

Medieval Geopolitics Help Explain Modern Russia and Ukraine - CATHY YOUNG.

You’re Wrong About Disinformation - KATHERINE MANGU-WARD.

Gay Weddings Return to the Supreme Court - SCOTT SHACKFORD.

Legalizing Pot Requires GOP Support - JACOB SULLUM.

AFTER THE WAR - In the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it’s time for Europe to step up and America to step back.

THIS IS THE SCHOOL CHOICE MOMENT. WILL THE GOP SCREW IT UP? - Republicans are in danger of squandering a promising opportunity for education reform on culture war squabbles.

TECHNOLOGY - Running Bitcoin Miners Out of Town - CHRISTIAN BRITSCHGI

LIFESTYLE - Driving Means Freedom Rising expenses and regulatory hurdles limit Americans’ mobility. - J.D. TUCCILLE

DRUGS - Why Do Legalizers Keep Blocking Pot Banking? - JACOB SULLUM

CORRUPTION AND CRACKDOWNS IN CALIFORNIA’S MARIJUANA MARKET - Black markets thrive under mismanaged legalization - SCOTT SHACKFORD.

TWO LIBERTARIANISMS - Within the big tent, a divide over libertarianism’s limits - STEPHANIE SLADE.

HOW ROBOTS WILL TRANSFORM THE 2020s - The service bot will revolutionize warehouses, hospitals, farms, and maybe your home - MARK P. MILLS.

LIFE GETS BETTER FOR SPORTS BETTORS - But placing a wager on your favorite team is still too complicated in many states.

NEOLIBERALALISM, WE HARDLY KNEW YE - The Neoliberal Era is ending, and we haven’t 
even figured out what neoliberalism is.

THE DESTRUCTION OF BLACK BOTTOM - How the zeal for government project housing killed a prosperous black community in Detroit

YES, IT WAS AN ‘EVIL EMPIRE’ Nearly every form of Soviet nostalgia gets the facts wrong.

THE POPE WHO HELPED BRING DOWN COMMUNISM “I have no doubt,” Polish President Lech Wałęsa once said, that without John Paul II “the birth of Solidarity would not have been possible.”

POST APOCALYPSE - Neither rain nor sleet nor snow will stop the U.S. Postal Service. But a pandemic on top of a political fiasco? That’s a first-class problem. - CHRISTIAN BRITSCHGI.

WHY IS IT SO HARD TO SUE A BAD COP? - “Redress for a federal officer’s unconstitutional acts is either extremely limited or wholly nonexistent.” - DAMON ROOT.

WHY DIDN’T COVID-19 KILL THE CONSTITUTION? - We can thank judges who were prepared to enforce constitutional limits on public health powers. - JACOB SULLUM

Don’t Try To Fix Big Tech With Politics - KATHERINE MANGU-WARD.

The Budget Reconciliation Battle Is a Procedural Power Grab - PETER SUDERMAN.

Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Confuses Costs for Benefits - CHRISTIAN BRITSCHGI.

ECONOMIC LESSONS FROM COVID-19 - What the pandemic has re-taught us about the perils of planning, the power of incentives, and the complexities of externalities. DAVID R. HENDERSON


WHEN THE GOVERNMENT MAKES WILDFIRES WORSE - Federal policies are subsidizing people’s choices to build homes in harm’s way. TATE WATKINS.

LIFESTYLE
Reading, Writing, ’Rithmetic, and Zero About Jobs - LENORE SKENAZY


REGULATION
Biden Chooses Cronyism Over Letting Puerto Rico Rebuild - SCOTT SHACKFORD

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