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Will New York Lead The Way In Screwing Up School Reopening?
Reason magazine

Will New York Lead The Way In Screwing Up School Reopening?

For those of us subject to his misrule, the second week of December did not seem a particularly auspicious week for New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to start touting his experience with reopening public schools as a model for the rest of the country.

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March 2021
Is There a Future for Fusionism?
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Is There a Future for Fusionism?

In the years since the Cold War, conservatives have lost sight of the relationship between liberty and personal responsibility.

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March 2021
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In 2020, Teachers Unions and Police Unions Showed Their True Colors

It’s time for the left and the right to take a hard look at their favorite public-sector Unions.

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March 2021
Scott Wiener Is California's ‘YIMBY' State Senator
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Scott Wiener Is California's ‘YIMBY' State Senator

IN NOVEMBER, VOTERS in San Francisco reelected California Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat, over his opponent, democratic socialist Jackie Fielder.

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May 2021
The Myth of Antonio Salazar
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The Myth of Antonio Salazar

The integralist right’s foolish crush on the man who once ruled Portugal

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May 2021
The All-American Arms Dealer
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The All-American Arms Dealer

Samuel Cummings built a global weapons empire in Washington, D.C.’s shadow.

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March 2021
The Economist who Says Schools Are Safer Than You Think
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The Economist who Says Schools Are Safer Than You Think

When the feds failed to track COVID-19, Emily Oster stepped in.

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March 2021
The Not-so-peaceful Transfer Of Power
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The Not-so-peaceful Transfer Of Power

When I stepped out of the house on the afternoon of January 6 to pick up my kids from their neighborhood pandemic learning pod in Washington, D.C., it was very quiet.

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March 2021
How To Take Shrooms
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How To Take Shrooms

A concise guide to experimenting with psilocybin

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March 2021
The Mushroom Moment Manifesto
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The Mushroom Moment Manifesto

The saturday after voters in Washington, D.C., and Oregon voted to loosen legal restrictions on magic mushrooms, my girlfriend and I celebrated in the most appropriate way possible.

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March 2021
TikTok After Trump
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TikTok After Trump

Tiktok has succeeded wildly where similar short-form video platforms—including Vine and the Facebook-backed Lasso—did not.

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March 2021
THE ALT-CURRENCY MARTYR
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THE ALT-CURRENCY MARTYR

BEFORE THE FEDS FEARED BITCOIN, THEY FEARED E-GOLD.

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April 2021
From Magic Mushroom to Forbidden Fungus (and Back)
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From Magic Mushroom to Forbidden Fungus (and Back)

Half a century ago, Congress declared that there is no legitimate use for psilocybin. State and local governments are finally challenging that judgment.

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March 2021
Preserve your sanity by preserving food
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Preserve your sanity by preserving food

Canning is a hedge against uncertainty, an education in self-reliance, and a pocket of calm amid tumult.

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February 2021
The Silver Lining in Biden's Massive Housing Plan
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The Silver Lining in Biden's Massive Housing Plan

A democratic White House and a Republican Senate might be the best of all worlds when it comes to federal housing policy.

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February 2021
Don't Pack The Court
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Don't Pack The Court

Joe Biden shouldn’t repeat FDR’s big mistake.

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February 2021
In Defense of Covid Billionaires
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In Defense of Covid Billionaires

People love to hate billionaires. And they really love to hate large pharmaceutical companies.

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February 2021
Congress Targets Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google for Being Popular
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Congress Targets Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google for Being Popular

With fresh faces in the White House and Congress, many Trump-era political agendas will soon be discarded.

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February 2021
Why Is America Still In Syria?
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Why Is America Still In Syria?

Trump brought chaos to a region already on the brink, and the unintended consequences of his actions will reverberate for years to come.

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February 2021
Trump Wasn't a Dictator, but He Played One on TV
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Trump Wasn't a Dictator, but He Played One on TV

The 45th President busted norms left and right. But the abuse of executive power didn’t start and won’t end with him.

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February 2021
A Practical Wish List For Joe Biden
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A Practical Wish List For Joe Biden

Some doable libertarian ideas for the new President

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March 2021
A Silicon Curtain Descends
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A Silicon Curtain Descends

Trump escalated America’s war against Huawei and China. Biden should beware burgeoning technonationalism.

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February 2021
Fashion Crimes
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Fashion Crimes

When fabulous clothes are outlawed, only outlaws will be fabulous.

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January 2021
An Anti-racist Education for Middle Schoolers
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An Anti-racist Education for Middle Schoolers

K-12 STUDENTS IN large public school districts across the country spent much of the fall semester at home, a less-than-ideal result of the COVID-19 pandemic. But Zoom learning was hardly the only significant change to the education system. Some school districts are embracing trendy but dubious ideas about how to fight racism in the classroom.

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January 2021
Glenn Greenwald – ‘Journalists are Authoritarians'
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Glenn Greenwald – ‘Journalists are Authoritarians'

Glenn Greenwald discusses what went wrong at the outlet he co-founded, what’s wrong with the ACLU, and what might go wrong in the Biden administration.

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February 2021
Biden Pledges To Rejoin Paris Climate Agreement
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Biden Pledges To Rejoin Paris Climate Agreement

“Today, The Trump Administration officially left the Paris Climate Change Agreement,” tweeted President-elect Joe Biden on November 4, 2020. “And in exactly 77 days, a Biden Administration will rejoin it.”

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February 2021
MURKY LAWS MAKE IT TOO EASY TO LABEL GOOD PARENTS ‘NEGLECTFUL'
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MURKY LAWS MAKE IT TOO EASY TO LABEL GOOD PARENTS ‘NEGLECTFUL'

IS IT LEGAL for parents to let their kids play outside on their own or stay home alone for a little while? That’s a simple question without a simple answer.

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January 2021
STATES ARE FINALLY REVOKING COPS' LICENSE TO STEAL
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STATES ARE FINALLY REVOKING COPS' LICENSE TO STEAL

A RECENT FLURRY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY SUGGESTS WHY FORFEITURE REFORM SUCCEEDS—AND WHY IT FAILS.

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January 2021
The Truth About the Free Market Family
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The Truth About the Free Market Family

HERE IS AN ambiguity, if not a bait and switch, at the heart of Maxine Eichner’s The FreeMarket Family. In her telling, the last 40 years of American public policy have left families to fend for themselves in the marketplace while providing little in the way of support for children and working parents. Filled with both broad data and specific anecdotes, the book argues that we are failing to raise healthy, well-adjusted children because market incentives and poor public policy make it hard for parents to juggle work and child care, even as growing economic inequality, driven by free markets, has made it harder for lower-income adults to find good jobs.

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January 2021
WILL CITIES SURVIVE 2020?
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WILL CITIES SURVIVE 2020?

COVID-19 IS REIGNITING OLD DEBATES ABOUT ZONING, PUBLIC HEALTH, URBAN PLANNING, AND SUBURBAN SPRAWL.

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January 2021