Reason Alert: The Year in Review, Vaccines, Stimulus Checks, the Roberts Court, and More

Reason Alert Thursday, December 31, 2020     Friday Funnies Your stimulus check is in the mail. By Dana Summers Comic: Milton Friedman in 'It's A Miracle'  How did Chile avoid becoming like Cuba? Milton Friedman's economic policy has something to do with it.  By Peter Bagge  Video: Citizen vs. Government (Vol. 6)  A citizen and the government have a friendly chat about being outdated, mandates, and peacekeeping. By Austin Bragg and Andrew Heaton  2020 Did Bring Some Good News  "Be a little bit grateful for what we have."  By John Stossel  Support Reason Foundation With a Tax-Deductible Donation Podcast: What Did We Learn in 2020?  Pandemics are like margin calls, exposing in a moment the pre-existing weakness of various positions and institutions.  By Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Peter Suderman, and Nick Gillespie  2020: The Year Teachers Unions Killed the Goose That Laid the Golden Egg  The United States was virtually alone in keeping schools closed this fall. As a result, public education—and cities—may never look the same.  By Matt Welch  2020: An Awful Year With a Legacy We Won't Soon Escape  Fortunately, 2020 is nearly at an end. Unfortunately, its events will leave one hell of a mark on the years to come.  By J.D. Tuccille  The COVID-19 Pandemic Has Not Crushed State and Local Government Tax Revenues  State and local governments collected $1.12 trillion in tax revenue during the first nine months of 2020, just $8 billion less than the same period in 2019.  By Marc Joffe  The More Transmissible U.K. COVID-19 Variant Could Make the Pandemic A Lot Worse  Ramp up the vaccinations now!  By Ronald Bailey COVID-19 Herd Immunity Is Possible Before Spring If the FDA Gets Out of the Way  If government regulators cut through bureaucratic red tape, the U.S. would have a good chance to essentially end the pandemic before spring. By Ronald Bailey Surrendering on COVID Spending Is a Predictable, Fitting End for Trump's Tenure  One of the under-appreciated failures of the Trump presidency is his squandering of an incredibly rare opportunity to reset how Washington operates.   By Eric Boehm Trump Blames Everyone But Himself for His Defeat  Maybe voters were repelled by the very traits he has been vividly displaying since the election.  By Jacob Sullum  The Trouble With John Roberts' Brand of Legal Conservatism  Is the chief justice just a politician in robes?  By Damon Root  Can Conservatives Stop Their Movement's Descent Into Madness?  The political right needs more self-analysis and less whataboutism.   By Steven Greenhut  Pension Reform Trends: Tracking Annual Investment Returns and Public Pension Debt Plus: Arizona's pension solvency, lessons from West Virginia’s municipal pension reform effort, and more.  By Alix Ollivier  Despite Big Spending, California’s Highway System Ranks Among Worst in the Nation  The Annual Highway Report measures the condition and cost-effectiveness of every state's highways in 13 categories. By Baruch Feigenbaum    If this email has been forwarded to you and you would like to subscribe to Reason's email newsletters, please go here. Donate Reason Foundation 5737 Mesmer Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90230, USA Privacy Policy   Manage Your Preferences Unsubscribe - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -