Beware of Big Presidential Speeches During Times of Crisis

If you're having trouble viewing this email, you can view it in a browser here.     The latest news and analysis from Reason.com Wednesday, April 28, 2021     Beware of Big Presidential Speeches During Times of Crisis President Biden tonight, like LBJ in 1964, Ford in 1975, Reagan in 1981, and Obama in 2009, is ready to make some terraforming asks to a pliant Congress. By Matt Welch   Biden's Infrastructure Plan Would Redefine 'Broadband' To Justify Spending $100 Billion on Government-run Internet The Biden administration is manufacturing a market failure to justify spending $100 billion on municipal broadband and other government-run internet projects. By Eric Boehm   sponsor content     Biden Brings Back Plan for Free Community College This is a subsidy for the schools, not the students. By Scott Shackford   Joe Biden Seeks $1.8 Trillion for Public Child Care, Preschool, College The president’s spending spree continues. By Elizabeth Nolan Brown   SCOTUS Will Decide Whether the Right To Bear Arms Extends Beyond Your Doorstep New York, like several other states, limits public carrying of handguns to the favored few. By Jacob Sullum   This 87-Year-Old Republican's Bill Would Restore the Second Amendment Rights of Cannabis Consumers in States That Have Legalized Marijuana Under current law, marijuana users who possess firearms are committing a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison. By Jacob Sullum   Society Is Richer and More Accepting, Thanks to Libertarian Ideas And yet neither Democrats nor Republicans represent those principles. By John Stossel   American Indifference Allowed the War in Afghanistan to Drag On We’ll have to pay attention this time to ensure a conclusion to the accidental forever war. By J.D. Tuccille   Basecamp Becomes the Latest Tech Company To Ban Talking Politics at Work Silence isn't violence, and recusing your company from political discourse, as Basecamp and Coinbase have done, is a perfectly valid line to draw. By Liz Wolfe   Should Dying Cancer Patients Suffer From Undertreated Pain Because of 'Concerns Regarding Addiction'? Two recent studies show how ham-handed efforts to reduce opioid prescriptions undermine medical care. By Jacob Sullum   sponsor content     Donate Reason Foundation 5737 Mesmer Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90230, USA Privacy Policy   Manage Your Preferences Unsubscribe