Thursday, 30 December 2021

Reason Alert: Omicron, Inflation, Star Trek, and America’s Divisions

 
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Reason Alert
Thursday, December 30, 2021

RIP, 'Pandemic of the Unvaccinated'
Farewell to a Biden White House messaging strategy that was terrible long before Omicron.
By Matt Welch

Do Kids Really Need To Wear Masks at School?
“We essentially reorganized our society around the control of a single infectious disease, when in fact, health is plural," says Stanford professor of health policy Jay Bhattacharya.
By Zach Weissmueller

Recent COVID-19 Trends Suggest That Initial Fears of Omicron Were Overwrought
Focusing on infections rather than severe disease is more misleading than ever.
By Jacob Sullum

Why the Pandemic Will End Only When We Demand It's Over
Ronald Bailey and Jacob Sullum on the future of COVID-19, the politicization of science, the failure of mandates, and how to talk with anti-vaxxers.
By Nick Gillespie

Americans Fled California, New York, and D.C. During COVID
Financial pressure is the main reason why people say they move, and pandemic-era public policy created a lot more financial pressure in certain places.
By Eric Boehm

America's Divisions May Have Passed the Tipping Point
If we can’t learn to leave each other alone, the country may have a violent meltdown.
By J.D. Tuccille

This Year Wasn't as Bad as 2020, But We Deserve Better
It sucked for avoidable reasons.
By J.D. Tuccille

The Year's Highlights in Blame Shifting
Politicians and cops found creative ways to dodge responsibility in 2021.
By Jacob Sullum

How Biden's Agenda Is Causing Inflation
President Biden, his advisers, and his champions in the press are ignoring the tough lessons of the past by downplaying inflation or bizarrely claiming it only freaks out rich people.
By Nick Gillespie

The Federal Reserve Should Rethink Its Stimulative Policies
Higher interest rates will pain borrowers in both the private and public sectors.
By Marc Joffe

Pension Reform Newsletter: Houston Pension System Moves Into Crypto Investing, California Pension Spiking, and More
Plus: How pension funding can impact K-12 education inequalities, New York teachers' pension plan lowers investment expectations, and more.
By Zachary Christensen

Privatization and Government Reform News: U.S. Debt and Inflation Risks, New York City’s Correctional Staffing Problems and More
Plus: Municipalities’ impractical efforts to expand ESG investing and the latest public-private partnership news from across the country.
By Austill Stuart

California Cannabis Coalition Tells State Leaders Their Industry Is Collapsing
California's complex regulatory system and high tax rate for marijuana products is pushing buyers and sellers to the black market.
By Geoffrey Lawrence

Facebook Said My Article Was 'False Information.' Now the Fact-Checkers Admit They Were Wrong.
While this is a problem, it's not one that scrapping Section 230 would solve.
By Robby Soave

Even if Modern Star Trek Doesn't Think So, the World Is Getting Better
Star Trek used to dare to say that things were getting better.
By Eric Studer
 
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