Can Democrats Keep Schools Open During Omicron?

If you're having trouble viewing this email, you can view it in a browser here. The latest news and analysis from Reason.com Tuesday, January 4, 2022 Can Democrats Keep Schools Open During Omicron? New NYC Mayor Eric Adams quashes a micro-rebellion among some teachers union members, but school closures Monday hit a record for 2021-22. By Matt Welch California Is Stuck With Newsom's Nanny State Pandemic Policies The pandemic has served as a nice reminder of the merits of federalism, where states are the laboratories of democracy that can try regulatory approaches that conform to local attitudes and conditions. By Steven Greenhut Anthony Fauci Is Right To Distinguish COVID-19 Infections, Which Are Exploding, From Severe Disease, Which Is Not Based on the experience in South Africa, the Biden administration's top medical adviser says "this thing will peak after a period of a few weeks and turn around." By Jacob Sullum Defending Armed Self-Defense It's easy for many people to see the harm that guns are involved in every day in America, but much harder for them to see the harm that gun prohibition causes. By Katherine Mangu-Ward sponsor content   Ashli Babbitt's Violent Past Doesn't Justify Her Death After the cops killed her, the A.P. gave her the "no angel" treatment. By Joe Lancaster 'Should Police Arrest Sex Workers for Standing Around?' No, of Course Not. Sex workers aren't second-class citizens, and they deserve the right to exist in public spaces as much as anyone else does. By Elizabeth Nolan Brown How Harry Reid Broke the Senate The Senate no longer debates or deliberates. By James Wallner What We Got Right and Wrong About 2021 (and What We Predict for 2022) Plus, the CDC's amateur psychoanalyzing. By Nick Gillespie, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Peter Suderman, and Matt Welch The Death Penalty Continued Its Downward Trend in 2021 The Trump administration's revival appeared to be an outlier. Executions are becoming more and more rare. By Scott Shackford A Fresh New Year Means Fresh New Restrictions on Gas-Powered Leaf Blowers From California to Washington, D.C., new restrictions on gas-powered landscaping equipment are blanketing the nation. By Christian Britschgi Image credit: Antonello Marangi | Dreamstime Sponsor Content Donate Reason Foundation 5737 Mesmer Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90230, USA Privacy Policy   Manage Your Preferences Unsubscribe