Reason Alert: Ukraine, Gas Prices, Social Media Regulation, and Biden's Supreme Court Pick

Reason Alert Friday, February 25, 2022     Friday Funnies War and gas prices. By Steve Breen Stop Trying To Make Ukraine About Your Culture War  Russia suppresses anti-war protest by citing pandemic restrictions.  By Elizabeth Nolan Brown  Biden Is Right To Keep U.S. Troops Out of Ukraine  But there are still constitutionality questions surrounding his troop deployments to NATO's eastern flank.  By Fiona Harrigan  Putin's War Spikes Oil and Natural Gas Prices  Nationally, gasoline may reach an average of $4 per gallon.  By Ronald Bailey  Biden Nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court  The SCOTUS pick has shown admirable judgment in criminal justice cases.  By Damon Root  The Government's Coronavirus Response Was a Complete Failure. Who Will Be Held Accountable?  From the CDC to the FDA, there are too many missteps to list.  By Veronique de Rugy  Pandemic Restrictions Extra Painful for Businesses Owned by Minorities, Women, and Veterans  Limited resources create enormous vulnerability.   By J.D. Tuccille Video: Forget the Great Reset. The Great Escape is Here. The authors of COVID-19: The Great Reset and their most conspiratorial critics share an unfounded faith in the competence of central planners.   By Zach Weissmueller  Video: Does the Government Need To Fix Social Media? A Soho Forum Debate Professor Jonathan Haidt of NYU debates Reason's Robby Soave.   By Gene Epstein and Robby Soave  Stephanie Slade: What Kind of Libertarian Are You?  Figuring out the limits of big-tent libertarianism is no easy matter, but it's central to the movement's success.   By Nick Gillespie  Marco Rubio Accidentally Makes the Case Against Common-Good Conservatism at CPAC  Here’s hoping the Florida senator recognizes threats to freedom when they come from the right as well as the left.  By Stephanie Slade  Pension Reform Newsletter: State Pension Bills, Improving Transparency, ESG Investing, and More  America's 75 largest cities reported $357 billion in total debt in 2020.    By Zachary Christensen  Aviation Policy News: Remote Air Traffic Towers Go Mainstream in Europe  Why 2022 could be a banner year for U.S. airport P3 projects, the EU airport slot system is under fire, and more. By Robert Poole  Recalibrating Expectations for the True Potential of Automated Vehicles We will be dealing with a large amount of uncertainty about both AV technology and policy for some time. By Marc Scribner South Carolina’s Proposed Education Funding Reform Would Benefit Students and Taxpayers  Gov. McMaster’s 2022 budget outlines a plan to simplify how the $5.4 billion in state education funding is spent.    By Aaron Garth Smith    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 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -