Reason Alert: Ukraine, Breonna Taylor, COVID Response, Building Infrastructure, and More

Reason Alert Friday, March 4, 2022     Friday Funnies Bringing back the 1970s.  By Dave Whamond Review: The Batman  A great action movie. By Kurt Loder  Video: Hot Takes Are Making the Ukraine Invasion Worse  Our political and media elites should think twice before they swarm social media like Russian tanks driving deep into Ukraine.  By Nick Gillespie And Regan Taylor  The Right To Bear Arms Is Still a Check on Tyranny  Ukrainians have taken to the streets with arms to defend their country and their freedom.   By Noor Greene  Our Insane Government Spending Will Hurt Our Response to Ukraine  We must face the reality that the debt does matter.  By Veronique De Rugy  Biden Administration To Protect Ukrainians in the U.S. From Deportation  But more still needs to be done to address the refugee crisis mounting in Eastern Europe.  By Fiona Harrigan  Two Years To Slow the Spread  Government can't stop moving the COVID-19 goal posts.  By Matt Welch  Why Can't We Build Anything?  The issue has never been a lack of funds for infrastructure; it's that the money frequently ends up getting spent on something else via a highly politicized decision-making process.  By Katherine Mangu-Ward  Finding Ways To Finance The Reconstruction Of America’s Bridges  The Mobile River Bridge in Alabama is just one of many major bridges that need to be replaced with modern facilities.    By Robert Poole  The FBI Is Hiding an Unpublished Police Use-of-Force Database From FOIA Requesters  Three years since it launched, an FBI data collection program on police use-of-force incidents has yet to gain enough participation to release any statistics.  By C.J. Ciaramella  A Jury Concludes That Blindly Firing 10 Rounds Into Breonna Taylor's Apartment Was Not 'Wanton Endangerment'  Brett Hankison's acquittal shows how difficult it is to hold cops accountable for abusing their power.  By Jacob Sullum Several Justices Seem Dismayed at the Idea That Doctors Can Be Accidentally Guilty of Drug Trafficking  The Supreme Court is considering what standard should apply to prescribers accused of violating the Controlled Substances Act.  By Jacob Sullum  As School Choice Gains Traction, States Also Need To Update Their School-Finance Formulas  States need to update school-finance formulas that fail to fund all kids fairly, are too reliant on local taxes, and don’t easily accommodate student movement between schools.    By Christian Barnard  Florida’s Proposed Data Privacy Law Would Hurt Consumers And Businesses  While trying to give consumers more control over their data, House Bill 9 violates several of the best practices for good consumer privacy laws.    By Spence Purnell  Join Us at the First Reason Speakeasy in New York City I’m excited to invite you to the first-ever live taping of an episode of The Reason Interview with Nick Gillespie podcast, which will take place at New York’s Caveat Theater on Monday, March 7, from 6.30 pm to 8.15 pm. By Nick Gillespie     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 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -