Reason Alert: Buffalo Massacre, Debtor Nation, Privatization, and Political Disney

Reason Alert Friday, May 20, 2022 Friday Funnies America's baby formula shortage. By Joe Heller   Video: Democratic Disney vs. Republican Disney Because everything is political. By Austin Bragg, Andrew Heaton, And Meredith Bragg   Why Background Checks Do Not Stymie Mass Shooters The vast majority do not have disqualifying records, and "universal" requirements are easily evaded. By Jacob Sullum   The Buffalo Massacre Illustrates the Inherent Limitations of 'Red Flag' Laws Predicting violence is a lot harder than people claim in retrospect, and a wider net inevitably ensnares more innocent people.  By Jacob Sullum   Podcast: Repulsive Replacement Theory and Economic Delusions Plus: The editors each point out one key disagreement they have with one another. By Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Peter Suderman, and Nick Gillespie   Biden Is Right: We Shouldn't Restrict Americans in the Name of Liberating Cuba A new White House policy faces one of the most malignant foreign policy objections: that it's not a magic wand for regime change. By Matt Welch     The Traffic Death 'Crisis' Isn't What Bureaucrats Claim Politicians overstate the situation, and to the extent there is a problem, it’s their doing.  By J.D. Tuccille     Annual Privatization Report 2022 — Surface Transportation In surface transportation policy, public-private partnerships are far more common than privatized roads.   By Baruch Feigenbaum and Mae Baltz   Debtor Nation The national debt is over $30 trillion. The federal government ran an annual budget deficit in 52 of the last 57 years.   By Jordan Campbell and Marc Joffe   Pension Reform Trends: Hybrid Pension Proposal Falls Short In Louisiana and The Shortcomings of ESG Scores Plus: Texas needs to reform teacher pensions, past pension missteps should be a warning to California, and more. By Zachary Christensen   Gov. Newsom Proposes Eliminating One of California's Many Marijuana Taxes The cultivation tax has driven up the cost of growing cannabis, fueling illegal operations and the state’s enormous black market.  By Scott Shackford    Democrats Pivot to Pot for Votes. Will It Work? It may not translate to victory in November, but increased support for marijuana legalization is a welcome change.  By Joe Lancaster     Soho Forum Video: Feminists Debate Sex Work Reason's Elizabeth Nolan Brown makes the case for legalizing sex work. Author Julie Bindel wants customers to be held criminally liable.  By Gene Epstein and Elizabeth Nolan Brown   What the Hell Just Happened With Crypto? Last week, the price of bitcoin fell to lows not seen since 2020 while a prominent stablecoin collapsed. Does this mean it was all a Ponzi scheme?   By Liz Wolfe   Michigan Couple Says Town Seized Their Building and Offered To Return It if They Bought Two Cars for Police "Extortion, there's no other way to explain it," the couple's attorney says. By C.J. Ciaramella    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 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -