Reason Alert: Election Mess, Hurricane Ian, Abolition of Police, ESG, and More

Reason Alert Friday, September 30, 2022     Friday Funnies Hurricane evacuation plan.  By Dave Granlund  Friday Movie Review: Smile  Stressed to kill.  By Kurt Loder  Netflix's Athena Is a Masterpiece About Police Violence and Social Unrest  A technically astounding film that turns a French housing block into a political warzone.  By Peter Suderman  Reason Cover Story: American Elections Are a Mess, and They Always Have Been  The long, weird history of partisan electoral shenanigans.  By Eric Boehm Government Subsidies Encouraged Millions To Move Into Hurricane Ian's Destructive Path  Interruption of market forces has made moving into disaster zones less financially risky for individuals but much more costly for taxpayers overall. By Elizabeth Nolan Brown 'Flagrantly Illegal': Law Firm Files Lawsuit To Stop Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness  "This isn't how laws are supposed to be made," says Caleb Kruckenberg, an attorney with the Pacific Legal Foundation.  By Robby Soave Mandated Diversity Statement Drives Jonathan Haidt To Quit Academic Society  Prominent social psychologist and NYU professor calls the requirement “explicitly ideological.”  By J.D. Tuccille Public Schools Experiencing 'White Flight'  Whether in response to pandemic closures or policy changes made in the name of "equity," people classified as white are fleeing government-run K-12 in startling numbers.   By Matt Welch Corey DeAngelis: How COVID-19 Changed the Face of Education Forever Why "backpack funding" is here to stay, why Texas is terrible on school choice, why CRT bans are a bad idea, and why even non-parents should care about education reform.  By Nick Gillespie Get Reason's New Education Newsletter  How school choice and open enrollment impact upward mobility, the education issues on statewide ballots this November, and more.    By Jude Schwalbach  The Government Should Be Pro-Market, Not 'Pro-Business'  Businesses are all in favor of competition, tax cuts, and deregulation only until they aren't—meaning only until subsidies might benefit them.   By Veronique de Rugy Democratic Treasurers Defend ESG Investing But data doesn't back up their claim that buying the stocks of ESG-oriented companies will produce better investment returns.    By Marc Joffe Should Libertarians Root for the Abolition of Police and Prisons?  Libertarians have some common ground with the abolitionists—but if they insist on anti-capitalism as a litmus test, abolitionists will find themselves isolated and marginalized.  By C.J. Ciaramella Trump's Declassification Claims Are Implausible and Irrelevant  The potential crimes that the FBI is investigating do not hinge on the current classification status of the records that the former president kept at Mar-a-Lago.   By Jacob Sullum Italy's Return to Fascism?  Watch Jonah Goldberg, Nick Gillespie, and Zach Weissmueller discuss right-wing populism and fascism.  By Nick Gillespie and Zach Weissmueller The Iranian Protests Were Not Made in the U.S.A. The onerous sanctions regime carried out by the Trump and Biden administrations has done immeasurable harm in Iran. By Bonnie Kristian   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 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -