Reason Alert: Remy, Gorbachev, Student Loans, Misinformation, Reforming the FDA, and More

Reason Alert Friday, September 2, 2022     Friday Funnies Happy Labor Day.  By Joe Heller Friday Movie Review: The Good Boss  Scripted by its celebrated director, Fernando León de Aranoa, the picture is an assemblage of near-perfectly balanced comedic components. By Kurt Loder Remy Video: 2 Become 1 (Spice Girls Inflation Parody)  Wannabe paying less for groceries?  By Remy  Student Loan Forgiveness Explained  Whether you qualify, paid off your loan, or never went to college, this politician has an explanation for you.   By Austin Bragg Most Americans Support Student Debt Forgiveness Until They Think About It  New poll shows the majority of Americans oppose student loan forgiveness once they become aware of the obvious tradeoffs involved, like higher inflation and rising tuition prices.  By Eric Boehm Why Won't the Biden Administration Join Gorsuch in Seeking To Overrule These Racist SCOTUS Precedents?  The Insular Cases “rest on a rotten foundation,” Justice Gorsuch wrote.  By Damon Root These Emails Show How the Biden Administration's Crusade Against 'Misinformation' Imposes Censorship by Proxy  Social media companies are eager to appease the government by suppressing disfavored speech.  By Jacob Sullum Trump Lawyers' 'Diligent Search' for Classified Documents at Mar-a-Lago Missed More Than 100  That failure adds to the evidence that Donald Trump or his representatives obstructed the FBI's investigation.  By Jacob Sullum The New Abortion Prohibition Era  We already know what happens when governments try to impose prohibitions: messy, deadly black markets.  By Katherine Mangu-Ward Revenge of the Abortion Voters?  Republicans are losing ground in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.  By Elizabeth Nolan Brown It Wasn't What He Wanted, But Gorbachev Allowed an Evil Empire To Collapse  Alas, the Russians never forgave him.  By Matt Welch FDA Targeting First Amendment Rights of Non-Dairy Milk Sellers  The unconstitutional move comes at the urging of powerful dairy-milk producers’ lobbies.    By Baylen Linnekin How to Reform the FDA  Reimagining pharmaceutical regulation, so it better serves society’s needs by encouraging widespread availability of life-saving drugs at lower prices.   By Geoffrey Lawrence A Simple Way to Increase Competition and Reduce Airfares in the U.S.  Congress should consider relaxing the prohibition on airline cabotage and build on the success of domestic airline deregulation.    By Marc Scribner  California Wants Everybody To Buy an Electric Car, but Its Own Energy Grid Can't Support It Amid a heat wave, warnings were sent out not to recharge electric vehicles during peak hours.  By Scott Shackford   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 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -