Reason Alert: Ukraine, Section 230, Defamation Law, Train Derailment, and More

Reason Alert Friday, February 24, 2023     Friday Funnies Appliance shopping. By Steve Kelley The War in Ukraine Has No End in Sight  After one year, whatever morale boost President Biden’s visit provided won’t necessarily have concrete, strategic effects in Ukraine.   By Bonnie Kristian The Ukraine War May Engulf the World  It's possible to be deeply sympathetic to Ukraine, and also to worry where this is going. By J.D. Tuccille  Free Immigration Is a Core American Value  Just consider the policies that the Founding Fathers embraced.  By Fiona Harrigan  Is Ketanji Brown Jackson a Greater Threat to Big Tech Than Clarence Thomas?  The Supreme Court’s newest member weighs in on the meaning of Section 230 in Gonzalez v. Google.  By Damon Root Facebook Says Noting the CDC's Scientific Misrepresentations 'Could Mislead People'  The social media site slapped a warning on a column in which I criticized the CDC for exaggerating the evidence supporting mask mandates. By Jacob Sullum Lou Dobbs Is the Main Obstacle to Fox's Defamation Defense  The Fox Business host stood out as a champion of the baroque conspiracy theory that implicated Dominion Voting Systems in election fraud. By Jacob Sullum Ron DeSantis Wants To Rewrite Defamation Law  "The bill is an aggressive and blatantly unconstitutional attempt to rewrite defamation law in a manner that protects the powerful from criticism by journalists and the public," said one attorney.  By Emma Camp Podcast: National Divorce? A Soho Forum Debate Is breaking up the U.S. a good idea? Law professor F.H. Buckley and Libertarian Party activist Jonathan Casey debate.  By Gene Epstein Paul Krugman Says Social Security Is Sustainable. It's Really Not.  Krugman sees benefit cuts as "a choice" but believes that implementing a massive tax increase on American employers and workers would be "of course" no big deal.  By Eric Boehm  New NTSB Report Highlights Useless, Premature Regulatory Push After East Palestine Derailment  Plus: Gavin Newsom's plan to cap oil company profits collides with reality, and more.   By Christian Britschgi Airlines and FAA Ignored Rules After Near Misses on Runways Plus: Junk fees in Congress and more in the latest Aviation Policy Newsletter.  By Robert Poole  Funding Education Opportunity: Examining Public School Enrollment Losses  Plus: Education legislation moving in several states, and more.  By Jude Schwalbach Arkansas Could Be the 12th State To Enact a Robust Open Enrollment Law  The LEARNS Act would provide universal school choice for all Arkansas families by 2026.    By Jude Schwalbach  Three Common Mistakes In Cannabis Legalization Proposals This Year  More than a dozen states are currently considering legalizing medical marijuana or adult-use cannabis.   By Geoffrey Lawrence    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 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -