Reason Alert: RESTRICT Act, Trump Indictment, Outdated Air Traffic Control, and More

Reason Alert Friday, March 31, 2023     Friday Funnies The future of March Madness brackets. By Joe Heller Friday Movie Review: A Good Person  Gentle on my mind.   By Kurt Loder  Video: Partisan Post-Game  Coaches for Republicans and Democrats take questions from the press.  By Austin Bragg and Andrew Heaton The RESTRICT Act Would Restrict a Lot More Than TikTok  Once again, politicians use popular fears to push for open-ended power.  By J.D. Tuccille  Could the RESTRICT Act Criminalize the Use of VPNs?  Plus: Tariffs create baby formula shortages (again) and more.  By Elizabeth Nolan Brown Banning TikTok Is a Power the Federal Government Doesn't Deserve  Today, TikTok. Tomorrow, who knows?   By Robby Soave  Elon Musk, Andrew Yang, and Steve Wozniak Propose an A.I. 'Pause.' It's a Bad Idea and Won't Work Anyway.  For good and ill, human beings advance through trial and error. The same will be the case with A.I.  By Ronald Bailey  The Government Is Turning Border Surveillance on Everyday Americans  As the government sets its sights on migrants crossing the border, native-born Americans have also come under its watchful eye. By Fiona Harrigan  The Shaky New York Case Against Trump Reeks of Desperation To Punish a Reviled Political Opponent Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is relying on debatable facts and untested legal theories to transform minor misconduct into a felony. By Jacob Sullum   The Problems With Just Getting Guns Out of People's Hands as a Solution to Gun Violence  A new study sees Chicago harassing and arresting people for paperwork violations, damaging their ability to live and work, without demonstrable effect on gun violence.  By Brian Doherty  This Year's Farm Bill Threatens to Be a Bigger Monster Than Ever  The massive legislation embodies all that is wrong with American lawmaking.  By J.D. Tuccille  Nobel Prize–Winning Economist: Democrats Are Committed 'To Spending Other People's Money'  Vernon Smith weighs in on Biden's budget, how government causes inflation, and why bailing out Silicon Valley Bank was a bad idea.  By Nick Gillespie and Justin Zuckerman Congressional Testimony: America’s Outdated Air Traffic Control System The U.S. continues to fall behind peer countries. By Marc Scribner  California Needs To Revise Transit Plans For Today’s Work and Travel Patterns Instead of eliminating fares, California's leaders should improve service for those dependent on transit to meet their daily needs.    By Marc Scribner New York’s Legislature Should Stand Firm Against Gov. Hochul’s Tobacco Prohibition  A similar flavored tobacco ban in Massachusetts has been an epic failure.    By Guy Bentley and Jacob James Rich   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 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -