Rand Paul Is Right: Banning TikTok Would Be Idiotic

If you're having trouble viewing this email, you can view it in a browser here. The latest news and analysis from Reason.com Monday, April 3, 2023   Rand Paul Is Right: Banning TikTok Would Be Idiotic Three reasons not to ban the popular social media app. By Robby Soave and John Osterhoudt The Expensive, Seductive Nostalgia of Field of Dreams Why are so many filmgoers and politicians eager to prop up baseball's boondoggles? By Matt Welch Minnesota Taxpayers Could Be Pillaged for $280 Million in Vikings' Stadium Upgrades Taxpayers spent about $500 million to build U.S Bank stadium, which is just seven years old. By Eric Boehm Reparations for Black Residents Would Cost California $800 Billion, Say Economists This total is 2.5 times the state's annual budget. By Liz Wolfe Diehard Prohibitionist Mitch McConnell's State Just Became the 38th To Approve Medical Marijuana Under the new Kentucky law, state-licensed dispensaries will begin serving qualifying patients in 2025. By Jacob Sullum Debate: Artificial Intelligence Should Be Regulated Is an A.I. "foom" even possible? By Ronald Bailey and Robin Hanson What Are the Bots Doing to Art? The same thing tech has always done. By Crispin Sartwell Conservative Florida Lawmakers Want To Expand LGBT Censorship to Charter Schools New bill makes a mockery of parents’ rights, school choice, and educational freedom. By Scott Shackford Comic: Maria Montessori and the Freedom To Learn Maria Montessori valued independence and experimentation in a time of authoritarianism. By Peter Bagge The Morally Funky Math of Homeowner Handouts The rich are getting richer under the Inflation Reduction Act. By Mike Riggs Police Traveled 500 Miles To Seize Girl's Pet Goat for Slaughter A 9-year-old backed out of a deal to sell her pet goat for slaughter. Local officials and sheriff's deputies used the power of the state to force her to go through with it. By Joe Lancaster Image credit: Lex Villena; Yshevchuk0206, Greg Nash / Pool via CNP / SplashNews/Newscom Donate Reason Foundation 5737 Mesmer Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90230, USA Privacy Policy   Manage Your Preferences Unsubscribe