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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