KingsleyVanityPress Sacrebleuballs69 You can’t say government is OK/powerful enough to micromanage dumb shit like this in ways you like but not in ways you don’t like. It’s neither or both in non-authoritarian countries

If public health regulators were in charge of highwayspeed limits, we would be required to drive slower than 10 mph and be fined for doing 11.

The perfect fusion of spirituality, politics, and media.

'[Gay's] acknowledgements were plagiarized.'

rustbeltjacobin 🌹 I was also the cartoonist, I won't lie about it. Later, after a fateful day with Hunter Thompson, I did primitive cartoons for the SDSU Daily Aztec. One of life's lost paths.

Jennifer Haubein You seem to be confused about whether Reason has covered Vivek before. This is not the single piece of coverage of Vivek that we have ever had. Nor is it the single time Matt Welch has engaged w him––he interviewed him for Fifth Column a few months ago.

Former NIH Director Francis Collins says ignoring the 'collateral damage' inflicted by COVID-19 policies was 'really unfortunate.' That disastrous mistake ilustrates the folly of attaching 'infinite value' to a life saved by government regulation. reason.com/2024/01/03/for…

On the latest @Reason Roundtable podcast, one of my 2024 predictions is this will be the year bitcoin fully entrenches itself in the mainstream financial system.

Unfortunately, I may have to quickly backtrack upon learning that Jim Cramer agrees. reason.com/podcast/2024/0…

Another lesson to learn from us in California is this: no matter how much you surrender, it will never be enough.

Think about it, getting a CCW permit is CA is like a gun control wet dream (aside from just not giving permits at all of course).

You apply with high fees, you…

Hannibal Lecter's resignation from the APA highlights new conservative weapon against psychiatry: cannibalism

Consumers don’t usually care who the CEO of a company is, because it is free and easy to take their business elsewhere if they find the quality of the product or service wanting. We should strive for governments where the same is true.

When government—in pursuit of good intentions—tries to rearrange the economy, legislate morality, or help special interests, the costs come in inefficiency, lack of motivation, and a loss of freedom. - Milton Friedman

Do you know who calls public education - not school choice - 'socialism'?

Socialists!

'they benefit from public education, one of the few truly socialized services in this country...'
jacobin.com/2024/01/school…

If socialism bothers you, you oppose public schooling.

You’d think nothing in the article could top the headline, but then you see The Associated Press’s definition of scalping.

Good morning, y'all. Coffee may be full of magic, cosmic truth, and the answer to fundamental ontological riddles of our time, but it's also good. Be like coffee.

Community notes for the win...again.

The conservative establishment’s take on Trump’s malfeasance—namely, that whichever accountability mechanism is *currently* being discussed (impeachment, prosecution, §3) is the wrong one—perfectly mirrors the judiciary’s approach to govt accountability generally. /1

Now protesters call for segregation.

What a world.

Antisemitic, racist, and homophobic in one tweet. Good job, Jake Shields. This has to be a record even for you.