Reason AlertMonday, November 18, 2024
Friday Funnies
Holiday air travel delays.
By Dave Granlund
Friday Movie Review: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
It might as well have been titled Indiana Jones and the Quest for Cash.
By Peter Suderman
Remy Video: Cold Dead Hands
The only thing being built in this neighborhood is animosity.
By Remy
The Supreme Court Strikes Down Biden's $400 Billion Student Loan Forgiveness Plan
While higher education is too expensive for many students, loan forgiveness does nothing to address the root cause of inflated college tuition.
By Emma Camp
Supreme Court on Affirmative Action: 'Eliminating Racial Discrimination Means Eliminating All of It'
Court rules race-based affirmative action in college admissions violates the 14th Amendment.
Of Course Legacy Admissions Should Follow Affirmative Action to the Grave
There is no reason for public universities to grant preferential treatment to the scions of their alumni.
By Robby Soave
RFK Jr.: The Reason Interview
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on libertarianism, Tulsi Gabbard, conspiracy theories, drugs, guns, free speech, and more.
By Nick Gillespie and Zach Weissmueller
Confidence in Market Principles
Why are some Republicans turning their backs on the free market principles we’ve advocated for generations?
By Mike Pence
Fretting Over Flight Delays? Blame Congress — It Could’ve Fixed the Problem Years Ago
The problem is that the air-traffic control system is the wrong kind of organization to be housed in a federal bureaucracy.
By Robert Poole
Turns Out 'Bidenomics' Means Top-Down Economic Control
Joe Biden's big economic speech is a poor attempt at a branding exercise.
CBO Projects Huge Deficits, $116 Trillion in New Borrowing Over the Next 30 Years
A new report warns of "significant economic and financial consequences" caused by the federal government's reckless borrowing.
By Eric Boehm
Russia Looks Increasingly Medieval After the Coup That Wasn't
Feudal-style squabbling with the control of nuclear weapons at stake.
By J.D. Tuccille
How Other Countries Benefit From America's Dysfunctional Immigration System
The U.S. is keeping talented foreigners away—and failing to retain them.
By Fiona Harrigan
Trump Can't Decide Whether To Free Drug Dealers or Kill Them
His bloody rhetoric undermines his defense of the sentencing reforms he proudly embraced as president.
By Jacob Sullum
The Rebirth of Lowriding in California
Golden State municipalities are finally overturning their anti-cruising ordinances.
By Qinling Li and Arthur Nazaryan