Reason magazine - August/September 2023

In this issue

FUTURE - Is Debating Debt Policy Actually Terrorism? - KATHERINE MANGU-WARD.

ECONOMICS - Biden’s Bad Student Loan Math - ERIC BOEHM.

DRUGS - Prohibition Gave Us Tranq-Laced Fentanyl - JACOB SULLUM.

POLITICS - They Are Coming for Your Gas Stove - CHRISTIAN BRITSCHGI

COVID'S MISSING STUDENTS

DURING THE FIRST few months of the COVID-19 pandemic, a staggering number of students went “missing.” Kindergarten enrollment rates dropped, and students already enrolled in classes failed to log in for online learning

2 mins

THEY ARE COMING FOR YOUR GAS STOVE

IN MAY, THE Democrat-controlled New York State Legislature and Gov. Kathy Hochul inked a $229 billion state budget agreement that included a ban on residential gas stoves. By 2029, only electric ranges will be allowed in new residences

1 min

FOSTER-PARENT RED TAPE HURTS FAMILIES AND TAXPAYERS

RULES FOR BECOMING a foster parent are meant to keep kids safe. But many of these rules make it needlessly difficult to find appropriate homes for children whose biological parents are unable to care for them

3 mins

SMALL-TOWN LIFE IS THE ANTI-TWITTER

WHEN I MOVED from New York City to rural northern Arizona, I faced two obstacles: my vocabulary and my manners. Spicy language and brusqueness were normal in the East Village, where I was unlikely to see many faces again. But they were impediments in a sparsely settled place where you run into the same people day after day. Life in a relatively rural area encourages nicer manners, so I learned to rein myself in

3 mins

Inside an Abusive Anti-Porn Camp for Teens

WHY ARE WE SENDING KIDS INTO THE WILDERNESS TO STOP THEM FROM LOOKING AT PORNOGRAPHY?

10+ mins

WHEN TRADE WAR THREATENS REAL WAR

BIDEN IS BLURRING THE LINES BETWEEN ECONOMIC POLICY AND MILITARY ACTION

10+ mins

Liberalism Isn't Rule by Elites

BUT PATRICK DENEEN’S “COMMON-GOOD CONSERVATISM” ALMOST CERTAINLY WOULD BE

10+ mins

THE DEA AT 50

FOR FIVE DECADES, DRUGS HAVE BEEN WINNING THE WAR ON DRUGS

10+ mins

Be Like Pixar, Not NASA

Artificial intelligence poses the most risk when it is embedded in a centralized, tightly coupled organization. But it can facilitate decentralization too

10+ mins

THE TOWN WITHOUT ZONING

CAN CAROLINE, NEW YORK, RESIST THE IMPOSITION OF ITS FIRST-EVER ZONING CODE?

10+ mins

Ben Smith's One Neat Trick for Going Viral

The Semafor editor and former BuzzFeed News editor in chief on the online media explosion of the 2000s

10+ mins

GET YOUR POLITICS OUT OF MY PICKLEBALL

FAULT LINES EMERGE AS GOVERNMENT GETS INVOLVED IN AMERICA’S WEIRDEST, FASTEST-GROWING SPORT

10+ mins

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