Reason Michael, Will, Orin, and I will enjoy a couple of drinks and talk about what’s been going on—perhaps about constitutional law in time of epidemics, force majeure clauses in contracts, …
The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) confirmed late Saturday night that a federal inmate has died from COVID-19—the first known death of an inmate in the federal prison system. Reuters reports …
Writers in the Washington Post and the New York Times now agree with many other sources that masks may be useful in combatting COVID-19, perhaps because masks reduce the probability that the wearer will …
3/29/1937: West Coast Hotel v. Parrish decided. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zD8jbD9l8p0?feature=oembed&w=500&h=281] ReasonFounded in 1968, Reason is the magazine of free minds and free markets. We produce hard-hitting independent journalism on civil liberties, …
In early January, the United States took out Iran’s top military leader, Gen. Qassem Soleimani, as he passed through Iraq. President Donald Trump’s decision to order the killing of a …
Every day in the developed world, about 20 to 30 people out of every million die. (The typical yearly death rate is about 7.5 to 10.5 per thousand, depending on …
See here, which lists “[w]orkers supporting the operation of firearm or ammunition product manufacturers, retailers, importers, distributors, and shooting ranges,” but prefaces all the categories (not just the gun-related ones) …
I’ve Zoomed a decent amount with students and friends, but I haven’t tried putting together something like this. In a sense, it would be like something at a conference—three or …
Are you seeing friends and family using Zoom or some such application? Which one, and how is it working out technically? Have you found some tricks to making it work …
See here for more; here’s an excerpt: The saga begins with a faculty association at the University of California at Santa Barbara, which heard about a potential problem with the …