Coronavirus Epidemic May Be Slowed by Warm and Humid Weather
Will the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 recede as the weather warms up, as flu viruses often do? Maybe so, according to a preliminary study by Chinese researchers. That would be …
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Price-Gouging Laws Will Do More Harm Than Good During the Coronavirus Pandemic
In response to surging prices for items that Americans are snapping up to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, politicians themselves are peddling policies that will prove expensive for the people …
Today in Supreme Court History: March 16, 1925
3/16/25: Pierce v. Society of Sisters argued. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV5wvsSRAoE?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, …
This Ohio Town Dissolved Itself Over a 1 Percent Tax Increase
When the Ohio village known as Amelia voted to dissolve its government last year, The New York Times seemed bewildered and a little alarmed. The paper acknowledged that it isn’t exactly unprecedented …
Brickbat: Dour Scots
Destiny Church had booked Edinburgh, Scotland’s city-owned Usher Hall for a conference on growing church membership that would have featured American minister Larry Stockstill. Stockstill is founder of the Surge …
Just Had a Very Nice Drinks-with-Friends Get-Together Via Zoom
I found the Zoom Gallery View was a good medium for this, and without any unusual audio and video tech (though perhaps good headphones and microphones would have made it …
When Should Lay Voters Defer to the Views of Scientists?
In the midst of the current crisis over the coronavirus pandemic, we often face decisions about the extent to which we—as ordinary citizens and voters with little or no scientific …
Social Distancing Dramatically Improved the Democratic Debate
In an effort to help slow the spread of COVID-19, organizers of Sunday night’s Democratic debate between former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I–Vt.) decided to forego …
“Working from Home During a Global Pandemic Bingo”
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Trump Gets What He Wants as Federal Reserve Interest Rate Target Drops to Zero
The Federal Reserve announced Sunday afternoon that it will shift its target interest rate to the zero to 0.25 range, as well as launching a new shades-of-2008 phase of “quantitative …