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Reason
May 2009
Lisa Snell |
Overstimulating K-12 The final version of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 -- a.k.a. "the stimulus bill" -- called for allocating about $115 billion for K-12 education. That's the largest transfer of funds from the federal government to local schools in U.S. history.   |
Reason
May 2009
Radley Balko |
Follow-Up Guantanamo Bay will most likely be shut down before all the legal issues concerning habeas corpus, due process, and the separation of powers are fully resolved. |
Reason
May 2009
Damon W. Root |
Soundbite: The Raw Deal In his provocative new book New Deal or Raw Deal?, Hillsdale College historian Burt Folsom takes aim at the iconic legacy of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. |
Reason
May 2009
Jacob Sullum |
The Indefinite Future of Indefinite Detention President Obama may close Guantanamo, but the policy it represents will continue. |
Reason
May 2009
Veronique de Rugy |
When Do Deficits Matter? While Democrats and Republicans switch sides regarding deficit spending, economists try to pin down a tipping point. |
Reason
May 2009
Flynn & Summers |
Failed States After a long spending binge, governors go begging for a handout. It won't be their last. |
Reason
May 2009
Nick Gillespie |
Will We Be Stimulated? Suspecting that there was more disagreement out there than the president was letting on, reason magazine asked 10 economists what they expect from the stimulus package. The results were not very optimistic. |
Reason
May 2009
Radley Balko |
Blowing the Whistle on the House of Death DEA dissenter Sandy Gonzalez reveals the drug war's complicity in torture and murder south of the border. |
Reason
May 2009
Jesse Walker |
The Politics of Superheroes As the Bush years give way to the Obama era, there will be no shortage of superheroes at the cineplex. Both Iron Man 2 and Spider-Man 4 are in the works, and another Batman picture will surely appear as well. Want a map of the debates of the early 21st century? Watch these comic-book movies. |
Reason
May 2009
Radley Balko |
Briefly Noted: News That Stays News The Freedom Forum-sponsored journalism museum -- complete with a Wolfgang Puck restaurant and a 74-foot marble etching of the First Amendment -- seems a bit ostentatious for an industry purportedly on its death bed. |
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