**Section 230 and the Curse of Politics**
'Gonzalez v. Google' presents the Supreme Court’s first opportunity to weigh in on Section 230.
https://reason.com/2023/02/16/section-230-and-the-curse-of-politics/
**Today in Supreme Court History: February 16, 1833**
2/16/1833: Barron v. City of Baltimore decided.
https://reason.com/volokh/2023/02/16/today-in-supreme-court-history-february-16-1833-4/
**Innovation Drives Down the Cost of Powering Electric Cars**
Americans are increasingly buying electric cars. Electrochemists and their innovations will drive down the cost of powering them.
https://reason.com/2023/02/16/innovation-drives-down-the-cost-of-powering-electric-cars/
**Brickbat: This Isn't What It Looks Like**
During questioning by members of the British Parliament, Air Chief Marshal Sir Mike Wigston apologized to Royal Air Force Group Capt. Lizzy Nicholl, who resigned as head of recruitment after receiving wha…
https://reason.com/2023/02/16/brickbat-this-isnt-what-it-looks-like/
**Thursday Open Thread**
What's on your mind?
https://reason.com/volokh/2023/02/16/thursday-open-thread-123/
**Massachusetts Voters Ended Rent Control Decades Ago. Boston's Mayor Wants To Bring It Back.**
The city's old-school rent control scheme worsened housing quality but had no effect on housing supply. Mayor Michelle Wu's new rent control law will li…
**Bad Schools Aren't Always Underfunded**
"More money can help schools succeed, but not if they fritter those extra resources in unproductive ways," says one researcher.
https://reason.com/2023/02/15/bad-schools-arent-always-underfunded/
**Public Schools Are Failing Students with Disabilities**
A New York Times investigation accidentally makes the case for school choice by detailing how poorly public schools are serving vulnerable students.
https://reason.com/2023/02/15/public-schools-are-failing-students-with-disabilities/
**The Argument That 'America Has Gone Too Far in Legalizing Vice' Ignores the Cost of Prohibition**
Is it just to punish the many for the excesses of the few?
**New Hampshire Gov. Sununu Just Announced a Massive Occupational Licensing Reform**
In a budget address, Gov. Sununu promised legislation to allow some out-of-state licenses, abolish others.
**When in Doubt, Consult the Bible?**
Writer Amity Shlaes had an interesting review of Ken Burns's The U.S. and the Holocaust in City Journal; I have no informed opinion on the review generally, but I was puzzled by one item: It is in the second …
https://reason.com/volokh/2023/02/15/when-in-doubt-consult-the-bible/
**Renegade SEC Commissioner Wants To Save Crypto: Live With Hester Peirce, Nick Gillespie, and Zach Weissmueller**
Join Reason on YouTube and Facebook on Thursday at 1 p.m. ET for a discussion of what the SEC's settlement with crypto giant Kraken m…
**3 Reasons To Abolish Social Security Now!**
The old-age entitlement is unsustainable, unfair, and unnecessary. Replace it with something that helps the needy of any age.
https://reason.com/video/2023/02/15/3-reasons-to-abolish-security-now/
**Dave Cicirelli: Does Selfie Culture Destroy Real Individualism?**
The "interactive artist" inspired by Jack Kirby and Barry Goldwater challenges social media and intellectual conformity.
https://reason.com/podcast/2023/02/15/dave-cicirelli-does-selfie-culture-destroy-real-individualism/
**Insurance Company Not Allowed to Litigate Under the Name of a Stranger**
"Progressive has filed a Motion in Limine seeking to preclude references at trial to Progressive as the named defendant. Progressive contends it would suffer unfair prejudic…
**Lawmakers Use Kid Safety as Excuse To Violate Adults' Rights**
Plus: New York "hate speech" law is likely unconstitutional, FTC Commissioner quits because of chair Lina Khan's antics, and more...
https://reason.com/2023/02/15/lawmakers-use-kid-safety-as-excuse-to-violate-adults-rights/
**Interesting New Contractual Due Process Lawsuit by Former Harvard Business School Professor**
The case, filed by, among others, lawyer and FIRE co-founder Harvey Silverglate, is Edelman v. President & Fellows of Harvard College; an excerpt: Plai…
**"U.S. State Department Funds a Disinformation Index That Warns Advertisers To Avoid Reason"**
Reason's Robby Soave has the details; an excerpt: The Global Disinformation Index (GDI) is a British organization that evaluates news outlets' susceptib…
**The Bogus Controversy Over Nikki Haley Checking "White" on Her Voter Registration Card Resurfaces**
Politico notes that on the one hand, Haley has been leaning into her identity as a Punjabi woman of Sikh heritage (though she is a practicing Chri…
**Court Rejects Lawsuit Against Church for Disclosing Member's 30-Year-Past Touching of 15-Year-Old's Penis**
From Tharp v. Hillcrest Baptist Church of Columbus, decided Dec. 27 by the Ohio Court of Appeals (Judge Keith McGrath, joined by Judges Ju…