The normally liberal writers of Slate have gotten themselves worked up over the ascendant liberal enthusiasm for food policing and other paternalisms. The article is primarily about taxing sugary soda. As a raging Tenther of a libertarian I find this idea ... mostly unobjectionable. I more or less agree with Matt Yglesias on this: you have to raise ( Read more... )

I picked up the 40th anniversary issue of Reason. I forgot how much I really like that magazine. Since it's an anniversary issue, the whole thing sort of had a perspective theme. I learned the magazine had very humble origins, like being started by some undergrad living with his mother or some such. One cool thing I noticed was the integral role ( Read more... )