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TSA PreCheck costs $80 for five years, hardly a driver of social inequity. Nobel laureate Vernon Smith explains how airline deregulation gave rise to 'different lines' for passengers--and made flying a common mode of travel in reach of regular Americans.

TSA PreCheck costs $80 for five years, hardly a driver of social inequity. Nobel laureate Vernon Smith explains how airline deregulation gave rise to 'different lines' for passengers--and made flying a common mode of travel in reach of regular Americans.

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Happy 250th. Watch this incredible, psychedelic film created by Vince Collins for the Bicentennial. This is about the greatest film any government anywhere ever produced. Background: 'This animated film provides a short, impressionistic history of the U.S. through famous American symbols, including the Statue of Liberty; the Woodstock logo; the Liberty Bell; and Mt. Rushmore. The symbols are layered on top of each other, as can be seen from a bald eagle hatching from a red, white, and blue egg and flying past the American Gothic farmers, the U.S. Capitol building, the Golden Gate Bridge, Abraham Lincoln’s cabin, and an American bison. The film was directed by Vince Collins. This item was produced or created in 1975. The creator compiled or maintained the parent series, Moving Images Relating to U.S. Domestic and International Activities, between 1982–1999.'

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'We need more Republicans who are in power now to say, you know what, the government should not be buying shares of companies.' Jared Polis is right. The Trump admin has muscled into at least 20 companies in a way unimaginable under Dems. Socialism is bad for America.

'We need more Republicans who are in power now to say, you know what, the government should not be buying shares of companies.' Jared Polis is right. The Trump admin has muscled into at least 20 companies in a way unimaginable under Dems. Socialism is bad for America.

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Donald Sutherland, RIP. My favorite role of his is Sgt. Oddball in the strange and wonderful Kelly's Heroes: 'I'm drinking wine and eating cheese and catching some rays, you know.' My father, who served in Europe in WW2, approved.

Donald Sutherland, RIP. My favorite role of his is Sgt. Oddball in the strange and wonderful Kelly's Heroes: 'I'm drinking wine and eating cheese and catching some rays, you know.' My father, who served in Europe in WW2, approved.

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Is #SCOTUS getting more partisan? Neil Gorsuch tells reason that he'd stack today's court, with abt 40 percent unanimous decisions, against FDR's 1945 model.

Is #SCOTUS getting more partisan? Neil Gorsuch tells reason that he'd stack today's court, with abt 40 percent unanimous decisions, against FDR's 1945 model.

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For those too young to remember, the US airline industry was heavily regulated til the late '70s. It sucked. Here's Nobel laureate economist discussing it with me for reason

For those too young to remember, the US airline industry was heavily regulated til the late '70s. It sucked. Here's Nobel laureate economist discussing it with me for reason

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As a 77-year-old Florida woman is mistakenly issued vulgar vanity license plates, we are reminded yet again that history repeats itself, first as Seinfeld, then as farce. Jerry Seinfeld #assman #thefusillijerry

As a 77-year-old Florida woman is mistakenly issued vulgar vanity license plates, we are reminded yet again that history repeats itself, first as Seinfeld, then as farce. Jerry Seinfeld #assman #thefusillijerry

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A brilliant deconstruction of jingoism & othering, All Quiet on the Western Front was one of the first 'real' novels I read that left me weeping uncontrollably. Same with the 1930 movie. Erich Maria Remarque deeply informed my anti-statism before I had entered high school.

A brilliant deconstruction of jingoism & othering, All Quiet on the Western Front was one of the first 'real' novels I read that left me weeping uncontrollably. Same with the 1930 movie. Erich Maria Remarque deeply informed my anti-statism before I had entered high school.

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RIP Robert Duvall, who played everything from Boo Radley to Tom Hagen to Lonesome Dove's Gus McRae and everything in between. I remember bonding with my own father while watching his unforgettable turn as the monstrous dad in The Great Santini, one of his best films.

RIP Robert Duvall, who played everything from Boo Radley to Tom Hagen to Lonesome Dove's Gus McRae and everything in between. I remember bonding with my own father while watching his unforgettable turn as the monstrous dad in The Great Santini, one of his best films.

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'What I worry about is that we have outsourced, in the conservative movement, our economic and our domestic policy thinking to the libertarians.' JD Vance 2019. Watch Jason Hart supercut of Vance awfulness and read the transcripts. Link in next tweet.

'What I worry about is that we have outsourced, in the conservative movement, our economic and our domestic policy thinking to the libertarians.' JD Vance 2019. Watch Jason Hart supercut of Vance awfulness and read the transcripts. Link in next tweet.

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The #LibertarianMoment UFC edition: 'I love America, I love the Constitution...If you care about your fucking country, read Ludwig von Mises and the six lessons of the Austrian economic school, motherfuckers." #RenatoMoicano #UFC300 #libertarian Via

The #LibertarianMoment UFC edition: 'I love America, I love the Constitution...If you care about your fucking country, read Ludwig von Mises and the six lessons of the Austrian economic school, motherfuckers." #RenatoMoicano #UFC300 #libertarian Via

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This is the single-best documentary I've seen that explains why nuclear power got shut down in America; why that was a understandable mistake based on fear, anxiety, and ideology; and how we can scale up nuclear safely. Via Zach Weissmueller reason

This is the single-best documentary I've seen that explains why nuclear power got shut down in America; why that was a understandable mistake based on fear, anxiety, and ideology; and how we can scale up nuclear safely. Via Zach Weissmueller reason

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'I call that bold talk for a one-eyed fat man!' Before the Robert Duvall RIP talk fades, let me share a snippet of him as Lucky Ned Pepper in True Grit. Just awesome, and less than a decade removed from playing Boo Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird.

'I call that bold talk for a one-eyed fat man!' Before the Robert Duvall RIP talk fades, let me share a snippet of him as Lucky Ned Pepper in True Grit. Just awesome, and less than a decade removed from playing Boo Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird.

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'Sweet dreams, moon pie.' Maybe it's just me, but we need to have a better national conversation about John Houseman being in Rollerball (1975), the absolutely dumbest movie ever made, Kansas City Bomber Meets 2001: A Space Odyssey. Pop culture is *so* much better now!

'Sweet dreams, moon pie.' Maybe it's just me, but we need to have a better national conversation about John Houseman being in Rollerball (1975), the absolutely dumbest movie ever made, Kansas City Bomber Meets 2001: A Space Odyssey. Pop culture is so much better now!

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"The most important statistic that should give people pause about blowing these boats up is that when the Coast Guard boards vessels off of Miami or off of San Diego, 1 in 4 vessels they board does not have drugs." Rand Paul tells me at reason

"The most important statistic that should give people pause about blowing these boats up is that when the Coast Guard boards vessels off of Miami or off of San Diego, 1 in 4 vessels they board does not have drugs." Rand Paul tells me at reason

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"The job is not to be a philosopher king. ... It's to ensure that the people who come before me get the promises of the Constitution," Justice Neil Gorsuch tells me on the latest reason Interview podcast.

"The job is not to be a philosopher king. ... It's to ensure that the people who come before me get the promises of the Constitution," Justice Neil Gorsuch tells me on the latest reason Interview podcast.

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I don't want to be told what it means to be an American---either by woke scolds on the left or blood-and-soil nationalists on the right. Great excerpt from reason Interview with Matt Welch. Link to full show in bio.

I don't want to be told what it means to be an American---either by woke scolds on the left or blood-and-soil nationalists on the right. Great excerpt from reason Interview with Matt Welch. Link to full show in bio.

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If the attacks on AI and data centers as electricity hogs sound familiar, it's because they are: Just a few years ago, exactly the same misguided charges were made against crypto. nicolas, 30 ans & Alex Gladstein 🌋 ⚡ helped debunk that panic. Via reason

If the attacks on AI and data centers as electricity hogs sound familiar, it's because they are: Just a few years ago, exactly the same misguided charges were made against crypto. nicolas, 30 ans & Alex Gladstein 🌋 ⚡ helped debunk that panic. Via reason

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For reason, I talked with Helen Lewis about her new book The Genius Myth: A Curious History of a Dangerous Idea, which I recommend completely--a rich, deep, and powerful analysis of our obsession with galaxybrains past and present. Topics include: 0:00— Introduction 1:36— The Genius Myth 7:20— How dead geniuses fueled national myths 11:30— Thomas Carlyle and the Great Man theory 18:18— Are inventions inevitable? 23:22— Francis Galton and eugenics 33:35— Pro-natalism and declining fertility rates 37:14— William Shockley 48:00— Shakespeare and The Beatles 57:22— Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner, and the gender dimensions of genius 1:03:50— Lewis' Jordan Peterson interview 1:07:18— Germaine Greer and second wave feminism 1:11:05— The gender debate in the UK vs US 1:14:14— Elon Musk's rise and fall? 1:20:57— Do geniuses have second acts?

For reason, I talked with Helen Lewis about her new book The Genius Myth: A Curious History of a Dangerous Idea, which I recommend completely--a rich, deep, and powerful analysis of our obsession with galaxybrains past and present. Topics include: 0:00— Introduction 1:36— The Genius Myth 7:20— How dead geniuses fueled national myths 11:30— Thomas Carlyle and the Great Man theory 18:18— Are inventions inevitable? 23:22— Francis Galton and eugenics 33:35— Pro-natalism and declining fertility rates 37:14— William Shockley 48:00— Shakespeare and The Beatles 57:22— Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner, and the gender dimensions of genius 1:03:50— Lewis' Jordan Peterson interview 1:07:18— Germaine Greer and second wave feminism 1:11:05— The gender debate in the UK vs US 1:14:14— Elon Musk's rise and fall? 1:20:57— Do geniuses have second acts?

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