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California Community Colleges' new teaching standards "mandate viewpoint conformity" and "compel professors to teach and preach the State's perspective," according to a lawsuit called Palsgaard v. Christian, filed by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, or FIRE. JoinReason's Zach Weissmueller and Liz Wolfe this Thursday at 1 p.m. Eastern for a discussion with Jessie Appleby, an attorney with FIRE, and Bill Blanken, a chemistry professor at Reedley College in California and plaintiff who says the standards advanced by the state's community college board amount to "compelled speech" in the classroom. They'll discuss the details of the case, dive into the proposed changes in the classroom, discuss the origins of the "diversity, equity, and inclusion" (DEI) standards that pervade academia and the corporate world, and examine FIRE's other case against Florida's Stop WOKE Act, which prohibits the kind of classroom instruction that California's new standards compel. Sources: Palsgaard v. Christian complaint - https://www.thefire.org/research-learn/palsgaard-v-christian-verified-complaint California Community Colleges DEI curriculum model principles: https://www.thefire.org/research-learn/palsgaard-v-christian-dei-curriculum-model-principles FIRE: The Academic Mind in 2022 - https://www.thefire.org/research-learn/academic-mind-2022-what-faculty-think-about-free-expression-and-academic-freedom Tema Okun: Dismantling White Supremacy Culture - https://www.whitesupremacyculture.info/uploads/4/3/5/7/43579015/okun_-_white_sup_culture.pdf The Intercept: Tema Okun on Her Mythical Paper on White Supremacy: https://theintercept.com/2023/02/03/deconstructed-tema-okun-white-supremacy/

Kamala Harris praised Democrats like Gov. Inslee for big government environmental policies. But thanks to those very programs, Washington state residents pay the highest gas prices in the nation.

Does the trans movement encroach on women? Phrases like “trans women are women,” author Brendan O’Neill says, “looks increasing like an encroachment into the hard won freedoms of womankind.”

MAPS founder Rick Doblin talks about the drug war and the psychedelic renaissance.

In Indiana, police can demand bystanders keep a 25-foot distance while cops perform their duties. One man is suing, saying this violates the First Amendment by preventing citizens from recording and observing police activity.

The former Texas governor on helping veterans with PTSD, increasing legal immigration, and the illegal drug he'd most like to try https://reason.com/video/2023/08/29/rick-perry-the-conservative-case-for-psychedelic-medicine/ _________ In June, I traveled to Denver with Zach Weismueller to cover the Psychedelic Science 2023 conference, which was organized by the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), a group that has been working to gain Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD and related ailments since the late 1980s. That approval is likely to come in the next year. We produced a 30-minute documentary about what is rightly called today's "psychedelic renaissance," or a new flourishing of substances and subcultures that mostly went underground at the end of the 1960s but are now popping up everywhere: in medical research, therapeutic settings, the arts, the workplace, you name it. Watch the documentary here. The most surprising speaker at the conference was Rick Perry, the former Texas governor and Trump administration energy secretary. What in tarnation was a conservative Republican doing on the stage, extolling the virtues of drugs long associated with hippies and '60s counterculture? I sat down with Perry to learn why he believes psychedelics should be legal medicine for veterans and others suffering from PTSD, how to allow more immigrants to come to America lawfully, and why if he were ever to take a psychedelic drug it would be Ibogaine, a notoriously powerful substance made from the bark of an African tree. Photo Credits: Riccardo Savi/Sipa USA/Newscom; Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Newscom; Bob Daemmrich/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom; David Peinado/ZUMA Press/Newscom; Kgjerstad, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Marco Schmidt, CC-BY-SA-2.5, via Wikimedia Commons Music Credits: "The Ride" by Itamar Doari via Artlist

If federal employees wrote "Rich Men North of Richmond" they’d sing about 2PM naps and overstaffing.

A Florida law prohibits teaching materials that “describe sexual conduct” but the law can have unintended consequences which keep students away from classic literature too.

Remy parodies Oliver Anthony’s viral “Rich Men North of Richmond” song.

According to U.S. mainstream media, Argentine presidential candidate Javier Milei is a right-wing populist. Does that characterization stand up to scrutiny? Watch the full replay of Zach Weissmueller's conversation with Argentine economist Eduardo Marty and Guatemalan libertarian activist Gloria Álvarez: youtube.com/watch?v=W8MeyFRv16o

"Since they can't beat our arguments and ideas peacefully, they use the repressive apparatus of the state to try to destroy us," Argentine presidential candidate Javier Milei said during a South American TV interview. Libertarian activist @GloriaAlvarezOficial and economist Eduardo Marty react. Watch the full replay of Zach Weissmueller's conversation with Marty and Álvarez: youtube.com/watch?v=W8MeyFRv16o

"Go to a supermarket. Instead of giving you a price, you need to scan because they are changing the prices all the time," says Argentine economist Eduardo Marty. Watch the full replay of Zach Weissmueller's conversation with Marty and Guatemalan libertarian activist Gloria Álvarez: youtube.com/watch?v=W8MeyFRv16o

Politicians blame everyone except themselves for the rise in drug overdoses. But the real culprit has been government policy all along.

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya talks about how the White House was directly involved with social media censorship during the pandemic.

Life in D.C. isn't all sunshine and Fudge Rounds. Parody of Oliver Anthony's "Rich Men North of Richmond" written and performed by Remy. Watch all of Remy's Reason TV music videos here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL02D02B9A144182DB LYRICS: I've been working till the break of 4:45 I get an automatic raise and I can't be fired Must wait to age 57 till I can retire With an inflation-adjusted pension that somehow keeps going higher Oh, it's a damn shame what the world's come to They want us back in the office on Mondays too Wish I could just wake up and it not be true But it is, oh it is Not living in the real world is a lot harder than you would know Sure I got dental, but it's bad, I go mental 'cuz I had to fill out both of these forms I also see price hikes on necessities I had to purchase my rental in Ocean City Please don't tell anyone, it's so embarrassing The plight of rich men north of Richmond I just sit here a-wasting my whole life away 'Cuz this verification code is taking all day How do you expect me to check my 401(k)? Plus, my Fudge Rounds supplier no longer takes Apple Pay Oh, it's a damn shame what the world's come to It takes one person to do my job, so we have two Wish I could just wake up and it not be true But it is, oh it is Not living in the real world is a lot harder than you would know Sure I got health care, but I get an in-depth scare, only weeks left to open enroll The new guy plays with his pen, he just sits there and snaps How am I to get in all my 2 p.m. naps? They want us back now on Tuesdays, I just might collapse The plight of rich men north of Richmond We're just like you

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya reacts to Dr. Fauci’s deposition where he called the Great Barrington Declaration “dangerous.”

Self-described libertarian Javier Milei surprised the world in Argentina's presidential open primary election last week by finishing first with 30 percent of the vote ahead of candidates for the country's dominant left- and right-wing parties. Milei, the figurehead for La Libertad Avanza party is an Austrian economist and has called himself an anarchocapitalist and made a name for his fiery media appearances excoriating Argentina's "political caste" of "parasites." He's pledged to end the Argentina's central bank and dollarize the economy, privatize its social services, cut taxes, create education vouchers and abolish the health, education and environmental ministries. His opponents and many in the media have repeatedly described him as "far right" and "a new Trump." Latin American political analyst Daniel Raisbeck, on the other hand, paints a more nuanced picture and warns pundits not to "confuse Javier Milei with Jair Bolsanaro." Join Reason's Zach Weissmueller this Thursday at 1 p.m. Eastern for a conversation with author and radio and TV host Gloria Alvarez and Argentine economist Eduardo Marty to discuss the election, Milei's chances of victory in a country experiencing triple digit inflation, the culture war he's fighting in Argentina, and what his rise says for the prospects of libertarian ideas in Latin America. Watch the stream on Reason's YouTube channel or on Facebook. Sources referenced in this conversation: Argentina 2023 Primary Results: https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2023-argentina-election/ WaPo: Who is Javier Milei, Argentina's right-wing presidential front-runner? https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/08/14/javier-milei-argentina-presidential-election/ Opina Argentina: Libertarians make inroads in Argentina—https://country.eiu.com/article.aspx?articleid=462085029&subtopic_1 Milei: My alignment with Trump and Bolsonaro is almost natural—https://www.infobae.com/politica/2021/09/29/la-entrevista-de-javier-milei-a-la-prensa-de-brasil-mi-alineamiento-con-bolsonaro-y-trump-es-casi-natural/ Bloomberg: Milei's proposals for Argentina—https://www.infobae.com/politica/2021/09/29/la-entrevista-de-javier-milei-a-la-prensa-de-brasil-mi-alineamiento-con-bolsonaro-y-trump-es-casi-natural/ El Pais: What's in Javier Milei's head? https://elpais.com/argentina/2023-08-15/que-tiene-javier-milei-en-la-cabeza.html Daniel Raisbeck: Argentina should dollarize pronto—https://www.cato.org/briefing-paper/argentina-should-dollarize-pronto

Jason Aldean's controversial song "Try That in a Small Town" shot to No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart. Remy wants in on the action.

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya says Dr. Fauci’s lockdown strategies caused tremendous damage to the poor, children, and the working class.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez may be a self-described democratic socialist, but when it comes to the Food and Drug Administration’s overregulation—a nontrivial issue—she sounds a lot like a libertarian.

Reason's Nick Gillespie talked with MAPS founder Rick Doblin about the imminent FDA approval of MDMA- and psilocybin-assisted therapy at the Psychedelic Science. https://reason.com/video/2023/08/23/rick-doblin-welcome-to-the-psychedelic-20s/ ____________ "Welcome to the psychedelic '20s!"Rick Doblin, founder of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, or MAPS, proclaimed in his keynote speech to open the Psychedelic Science 2023 conference. At the event organized by MAPS in Denver this June, a reported 13,000 people gathered to talk about what seemed like every possible topic related to the productive use of these substances. Founded in the late 1980s, MAPS has spent decades working to get approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD and related conditions. The payoff for those decades of work are coming to fruition. The FDA is expected to approve therapy using psilocybin—the psychoactive ingredients in magic mushrooms—and MDMA—the drug also known as ecstasy and molly. And Oregon and Colorado have decriminalized the recreational use of plant-based psychedelics. Watch Nick Gillespie's full interview with Doblin, which was featured in Reason's 32-minute documentary on the psychedelic renaissance, discussing the long path to FDA approval and what comes next in the world of psychedelic legalization.

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya says Dr. Fauci’s comment about “contradicting science” shows he shouldn’t be trusted.

“The Western creditors are dealing drugs to largely unaccountable governments and authoritarian countries,” says Alex Gladstein, chief strategy officer for The Human Rights Foundation.

Corey DeAngelis of the American Federation for Children debates libertarian author Stephan Kinsella. ------ Education activist Corey DeAngelis and attorney Stephan Kinsella debate the resolution, "Today's school-choice movement in the U.S. is worthy of support by libertarians." Taking the affirmative is Corey DeAngelis, a senior fellow at the American Federation for Children. He is also the executive director at Educational Freedom Institute, an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute, a senior fellow at Reason Foundation, and a board member at Liberty Justice Center. He was named on the Forbes 30 under 30 list for his work on education policy and received the Buckley Award from America's Future in 2020. Taking the negative is Stephan Kinsella, a libertarian writer and patent attorney. He was previously general counsel for Applied Optoelectronics, Inc., and an adjunct law professor at South Texas College of Law Houston. His publications include Against Intellectual Property, International Investment, Political Risk, and Dispute Resolution, and a forthcoming book Legal Foundations of a Free Society. The debate was held at New York City's Sheen Center and hosted byThe Soho Forum, which receives fiscal sponsorship from Reason Foundation, the nonprofit that publishesReason.

A new Texas law on so-called “drag bans” will have unintended consequences, like making Elvis impersonation illegal.