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09:42:55 01/17/13
The War on Fast Food: Can a DC Suburb Fight Fat with Zoning?
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The War on Fast Food: Can a DC Suburb Fight Fat with Zoning?
Maryland's Prince George's County has the highest obesity rates in the Washington, DC area. Now the county council is considering a bill that would give it zoning authority to keep new fast food eateries out of its jurisdiction. But is tackling obesity as easy as keeping cheeseburgers and fries out of people's hands? The author of the bill, Karen Toles, thinks so and tells Reason she's just trying to hold fast-food restaurants accountable for "preying" on her constituents. The Center for Consumer Freedom's Justin Wilson says the bill violates the rights of customers and businessmen and argues that "obesity is far more complicated than blaming...one single industry." The bill's worst enemy maybe Prince George's itself: The county recently loaned $300000 to a local businessman so he could open up two new Little Caesars pizza restaurants. The bill is scheduled for a vote later this year. About 2.30 minutes. Produced by Joshua Swain and hosted by Kennedy. Go to reason.tv for downloadable versions and subscribe to Reason TV's YouTube channel to get automatic notifications when new material goes live From: ReasonTV Views: 6331 240 ratings Time: 02:30 More in News & Politics
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09:34:33 01/16/13
Gay Marriage, Drunk Driving, and Property Rights: 3 Supreme Court Cases to Watch in 2013
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Gay Marriage, Drunk Driving, and Property Rights: 3 Supreme Court Cases to Watch in 2013
The Supreme Court is back in session with major decisions coming on gay marriage, the limits of police power during drunk driving investigations, and the rights of property owners to develop their land. How are the justices expected to rule in these cases and what are the likely implications of their decisions? Reason.com Managing Editor Damon Root sat down with Reason TV's Nick Gillespie to talk about the cases to watch in the Supreme Court's current session. Shot by Amanda Winkler and Meredith Bragg; edited by Bragg. Approximately 7.45. Visit reason.com for downloadable versions and subscribe to Reason TV's YouTube channel to receive automatic updates when new material goes live. From: ReasonTV Views: 7713 172 ratings Time: 07:47 More in News & Politics
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06:29:34 01/15/13
Q&A: Eyal Press on Beautiful Souls, Nonconformists Who Stand Up to Power
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Q%A: Eyal Press on Beautiful Souls, Nonconformists Who Stand Up to Power
"We think of Germans and how could they have followed orders? In fact, we all follow orders most of the time," says Eyal Press, author of the book Beautiful Souls: Saying No, Breaking Ranks, and Heeding the Voice of Conscience in Dark Times. The book depicts the journeys of ordinary people - a Swiss border guard who broke the law by letting Jewish refugees enter his country during World War Two, an Israeli soldier who refused to serve in the Occupied Territories, and a financial-industry whistleblower - who risk everything to defy authority, groupthink, and the status quo in order to do what's right. Press talked with Reason TV's Anthony L. Fisher about the lack of a "Hollywood ending" for the brave subjects of his book, and how the notorious Milgram Experiment is not as bleak a depiction of man's tendency to blindly follow cruel orders as it is frequently understood to be. About 5 minutes. Produced by Anthony L. Fisher. Camera by Jim Epstein. Visit www.reason.com for links and downloadable versions. Subscribe to Reason TV's YouTube channel to get automatic notifications when new material goes live. From: ReasonTV Views: 4506 152 ratings Time: 05:01 More in News & Politics
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10:06:44 01/14/13
Information Liberated: Jeffrey Tucker on How Digital Media Subverts Government Power
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Information Liberated: Jeffrey Tucker on How Digital Media Subverts Government Power
"We're all standing in front of this mountain and it's called 'government' and we don't know what to do with it," says Jeffrey Tucker, who's the executive editor of Laissez Faire Books and a former vice president at the Ludwig von Mises Institute. "But some very creative people in the private sector have figured how to dig underneath it, go around it, scale it with special new tools, and that's how I think of digital media." Reason magazine's Matt Welch sat down with Tucker at FreedomFest 2012 to discuss his new book, No More Gatekeepers: How to Create Your Own Civilization in the Digital Age, which looks at how digital media empowers individuals and subverts government power. Held each July in Las Vegas, FreedomFest is attended by around 2000 limited-government enthusiasts and libertarians a year. Reason TV spoke with over two dozen speakers and attendees. To see a complete playlist of interviews from FreedomFest 2012, go here now: www.youtube.com About 6 minutes. Camera by Tracy Oppenheimer and Alex Manning; edited by Jim Epstein. Go to Reason.tv for downloadable versions and subscribe to Reason TV's YouTube channel to receive automatic updates when new material goes live. From: ReasonTV Views: 10209 350 ratings Time: 05:59 More in News & Politics
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12:39:35 01/11/13
The Problem with Hurricane Sandy Aid
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The Problem with Hurricane Sandy Aid
Red Hook, Brooklyn - When Hurricane Sandy slammed the East Coast last fall, the"frankenstorm" blazed a trail of destruction and even death. Here in Red Hook Brooklyn, waist-high floods destroyed the ground floor of practically every building in sight. Residents in this public housing project went without electricity for two weeks. Now things are getting even messier. New York and New Jersey pols are demanding that taxpayers who have never even been east of the Mississippi River pick up 100 percent of cleanup costs. Congress has signed off on $9 billion in Sandy-related insurance payments and will vote on as much as $50 billion more in aid by January 15. The truth of the matter -- and I say this as a resident of earthquake-prone southern California -- is that New York, New Jersey and everywhere else would be better off without any federal funds rushing to the rescue. Like a quick fix for a junky, this money -- including super-subsidized flood insurance - simply allows a rotten situation to keep on keeping on. Consider the effect on New York City's mass transit system, which will get billions of relief dollars in the wake of Sandy. Who in their right mind would give the transit authority more federal disaster money? The tax dollars it got after the 9/11 attacks resulted in some of the biggest boondoggles in recent memory -including a $3.4 billion dollar World Trade Center Transit Hub and a $1.4 billion dollar Fulton Street Transit Center. While we don't yet know the final ... From: ReasonTV Views: 10013 397 ratings Time: 02:09 More in News & Politics
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05:10:02 01/10/13
5 Facts About Guns, Schools, & Violence
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5 Facts About Guns, Schools, & Violence
In the wake of December's horrific mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, Vice President Joe Biden is chairing a panel of experts that will make gun-control recommendations to President Barack Obama by the end of the month. The president has said that enacting new restrictions on guns will be one of his highest priorities. No one wants to ever again see anything like the senseless slaughter of 26 people -- including 20 children - at a school. But as legislators turn toward creating new gun laws, here are five facts they need to know. 1. Violent crime -- including violent crime using guns -- has dropped massively over the past 20 years. The violent crime rate - which includes murder, rape, and beatings - is half of what it was in the early 1990s. And the violent crime rate involving the use of weapons has also declined at a similar pace. 2. Mass shootings have not increased in recent years. Despite terrifying events like Sandy Hook or last summer's theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado, mass shootings are not becoming more frequent. "There is no pattern, there is no increase," says criminologist James Allen Fox of Northeastern University, who studies the issue. Other data shows that mass killings peaked in 1929. 3. Schools are getting safer. Across the board, schools are less dangerous than they used be. Over the past 20 years, the rate of theft per 1000 students dropped from 101 to 18. For violent crime, the victimization rate per 1000 ... From: ReasonTV Views: 118494 3089 ratings Time: 02:27 More in News & Politics
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08:19:19 01/09/13
Joe Kennedy: Not a Bootlegger or a Nazi, But a Hardcore Non-Interventionist
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Joe Kennedy: Not a Bootlegger or a Nazi, But a Hardcore Non-Interventionist
"He's Zelig, he's everywhere - from World War I to World War II to the Cold War to the New Frontier," says David Nasaw, author of the The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy. "If you look at the world the way [Kennedy] looks at it, your understanding of 20th Century American history is enormously expanded." Nasaw, a professor of history at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, spoke with Reason TV's Nick Gillespie about his best-selling biography of the father of JFK, RFK, and Teddy Kennedy. Nasaw argues that Kennedy, who served as the American ambassador to Great Britain during World War II, was never pro-Nazi but was consistently against military intervention even during the Cold War. And to the disappointment of Kennedy haters everywhere, Nasaw debunks the myth that Joe made a fortune via bootlegging during Prohibition. In fact, those stories about Kennedy Sr., who passed multiple security checks by the FBI while serving multiple presidents, only surfaced in the late '60s when JFK assassination buffs tried to tie the family to the mob. About 8 minutes. Produced by Anthony L. Fisher. Camera by Jim Epstein and Fisher. Visit www.reason.com for links and downloadable versions. Subscribe to Reason TV's YouTube channel to get automatic notifications when new material goes live. From: ReasonTV Views: 6859 151 ratings Time: 08:03 More in News & Politics
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09:25:42 01/08/13
Awesome at 85: Block Island's Mary Donnelly and the Power of Private Charity
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Awesome at 85: Block Island's Mary Donnelly and the Power of Private Charity
"The fact that the Mary D Fund can take care of people, it's an amazing privilege," said Mary Donnelly of Block Island, a small community located 13 miles off the coast of Rhode Island. Donnelly is the island's state nurse and administrator of the Mary D Fund, a charity she created to provide year-round residents with much needed financial help during the harsh winter months. Last year, the 85-year-old mother of seven gave grants totaling $50000 to roughly 30 percent of the island's 1000 residents. Donnelly has paid bills as big as a mortgage and as small as a ferry ticket to the mainland. Recipients must meet three requirements: They must be year-round residents of Block Island, they must request the help in person or by letter, and they must give Donnelly the actual bill to pay. She also tells them "they have to take a money-management course" to help mininmize future financial squeezes. Donnelly says that she was moved when, after recently giving someone a small check, "they returned it, saying they realized other people would need it more than them." The charity takes no government money, relying instead on individual donations and grants. By not taking taxpayer money or having government oversight, Donnelly says she is able to better manage where the money goes. In an America that is struggling economically, bailing out whole industries, and dead-set on implementing a government-run health care system, Donnelly is an inspiring figure who can teach us a lot about how ... From: ReasonTV Views: 3742 249 ratings Time: 03:24 More in News & Politics
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19:44:37 01/07/13
Feds Sentence Aaron Sandusky to 10 Years for Medical Marijuana
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Feds Sentence Aaron Sandusky to 10 Years for Medical Marijuana
The "FREE AARON SANDUSKY PETITION" is available here: wh.gov Medical marijuana dispensary owner Aaron Sandusky was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Monday after being convicted of two felonies related to the production and distribution of marijuana in October 2012. Reason TV previously has covered Sandusky's case in great detail here. "Aaron was in full compliance with California law, but the federal government says that California law is irrelevant," said Sandusky's lawyer Roger Diamond. Diamond is filing an appeal on Sandusky's behalf and hopes to take the case to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Judge Percy Anderson presided over Sandusky's case and used the sentencing hearing as an opportunity to lecture the defendant on the "rule of law." "I'm going to take a stand for the rule of law, is what I'm going to do in this case," Anderson said. He also mentioned that he found "disturbing" Sandusky's "refusal to take responsibility" for his lawbreaking activities and that Sandusky had proven that he was "incapable or unwilling" to conform with the law or norms of society. "He's kind of lost his way about what's right and what's wrong--his moral compass," Anderson said. Sandusky also spoke in court, but he did not express any remorse for providing medical marijuana to willing customers within the legal framework established by the state of California. Instead, he apologized to the business partners who had been indicted alongside him (they all pled out), their families ... From: ReasonTV Views: 23768 402 ratings Time: 03:53 More in Film & Animation
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13:36:35 01/07/13
Lanny Ebenstein: The Indispensable Milton Friedman
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Lanny Ebenstein: The Indispensable Milton Friedman
"As much as he was a great public intellectual, a great scholar, he was also a great teacher," Lanny Ebenstein says about the subject of his new book, The Indispensable Milton Friedman: Essays on Politics and Economics. Ebenstein's collection of neglected articles, interviews, and lectures provides fresh insight as to why, even six years after his death, the Nobel Prize-winning economist continues to be revered around the world. Spanning six decades of thought, Ebenstein's book shows how Milton Friedman, more than any other economist, transformed the national debate about capitalism in the second half of the 20th century. Rising to prominence when Keynesianism and five-year plans had become mainstream around the world, Friedman's persuasive arguments for individual liberty pushed against the current. From his advocacy of school vouchers, to a contemporary, free-market solution to our healthcare crisis, his perspective on world events remain as compelling today as ever. Would Friedman have supported the Federal Reserve's stimulative policy as a proper response to our recessionary times? How should our economy react to the imminent retirement of the Baby Boom generation? Lanny Ebenstein recently sat down with ReasonTV's Nick Gillespie to answer these questions and discuss Friedman's enduring legacy as a scholar, teacher, and public intellectual. About five minutes and forty seconds long. Camera by Josh Swain and Zach Weissmueller. Edited by Todd Krainin. Go to reason.com ... From: ReasonTV Views: 5329 175 ratings Time: 05:39 More in News & Politics
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09:50:44 01/04/13
Ying Ma on Life Under Mao and China's Economic Miracle
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Ying Ma on Life Under Mao and China's Economic Miracle
"For a long time, people were not allowed to have dogs in the city, because that was also a capitalist indulgence," says Ying Ma, author of the memoir Chinese Girl in the Ghetto, which chronicles her childhood in China's final days of communism. Ma's family lived through the crumbling of Maoism and the rise of economic liberalism, and talked with Reason TV about the dramatic changes that Chinese citizens saw in their everyday lives. "For the first time, people got to choose where to work. For the first time, they got to choose where to live. For the first time, they actually got to choose what to buy on the market," says Ma. Ma also discusses the future of the Chinese economy and explains why pundits like Thomas Friedman are mistaken to laud China's continued authoritarian rule. About 8 minutes. Interview by Nick Gillespie. Edited by Zach Weissmueller. Shot by Josh Swain and Weissmueller. Visit reason.com for downloadable versions, and subscribe to Reason TV's YouTube Channel to receive immediate updates when new material goes live. From: ReasonTV Views: 8270 345 ratings Time: 07:52 More in News & Politics
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07:05:59 01/03/13
38 Studios: Curt Schilling's Crony Capitalism Debacle
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38 Studios: Curt Schilling's Crony Capitalism Debacle
The 2012 bankruptcy of Rhode Island-based video-game developer 38 Studios isn't just a sad tale of a start-up tech company falling victim to the vagaries of a rough economy. It is a completely predictable story of crony capitalism, featuring star-struck legislators and the hubris of a larger-than-life athlete completely unprepared to compete in business. Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling, an iconic figure in New England after anchoring a historic playoff comeback which ended a legendary 86-year title drought, founded 38 Studios near the end of his baseball career in the hopes of becoming a big shot in the intensely competitive multi-player gaming world. Since 2006, Schilling invested millions of his own fortune into 38 Studios, and with the self-assured bravado he exhibited as a major league baseball player, set out to find investors to infuse his company with the roughly $50 million needed to complete 38 Studios' first game. Although Schilling is the kind of local legend who could get a meeting with every venture capitalist in New England, Massachussets VCs passed on 38 Studios. WPRI-TV's Ted Nesi reported that one such potential investor said "it would have taken a lot of babysitting to do a deal with Schilling because he was inexperienced and the management was inexperienced." Enter Gov. Donald Carcieri (RR.I.), term-limited and searching for a legacy after presiding over one of the worst state economies in the US, featuring long spells of double-digit ... From: ReasonTV Views: 29931 389 ratings Time: 07:03 More in News & Politics
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10:06:51 01/02/13
Sex, Lies, Jazz: Feb. Reason Preview w Matt Welch and Kennedy
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Sex, Lies, Jazz: Feb. Reason Preview w Matt Welch and Kennedy
Reason TV's Kennedy sits down with Matt Welch to find out what's in the new edition of the nation's only magazine of "Free Minds and Free Markets." The February 2013 issue is on newsstands now (go here to subscribe now for just $14.97 a year). Welch's cover story, "The 'Truth' Hurts," takes aim at ideologically motivated "fact-checking" by supposedly objective journalists. In the "War on Sex Workers," Melissa Gira Grant exposes an unholy alliance of feminists, cops, and conservatives hell-bent on stopping prostitution. "Show Me Your License, Daddy-O," by Chris Kjorness, recalls a time in New York City when jazz greats such as Charlie Parker and hip comics such as Lenny Bruce were barred from performing in Gotham's clubs. A year's subscription to the print edition of Reason costs $14.97 (the discount grows with multi-year subscriptions). Subscribers get the mag weeks before any of the material shows up online. About 3 minutes long. Produced by Todd Krainin. Camera by Krainin and Amanda Winkler. Scroll below for downloadable versions and sign up at Reason TV's YouTube channel to receive automatic notification when new material goes live. From: ReasonTV Views: 4658 145 ratings Time: 03:02 More in News & Politics
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10:24:18 12/28/12
Craig Whitney on Living With Guns: A Liberal's Case for the Second Amendment
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Craig Whitney on Living With Guns: A Liberal's Case for the Second Amendment
"A lot of our gun control measures are aimed at people who would obey the law and get the permits. How does keeping me or you from having a gun really control gun violence in Washington or New York City?" asks Craig R. Whitney, a former New York Times journalist and author of the new book, Living with Guns: A Liberal's Case for the Second Amendment. From the earliest settlement at Jamestown to the renewed debate over so-called assault weapons in the wake of the Sandy Hook school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, gun control has always been contentious. The earliest limitations on gun possession in early America were explicitly racist against blacks and modern gun control was aimed squarely at urban-dwelling Italian immigrants and others who supposedly suffered from poor impulse control. In the aftermath of the Sandy Hook shooting, advocates of gun control are pushing for renewed bans on various sorts of weapons and greater exclusions based on mental illness. At the same time, the National Rifle Association is pushing for armed guards at every school in the country and excoriating violent entertainment. Neither side seems interested in taking a measured look at what policies actually work to secure rights and decrease violent crime. Whitney sat down before the Newtown shooting to talk with Reason's Nick Gillespie about why liberals should defend the Second Amendment, why gun-related violence has declined over the past 20 years even as gun ownership has increased, his most ... From: ReasonTV Views: 22456 470 ratings Time: 07:06 More in News & Politics
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09:52:58 12/27/12
I, Tomato: Morning Star's Radical Approach to Management
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I, Tomato: Morning Star's Radical Approach to Management
The Morning Star Company, which handles 40 percent of California's processed tomato crop, is the largest tomato processing company in the world. That's impressive, but the most unique thing about Morning Star is that it has no managers. Instead, Morning Star embraces an approach they call "self-management." As Paul Green, Jr. of Morning Star's Self-Management Institute puts it: "Self-management is, at a very very high level, exactly the way you live when you go home from work. We just ask you to keep that hat on when you come to work at Morning Star." In our everyday lives, we don't have bosses telling us which careers or hobbies to pursue. If we want to purchase a car or a home, we don't have to get permission. Sure, we consult with friends and family before making important decisions, but as long as we're prepared to take responsibility for our choices, we're free to do what we want. The same spirit reigns at Morning Star. Employees decide how their skill sets can best help Morning Star succeed and then develop their own lists of roles and responsibilities in collaboration with their colleagues. If Morning Star employees want to purchase new equipment, they don't ask managers for permission. Rather, they discuss potential purchases with colleagues who will be affected by the purchase and, if others with expertise support the decision, they simply buy what they need. There is no R%D department at Morning Star. There are, however, strong incentives for every employee to ... From: ReasonTV Views: 13131 444 ratings Time: 05:47 More in News & Politics
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09:30:25 12/26/12
Busting Bikinis and the Cop Who Wants to Fine Cursing! (Nanny of the Year 2012)
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Busting Bikinis and the Cop Who Wants to Fine Cursing! (Nanny of the Year 2012)
Who will claim the Nanny this year? Might it be the Arizona pol who's cracking down on advertisers who photoshop models to make them more attractive? (We assume she's preparing campaigns against other deceptions like makeup and lighting.) How about that New Jersey crusader who's itching to bust bikinis? Or the police chief from Massachusetts who refused to let obstacles like the First Amendment deter him from championing an ordinance that fines folks for public profanity? The Nannies have been as male-dominated as the Academy Award for best director, but for the first time in history most of the nominees are women! Will this be the the year that Nanny gold finally ends up in a woman's hands? A little over two minutes. (If only all awards shows were that quick!) "Nanny of the Year," is written and produced by Ted Balaker, who also hosts. Shot by Paul Detrick and Alex Manning. Motion graphics by Austin Bragg. CORRECTION: Ted Balaker should have referenced the Sylvester Stallone epic Demolition Man rather than the Sylvester Stallone epic Judge Dredd. We regret the error and Balaker has already been sentenced to watch the Sylvester Stallone epic Spy Kids 3D: Game Over by a just and angry god. To watch previous Nanny of the Month (and Year) episodes, go here: www.youtube.com From: ReasonTV Views: 42045 396 ratings Time: 02:19 More in News & Politics
01/17/13