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Depression and anxiety are declining, adding yet more complications to the anti-smartphone and anti–social media narratives.

Plus: Chile elects a right-winger, Jimmy Lai gets convicted, midair collision narrowly averted, and more...

From last month's Pennsylvania appellate decision in Commonwealth v. Abdul-Rahman, written by Judge Anne Lazarus, joined by Judge John Bender… The post Court Allows House Arrest Pending Appeal for Man Convicted of Planning to Bomb Philadelphia Pride Parade; Appellate Court Reverses appeared first on Reason.com.

The weekend’s ISIS attack came as the Trump administration is trying to expand the U.S. presence in Syria.

So concludes the Louisiana Supreme Court, though my sense is that other courts may well have decided this differently.

"[The coach's alleged statement] can reasonably be inferred as ... defamatory ... about Clary—that Clary himself was greedy and only interested in money and, as a result, abandoned [his] team and refused to play for Penn State."

The court concluded that a retraction likely wouldn't breach any publication contract, and that under the circumstances a temporary restraining order would be especially unjustified given the publisher's First Amendment rights.

The Senate failed to pass a three-year extension on tax credits for the Affordable Care Act. But the only thing keeping it at all "affordable" was a flood of taxpayer money to conceal its true expense.

The stand has been so successful that IRS lawyer Isaac Stein intends to continue his hot dog hustle on weekends.

Former Florissant, Missouri, police officer Julian Alcala pleaded guilty to 20 felony counts after stealing intimate photos and videos from… The post Brickbat: Prying Eyes appeared first on Reason.com.

Has the Department of Government Efficiency delivered on promises to downsize federal employment, cut regulations, and reduce federal spending?