Ronald Bailey, reason

Ronald Bailey

reason

Washington, DC, United States

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  • reason
  • Marc Morano
  • Newsweek

Past articles by Ronald:

Could These New Weight Loss Drugs Herald the End of Obesity?

The advent of effective new weight loss drugs offers hope for millions of overweight people. → Read More

Don't Emulate Europe's 'Responsible Research and Innovation' Approach

Beware of activists touting "responsible research and innovation." The sensible-sounding slogan masks a reactionary agenda. → Read More

Innovation Drives Down the Cost of Powering Electric Cars

Americans are increasingly buying electric cars. Electrochemists and their innovations will drive down the cost of powering them. → Read More

Biden's Drug Price Controls Will Kill More Patients in the Long Run

President Biden's drug price controls are a lose-lose proposition that will end up killing more patients while increasing total health care spending. → Read More

'60 Minutes' Promotes Paul Ehrlich's Failed Doomsaying One More Time

"60Minutes" should be ashamed of promoting perennial doomster Paul Ehrlich's failed predictions of civilizational collapse yet one more time. → Read More

Rich Countries at U.N. Conference Agree to Pay Poor Countries a Form of Climate Reparations

Poor countries expecting a climate change reparations bonanza will likely be disappointed. → Read More

China's climate change con game carries on

Chinese President Xi Jinping's climate change "agreements" with the U.S. do not actually change what China is going to do anyway. → Read More

Climate Reparations and the Problem of Pervasive Corruption

At COP27, poor countries demand climate change "loss and damage" funding from rich countries. → Read More

U.S. Headlines Expressing Anger, Fear, Disgust, and Sadness Increased Hugely Since 2000

Headlines expressing anger, fear, disgust and sadness have increased dramatically since 2000, finds study. And more Americans are avoiding news coverage. → Read More

The Fight To Stop Research Into a Cheap, Effective Backup Plan for Climate Change

The most vigorous opponents seem convinced that research into stratospheric geoengineering will show tremendous promise to combat warming quickly and cheaply. → Read More

Counting Neurons To Determine Moral Standing of People Versus Animals

Oxford philosopher William MacAskill grappled with the topic in 'What We Owe The Future,' and Reason breaks it down further here. → Read More

Are Paper Bags Really Better for the Environment Than Plastic Bags?

New Jersey is the first state to ban single-use bags made from both plastic and paper, but one is actually worse for the environment than the other. → Read More

California Legislators Vote To Keep Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant Running

Great environmental news: California legislators have voted to keep the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant running. → Read More

FDA Approves Updated COVID-19 Booster Shots

The Food and Drug Administration has approved updated COVID-19 booster shots, but does everyone really need to go get boosted? → Read More

Japan Is Reopening Nuclear Power Plants and Planning To Build New Ones

Japan is over its anti-nuclear Fukushima freak out. The rest of the world should get over it and build more nuclear too. → Read More

Incompetent people are often too incompetent to realize just how incompetent they are, says new study

"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge," wrote Charles Darwin in The Descent of Man (1871). Experimental findings reported... → Read More

Make the CDC an Infectious Disease Epidemic Fighter Again

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) did neither control nor prevention when confronted with the COVID-19 outbreak. → Read More

In a Belated Outburst of Rationality, Germany Decides To Keep Three Nuclear Plants Open

In a belated outburst of rationality, Germany won't close its last three nuclear power plants that were scheduled for shut down this year. → Read More

Are the Inflation Reduction Act's Climate Goals Plausible?

A 40 percent cut in U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 is possibly achievable. → Read More

'Lady Chatterley's Lover' Case Dealt a Blow to U.S. Book Censors

Up through the 1950s, federal agents kept confiscating books they deemed obscene. But in 1959, a judge ruled that D.H. Lawrence's book deserved First Amendment protection. → Read More