J.D. Tuccille

Correspondent: "Dear Tooch. My aunt is visiting for the holidays and says [something I like] should be illegal. How do I respond? Tooch: "Say, Oh I would never obey that. But it would be a hell of a black-market business opportunity. Can I get you another drink?"

Great piece from @JD_Tuccille nationalpost.com/opinion/j-d-tu…

Thanks to free-market reforms, Argentina's economy is growing, inflation is down and poverty is declining nationalpost.com/opinion/j-d-tu… via @nationalpost

America doesn't need a federal bureaucracy that runs no schools and educates no children. nationalpost.com/opinion/u-s-de… via @nationalpost

The potential new face of New York City — and the Democratic Party — is the latest in U.S. political lunacy. nationalpost.com/opinion/j-d-tu… via @nationalpost

I'm doing the author of this essay the favor of assuming that she's lampooning the most wildly insufferable sorts of women imaginable. On that basis it's hilarious. nytimes.com/2025/07/21/mag…

Sacramento uses smart electric meters To spy on residents. The city’s police consider “high” power consumption evidence of cannabis cultivation. reason.com/2025/07/23/sac… via @reason

Is it unfair if a company that specializes in picking up and transporting heavy loads emphasizes hiring younger people over employing senior citizens? That's the federal government's position in the case of Meathead Movers. reason.com/2025/07/21/fed… via @reason

Despite a recent $750k taxpayer subsidy, the shelves at Kansas City's government-run grocery store are "almost bare." It also lost $885k last year and is, unsurprisingly, hemorrhaging customers.

High tariff collections represented a surge in imports trying to beat higher rates—probably with a slump to follow. reason.com/2025/07/18/sco… via @reason

There may be no public policy more preposterously unjust than absolute civil immunity for prosecutors—no matter how horrific their misconduct. Notably, that policy was not enacted by a legislature, but was instead confected out of thin air by a former-prosecutor-heavy judiciary.…

In April 2024 California’s $20 minimum wage for fast food workers went into effect. A year later it has caused about 18,000 fewer fast food jobs in the state. Who could have known?

Trump promised to target violent criminals. He lost support when he went after harmless immigrants. reason.com/2025/07/16/ame… via @reason

'"Hamas" is mentioned only as part of the URL in a link to a Washington Post story in a footnote. There is no mention of "hostages."' When in doubt, blame capitalism. Via @reason's @JD_Tuccille. reason.com/2025/07/14/u-n…

In a masterful mishmash of leftist gibberish, a UN report assumes Israel's culpability and combines antisemitism with hostility to free markets. reason.com/2025/07/14/u-n… via @reason

From taxes to regulations, Californians can blame state officials for the high cost of filling a car. reason.com/2025/07/11/bla… via @reason

REAL ID requirements impose burdens on people not inclined to break the law. But driver's licenses are constantly being sold under the table by DMV employees. reason.com/2025/07/09/dmv… via @reason

Perfect.

Congress should now turn its attention to abolishing the unnecessary federal education bureaucracy. reason.com/2025/07/07/the… via @reason

"Sweden is proof socialism works!" Your professor loves this story. Politicians too. But there's one problem: Sweden got rich BEFORE it tried socialism. And when they actually tried it, everything fell apart. 🧵

Perhaps the one thing Americans still have in common is our eagerness to criticize government. reason.com/2025/07/04/cel… via @reason