Once a Wall Street buzzword, ESG—Environmental, Social, and Governance—has become a political flashpoint and a corporate headache. Investor enthusiasm for ESG is clearly waning. The Manhattan Institute’s Proxy Monitor project has tracked such proposals for years. In 2024, it found that zero environmental or social policy proposals received majority shareholder support at Fortune 250 companies. […]
After heated debates on the topic for almost a year, Boston’s city council recently passed an ordinance addressing what it deems “dangerous conditions” caused by scooters and e-bikes operated by food delivery drivers. Instead of holding those responsible for the unsafe street conditions—the drivers themselves—the council instead decided to target delivery platforms. In June 2024, […]
For almost as long as there have been cocktails, there have been eggs in cocktails—and not just the egg whites that add a creamy, foamy, textured top to shaken drinks like the Pisco Sour. The earliest cocktail manuals included recipes for numerous drinks that include whole eggs. In his seminal 1800s-era cocktail book, The Bartender’s […]
This Easter, we’ve hidden a dozen colorful, egg-centric stories across Reason.com. Hop around the site to find them—or click here to see them all in one basket.  As egg prices climb higher and grocery store shelves go bare, it’s becoming more difficult for Americans to find or afford eggs. But worry not! The free […]
These three passages appear within pages of each other in Whole Foods Market co-founder John Mackey’s delightful new memoir, The Whole Story: “‘If you didn’t want to give up control of Whole Foods, then you shouldn’t have sold the company to Amazon.’” Then: “For the first time in my life, I felt unconditional love for mysel […]
I guess United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres didn’t think his hyping global warming risks brought him enough attention, so now he says, “The era of global boiling has arrived!” Global boiling? Give me a break. Yes, the climate is warming. We can deal with that. What annoys me is politicians, activists, and media pushing hysterical […]