Mike Riggs

North Carolina

Contributing Editor at Reason

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How an American Merchant, a French Official and a Pioneering Chemist Smuggled Much-Needed Gunpowder to the Continental Army

3 weeks ago | smithsonianmag.com | Mike Riggs

The trio’s scheming became a crucial element of the fledgling nation’s success in the Revolutionary War Shortly after taking command of the Continental Army in July 1775, General George Washington ordered an accounting of the patriots’ gunpowder stores.
Nuclear War: A Scenario' is a disaster porn thriller'

Aug 24, 2024 | reason.com | Mike Riggs

War Author Annie Jacobsen envisions a swift end of the world after nuclear conflict erupts.
Congress Accidentally Legalized Weed Six Years Ago

Jul 15, 2024 | msn.com | Mike Riggs

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Congress Accidentally Legalized Weed Six Years Ago

Jul 15, 2024 | theatlantic.com | Mike Riggs

Listen00:0014:25Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (NOA) using AI narration. This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. Drive through Durham, North Carolina, where I live, and you might get the impression that marijuana is legal here. Retail windows advertise THC in glittery letters and neon glass, and seven-pointed leaves adorn storefronts and roadside sandwich boards.
The Man Who Hated Rules

Jul 9, 2024 | reason.com | Mike Riggs

My Glorious Defeats: Hacktivist, Narcissist, Anonymous, by Barrett Brown, MCD, 416 pages, $30 Seven years after his release from federal prison, Barrett Brown has published a memoir recounting his time in the company of the hacker group Anonymous and his time behind bars, as well as an updated list of every person he now despises.
When Well-Intended Environmentalism Backfires

Jan 28, 2024 | reason.com | Mike Riggs

Conservation Housing bats, buying an E.V., and planting trees sometimes end up being counterproductive.
When Well-Intended Environmentalism Backfires

Jan 28, 2024 | news.yahoo.com | Mike Riggs

In the late 1990s, my grandfather bought a mail-order bat box as a natural approach to mosquito management. The dark green plywood roost was mounted on tall wooden poles on a sunny patch in the yard and stabilized with tension wires. The catalog promised that the bats would raise their pups inside the box and feast on the mosquitoes that swarmed my grandparents' lakefront yard. The bat box always seemed like an undisputed win for all parties (save the mosquitoes).
When Well-Intended Environmentalism Backfires

Dec 20, 2023 | reason.com | Mike Riggs

Conservation Housing bats, buying an E.V., and planting trees sometimes end up being counterproductive.
How a law no one understands brought down Florida drug 'kingpins'

Dec 10, 2023 | reason.com | Mike Riggs

War on Drugs Jordan S. Rubin's Bizarro tells the story of the men who tried and failed to challenge the government's arbitrary rules on synthetic drugs.
How a law no one understands brought down Florida drug 'kingpins'

Nov 21, 2023 | reason.com | Mike Riggs

War on Drugs Jordan S. Rubin's Bizarro tells the story of the men who tried and failed to challenge the government's arbitrary rules on synthetic drugs.

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Mike Riggs @MikeRiggs

23 Apr 25

Also, if you used to read books but haven't done so in a while, be patient as you work your way back into the habit. Start with something pulpy if you have to. The written word is our species' greatest accomplishment and our most valuable inheritance.

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23 Apr 25

RT @typesfast: In the 3 weeks since the tariffs took effect, ocean container bookings from China to the United States are down over 60% ind…

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22 Apr 25

RT @WorksInProgMag: The UK’s grid is broken. There are 15-year queues for new connections. One substation fire shut Britain’s busiest airp…