Derek Chauvin Trial Judge Thinks Maxine Waters Gave the Defense an Option for Appeal
Plus: All American adults are eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine, and Keith Olbermann briefly returns to the spotlight.
Coronavirus
Weed Salvaged the Lost Year
2020 was nobody’s idea of a good year, but the ability to smoke pot in my own backyard, mostly free from fear of arrest, majorly redeemed it.
The Government Loves To Grab New Powers in the Name of Your Safety
From protests to the coronavirus, it thinks it can protect you from anything.
Republicans Open Schools, Democrats Still Keeping Them Closed
The latest data underscore an appallingly partisan split on what should be a more science-based decision.
Team Blue Should End Its Unhealthy Obsession With COVID-19 Panic Porn
Plus: Facebook bans a New York Post story, Derek Chauvin's trial moves to closing arguments, and more...
Joy Reid Said Vaccinated People Who Refuse To Wear Masks Are 'Irrational.' Fauci Didn't Correct Her.
Who's being irrationally paranoid?
Pressure Grows on Biden To Rescind Memo That Would Send Thousands Released on Home Confinement Back to Federal Prison
More than 4,000 people released on home confinement could be sent back to federal prison after the pandemic. Senators and advocacy groups say it's cruel and unnecessary.
Michigan Moving To Make 'Emergency' COVID-19 Mandates Permanent
Nothing is more permanent than an “emergency” mandate.
Restore Pre-Pandemic Freedom, For the Children
Deprived of social interaction for a period of time that constitutes a significant percentage of their short lives, kids are falling apart.
Public Health Experts Have Lost the Benefit of the Doubt
The decision by the CDC and FDA to pause the Johnson & Johnson vaccine was a disastrous misstep.
COVID-19 Is Leading State Lawmakers To Finally Restrain Governors' Emergency Powers
Even during a pandemic, major changes to laws and policies should be funneled through state assemblies.
When Everything Is 'Systemic Racism,' People Will Tune Out the Term
Leveling that grave accusation at every aspect of American life will produce disengagement, alienation, and reaction.
Prohibited Prayer and the Limits of Public Health Authority
The Supreme Court reaffirms that COVID-19 regulations must comply with the First Amendment.
The FDA's Decision To Pause J&J Vaccination Will Kill People
The risks of blood clots are much lower than the risks of COVID-19 illness, hospitalizations, and deaths.
Supreme Court Blocks California's COVID-19 Restrictions on Private Prayer Groups
The majority reminds the 9th Circuit that the First Amendment puts limits on COVID-19 policies.
In the Face of Arrests, City Barricades, and Revoked Permits, This California Saloon Fights for Its Right To Reopen
For months, the owners of Tin Horn Flats have refused to comply with restrictions on their business.
CNN Says 10 Percent of Vaccinated Air Travelers May Catch COVID. That's Completely Wrong.
Plus: Tyler Cowen on libertarianism now, inflation fears, and more...
Don't Suspend Vaccine Patents, We're Already on Track To Vaccinate 7 Billion People in 2021
This is no time to undermine intellectual property rights for vaccine makers.
Kindergartners Abandoning Public School in Fall 2021, Too
A shocking 12 percent enrollment drop in New York City points to possible long-term structural impacts of the pandemic.
Chef Andrew Gruel on Capitalism, Cuisine, and Calling Gov. Gavin Newsom an Asshole
The founder of the Slapfish seafood chain battles arbitrary, non-scientific regulations and a punishing economy while reinventing the lobster roll.
Biden's $2.3 Trillion Infrastructure Plan Is Teeming With Cronyism
Democrats never miss an opportunity to rail against big corporations. Yet they're eagerly subsidizing their big corporate friends.
Chef Andrew Gruel: "I'm Not an Asshole. Gavin Newsom Is."
The culinary innovator behind Slapfish on what it's been like to run a business with government at all levels arbitrarily flipping the on-off switch.
Industrial Policy Failed With Vaccines Too
Global supply chains beat government-directed manufacturing once again.
N.Y. Appellate Court Upholds Semester Suspension for Attending Unmasked/Undistanced Off-Campus Parties During Epidemic
“While the penalty of suspension is very harsh, it is not shockingly disproportionate to the offense. It does not shock the conscience for a university, acting during a pandemic, to enforce rules designed to prevent the spread of the virus with the penalty of suspension.”
Why Hasn't the Mainstream Media Pilloried 60 Minutes for Spreading Misinformation?
So far it's crickets from The New York Times and The Washington Post.
Gavin Newsom Dangles Promise of Reopening California's Economy by June 15
The governor has said that his scheme of pandemic restrictions on businesses and social activity will sunset on June 15 provided there are enough vaccines for everyone and hospitalization rates remain low.
Teachers Unions Extracting Final Payouts Before Schools Reopen
L.A. teachers win $500 childcare concession, though New York union still holding firm on anti-scientific 2-case rule.
Leave Walgreens Alone. They're Doing a Better Job Than the FDA and the CDC.
Yet the company is still getting stupidly scolded by public health busybodies
Voting Laws, High-Speed Rails, and Vaccine Passports
It's a regulation-heavy Monday.
Increases in Coronavirus Cases Are Happening Mainly in States With Stricter COVID-19 Rules
The Washington Post nevertheless blames "a broad loosening of public health measures."
That 60 Minutes Story on Ron DeSantis and Florida's Vaccine Rollout Is Wildly Flawed
CBS cut the part where DeSantis carefully explains why the reporter's narrative is wrong.
May Employers and Universities Require COVID-19 Vaccinations?
At present, there is nothing in federal law that should preclude vaccination requirements for returns to workplaces and campuses.
U.S. Saw Fewer Suicide Deaths in 2020 but More Drug Overdose Deaths
Plus: Safe deposit box seizures spawn lawsuit, at-home COVID-19 testing finally legal, and more...
Without a World War, We Have an Unaffordable War-Sized Government
Americans distract themselves with freak-show headlines while political institutions escape their control.
The Last Pandemic
Technological breakthroughs and policy progress mean humanity may never again have to endure a disaster like COVID-19.
Melissa Chen on Fighting Wokeness at Home and Radicalism Abroad
The journalist and free-speech activist says identity politics are destroying the media, higher education, and Hollywood.
Abolish the FDA
The role of the state is to protect rights and guard against fraud, not to prevent people from making risky choices.
New CDC Estimates Suggest COVID-19 Is Deadlier Than the Agency Previously Thought
The increase in the estimated infection fatality rate is especially large for the oldest age group.
Vermont: Special Vaccine Access If You're of the Right Racial Group
Clearly unconstitutional.
The CDC Says Vaccinated People Can Safely Travel, But Please Don't
More mixed messages from CDC Director Rochelle Walensky.
Did Cuomo Violate Ethics Rules by Having Aides Help Him With Memoir?
The book, which garnered a $4 million deal and touted Cuomo's purported pandemic-handling competence, may have gotten the governor into hot water.
Vermont Is Prioritizing 'BIPOC' Households for Vaccines. That's Almost Certainly Unconstitutional.
Anyone 16 or older and identifying as BIPOC can get a vaccine in Vermont now. Whites under the age of 50 will have to wait a little longer.
How the Government Timidly Stood in the Way of COVID-Fighting Innovations
Without the feds in the way, we could have rolled out at-home diagnostic testing, set up human challenge trials, approved vaccines sooner, and vaccinated Americans more quickly.
