Harvard Students Slam Autism Awareness Panel as 'Violently Ableist'
The event was postponed in order to mollify students who said trying to treat autism was "hateful, eugenicist."
The event was postponed in order to mollify students who said trying to treat autism was "hateful, eugenicist."
It wasn't just autocrats who were frequently tempted to address "fake news" about the pandemic through state pressure and coercion.
Various experts, including co-blogger Josh Blackman and myself, discuss whether the draft opinion would threaten other constitutional rights, if adopted by the Court.
Does returning decisions about abortion to the states increase liberty or shrink it?
The alarm aroused by the Disinformation Governance Board is understandable given the administration’s broader assault on messages it considers dangerous.
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Officials in Gallatin County, Montana, say a state law that prohibits local governments from forcing businesses to turn customers away is preventing it from cracking down on zoning code violators.
In a move that is likely to undermine public health, the agency warns that products containing synthetic nicotine "will be subject to FDA enforcement."
The good doctor's "individual assessment of my personal risk" apparently lets him attend brunch but not dinner.
"Government restrictions came in, which literally shut us down," says Paul Smith, who co-owns Red Stag Tattoo in Austin, Texas.
The proposed rule, which targets the cigarettes that black smokers overwhelmingly prefer, will harm the community it is supposed to help.
The Pharmacy Access Act is good policy stuck in legislative limbo.
The estimate implies an overall infection fatality rate of about 0.5 percent, although that number should be viewed with caution.
The kids never came back to big-city public schools, and now districts face budgetary "Armageddon."
Menthols aren’t harder to quit than other cigarettes.
A major lesson of the pandemic is that science is "not a priesthood," says Dr. Jeffrey A. Singer, a general surgeon and senior fellow at the Cato Institute.
The president’s COVID-19 adviser embodies the arrogance of technocrats who are sure they know what’s best for us.
The Biden administration's main priority seems to be leaving the agency's authority vague enough to allow future interventions.
The Colorado Democrat supports abortion rights, school choice, letting kids play unsupervised, an end to COVID-19 overreach, and an income tax rate of "zero."
Some implications of the government's decision not to seek a stay of the district court ruling. Plus, the low quality of the trial judge's opinion doesn't necessarily mean there are no good arguments against the mandate's legality.
That's a fundamentally anti-democratic attitude.
The Stanford professor and Great Barrington Declaration coauthor stands up to COVID-19 autocrats and disastrous lockdowns by following the science.
French President Emmanuel Macron is authoritarian-light. Candidate Marine Le Pen is worse.
Nikki Fried, a Democrat, is suing the Biden administration, arguing that the policy violates the Second Amendment and a congressional spending rider.
The anti-lockdown Stanford public health professor on being attacked by Fauci, the loss of trust in medical experts, and how to save science going forward.
Clarifying the agency's authority could impede future power grabs.
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In criticizing the move, the New York Post got basic economics wrong.
The decision against the rule hinged on whether the agency had the power it asserted.
"We should still have masks on the subway system. New York is unique. We are densely populated," said the mayor at a press conference today.
Though travel isn't completely back to normal, this change is an overdue acknowledgment that we can't always view COVID-19 transmission as catastrophic.
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The decision holds that the CDC exceeded its legal authority. But it may be vulnerable to reversal on appeal.
"Our system does not permit agencies to act unlawfully even in pursuit of desirable ends," writes Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle.
How did something so at odds with reality persist for so long? And why is it finally crumbling?
There's a lesson here for the federal government the next time a national economic crisis strikes: The states don't need bailouts.
Among experts on food safety, the consensus is that the FDA's food division isn't functional.
Killing barroom social networks kills innovation.
Revived mandates remind everyone that governments have done far more harm than good in the pandemic.
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The controversial Columbia neuroscientist, Air Force vet, and author of Drug Use for Grown-Ups believes deeply in life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
The CDC thinks a monthlong review of COVID policies will be sufficient to redress their errors.
The agency's obsession with adolescent vaping is driving decisions that undermine public health.
The maverick Columbia neuroscientist explains why America should embrace drug legalization for all.
Kamala Harris is only human, says Jen Psaki.
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