State Governments Didn't Need Coronavirus Bailouts. They Got Billions of Dollars Anyway.
As it turns out, state and local tax revenues hardly collapsed.
Health
Are Mask Requirements in Schools Necessary to Control COVID-19?
The evidence that the benefits outweigh the costs is not nearly as impressive as mandate enthusiasts imply.
COVID Travel Bans Are a Death Sentence for This Remote Border Town
One of America's most isolated communities has struggled to weather the pandemic.
Hawaii Limits Indoor Social Gatherings to 10 People. Will More States Follow Suit?
Hawaii Gov. David Ige issued an executive order yesterday imposing a raft of new restrictions on businesses and social gatherings.
A Black Market in COVID-19 Vaccination Cards Was Inevitable
Mandates, instead of incentives, were always going to drive people away.
Biden's Eviction Moratorium Defies the Rule of Law
The administration issued the order even while conceding that it lacked the authority to do so.
The Biden Administration Is Pushing Social Media Platforms To Expand Their Definition of Intolerable COVID-19 'Misinformation'
Online censorship by proxy undermines the ordinary process for checking claims and counterclaims.
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Is a Sham
The Senate just passed a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill—and teed up another $3.5 trillion bill in the process.
Cuomo Resigns as New York Governor at Long Last
After allegedly sexually harassing 11 women and issuing nursing home COVID guidance that led to massive outbreaks and huge death tolls, Cuomo is out.
Is the CDC's Eviction Moratorium a Third Amendment Violation?
The Third Amendment Lawyers Association argues in a recent amicus brief that the federal eviction ban requires landlords to quarter soldiers.
Delta Is Making Americans Crazy About School Reopening, Again
The U.K. kept schools open and masks off, and now delta is in their rearview. Why can't Yanks learn?
California Law Would Limit Free Speech at Vaccination Sites
Plus: Wiretapping social media, Democrats' budget proposal, cryptocurrency regulations, the infrastructure bill, and more..
Eviction Moratorium Madness
The Reason Roundtable discusses property rights, vaccine passports, and media ethics.
A Federal Judge Lets a Cruise Line Require Proof of Vaccination, Saying a Florida Law Banning the Practice Is Probably Unconstitutional
Gov. Ron DeSantis' embrace of the law contradicts his avowed commitment to economic freedom.
D.C. Gyms Want To Require Vaccination Instead of Masks. The City Said No.
Officials would rather if everybody were masked than vaccinated.
Florida Ban on Private Businesses Requiring Vaccine Verification Likely Violates the First Amendment
So a federal court concludes, in a decision about cruise lines but using reasoning that likely applies to other businesses as well.
COVID-19 Is Probably 99% Survivable for Most Age Groups, but PolitiFact Rated This False
The suggestion that a person can't make any reasonable guesses about his own likelihood of survival is misleading.
A New Study Finds That Reducing Pain Medication Is Associated With an Increased Risk of Overdose and Suicide
The study highlights the dangers that government-encouraged "tapering" poses to patients on long-term opioid therapy.
The Pandemic Showed Home Detention Works
In the right circumstances, home detention is cheaper and more effective than prison.
Biden Admits New CDC Eviction Moratorium Runs Counter to 'the Bulk of the Constitutional Scholarship'
The Supreme Court will likely rule against Biden’s executive gambit.
Don't Surrender to the Pandemic Control Freaks
They'll never be satisfied in a world of balanced risks.
L.A. Superior Court Mandates Vaccination for All Staff,
once the vaccine gets final FDA approval (and subject to medical and religious exemptions).
Study: As Delta Proliferates, Vaccines Are Less Effective at Preventing Infection but Still Sharply Reduce That Risk
The results also indicate that vaccinated people infected by delta have lower viral loads and less severe symptoms than unvaccinated people.
L.A. Council Members Propose Draconian, Unenforceable Vaccine Passports
Los Angeles County is largely vaccinated. This is a punitive, authoritarian performance.
What We Can Learn From the U.K. About the Delta Variant
Plus: Apple privacy concerns, changes to digital subscriptions, and more...
The Evidence Cited by the CDC Does Not Show That Vaccinated and Unvaccinated COVID-19 Carriers Are Equally Likely To Transmit the Virus
That conclusion is not justified by the CDC's Provincetown data, and it is inconsistent with a new study from Singapore.
Lawsuit Over George Mason Vaccination Requirement Seeks Exemption for Those Who Had Already Contracted COVID
The lawsuit is filed by our own coblogger Todd Zywicki, a professor at the George Mason law school.
After Claiming It Didn't Have the Power To Impose A New Eviction Moratorium, the Biden Administration Imposes a New Eviction Moratorium
The new eviction moratorium applies to the 90 percent of counties in the U.S. where the spread of COVID-19 is "substantial" or "high."
Resist De Blasio's Vaccine Passport
De Blasio's dataless call to create a class of citizens barred from civic life is an intolerable imposition on New Yorkers' liberties.
COVID Variants Upend Our Reopening
Plus: the Hawaii Innocence Project gets results, a new federal eviction moratorium, and more...
The Biden Administration's Mixed COVID-19 Messages Discourage Vaccination
Federal officials invited alarmist press coverage of breakthrough infections.
A Takings Clause Lawsuit Against the CDC Eviction Moratorium
Thanks to the Supreme Court's decision in the Cedar Point case, this suit has much better odds of success than previous takings challenges to eviction moratoria.
The CDC's New Eviction Moratorium Has Virtually all the Same Flaws as the Old
It still covers some 90% of the country, and still rests on a theory of virtually limitless CDC authority. Even President Biden acknowledges the order is legally dubious.
New York City Adopts Vaccine Passports
Mayor Bill de Blasio's "Key to NYC" initiative will require people to get their shots in order to enter the city's bars, restaurants, gyms, and other indoor venues.
Cal. Legislature on Track to Define "Harass" to Mean "Approach to Speak to," and …
to ban such "nonconsensual and knowing approach[es] within 30 feet of another person ... for the purpose of passing a leaflet ..., displaying a sign to, or engaging in oral protest, education, or counseling" "in connection with any vaccination services."
Eviction Moratoria and Nondelegation
Thank goodness for small blessings in a public health emergency?
I Got a Breakthrough COVID-19 Case. We Don't Need To Panic About It.
In Virginia, the breakthrough hospitalization rate is 0.0032 percent and the breakthrough death rate is 0.0009 percent.
The Biden Administration Continues to Exaggerate the Risk Posed by COVID-19 Breakthrough Infections While Slamming the Press for Doing the Same Thing
The administration is dismayed by the alarmist news coverage it invited.
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser Partied Maskless Mere Hours Before New Mandate Took Effect
The mayor's maskless birthday party was also attended by comedian Dave Chappelle.
The Provincetown Outbreak Shows Vaccinated People Can Be Infected by the Coronavirus, but the CDC's Director Grossly Exaggerates That Risk
Researchers are still trying to determine what role vaccinated carriers may have played in the Massachusetts cases identified by the CDC.
Families Have a New Reason to Flee Public Schools
Private schools can stay open even when pandemic rules shut government institutions, court says.
