Health
Scott Winship: Don't Believe Horror Stories About Fertility Rates, Income Inequality, and Economic Mobility
Americans have a reputation for being cockeyed optimists, but we're suckers when it comes to "declension narratives" about the fallen state of our world.
The New York Times Promotes a COVID Cult of Caution That Requires Vaccinated People To Act As if They're Not
The paper gives short shrift to evidence that vaccines nearly eliminate the risk of infection.
Bogus Farms Receive Millions in Government Pandemic Loans Meant for Small Businesses
The Paycheck Protection Program moved billions of dollars out the door incredibly quickly. A lot of it went to the wrong people.
Pennsylvanians Voted To Limit Their Governor's Emergency Powers
Voters in Pittsburgh banned no-knock police raids and solitary confinement too.
The Pandemic Could Have Been Over Much Sooner—If Not for the FDA
At critical junctures, the FDA slowed vaccine development and rollout. Its decisions almost certainly cost lives.
The U.S. Doesn't Have a Labor Shortage. It Has an Incentive Shortage.
The government's coronavirus-related unemployment benefits are encouraging some to stay unemployed.
Why Americans Can't Trust the CDC's COVID-19 Advice
The agency continues a pattern of arbitrary, dubious, and ever-changing recommendations.
States With Post-Pandemic Surpluses Are Still Getting Huge Federal Bailouts
California has a $75 billion budget surplus, but federal taxpayers are about to send the state $27 billion in additional aid.
Some Officials Want To Keep Mandating Masks, Despite the CDC Guidance
Want to keep wearing a mask yourself? That's fine. Want to force fully vaccinated people to join you? The science doesn't support that.
The Pandemic Will Make Kids or Break Them
During a pandemic, as always, life is about balancing risks, not eliminating them.
The CDC's Ever-Shifting COVID-19 Advice Shows the Agency Is Ill-Suited To Decide Which Risks Are Acceptable
The CDC's recommendations have never been purely a matter of science.
Ron DeSantis Will Pardon COVID Violators. Why Stop There?
There are many other people who deserve such mercy.
New York's Nonsensical COVID Rules Force Theaters To Operate at 33 Percent. Unless They Host Church Services.
If hosting a religious service or a performance that includes food service, theaters can open to 50 percent capacity. But plays and other performances are still capped at 33 percent.
Universities Should Free the Vaccinated From Covid Restrictions on Campus
New CDC guidelines strengthen the already compelling case for doing so.
Scientists Urge Investigation of Theory COVID-19 Escaped from a Lab In Wuhan
A letter in the prestigious journal Science calls for a full investigation.
CDC Says Vaccinated People Don't Need To Wear Masks or Socially Distance At All
Local officials should end most pandemic restrictions immediately.
Is This a COVID-19 'Smoking Gun,' or Is it a Damp Squib?
Suspicions about a lab leak will continue so long as Chinese officials keep acting like they have something to hide.
Are Gavin Newsom's $600 Checks a Redistributive Vote-Buying Scheme or Welcome Return of Stolen Goods?
California's embattled governor wants to spend $8 billion of the state's surprise budget surplus on individual payments to state residents.
Biden's $1.9 Trillion 'Rescue Plan' Isn't Saving the Economy. It's Holding It Back.
The economic aid package paid people not to work. So it's no surprise that many aren't working.
The CDC Director Misrepresented the Study She Cited To Justify Her Misleading Estimate of Outdoor COVID-19 Risk
Rochelle Walensky's gloss is puzzling in light of the evidence presented in the systematic review on which she relied.
Rebekah Jones, Florida's COVID-19 Whistleblower, Seems Like a Fraud
The media fell in love with her. But there's little to her claims.
Ohio Will Spend Coronavirus Relief Funds on $1 Million Dollar Lottery for the Vaccinated
It's less dumb than it sounds.
Epidemiologists Still Urge Dubious Levels of Caution, Even for the Vaccinated
Most would still refuse a hug, according to a New York Times survey.
Did COVID-19 Leak from a Wuhan Lab?
Circumstantial evidence that it may have is mounting.
Corporations Are Getting Rich off Government Aid
"I don't understand why money is leaving my pocket and going into the pocket of somebody who is wealthy."
Vaccine Passports Will Outlast the Pandemic
The flawed documents seem destined to be part of life long after the reason for their existence is gone.
The Gender Gap in Pandemic Job Losses Has Been Wildly Exaggerated
Jobs data casts doubt on the idea that the COVID-19 pandemic is uniquely setting women back.
CDC Greatly Exaggerates Risk of Outdoor COVID-19 Transmission
The agency's disease advice is seen as increasingly irrelevant by more Americans.
The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy of 'School Hesitancy'
Shocker: When you keep schools closed, lie about them being death mills, then call opening advocates white supremacists, parents may not be in a hurry to send their kids back to part-time Zoom-in-a-room.
New Lawsuit Argues That D.C.'s Ban on Dancing at Weddings Violates the First Amendment
A bride-to-be says the regulation is an irrational and unconstitutional restriction on her special day.
Biden Can't Explain Why He's Still Wearing a Mask
The administration is modeling behavior that is even more risk-averse than what the CDC recommends.
Our Moral Judgments Affect Our Perception of COVID Risk
Plus: Wired is wrong about Section 230, the Democratic disagreement over a SALT deduction cap, and more...
Free the Vaccinated From Covid Restrictions
Doing so will protect constitutional rights, reduce vaccine hesitancy, and increase liberty - all at once.
Great Moments in Unintended Consequences: Window Tax, Canadian Strip Clubs, Hero Pay (Vol. 3)
Good intentions, bad results.
Teachers Unions Use Political Clout To Keep Classrooms Closed
The public school system is a travesty that does not—and cannot—put students first.
California's Recall Circus Has an Actual Bear
It’s going to be a long summer in the Golden State.
Why COVID-19 May Be the Last Pandemic
Medical breakthroughs mean we will never again suffer through diseases like the novel coronavirus—if politicians will get out of the way.
A 5th Federal Court Has Struck Down the CDC's Eviction Ban
The latest ruling from the a U.S. District Court in D.C. finds the agency vastly exceeded its powers in banning landlords from trying to evict non-paying tenants.
Biden Administration Uselessly Waives COVID-19 Vaccine Patent Rights
This feel-good gesture will discourage future investment and innovation.
Yet Another Federal Court Rules Against the CDC Eviction Moratorium
This ruling has some distinctive elements, and may have a broader impact than previous decisions.
Meet the Dream Team Suing the Biden Administration Over Your Right To Sell Your Kidney
Decades of advocacy from libertarian-leaning academics have failed to end the federal ban on kidney sales. Can a personal injury attorney from New York and a service dog trainer from New Jersey get the job done instead?
U.S. Fertility Rate Drops to Lowest Level Ever
Americans are freely choosing to have fewer children.
