SNL to Liberals: It's OK To Question Nonsensical Mask Mandates
Mocking COVID public health theater is finally going mainstream.
Mocking COVID public health theater is finally going mainstream.
There’s no freedom if the state can separate us from our money.
For the first time in two years, Coachella will return. Festival attendees will be able to enjoy themselves without having to abide by nonsensical mandates.
In an age of elite scorn, government mandates, a rotten economy—and powerful, decentralized communication tools—common people are pushing back.
Apparently the rule of law doesn’t matter if Justin Trudeau doesn’t like your peaceful protest.
Our gentle neighbor to the North rushes toward grim authoritarianism.
The answer, as Tyler Cowen and Matthew Yglesias, argue, is probably not. But political ignorance is still a serious problem.
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Seven out of 10 Americans say "it's time we accept COVID is here to stay and we just need to get on with our lives." Politicians are taking notice.
Plus, the editors' takes on the Super Bowl.
"The District’s indoor mask requirements will be dialed back on March 1, 2022," said Bowser.
What Joe Rogan and Canadian truckers tell us about free speech.
Los Angeles Libertarians to start gathering signatures to overturn the four-month-old ordinance.
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"My servers are not lesser people," said owner Eric Flannery. "They don't need to be masked. They don't carry disease."
"Obviously we could have used the money, but at what cost?,” says Sheila Hemphill, an activist and lobbyist from Brady, Texas
Supporters of that policy assume it works, then desperately search for evidence to validate that conviction.
The students' negative COVID tests weren't good enough for school administrators.
The Big Board on H Street continues to insist that "all are welcome."
That process takes a long time, and the result would face the same legal objection cited by the Supreme Court.
SCOTUS rejected attempt to bypass Congress with an emergency regulation.
Maybe it's because pandemic policies are forcing them to continue being anxious.
Politicians evade responsibility when they make civilians enforce mask and vaccine mandates.
School choice is the best alternative for parents who are reasonably frustrated with this insanity.
Insofar as the Court was concerned about pretext, it may be more difficult for the EPA to reduce greenhouse gases using regulatory authority to control emissions.
Nationwide, newly reported infections have been falling since January 14.
You don't have to be anti-vaccine to oppose these ever-expanding requirements.
How to make a terrible case for a good cause
Unvaccinated Americans over age 50 are 44 times more likely to be hospitalized than triple-vaccinated folks.
Ron DeSantis killed people because Florida didn't impose tougher rules, we're told. But it's not true.
The question for the Supreme Court was not whether the policy was wise but whether it was legal.
The crux of the argument is the distinction "between occupational risk and risk more generally."
Assorted observations on yesterday's opinions, what they mean, and what comes next.
Gaetz has introduced a bill nullifying D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser's order requiring people to be vaccinated to visit bars, restaurants, gyms, and other indoor venues.
Separately, the court upheld Biden's mandate that health care workers must be vaccinated to work at medical facilities receiving Medicare and Medicaid funding.
I think both rulings are correct, though not always for the reasons given by the Court.
By divided votes, the justices entered stayed t the OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard and stayed the lower court injunctions against the mandate that Medicare and Medicaid service providers require their employees to get vaccinated.
Omicron patients were much less likely to have severe symptoms.
Does it matter that the year Congress enacted the Occupational Safety and Health Act was as proximate to the Spanish Flu as to today?
The justice's reference to a national "police power" raised some eyebrows.
The caliber of questioning by the justices was not up to the usual standards, but the justices seemed to understand the two rules at issue present different questions.
In my view, the Court should uphold the CMS health care worker vaccination requirement, but rule against the overreaching OSHA rule imposed on employers with 100 or more workers.
Most of the justices appear to be skeptical of the argument that the agency has the power it is asserting.