The CDC Director's Slippery Response to Criticism of School Mask Mandates Further Undermines Her Agency's Credibility
Rochelle Walensky willfully ignores the weaknesses of a study she repeatedly cited to justify "universal masking" of students.
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As With Gun Control, Democrats' Voting Reform Bills Unlikely To Make a Difference
The bills call for reforms that would be nearly impossible to implement and will not prevent a repeat of 2020.
America's Divisions May Have Passed the Tipping Point
If we can’t learn to leave each other alone, the country may have a violent meltdown.
Does Joe Biden Know Why Delaware Is Home to So Many Corporations?
Delaware figures prominently in Biden's stump speeches for the Build Back Better plan, but he seems to deliberately ignore some key details.
Deng Xiaoping and the Communist Party Don't Deserve Credit for Chinese Economic Power
China's economic reforms were bottom-up, not top-down.
Cities Undermine the Holiday Spirit with Unconstitutional Bans on Sharing Food with the Homeless
Do you, like many Americans, feel especially charitable this time of year? Enjoy helping those in need? Better buy a permit.
Look Past Partisan Rhetoric To Understand California's Recent Crime Problems
California's leaders can take the recent rise in property crime seriously without repeating the same "tough on crime" mistakes of the past.
White Lotus
The true villains of Mike White's new show are two Gen Z college students practicing militant wokeness.
Foundation
The TV adaptation of Isaac Asimov's classic trilogy is still fundamentally about the ways in which politics and objective truth inevitably clash.
What Should Have Happened at the Cryptocurrency Hearings
"You know what else is used for nefarious activities?"
Omicron Hospitalization Risk Two-Thirds Lower than Delta Infection, Says Scottish Study
Also vaccine boosters reduce risk of symptomatic infection by nearly 60 percent
Crashing Through the Snow: The Grim Sarcasm Behind 'Jingle Bells'
Thanks to technological progress, cars are much safer than one-horse open sleighs.
George Will Loves To Argue About America
The octogenarian columnist has a lot to say about happiness and history in the United States.
Rogel Aguilera-Mederos Rejected a Plea Deal. So He Got 110 Years in Prison.
Colorado First Judicial District Attorney Alexis King said she pursued the punishment after Aguilera-Mederos insisted on his right to trial.
Rand Paul: Feds Wasted $52 Billion on Slot Machine-Playing Pigeons, COVID Aid, Afghanistan, and More
No wonder the federal budget is so out of whack.
Karol Markowicz's Escape From New York Should Worry Blue-State America
This Brooklyn-bred New York Post columnist and her family are fleeing to Florida due to bad education policy and COVID mismanagement.
FDA Finally Gets Around to Approving Pfizer's Anti-COVID Pill
It's another case of bureaucratic incompetence as the omicron wave surges.
Rand Paul: Fauci Is Not Beyond Reproach
"Any time you have government dogma saying they are science, or government bureaucrats who claim that 'this is the one and perfect truth'…we should run headlong away."
Biden Administration Reverses Course, Will Let Prisoners Sent Home Due to Pandemic Stay There
Christmas comes a few days early for 2,800 inmates who had told they’d eventually have to return to their cells to serve out their terms.
Good News: Biden Says Schools 'Must' Stay Open. Bad News: Many Won't.
The president rightly points out that the federal government has sloshed billions of dollars to make K-12 schools even safer than they already were. Yet many are about to close.
Biden's Plan To Fight Omicron With Mass Testing Is Laughable Given the FDA's Approval Failures
Plus: Criminals have stolen $100 billion in pandemic relief funds, and colleges are planning to go virtual once again.
The Matrix Resurrections Is Less a Sequel and More a Bizarre Thinkpiece About The Matrix's Legacy
It's the strangest, most meta sequel of the year.
William Shatner Goes to Space
After his flight, Shatner told Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos, "I hope I never recover from this."
Biden Doubles Down on a Lethal Anti-Drug Strategy
Prohibition has driven opioid-related deaths to record levels.
Biden Says the U.S. Is Not Going Back Into Lockdown Over Omicron
As omicron surges, the president urges everyone to get vaccinated and boosted.
When Will the COVID-19 Pandemic End?
When we decide to stop paying attention to it, say two authors in the health care journal BMJ.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Doubles Down on Calls for New Law to Seize Property From Suspected Gang Members
Civil liberties advocates say the law is just a reheated version of flawed state anti-gang law.
CNN's Leana Wen: 'Cloth Masks Are Little More Than Facial Decorations'
Maybe we don't need to wear them?
Biden To Spend $7.5 Billion on Chargers That Electric Car Owners Likely Won't Use
It's unwise to try to force consumer spending habits in defiance of the market.
The Omicron COVID-19 Wave Is Here Now and Rising Fast
Researchers are still uncertain about how severe the variant will be.
Christmas Travel Rebounds Despite Official Handwringing About Omicron
Plus: Swearing increased during the pandemic, progressives want to see the Build Back Better agenda enacted by executive fiat, and more...
She Survived China's Attempt to Erase Her
“We have been through horrific things, but I’m still proud of being Uyghur," says Tursunay Ziyawudun, a survivor of China's torture camps.
As U.S. Establishment Fails Financially, Leaders Try to Make Cryptocurrencies the Scapegoat
Politicians attack dollar-backed cryptocurrencies called “stablecoins” and the decentralized finance it enables
Here Is Why the 6th Circuit Reinstated OSHA's Vaccine Mandate—and Why One Judge Disagreed
The argument hinges largely on what makes an emergency standard "necessary."
A Reality Check on Coronavirus, Congress, and Elon Musk's Taxes
Time to stop pretending
Against Faucism
The White House COVID-19 advisor and his ilk admit they will never let some mitigation measures expire.
D.C. Ends Brief Experiment With Letting People Make Their Own Choices About Masks
On Monday, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced that the city would be reimposing a mask mandate for all indoor public spaces in the District of Columbia.
Will America's Military Reckon with the Reckless Murders Perpetuated by Its Drone Wars?
A new, heavily investigated report shows a Pentagon uninterested in correcting its deadly errors.
Joe Manchin Drives Final Nail Into Doomed 'Build Back Better' Plan. For Now.
Plus: The pragmatic approach to omicron is emerging, lumber prices are skyrocketing again, and more...
A Flawed Case Against Black Self-Defense
In the face of state failure, neglect, and overt hostility, black Americans need the right to bear arms.
Two Libertarians Debate Vaccine Mandates
George Mason University Law Professor Ilya Somin debates Libertarian Party activist Angela McArdle
Can Vaccine Mandates Be Justified? A Soho Forum Debate
George Mason University Law Professor Ilya Somin debates Libertarian Party activist Angela McArdle
