It’s Time for Kids Liberation Day
Wednesday was a wonderful day for COVID-19 news in New York City. Cases went down by 10 percent on Tuesday alone, and were 41 percent lower than just two weeks …
Public Health
OSHA’s Vaccine Mandate Illustrates the Perils of Reflexively Deferring to Government Experts
When the Supreme Court blocked enforcement of the Biden administration’s vaccinate-or-test rule for private employers last Thursday, the response from the three dissenters was familiar. Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, …
There’s Good Reason To Think the Omicron Wave Will Peak Soon
Recent COVID-19 trends suggest that the U.S. omicron wave may have peaked in several of the jurisdictions where it was first evident. That would be consistent with what happened in …
Biden’s Plan To Make At-Home COVID-19 Tests More Expensive and Harder To Find
Seriously? With a new plan for at-home COVID-19 testing, the U.S. continues to embrace the most convoluted and costly approach to health care. On Monday, the Biden administration announced that …
Defending OSHA’s Vaccine Mandate, Sonia Sotomayor Says ‘I’m Not Sure I Understand the Distinction’ Between State and Federal Powers
On Friday, when the Supreme Court considered whether it should block enforcement of the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private employers, most of the discussion focused on whether the …
Biden’s Vaccine Mandate Is Outrageously Unconstitutional. Why Couldn’t Lawyers Make That Argument To The Supreme Court?
Truly, was it too much to ask for a defense of limited government, separation of powers, and federalism? The FederalistThe Federalist is an American conservative online magazine and podcast that …
Colleges Use Omicron as Justification for Shutdowns and Surveillance
Between December 7 and 13, Cornell University reported 903 COVID-19 cases, many of which were of the omicron variant, among students. CNN breathlessly reported the case count in a headline days …
Omicron vs. the Unvaccinated and the Vaccinated
The highly contagious omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus often does an end run around the immunological protections of vaccination or prior infection. But recent data from the U.K. and …
Kids Stay Home as Chicago Teachers Revolt
Who really runs Chicago’s public schools? A power struggle between school administrators/city officials and the city’s teachers union has come to an impasse this week, leaving students and families in …
Rochelle Walensky Said an Antigen Test Is a Good Tool for ‘Judging Infectiousness.’ Now She Says ‘Its Information Will Not Be Useful.’
When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revised its guidelines for Americans recovering from COVID-19 last week, reducing the recommended isolation period from 10 days to five, many …
