Liberty
Look at the Timing of New COVID Revelations
Thomas Buckley writes for Issues and Insights about interesting developments in the COVID-19 story. When it comes to all things COVID, it seems as if the worm is turning. The…
Face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
use of face coverings during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
Liberty
Courts Dealing Blows to Biden’s Pandemic Policies
Haisten Willis of the Washington Examiner reports on recent legal setbacks for the Biden administration. When a federal judge temporarily barred the Biden administration from ending the migration health policy…
Liberty
Biden’s Mask Mandate Appeal Should Fail
Hans von Spakovsky writes for the Daily Signal about the Biden administration’s misguided effort to reinstate a mask mandate. The Justice Department has filed what hopefully is a doomed appeal…
Liberty
Biden’s Latest Mask Missive Prompts GOP Backlash
Haisten Willis of the Washington Examiner reports Republican responses to President Biden’s latest pronouncement about masks. The Biden administration announced an extension to the federal mask mandate for airplanes, airports,…
Education
Left and Right condemn The Daily Show segment ridiculing Johnston County parents
Sara Pequeño of McClatchy’s North Carolina Opinion Team published a thoughtful response to The Daily Show segment ridiculing Johnston County parents. Klepper’s segment, “Finger the Pulse,” involves him going to…
Health Care
Mask Mandates and ‘Living By Lies’
Joy Pullmann of the Federalist explains her top objection to COVID-19 mask mandates. Throughout the last year, I’ve read a lot of masking arguments but none that broached my top…
Health Care
Vaccine, Mask Mandates as a ‘Purge’ of GOP Voters
Joy Pullmann of the Federalist sees a partisan political angle in the latest bouts of mask and vaccine mandates. Myriad Republican lawmakers are standing idly by, letting their voters be…
Liberty
Q&A With Superintendent Truitt On Cooper’s Mask Guidance For School Kids
Following Gov. Roy Cooper’s announcement Wednesday that his updated guidance urges public schools to require kids in grades K-8 to wear face masks indoors when the new term begins, I…
Liberty
CDC: “less than 10 percent” is scarier than 0 percent, so let’s run with that
Back in August 2020, I reviewed scientific research into the question of “asymptomatic transmission” of Covid-19. The concluding section of my review begins under the header “Your risk from a…
Research Brief
Regulation
EPA advisor smashes Cooper and Cohen’s “case” for masks
Is DHHS's own case for forcing masks based on a meta-analysis that finds masks are not even effective?
Liberty
Criminals benefit from mask mandates
Anna Giaritelli of the Washington Examiner highlights one group that sees an upside from coronavirus mask mandates. The widespread use of face masks across the country has made it more…