Liberty
Opportunity for significant NIH reform
Anthony Mills assesses the prospects for worthwhile reforms within a major federal health agency. In the wake of Covid, trust in scientific and medical experts has eroded and become starkly…
Francis S. Collins
American geneticist and director of the National Institutes of Health
Liberty
Leftists admit to critical lies
Victor Davis Hanson writes for the New York Post about a significant turn in American politics. For years, the left advanced utter untruths for cheap partisan purposes that it knew…
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Scientists seek return to politicized methods
Wesley Smith writes for National Review Online about a key problem tied to a recent protest led by government-funded scientists. From the “Stand Up for Science” website’s listed policy goals:…
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NIH nominee rose from crater of COVID-era criticism
Paul Thacker writes for Real Clear Investigations about a prominent scientist’s rollercoaster ride since the COVID lockdown days. Jay Bhattacharya was in pretty terrible shape five years ago. He was…
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Recapping House’s Search for COVID’s Origin
Gabrielle Etzel writes for the Washington Examiner about the U.S. House’s investigation into COVID-19’s origin. House Republicans have made inroads into unraveling some of the mysteries surrounding the origins of…
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Media Enabled Misinformation About COVID’s Origins
Christine Rosen writes about major media outlets’ complicity in the campaign to scuttle free discussion of COVID’s origins. [T]he “proximal origin” paper became the ur-text for shutting down any further…
Liberty
The Undue Influence of Politics on COVID Response
John Hinderaker of the Power Line blog examines a new assessment of the government response to COVID-19, using the headline “It was politics, all the way down.” That is the…
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Fauci Pushed Study to Skew Story About COVID’s Origins
Caroline Downey of National Review Online reports on the latest disturbing revelations involving a high-profile government COVID scold. Dr. Fauci commissioned a scientific study that purported to debunk the hypothesis…
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Congressional Republicans Would Investigate Fauci
Jerry Dunleavy of the Washington Examiner reports on a top priority for a leading U.S. House Republican. Republicans say they are ready, if the GOP can win control of the…
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Fauci Played Key Role in Loosening Rules for Risky Virus Research
Eleanor Barton writes for the Federalist about Dr. Anthony Fauci’s negative impact on safety measures tied to virus research. Discussing new rules for risky virus research when they were finalized…
Liberty
Forcing COVID Vaccines on People Ignores Scientific Data
Harvey Risch, Robert Malone, and Byram Bridle write for the Federalist about the dangers associated with COVID vaccine mandates. The attacks on free speech and science are unrelenting. Academic publisher…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Wasting $1.3 billion of other people’s money
Want another example of government overspending? How about the $1.3 billion devoted to a children’s health study that never advanced past “go.” Bloomberg Businessweek has the details. [L]eading pediatric researchers…