Governments Reluctant to Measure Vaccine Waste
Problems with the supply and distribution of coronavirus vaccines continue to mount, but so, too, do questions about how many doses are going to waste – either through spoilage or…
Cuomo Threatens a Tax Hike and a Lawsuit if Feds Don’t Supply $15 Billion Bailout
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo threatened to sue the Biden administration unless it delivers on at least $15 billion in new federal aid: Cuomo says if Biden and the Democratic-led…
The Internet is Bigger Than Silicon Valley
A number of critics on the right accused Twitter, Facebook, and other big social media companies of de-platforming conservative and populist voices, and silencing free speech. But as Internet…
Waging a Domestic War on Terror Threatens Civil Liberties
In the wake of the Capitol riots that claimed the lives of five people, President Joe Biden is considering legislation intended to curb domestic terror threats. The proposals would give…
Intelligence Agency Skips Warrants, Uses Cell Phone Data to Track Individuals
A 2018 Supreme Court decision said that if government wants to track individual American citizens using cell phone data, then it would need a warrant to do so. But it…
Private Sector Stepping in to Fix Government-Created Vaccine Distribution Mess
The ongoing and potentially dangerous government failure to deliver coronavirus vaccines effectively – never mind efficiently – is generating two, natural responses. The first: black markets, where vaccines go to…
Free Markets, not Governments, are the Best Way to ‘Regulate’ Corporate Behavior
If we ever needed a better reason to turn off the TV and pick up a good book, the braying of some media personalities calling for the swift punishment of…
Resisting the Urge to Give an Already Powerful Government Even More Authority
The political class is up in arms over the allegedly unchecked, unequalled, and supremely dangerous power of private companies – especially those involved in social media. The power of Facebook,…
Pushing to Make a Bad Idea Even Worse
As bad as demands for setting up government as the arbiter of acceptable speech are, a close runner-up for very bad ideas in the wake to the Jan. 6 riots…
No to Government Censors
Politicians in both major political parties are peddling schemes to curb the power of various sorts of media that publish news and opinion they don’t like – or prevent the…