Cuomo’s Bullying Won’t Speed the Use or Availability of Vaccines
The federal, state, and local government rollout of coronavirus vaccines has been nothing short of a disaster. Who’s to blame? If you’re New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, everyone else is…
Federal Red Tape Continued to Grow in 2020
The federal government never stops issuing new regulations, adding thousands of such rules every year. How many new rules were imposed in 2020? The Competitive Enterprise Institute notes that there…
There Was $100 Billion for State and Local Governments in the Relief Bill
There were a number of complaints that the $900 billion coronavirus relief bill Congress adopted and the president signed did not include substantial bailouts for state and local governments. According…
FDA Effort to Charge Distillers for Making Hand Sanitizer Blocked
The Food and Drug Administration’s bureaucratic push to collect thousands of dollars in fees from distilleries that shifted production from alcohol to hand sanitizer has been stopped in its tracks:…
Schools May Not be as Big a Spreader of Coronavirus as Previously Feared
Whether schools should remain open, closed, or a little of both has been an ongoing controversy since the coronavirus pandemic erupted last year. But some data suggest schools aren’t the…
Trump Issues Executive Order to Bolster School Choice
Congress may have erected more barriers to school choice in the combined coronavirus relief/federal budget bill, but the Trump administration isn’t giving up on the idea. In an Executive Order…
Censoring Shakespeare and Banning Homer
Stories of public schools banning certain books from curricula and libraries aren’t new. Groups of riled-up parents and assorted scolds have long challenged the placement of classics like The Great…
What China has Been Doing With the Data it Stole From the Federal Government’s Personnel Files
In late 2013 – and perhaps even well before then – hackers broke into the computer systems at the federal government’s Office of Personnel Management and began a months-long espionage…
How Corrupt Politicians are Profiting From Marijuana Legalization
A growing number of states are legalizing either the medical or recreational (or both) sale and use of marijuana. The slow end of prohibition is welcome news to advocates of…
Anti-Vaping Rules Tacked on to Federal Spending Bills
Another bit of nanny statism buried inside the coronavirus relief/government spending bill are new rules that make it increasingly difficult for people to buy and get vaping products delivered to…