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Masks Off, Everybody -- Almost Everybody May. 30, 2024
At least 18 states don't allow people to go about their streets wearing pointed Ku Klux Klan hoods. ... Read More
Flying Fight Ends 50-Year Friendship Jun. 23, 2023
Dear Annie: Last year, a friend of 50 years and I were talking about flying to Canada to meet for a ... Read More
Ron DeSantis Dangerously Blurs the Line Between State and Private Action, Poses a Clear Threat to Individual Rights Jun. 01, 2023
Ron DeSantis, who officially launched his presidential campaign last week, presents himself as a cha... Read More
No One Is Owed an Apology for Mask Mandates Feb. 25, 2023
It's fashionable these days among conservatives to look back on the early days of COVID with smug se... Read More
A Layoff Plus a New Baby Are Putting My Family on Edge Feb. 15, 2023
Dear Annie: My husband had worked at the same company for the last nine years. A few weeks ago, they... Read More
A Scientific Review Shows the CDC Grossly Exaggerated the Evidence Supporting Mask Mandates: The Analysis Found That Wearing Masks in Public 'Probably Makes Little or No Difference' Feb. 08, 2023
After questioning the value of general mask wearing early in the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for ... Read More
Anthony Fauci Thinks Scientific Expertise Trumps the Rule of Law: The President's COVID-19 Adviser Embodies the Arrogance of Technocrats Who Are Sure They Know What's Best for Us Apr. 27, 2022
Anthony Fauci was "surprised and disappointed" by last week's ruling against the mask mandate for tr... Read More
Easy Answers Elude Us as Mask and Vaccine Mandates Fall Apr. 23, 2022
COVID isn't over, and it never will be. Even if the disease goes the way of smallpox (which isn't as... Read More
Turning a Corner, Away from Excessive Risk Aversion Apr. 01, 2022
It feels like we're turning a corner. Since the beginning of the calendar year, a lot of things have... Read More
How COVID-19 Finally Hit Home for My Family Apr. 01, 2022
After two years of caution, groceries being delivered, mask-wearing and vaccinations, COVID-19 final... Read More
Data Shows the Death Toll From Conservative Politicization of the Pandemic Mar. 17, 2022
With light apparently at the end of the coronavirus tunnel, this is a good time to soberly assess ho... Read More
The TSA's Mask Mandate Is Just As Logical As All Its Other Arbitrary Impositions: The Same Agency That Brought Us Security Theater Continues to Enforce a Rule That Never Made Sense Mar. 16, 2022
The federal rule that requires air travelers to wear face masks, which the Transportation Security A... Read More
NBC Makes DeSantis 'The Face of Controversy' Mar. 09, 2022
In the annals of TV networks manufacturing scandals, one of the lamest examples was Florida Gov. Ron... Read More
DeSantis Closes the Curtain on COVID Theater Mar. 04, 2022
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis recently told a group of college students participating in an event at the... Read More
In the End, Sweden Did It Right Feb. 22, 2022
What if two years ago, when COVID-19 first hit these shores, our politicians hadn't panicked? What i... Read More
Ending Vaccine and Mask Mandates Should Be Done Slowly -- and With Empathy Feb. 19, 2022
If you want to understand parents terrified about schools ending mask mandates, maybe it will help t... Read More
Democrats' Recent Rejection of COVID Insanity Will Not Save Them This Fall Feb. 11, 2022
As we race toward this fall's midterm elections, it is obvious to even cursory observers of our poli... Read More
It's Not Science That Has Changed; It's the Political Calculus Feb. 10, 2022
Dr. Leana Wen, who appears on CNN frequently as a medical analyst, got tongues wagging earlier this ... Read More
Returning to Normalcy on School Masks Feb. 04, 2022
Are we returning to normalcy? The word "normalcy," as history buffs know, was used (but not invente... Read More
The CDC's Insistence on 'Universal Masking' in Schools Looks Less Scientific Every Day: That Recommendation, Which Never Had a Firm Basis, Is Even Harder to Justify in the Current Context Feb. 02, 2022
A recent NPR report quotes a Maryland mother who complains that you risk being tarred as "a psychoti... Read More
