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Unyielding
Trump’s kids won’t comply with subpoenas from New York attorney general’s office
Donald Trump’s oldest son and daughter have declined to comply with subpoenas issued by the New York attorney general’s office…
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Law and Government
Animal-rights measures impact supply chain
Two state ballot initiatives expanding animal rights are negatively impacting consumers and restaurants. One hopes that burden will be offset…
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Science and Technology
Smokers are much more likely to quit smoking if they vape every day
Vaping (using electronic cigarettes) helps smokers quit smoking. This matters because unlike cigarette smoke, the vapor produced by e-cigarettes does…
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Unyielding
‘Bloodthirsty’ squirrel attacks 18 people in small village
A squirrel bit 18 residents of a Welsh village, leaving villagers afraid to leave their homes, before it was finally…
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Law and Government
‘How Biden’s agenda is causing inflation’
So reads the title of Nick Gillespie’s column at Reason Magazine, which says that “Too many (government) dollars are chasing…
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Politics
Half of Virginia legislators redistricted out of their current district
The Virginia Supreme Court has adopted new legislative and Congressional districts for the state, after an independent commission failed to…
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Foreign Affairs
Russian Supreme Court shuts down oldest human rights group
“Russia’s Supreme Court has ordered the closure of International Memorial, Russia’s oldest human rights group,” reports the BBC. Memorial worked…
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Politics
Progressive poll shows Biden’s support crashing
A progressive poll shows Joe Biden as even more unpopular than some nonpartisan or conservative polls. As Hot Air’s Ed…
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Law and Government
Fauci suggests vaccine rule for air travel, warns against big New Year’s Eve parties
In an interview today on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Dr. Anthony Fauci said a vaccine mandate for domestic air travel is…
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Education
Academics get taxpayer-funded grants to promote reparations and depict Hispanics as anti-black racists
The University of Michigan’s Anti-Racism Collaborative at its National Center for Institutional Diversity announced $110,000 in grants, reports The College…
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Law and Government
Even liberals say Supreme Court may strike down coronavirus vaccine mandate
Can the federal OSHA agency order employers to get their employees vaccinated for the coronavirus — or have them tested…
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Today is National Whiners Day (and the beginning of Kwanzaa)
Today is National Whiners Day. Rev. Kevin Zaborney created National Whiner’s Day in 1986. Zaborney started this day after observing…
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Science and Technology
New COVID strain has hospitalization risk two-thirds lower than earlier Delta strain, Scottish study says
The new Omicron strain of the coronavirus “is associated with a two-thirds reduction in the risk of COVID-19 hospitalisation when…
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Law and Government
Biden quashed plans for millions of cheap COVID tests, harming the fight against the coronavirus
In Europe, dozens of cheap tests for COVID are available, that can tell you almost immediately whether you have the…
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Foreign Affairs
22 million Ethiopians expected to need food aid in 2022
Around 22 million people in Ethiopia will need food aid to avoid the risk of dying in 2022, according to…
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Law and Government
George Floyd pardon dropped
A pardon for the late George Floyd has been dropped by the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, citing alleged…
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Religion
Anti-Christian violence rises in India, abetted by government officials
Yesterday, the New York Times reported on the rise of anti-Christian mobs in India. The mobs routinely use “anti-conversion” laws…
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Law and Government
Chicago Mayor seeks to deflect blame for rising crime by pushing civil asset forfeitures
Chicago, the nation’s third-biggest city, had more murders this year than any other city — more than New York, America’s…
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Law and Government
Rand Paul: Federal government wasted $52 billion on things like welfare fraud and slot machine-playing pigeons
Researchers at Oregon’s Reed College are teaching pigeons how to play slot machines. And U.S. taxpayers are footing the bill.…
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Science and Technology
Army creates vaccine against all coronavirus strains, researchers say
Walter Reed scientists are expected to announce they have come up with a vaccine that protects people from COVID-19 and…
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Education
Teachers unions will get schools to close, despite Biden’s lip service to keeping them open
Schools are likely to close in many places, despite Joe Biden’s paying lip service to the goal of keeping them…
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Science and Technology
People who catch Omicron are 80% less likely to be hospitalized than people with Delta, study says
A South African study says that people who catch the Omicron variant of the coronavirus are 80% less likely to…
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Science and Technology
Biden says the nation is not going back into lockdown over COVID-19’s omicron strain
Joe Biden addressed the omicron strain of the coronavirus in a speech to the nation this afternoon, in which he…
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Science and Technology
FDA to authorize COVID treatment pills this week from Pfizer and Merck
The FDA is about to authorize coronavirus treatment pills from both Pfizer and Merck, pills designed to help people who…
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Science and Technology
Trump says: Get Vaccinated
Donald Trump is once again sending a message: Get vaccinated. On the Bill O’Reilly show in Dallas, Trump announced that…
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Science and Technology
White House has grim warning for unvaccinated Americans
The White House’s chief coordinator for the coronavirus has a strong warning for unvaccinated Americans ahead of a projected surge…
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Law and Government
Study favoring masks in schools is junk science, researchers say
A study touted by federal officials to require wearing masks in schools is complete garbage, experts say. Whether masks are…
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Economy
Biden subsidizes industry his administration calls greedy, saying it ripped off the American people
The Biden administration gave $600 million in special taxpayer subsidies to an industry that it denounces as greedy. Eric Boehm…
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Media
Nick Sandmann reaches settlement with NBC Universal over its defamatory claims
NBC has settled a libel lawsuit against it by the Covington teenager, Nick Sandmann. NBC defamed Sandmann, a student at…
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Foreign Affairs
World is growing less free, including in the ten most populous nations
The world is growing less free, notes Eric Boehm, citing a recent study by two think-tanks, the Frasier Institute and…
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Economy
New York bans gas stoves and furnaces in future homes
New York’s City Council voted 40-to-7 to ban the installation of furnaces, stoves, and hot water heaters that burn fossil…
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Law and Government
New York AG questions attempt to recoup Andrew Cuomo’s ill-gotten gains
Earlier, we wrote about how an ethics commission in New York wanted disgraced former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to…
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Economy
Build Back Better will buy lots of inflation, economists say
Economists say Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan would worsen already soaring inflation, notes J.D. Tuccille at Reason. He points…
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