are N95 masks better at slowing the spread of the virus? To add even more confusion to the government response to the covid pandemic, President Joe Biden’s top coronavirus adviser Michael Osterholm said cloth coverings, which millions of Americans are using, are not very effective. Appearing on CNN, Osterholm said…

It's like 2020 all over again With the increase in cases of the Delta Variant, cities around the country are reimplementing mask mandates for all, regardless of vaccination status. This follows the CDC recommendation that Indoor mask-wearing resumes in public places in counties with substantial or high COVID transmission or…

….The National Firearms Act that is In an effort to show solidarity to firearms owners Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas posted a video of him shooting a fully automatic rifle at a gun range. He commented, “The fundamental right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be…

Public health and consumer safety can be achieved without government interventions. Government covid restrictions forced thousands of small businesses to close over the past 15 months. To some people, this is horrifying. Small businesses are the backbone of any local economy, and government closures left large sections of cities, both…

Jeff Bezos became the second billionaire this month to reach the edge of space when his New Shepard’s suborbital flight took his four-person crew beyond the Kármán line–the internationally-recognized boundary of space nearly 330,000 feet, or roughly 62 miles above the Earth. For approximately four minutes of weightlessness in suborbital…

In what will undoubtedly be another political nail into the credibility coffin of public health, the CDC again reverses its mask guidelines. CDC Director Rochelle Walensky on Tuesday cited an increase in COVID-19 cases from the delta variant for the changes, which also recommends some vaccinated individuals resume wearing masks…

Worker Productivity, Not Minimum Wages Increases Lead to Higher Wages. Despite more than 97 percent of hourly workers earning more than $7.25, the federal minimum wage remains a hot-button topic. Former United States Secretary of Labor Robert Reich is an outspoken advocate of more than doubling the minimum wage up…

The Lesson of Economics Something that I have wanted to do for a long time is to break down the chapters of Henry Hazlitt’s best-known book Economics in One Lesson. This short classic on basic economics covers essential topics such as the minimum wage, tariffs, and government bailouts. Many writers…

Why We Fight Over Foreign Policy Do politicians deceive the public about their foreign policies? According to Henry Nau, author of Why We Fight Over Foreign Policy, world leaders do not outright lie, but instead, they can twist reality to suit their worldview. The challenges they face and the solutions…