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As we used to say, “no duh.” Gov. Dan McKee’s mandate that all health-care workers be fully vaccinated by Oct. 1 has operators of Rhode Island nursing homes – already enduring staff shortages – worried the requirement may mean hundreds of workers leaving their positions. Fully 75% of the staff are vaccinated (compared with 60% for the state overall), but that’s not good enough for bureaucrats. Note…
Jon Miltimore contrasts the rhetoric with the reality when the UK opened up earlier this summer, writing for the Foundation for Economic Education: CNN described it as a “huge gamble,” while Labour Party leader Keir Starmer criticized the move as “a reckless free-for-all.” Neil Ferguson, professor of mathematical biology at Imperial College London, said it…
Contrast this news from the American Rifleman: In June, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) published a notice of proposed rulemaking that would make nearly all firearms configured with a pistol stabilizing brace subject to the National Firearms Act, requiring taxation and registration of millions of lawfully acquired firearms. The proposal represents a…
Matt Hadro reports for the Catholic News Agency: The Catholic Medical Association has joined a lawsuit against a Biden administration rule that it says tramples the conscience rights of doctors opposed to gender-transitioning procedures. In May, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a notice effectively reinstating the “transgender mandate,” requiring doctors to perform…
No, not a sequel, but a movie about the inspiring story coming out of Afghanistan about “an all-volunteer group of American veterans of the Afghan war launched a final daring mission on Wednesday night dubbed the “Pineapple Express” to shepherd hundreds of at-risk Afghan elite forces and their families to safety…” Hollywood used to be able…
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Most likely, and good for them. Naturally, RI’s revenue analysis chief, Paul Dion, objects: Confiscatory taxation on productivity will have that effect. During the government-enforced economic shutdown, we’ve seen how politicians and bureaucrats prefer to operate: Rather than allow people to figure things out, they’d rather collect taxes and decide how and to whom to…
… noting that the “country would be on fire” if the skin colors (and ideologies) were reversed, Glenn Reynolds asks, “So why isn’t it?” Well, apart from the fact that conservatives are more law-abiding and not trying to undermine the country, the establishment has displayed the rules since January 6. Left-wing rioting is just free speech. …
pic.twitter.com/v82VdZ123o — Lara Logan (@laralogan) August 26, 2021
