In late December, Anthony Fauci said that “anything that could get people more vaccinated would be welcome.” He was responding to a question about requiring domestic air passengers to be fully vaccinated. Fauci went on to say, A vaccine requirement for a person getting on the plane is just another level of getting people to…
Producers have long been under attack around the world. The pandemic has intensified those attacks. Perhaps the most notable target are housing producers and vaccine producers. We must not, the attackers declare, put profits before people. But the fact is, attacking producers is an attack on human life. Producers have enabled mankind to rise from…
While President Biden and Texas Gov. Abbott are taking very different approaches to vaccine mandates, they are in agreement on the fundamental issue. When it comes to vaccines, both believe that individuals should not be free to choose. Biden wants to require anyone working at a company with more than 100 employees to be vaccinated….
In an executive order, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has prohibited private businesses from requiring a “vaccine passport” for employees and customers. Abbott is wrong to issue such an order. When government—at any level—prohibits private businesses from issuing a vaccine mandate, it is requiring them to disregard their own judgment. In this context, that means that…
Biden wants to force businesses with more than 100 employees to require vaccines. Biden is wrong to issue such and order. When government—at any level—issues a vaccine mandate, it is requiring individuals to get vaccinated or else. In this context, or else means being prohibited from working for any business with 100 or more employees….
Like most of the nation’s governors, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott declared a state of emergency when the pandemic first started. He then promptly shut down much of the state’s economy in an effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus. A year later, Abbott was one of the first governors to remove mask mandates and…
In the late 1990s, a campaign began to “ban the box.” The goal of the campaign was to prohibit employers from asking about criminal convictions on employment applications. The campaign has since been expanded to prohibit landlords from asking about criminal convictions on rental applications. Fundamentally, the campaign wants us to pretend that it didn’t…
For months, there have been increasing demands for waivers for the intellectual property rights to COVID vaccines. Big Pharma, the argument goes, should share its knowledge and technology with anyone who desires it. To refuse to do so is “vaccine imperialism.” The failure to waive intellectual property rights is being blamed for the low vaccination…
It is extremely rare for socialists and capitalists to agree on an issue. After all, socialists believe that the state should control the economy while capitalists advocate for a complete separation of state and economics. However, on the issue of publicly funded sports stadiums, socialists and capitalists seem to agree, but that agreement is an…
It has become increasingly popular to add adjectives to “justice.” This has led to “social justice,” “racial justice,” environmental justice,” and now, “housing justice.” As an example, Casey Dawkins, Professor of Urban Studies and Planning at the University of Maryland, claims that we must develop a new understanding of justice as it applies to housing….
In late August 2021, The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the Pfizer COVID vaccine. At this time, the vaccines developed by Moderna and Johnson & Johnson have not been approved by the FDA. Despite the delay in approving the Pfizer vaccine, and the lack of approval for the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines,…
This week, the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response, a body established by the World Health Organization, released a paper that argues that “global health has been ‘left hostage’ to Big Pharma.” Such a claim equates the actions of pharmaceutical companies with the actions of kidnappers. This is a grossly unjust accusation. A kidnapper…