Frances Gogh receives the first of two Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine injections at Guy’s Hospital in London, England, December 8, 2020. (Victoria Jones/Pool via Reuters) You probably saw some draft language from the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which suggested prioritizing essential workers over the elderly in vaccine distribution, in part because elderly people who

Robert Dunham, the executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, takes issue with my column advising death-penalty abolitionists to change their ways. I had suggested that they ought to “accept democracy.” Dunham responds, “No one who has brought about significant social change has ever done so by passively accepting the status quo because that’s

President-elect Joe Biden receives a dose of a coronavirus vaccine in Newark, Del., December 21, 2020. (Leah Millis/Reuters) Incoming president Joe Biden received his first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine on live television on Monday. “There’s nothing to worry about,” Biden said after receiving the injection, joining various U.S. government officials who have been

NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE T wo troublemakers may be leaving our politics for good. Representatives Justin Amash and Tulsi Gabbard, increasingly at odds with their parties, declined to run for reelection to the House this year. And the tumultuous, improbable course of their political careers over the last decade tells us something unflattering about our two-party

(Chip East/Reuters) 2007—At a hearing on a settlement agreement requiring New York City to establish policies that prohibit racial profiling, federal district judge Shira Scheindlin encourages plaintiffs to file a new lawsuit against the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk policies, outlines the basis for such a suit, declares that she would make sure the suit gets assigned to

Registered nurse Kayla Johnson prepares a coronavirus vaccine at Boston Medical Center in Boston, Mass., December 16, 2020. (Erin Clark/Pool via Reuters) For pro-life Americans, the scientific facts behind the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines’ production should guide their decisions. Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine is now being distributed — first to medical workers and vulnerable groups, then

Vermont state capitol in Montpelier. (Dreamstime) 1999—The so-called Common Benefits Clause of the Vermont constitution—which actually bears the title “Government for the people; they may change it”—declares that “government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security of the people, nation, or community, and not for the particular emolument or

Democratic 2020 presidential nominee Joe Biden, his son Hunter and his wife Jill celebrate onstage at his election rally in Wilmington, Del., November 7, 2020. (Jim Bourg/Reuters) President-elect Joe Biden will not be discussing any federal investigation of his son Hunter Biden’s business dealings with any candidates for attorney general, Biden’s incoming press secretary said

NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE R eligious liberty is necessary for a good and free people, but it is currently under siege around the world. There are more than a few contenders for the dishonorable crown of the nation most hostile to freedom of conscience. China, Saudi Arabia, North Korea, Pakistan, Eritrea, Turkmenistan, Syria, Myanmar (Burma), Iraq,

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard speaks at the Presidential Gun Sense Forum in Des Moines, Iowa, August 10, 2019. (Scott Morgan/Reuters) When the 1972 Title IX amendment to the Civil Rights Act prohibiting “discrimination on the basis of sex” was first applied to federally funded athletics programs, a debate about affirmative action ensued. Conservatives worried that in

The U.S. Capitol Building following a rainstorm on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., December 4, 2020 (Tom Brenner/Reuters) Congress on Friday passed a two-day spending bill to avert a partial government shutdown while negotiators continue to work on a $900 billion stimulus-package compromise. House leaders are hoping to vote Sunday on the package, after having

Marriage wedding rings 2002—On remand from a U.S. Supreme Court decision holding that Erie’s ban on public nudity does not violate the First Amendment, the Pennsylvania supreme court rules (in Pap’s A.M. v. City of Erie) that the ban’s targeting of nude dancing violates the state constitution’s guarantee of freedom of expression (which provides that

NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE I n today’s Republican Party, there is no status more prized than that of rock-ribbed conservative. What this means, precisely, remains the subject of hot debate. The prevailing definition — the one embraced by a plurality if not a majority of the party at the moment — seems to be something approximating

(Photo illustration: Dado Ruvic/Reuters) If you feel like you haven’t been exposed to enough stupidity today and would like to remedy that, the New York Times is here to deliver. “Big pharma is fooling us,” reads the New York Times headline. “Heroic work went into the development of the coronavirus vaccines. But that doesn’t mean

NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE H aving exhausted all other options, Donald Trump and the die-hard supporters of “Stop the Steal” have settled on the notion of getting Congress to count alternative slates of electors from seven states — Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin — who cast their states’ votes for Trump despite

A man wearing a protective face mask walks as snow begins to fall in Times Square in New York City, December 16, 2020. (Jeenah Moon/Reuters) The sheer endlessness of this is mind-numbing. Imagine that a new religion emerged on earth in the last year, universally adopted and vaguely compulsory. Everyone on earth was obliged to

The United States Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., May 3, 2020. (Will Dunham/Reuters) New York State doesn’t recognize a right to carry a gun in public. To get a concealed-carry permit, applicants must show they have an unusually strong need for self-defense, not just a normal and healthy desire to keep themselves safe. The

Much of the criticism of my book, The American Dream Is Not Dead: (But Populism Could Kill It), has come from those on both the left and populist right who think I am not concerned enough about inequality — see this, for example, from former labor secretary Robert Reich, who argues for the psychological importance

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard speaks during a news conference in N.Y., October 2019. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters) Last week, Hawaii representative Tulsi Gabbard introduced not one but two substantial pieces of pro-life legislation. One measure from the Democratic congresswoman is intended “to protect pain-capable unborn children.” The legislative text is not yet available, but it is likely along

FBI Deputy Assistant Director Peter Strzok is seated prior to testifying before House Committees in Washington, D.C., July, 2018. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) In newly declassified messages, ex-FBI agent Peter Strzok, who oversaw the bureau’s investigation into the Trump campaign’s potential ties to Russia, touted the Steele dossier’s ability to “influence” media. Senate Republicans on Thursday released

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis attends a campaign rally held by President Donald Trump at Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport in Opa-Locka, Fla., November 2, 2020. (Carlos Barria/Reuters) Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office is denying a suggestion in a South Florida newspaper report that the state manipulated coronavirus data to present more favorable death numbers in the

Researchers work in a lab run by Moderna Inc. (Moderna Inc./Handout via Reuters) A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted Thursday to endorse Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine and recommended that the agency move forward with emergency authorization. In a 20-0 vote, with one abstention, the panel found that the safety and efficacy of the vaccine

Students walk across the campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y.. (Jupiterimages/Getty Images) Cornell University was an early investor in a firm that currently owns Pornhub and various other pornography websites, The Financial Times reported on Wednesday. The firm, currently known as MindGeek, owns porn websites that together amass over 115 million visitors per day, accounting

People line up outside Kentucky Career Center before it opens to find assistance with their unemployment claims in Frankfort, Ky., June 18, 2020. (Bryan Woolston/Reuters) The Labor Department announced on Thursday that about 885,000 Americans filed unemployment claims last week, the highest weekly total since September. Last week’s claims rose from the 862,000 recorded during

U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden, his wife Jill, his son Hunter Biden, and vice-presidential nominee Kamala Harris celebrate at their election rally, Wilmington, Del., November 7, 2020. (Jim Bourg/Reuters) Hunter Biden reportedly pushed CEFC Chairman Ye Jianming to “quickly” wire $10 million to “properly fund and operate” a Biden joint venture with the Chinese energy

Jill Biden speaks during a drive-in campaign rally held by former Vice President Joe Biden at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, Penn., November 2, 2020. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) Her dissertation is not an addition to the sum total of human knowledge. You can tell someone is smarting from an inferiority complex when he insists on being addressed

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie holds a briefing at the White House, November 8, 2019. (Leah Millis/Reuters) The six largest veterans groups in the U.S. joined together on Wednesday in calling for the ousting of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Robert Wilkie over a report that found he mishandled a congressional aide’s claim that she

Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger attends the European premiere of The Lion King in London, England, July 14, 2019. (Henry Nicholls/Reuters) Joe Biden may appoint Disney CEO Bob Iger as ambassador to China or the United Kingdom, sources told the Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday. The news comes as Disney’s extensive footprint in China has drawn

If he had his way, New York governor Andrew Cuomo would do to the Constitution what he’s already done to the elderly of his state. This week, he signed a bill banning the sale of “hate symbols” such as the Confederate flag, swastikas, and “white supremacist” imagery on state property. Of course, neither Cuomo nor

A woman walks her dog as she passes by the new Catman mural “Superhuman” in Whitstable, England, as the spread of the coronavirus continues, April 10, 2020. (Peter Cziborra/Reuters) Leftists believe that they must turn every aspect of life to their purpose of control. That includes art, which they insist helps to create a revolutionary