Chevron, Murthy, and ‘Supreme’ Hypocrisy
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The majority of the court appeared to favor eliminating Chevron. It would be the height of hypocrisy – and one the most culturally devastating decisions sinc... Read more.
Poynter’s Creepy ‘Fact-Based Expression’
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That is what the once vaunted now openly vile Poynter Institute - a pivot point of the international censorship-industrial complex - wishes to “strengthen…a... Read more.
Kid Lab Rats
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Right now, Pfizer/Bio-n-Tech is running an ongoing clinical trial to test the effectiveness of its shots (the shot is not a vaccine as it does not prevent catch... Read more.
Health Care: Right, Privilege, or Neither?
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Much of the current debate surrounding health care – putting aside momentarily the catastrophic failure of the public health system during the pandemic – is... Read more.
The Consensus Conspiracy
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The difference between the two is the impression of the intent of the group by those on the outside. Conspiracies are manifestly suspect and created out of nefa... Read more.
Trump’s Covid Response Casts a Long Shadow
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Neither candidate has any reason to bring up the issue of the pandemic response. The situation is somewhat akin to the Mutually Assured Destruction doctrine of... Read more.
The Legal Batteries That Supercharge the Bureaucratic State
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There is a legal thing called “Chevron deference” and it has encouraged the massive growth of the power and scope of the bureaucratic state over the past 40... Read more.
A Field Guide to Dubious Fact-Checking
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To simplify deception detection, here are a few very common and very slippery techniques the fact-checkers use to twist the truth into a lie – and vice-versa ... Read more.
Why are so Many Californians Dying?
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Despite the protestations of certain officials, the state’s death rate has NOT returned to “pre-Covid” levels – in 2019 the year before the pandemic, 27... Read more.
The Velvet Fascism of “Protect our Democracy”
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Deciding that a person who has not been charged with, let alone convicted of, insurrection is guilty of insurrection and therefore cannot run for president…th... Read more.
The Hypnotic Rhythm of Dependence
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There was a rhythm to the pandemic. It was a rhythm of nothingness, a blend of day into day. It was a rhythm detached from time, a metronome of stay in, click o... Read more.
The Cult of Safety Explodes
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By worshiping at the altar of the safe, we denigrate, delay, and deny the myriad possibilities for human advancement that are inherent in the concept of risk.... Read more.