Public Health
Justice Department targets D.C. gun restrictions in new lawsuit
Trump administration pursues a loosening of D.C.'s gun laws: Yesterday, the Justice Department filed suit against the government of Washington, D.C., "alleging that the District government and MPD unconstitutionally…
We Never Get Any Thanks for What We Do
In this episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Victor Davis Hanson and Jack Fowler discuss former President Joe Biden’s failure to make sure our adversaries in Syria paid a cost for attacking Americans, and the…
Government dietary guidelines have politicized America’s holiday dinners
In recent weeks, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has promised that the forthcoming revised U.S. Dietary Guidelines—spearheaded by his agency alongside the Department of Agriculture—will be…
The Weight Loss Boom Has Just Begun
GLP-1s are helping Americans live better, but Washington has major work to do on safety. A lot has been happening this fall with the rocket ship rise of GLP-1 weight loss drugs. In September, the Food and Drug Administration …
Court ruling on vaccine mandates takes broad view of ‘public health’
Defending COVID-19 policies against legal challenges, government officials relied heavily on Jacobson v. Massachusetts, a 1905 case in which the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a smallpox vaccine mandate imposed by the Cambridge…
Covid Beach Closures, the Takings Clause, and the Police Power Exception
Falcon1708/Dreamstime.com Co-blogger Jonathan Adler recently posted about Alford v. Walton County, an important new 11th Circuit ruling holding that a local ordinance barring property owners from accessing their beachfront…
Don’t extend Obamacare subsidies to end the government shutdown
The federal government's not-really-a-shutdown lingers on, largely driven by Democrats' insistence on extending pandemic-era subsidies that conceal the real cost of health coverage under the Affordable Care Act…
Brickbat: Starved in Plain Sight
In England, a National Health Service hospital's official report confirmed that Adrian Poulton, who had Down syndrome and was admitted for a broken hip, died after being deprived of food for nine days. While his hip was…
Oregon’s e-cigarette censorship is unconstitutional—and makes no sense
In the stock room at Division Vapor in Portland, Oregon, a sign affixed to a metal rack holding various nicotine solutions reminds employees to "Censor Before Stock!" The sign alludes to state regulations that…
Trump and RFK Jr. tell pregnant women not to take Tylenol
Tough it out, ladies: "Don't take Tylenol," President Donald Trump told America's pregnant women yesterday. "Don't take it. Fight like hell not to take it." Instead, pregnant women should…
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