#TSA mask mandate all for show and other commentary

#TSA mask mandate all for show and other commentary

“#TSA mask mandate all for show and other commentary” Libertarian: TSA Mask Mandate All for Show In a display of “ ‘hygiene theater,’ gratuitously incommoding passengers to create the illusion of added safety,” the Transportation Security Administration has extended mask requirements for all passengers, vaccinated or not, until Sept. 13, gripes Reason’s Jacob Sullum. The TSA…

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#A message for black parents and other commentary

#A message for black parents and other commentary

“#A message for black parents and other commentary” Urban beat: A Crucial Message for Black Parents “Someday soon,” predicts Lee Hayes at the (Minneapolis) Star Tribune, “a young African-American male will be gunned down in Minneapolis by someone who looks much like him” — yet there won’t be “one word from Black Lives Matter,” unless…

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#The city DOE’s ‘child soldiers’ and other commentary

#The city DOE’s ‘child soldiers’ and other commentary

“#The city DOE’s ‘child soldiers’ and other commentary” Education beat: The City DOE’s ‘Child Soldiers’ The city’s Department of Education has “a potent cudgel” against those who oppose scrapping the Specialized High School Admissions Test for its top high schools, reports The Washington Free Beacon’s Aaron Sibarium: the student group Teens Take Charge. “Weaponized as…

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#How America became like the EU and other commentary

#How America became like the EU and other commentary

“#How America became like the EU and other commentary” Iconoclast: The EU-ization of America America’s globalist elite views the European Union as the perfect governance model. That is, undemocratic and technocratic — and “now that ‘progressives’ have returned to the White House, aping the EU has become a national policy,” laments Joel Kotkin at UnHerd….

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#Biden’s downhill presidency and other commentary

#Biden’s downhill presidency and other commentary

“#Biden’s downhill presidency and other commentary” From the right: Biden’s Downhill Presidency At The Wall Street Journal, Gerard Baker wonders if President Biden “peaked on Inauguration Day” — as the old joke says the Chicago Cubs did every Opening Day. Biden’s “promise to bring healing to a fractured nation didn’t last the short ride back…

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#Lab-leak theory no longer ‘fake news’ and other commentary

#Lab-leak theory no longer ‘fake news’ and other commentary

“#Lab-leak theory no longer ‘fake news’ and other commentary” Gadfly: Lab-Leak Theory No Longer ‘Fake News’ Suddenly, “it’s okay to speculate about a lab leak” in China as the source of COVID-19, snarks National Review’s Jim Geraghty. Ex-New York Times science writer Donald McNeil Jr., 18 scientists in a letter to Science magazine and even…

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#NY leads on crazy COVID codes and other commentary

#NY leads on crazy COVID codes and other commentary

“#NY leads on crazy COVID codes and other commentary” Libertarian: NY Leads on Crazy COVID Codes On Sunday mornings, “Jerry Orbach Theater transforms into a church,” allowing the 199-seat off-Broadway venue to fill to 50 percent capacity, writes Reason’s Eric Boehm. “A few hours later,” it’s restricted to 33 percent for a performance of “Perfect…

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#Reporters as arms of the spy state and other commentary

#Reporters as arms of the spy state and other commentary

“#Reporters as arms of the spy state and other commentary” From the left: Reporters Now Arms of the Spy State A decade after the huge WikiLeaks dump of Afghan War secrets launched “a historic stretch of true oppositional journalism” investigating massive national-security-agency abuse, Matt Taibbi seethes at his TK News site, suddenly “the FBI-CIA-media partnership” has…

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#Beware Joe’s inflation tax and other commentary

#Beware Joe’s inflation tax and other commentary

“#Beware Joe’s inflation tax and other commentary” Economy watch: Beware Joe’s Inflation Tax “The invisible tax of rising inflation will do far more to harm working and middle-class Americans” than President Biden’s proposed tax hikes, fears Kristin Tate at The Hill. “Inflation has reached its highest point in years, and will likely reach the highest…

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#Joe’s ‘counterproductive’ vax move … and other commentary

#Joe’s ‘counterproductive’ vax move … and other commentary

“#Joe’s ‘counterproductive’ vax move … and other commentary” Libertarian: Joe’s ‘Counterproductive’ Vax Move As the pandemic continues to ravage the developing world, “the Biden administration has reportedly chosen, counterproductively, to cave to the demands of progressives at home and of a group of countries led by South Africa and India” and back waiving patent rights…

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