Another open season has come and gone in which eligible Americans could choose from a narrow array of federally subsidized health care plans under the Affordable Care Act. Despite the ACA’s manifest gaps and failures, a recent poll from the left-leaning Kaiser Family Foundation found that a solid majority – 55% – of respondents have a favorable […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/istockphoto-1197100291-170667a.jpg339509Chuck Donovanhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngChuck Donovan2021-01-05 02:00:082021-01-03 15:23:46At 10 Years Old, the Affordable Care Act Is Aging Badly
This has been a year of astonishing policy failure. We are surrounded by devastation conceived and cheered by intellectuals and their political handmaidens. The errors number in the thousands, so please consider the following little more than a first draft, a mere guide to what will surely be unearthed in the coming months and years. […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/ravenman.jpeg13002048Phillip W. Magnesshttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngPhillip W. Magness2020-12-29 09:24:132020-12-29 11:47:29Twelve Times the Lockdowners Were Wrong
This article is published in The Epoch Times on December 22, 2020 and updated on December 23, 2020 Protective-mask mandates aimed at combating the spread of the CCP virus that causes the disease COVID-19 appear to promote its spread, according to a report from RationalGround.com, a clearinghouse of COVID-19 data trends that’s run by a […]
Two groups that have been spoken about often during the 2020 pandemic have been school teachers and restaurant workers. Though both groups have a large number currently not working, the two groups are dramatically different in how they have been treated by our governments. Let’s take a look at the difference and compare/contrast their realities. […]
In the debate over coronavirus policy, there has been far too little focus on the costs of lockdowns. It’s very common for the proponents of these interventions to write articles and large studies without even mentioning the downsides. Here is a brief look at the cost of stringencies in the United States, and around the […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/poverty.jpeg13002048AIER Staffhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngAIER Staff2020-11-19 17:31:122020-11-21 10:32:35Cost of Lockdowns: A Preliminary Report
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris recently updated their “plan to beat COVID-19.” One passage is worth examining for the dangerous mentality it betrays: “Social distancing is not a light switch. It is a dial. President-elect Biden will direct the CDC [Centers for Disease Control] to provide specific evidence-based guidance for how to turn the dial […]
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During the early onset of covid-19 in the spring, government officials across the political spectrum widely agreed that government intervention and forced closure of many businesses was necessary to protect public health. This approach has clearly failed in the United States as it led to widespread economic devastation, including millions of jobs lost, bankruptcies, and […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/GettyImages-974429728-1-1.jpeg6831024Mitch Nemethhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngMitch Nemeth2020-11-14 18:54:002020-11-14 19:02:01Lockdowns Haven’t Brought down Covid Mortality. But They Have Killed Millions of Jobs.
The following is adapted from a panel presentation on October 9, 2020, in Omaha, Nebraska, at a Hillsdale College Free Market Forum. My goal today is, first, to present the facts about how deadly COVID-19 actually is; second, to present the facts about who is at risk from COVID; third, to present some facts about […]
In today’s understanding of “social justice”, it is axiomatic that differences in populations are attributed to race. This is precisely the position held by such enlightened organizations as the Ku Klux Klan. People who are white are lumped together, regardless of socio-economic background or ethnic differences, and treated as a lump of humanity. Likewise, are […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/iStock-493216259-scaled.jpg17072560Neland Nobelhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngNeland Nobel2020-11-04 08:49:052020-11-04 09:14:19The Injustice of Social Justice
Lockdown is a blunt, indiscriminate policy that forces the poorest and most vulnerable people to bear the brunt of the fight against coronavirus. As an infectious diseases epidemiologist, I believe there has to be a better way. That is why, earlier this month, with two other international scientists, I co-authored a proposal for an alternative approach — […]
At 10 Years Old, the Affordable Care Act Is Aging Badly
/in Economy, Healthcare, Liberty, Politics/by Chuck DonovanAnother open season has come and gone in which eligible Americans could choose from a narrow array of federally subsidized health care plans under the Affordable Care Act. Despite the ACA’s manifest gaps and failures, a recent poll from the left-leaning Kaiser Family Foundation found that a solid majority – 55% – of respondents have a favorable […]
Twelve Times the Lockdowners Were Wrong
/in Featured, Healthcare, Liberty, Politics/by Phillip W. MagnessThis has been a year of astonishing policy failure. We are surrounded by devastation conceived and cheered by intellectuals and their political handmaidens. The errors number in the thousands, so please consider the following little more than a first draft, a mere guide to what will surely be unearthed in the coming months and years. […]
Mask Mandates Seem to Make CCP Virus Infection Rates Climb, Study Says
/in Featured, Healthcare, Latest News, Liberty, Politics/by Matthew VadumThis article is published in The Epoch Times on December 22, 2020 and updated on December 23, 2020 Protective-mask mandates aimed at combating the spread of the CCP virus that causes the disease COVID-19 appear to promote its spread, according to a report from RationalGround.com, a clearinghouse of COVID-19 data trends that’s run by a […]
School Teachers vs. Restaurant Workers
/in Culture War, Economy, Education, Featured, Healthcare, Politics/by Bruce BialoskyTwo groups that have been spoken about often during the 2020 pandemic have been school teachers and restaurant workers. Though both groups have a large number currently not working, the two groups are dramatically different in how they have been treated by our governments. Let’s take a look at the difference and compare/contrast their realities. […]
Cost of Lockdowns: A Preliminary Report
/in Economy, Education, Featured, Healthcare, Latest News, Liberty, Life Advocacy, Politics/by AIER StaffIn the debate over coronavirus policy, there has been far too little focus on the costs of lockdowns. It’s very common for the proponents of these interventions to write articles and large studies without even mentioning the downsides. Here is a brief look at the cost of stringencies in the United States, and around the […]
Lockdown Despotism and the “Control Panel” Delusion: Why the Biden-Harris COVID-19 plan is so ominous.
/in Economy, Healthcare, Latest News, Liberty, Politics/by Dan SanchezJoe Biden and Kamala Harris recently updated their “plan to beat COVID-19.” One passage is worth examining for the dangerous mentality it betrays: “Social distancing is not a light switch. It is a dial. President-elect Biden will direct the CDC [Centers for Disease Control] to provide specific evidence-based guidance for how to turn the dial […]
Lockdowns Haven’t Brought down Covid Mortality. But They Have Killed Millions of Jobs.
/in Economy, Featured, Healthcare, Latest News, Liberty, Life Advocacy, Politics/by Mitch NemethDuring the early onset of covid-19 in the spring, government officials across the political spectrum widely agreed that government intervention and forced closure of many businesses was necessary to protect public health. This approach has clearly failed in the United States as it led to widespread economic devastation, including millions of jobs lost, bankruptcies, and […]
IMPRIMIS: A Sensible and Compassionate Anti-COVID Strategy
/in Featured, Healthcare, Latest News, Liberty, Politics/by Jay BhattacharyaThe following is adapted from a panel presentation on October 9, 2020, in Omaha, Nebraska, at a Hillsdale College Free Market Forum. My goal today is, first, to present the facts about how deadly COVID-19 actually is; second, to present the facts about who is at risk from COVID; third, to present some facts about […]
The Injustice of Social Justice
/in Culture War, Education, Healthcare, Liberty/by Neland NobelIn today’s understanding of “social justice”, it is axiomatic that differences in populations are attributed to race. This is precisely the position held by such enlightened organizations as the Ku Klux Klan. People who are white are lumped together, regardless of socio-economic background or ethnic differences, and treated as a lump of humanity. Likewise, are […]
A Contagion of Hatred and Hysteria
/in Culture War, Featured, Healthcare, Latest News, Life Advocacy, Politics/by Dr. Sunetra GuptaLockdown is a blunt, indiscriminate policy that forces the poorest and most vulnerable people to bear the brunt of the fight against coronavirus. As an infectious diseases epidemiologist, I believe there has to be a better way. That is why, earlier this month, with two other international scientists, I co-authored a proposal for an alternative approach — […]