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Rights do not Conflict

The pandemic has exposed how widely misunderstood concepts like freedom and rights are. Many claim that rights conflict, and policy

In 2016, government officials in Dorchester County, South Carolina, were concerned about mosquitoes spreading the Zika virus. They ordered aerial

Throughout the pandemic, government officials have made policy decisions founded on short-term thinking. They have made decisions to solve an

In March 2020, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott responded to the pandemic by following the herd and shutting down “non-essential” businesses

When Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced that he was rescinding the state’s face mask mandate and business occupancy limits effective

Humor can be a powerful tool to mock that which is evil. But when humor is used to attack a

When government officials mandated the wearing of face masks in public, they implied that we are too stupid to make

When the lock down was first forced upon Americans, public officials told us that they were following the science. While