The persistent, damaging impulse in Washington is to treat complex policy—especially one involving public health—as a matter for political decree rather than scientific consensus.
By Tom Beckwith ·
The sheer audacity of it all deserves its own line item on a utility bill—a cost that will surely be passed down to the consumer, regardless of how many times they try to…
By Imani Sutton ·
The whole performance around flu shots feels less like public health advice and more like an exercise in regulatory theater.
By Ray Dombrowski ·
The language they use—"flexibility," "local decision-making," "removing unnecessary bureaucracy"—is a masterclass in euphemism.
By Imani Sutton ·
The whole spectacle surrounding the $1.8 billion "Anti-Weaponization Fund" is a masterclass in smoke and mirrors—a political performance where the only thing being compensated for…
By Ray Dombrowski ·
It seems that nothing—not the passage of time, nor the sheer weight of public health crisis, nor the solemn gravity of a committee hearing—can keep the machinery of professional…
By Caroline Ashford ·
The moment a public health agency begins treating scientific consensus as a negotiable political talking point, it ceases to be an authority and becomes merely a prop in a partisan drama.
By Emilio Quesada ·