In City Journal, John Tierney laments the scientific community’s descent into partisan politics and propaganda. Tierney sees hope for scientific integrity and academic freedom, however: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Covid dissident Jay Bhattacharya for director of the very National Institutes of Health that colluded with social media to suppress Bhattacharya’s views throughout the pandemic.
Javier Milei Shows how it’s Done
The “chainsaw” taken by Argentina’s new-ish president, Javier Milei, to his battered nation’s bloated bureaucracy, catastrophic finances and – perhaps most important – failed leftist governing dogmas has worked magic. As David Harsanyi notes in Jewish World Review, Argentina’s public service has shrunk by tens of thousands, the budget is nearly in balance, inflation has plunged, trade is reviving and wages are inching up. The lessons for Canada and the U.S. are clear.