Who Helped End the Travel Mask Mandate?

She provided a meeting to The Daily Show in 2014, asserting vaccines are”filled with contaminants.” The…

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We’re Being Trained Not to Care

As pandemic mask requirements ease, the culture war rages on. Late last week, the Centers for Disease…

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Tucker Carlson and the Twisted Politics of “Owning the Libs”

A tirade against mask-wearing reveals how people like Carlson have emptied popular conservatism of substance. H.L. Mencken…

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There Is Texas and Then There Are Texans, Like My Mom

Gov. Greg Abbott seems to think he’s running a state I don’t recognize — because it’s…

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Put Your Mask On and Shut the F*ck Up

Only in America could something this basic be this controversial. Moments after entering the world, my daughter…

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Resist the Unraveling of Hope

Things are bad, but they can get better. Just keep your mask on. Not long ago,…

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The Anxiety and Burden of Accepting Face Masks Sent From Home

The box sat on my dining table for days with the neat rows of 200 disposable…

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