If you had told me during the years I sat with Nick Clegg in the British Parliament that the achingly liberal member for Sheffield Hallam – later to become deputy prime minister of the UK and Sir Nick – would become chief censor of the biggest public square on the …
Read More »FDA greenlights Pfizer booster shots for elderly & those aged 18+ at ‘high risk’ from Covid-19, leaving room for interpretation
Heeding advice from its special panel on vaccines, the FDA on Wednesday moved to approve a third dose of the US drugmaker’s Covid-19 vaccine to be used on seniors as well as “individuals 18 through 64 years of age and at high risk of severe Covid-19” and adults “whose frequent …
Read More »Robert E. Lee helped end the first American Civil War, and those seeking to erase him are leading the US into another
The removal of the equestrian statue of Lee from Richmond, Virginia, which took place today, is “an important step in showing who we are and what we value as a commonwealth,” Governor Ralph Northam said earlier. Richmond is “no longer the capital of the Confederacy,” said Mayor Levar Stoney, but …
Read More »As a doctor, here’s my message to anyone who thinks it’s OK to deny medical treatment to those unvaccinated against Covid
An insidious sentiment has begun metastasizing throughout the United States and Britain, expressed by politicians, pundits, and – most disturbingly – by physicians themselves: that the unvaccinated who contract Covid-19 should be denied medical care. It gets worse. A former US senator from Missouri, Claire McCaskill, also wants the unvaccinated …
Read More »EU is split on taking Afghan refugees, and it’s hard to blame those who don’t want another mass influx
Cracks are beginning to develop within the EU regarding its response to the inevitable Afghan refugee crisis. Whereas some member states want the bloc to continue with a liberal approach and welcoming fleeing Afghans, others seem determined not to see a repeat of the mistakes made five years ago. These …
Read More »US reputation is in tatters, it’s time to bring those responsible for Afghanistan disaster to account
A video of active duty Marine Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Scheller demanding accountability for the humanitarian disaster that had come to define the US-led evacuation from Kabul, Afghanistan, quickly went viral. Scheller, who commanded the advanced infantry training battalion at the Marine Corps School of Infantry, at the time the video …
Read More »The tragic death of Lisa Shaw shows why smearing those with concerns over Covid vaccines as ‘anti-vaxxers’ is wrong
If Lisa Shaw hadn’t taken a Covid vaccine then she would, in all probability, still be alive today. The mother of one, a popular presenter at BBC Radio Newcastle, was only 44 years old and fit and healthy, with no known underlying conditions. Yet take the Covid vaccine she did …
Read More »Why are those who feel most entitled to attack masculinity so often people who have no experience practicing it?
During the Tokyo Olympics that recently limped past us, I had a handful of friends and readers urge me to take on the controversial subject of superstar athlete Simone Biles and her withdrawal from competition for her gymnastics-related mental health issues. Some suggested I comment on the softer than rotten …
Read More »Wayne Dupree: It sounds harsh, but those who risk losing their homes as the US eviction ban expires have only themselves to blame
The left’s darling, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, did something nobody expected on Sunday: she blamed fellow Democrats and the Biden White House – not her hated Republicans – for allowing the eviction moratorium to expire. Millions of American families are at risk of being kicked out of their homes because Congress has …
Read More »It pays to hold out? NYC mayor dangles $100 ‘incentive’ before those who give in and get Covid-19 jab at city sites
“We wanted to supercharge it by saying we’ll give you extra, direct personal incentive to get this done now,” Mayor Bill de Blasio told the city on Wednesday, making it clear that New York’s future was one in which “more and more things are going to be determined by whether …
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