We Need Fewer Scientists And Fewer Science Journals I American Council on Science and Health

Academic journals and the researchers who publish in them are increasingly engaged in naked political advocacy rather than science. It's time we cut off public funding to peer-reviewed…

“The Wall Street Journal reported this week that Wiley, another behemoth in academic publishing, is shuttering 19 of its journals after retracting more than 11,000 studies over just the last two years .” From ⁦ACSH⁩ acsh.org/news/2024/05/1…

Bring back the old Joe Biden, because Old Joe Biden is full of bad ideas

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Greene proposes that the government require residency programs to offer positions based on nationality rather than merit. He wants residency programs to accept Americans first and immigrants only after they have run out of American applicants—sort of DEI in reverse. CatoHealth

This👇

This is a tax hike on every American.

Agree. 100%. Whether Biden or Trump imposes the tariffs. 👇

Fascinating study. D's are pro-harm reduction except for tobacco products. R's are pro-harm reduction for tobacco products but not for any other drugs. Now if we can just get them to merge... rstreet.org/research/progr… via R Street Institute

The author is more concerned about the number of doctors who are immigrants and graduated from foreign medical schools than he is about increasing patients’ access to health care services. CatoHealth cato.org/blog/new-herit… via Cato Institute

Tariffs on solar panels and electric cars: positively bonkers.

More Books, More Evidence of Leftward Bias in Public School Libraries cato.org/blog/more-book… via Cato Institute

America's war on drugs has turned the drug cartels into powerful transnational drug trafficking organizations that control governments. wapo.st/4bCae1Y

“PDMPs are surveillance technologies, not healthcare tools, so they do not offer pharmacists new ways to deal with patients’ pain or substance use disorders, they simply empower pharmacists to view patients with suspicion and refuse to treat them.” painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2024/5…

Who’d a thunk?! I’m shocked! Shocked, I say!

Drug war opponents and harm reduction advocates would be well-advised to support public nuisance laws if they are reasonable and just. CatoHealth cato.org/blog/no-canada… via Cato Institute

This trial is starting to remind me of the final episodes of 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' and 'Seinfeld.' The protagonists are charged with some minor transgression, and we get witness after witness telling the jury what bad people the defendants are without providing any evidence that…