Outside the Beltway

With masks off, political leaders are urging people to get out there and spend money.

The rollout could have been smoother.

Some of our citizens are at greater risk under relaxed mask guidelines.

Most of us have suddenly gone from High to Low risk communities.

The reports are conflicting but I’d bet on Yes.

A new way to think about the problem.

Even liberal states like California and Massachusetts are moving on.

The anti-vax-and-other-stuff protest is spreading to Europe.

A protest against vaccine mandates is growing with a little help from our adversaries.

Blue and red states alike are ending mask mandates and other restrictions.

Out of a sense of fairness, I gave a listen.

Media reporting on CDC findings is, once again, unhelpful.

Yet another grim milestone.

Being too cautious and careless are not equal sins.

Being willing to do anything to survive, but not that.

Are we really being blocked from getting back to normal? And if so, what is the real barrier?

Let’s not start celebrating just yet.

Glimmers of hope for those involved in government service delivery

A day late and a dollar short.

Is the administration governing like it’s 2009?

The highest court in the land issued a split decision on President Biden’s COVID policy.

Are Fauci, the CDC, and others getting a bum rap?

Vax v. unvaxxed.

We’ll take what we can get.

The CDC is weighing changing the definition of “fully vaccinated.”

There’s something happening here. But what it is ain’t exactly clear.

Why are we still wearing cloth, which was an emergency measure?

Hesitancy is a complex phenomenon largely immune to facts.

You’re a monster, Dr. Grinch, Your heart’s an empty hole.

That didn’t take long.

Modern and Pfizer are your best bets, but most of the world has had other vaccines.

Opponent of vaccine mandates succumbs to Covid-19.

Some 98 percent of active service members are now vaccinated. The rest will be discharged.

A lot of America is simply over the pandemic, even if it isn’t over us.

Kids are getting caught in the crossfire of the fight over COVID shots.

In the age of vaccines, should we stop worrying about the pandemic?

The horrors never cease.

A scary if misleading factoid.

The next boot has dropped.

The politicization of the virus continues.

Science and insanity don’t mix.

Kids 5-11 are getting their COVID shots at a rapid pace, but will it continue?

The CDC is leaving it up to you!

Is media coverage of experts’ struggles to understand COVID helpful?

Another effect of the pandemic.

Denial, whining, and truth wrapped into one segment.

Good news with mixed messaging.

There will be no religious exemptions. For now, at least.