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Employer vaccination mandates set a worrying precedent for worker medical privacy. Millions of people who have been working remotely will soon be asked to return to workplaces where they will face new safety concerns due to Covid-19. To address those concerns, can their employers require them to get …
I killed another one. As I scrubbed my latest victim’s remains from the edges of its terra cotta pot, I reflected on how my thumb, covered in dirt and circled by gnats, was not turning out to be the green thumb I’d hoped it would be. Rattlesnake plants, peacock plants and spider plants — I managed …
Legislators in many states are drawing exactly the wrong lessons from the tragic events in Washington on Jan. 6. The U.S. Capitol riot was violent, with multiple deaths and well over 100 members of law enforcement suffering injuries. And yet state legislators are introducing bills that would limit …
“Kill him; kill the umpire” shouted a fan in the famous poem “Casey at the Bat.” Unlike the mighty Casey, President Donald Trump followed that advice for four solid years, and has encouraged many thousands of followers — millions? — to figuratively kill the referees inside and outside of …
The Jan. 6 invasion of the U.S. Capitol by an insurrectionist mob assembled and incited by then-President Donald Trump has set the stage to enact historic reforms of our democracy. With President Joe Biden sitting in the White House, and a Democratic majority in Congress, Senate Majority Leader …
