The First Amendment sets forth two requirements for the government when it comes to religion. On one hand, it “shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,” which is known as the Establishment clause. Nor shall it pass a law “prohibiting the free exercise thereof,” which is called—you guessed it—the Free Exercise clause.
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There’s a kind of cruel irony in the current run on monkeypox vaccines. Dutch researchers testing polio vaccines were the first to discover the disease among monkeys in 1958. The vaccination drive to eliminate smallpox was what uncovered the first monkeypox case among people, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. That vaccination campaign went on to become the premier example of vaccine success—to this day, smallpox is the only disease eradicated among humans by vaccines. In every way, the history of monkeypox is inextricable from vaccines. Читать дальше...
Argentina’s currency, the peso, is getting yet another face-lift. Last month, Peronist President Alberto Fernández announced a new “family” of paper bills, fulfilling a campaign promise that was ostensibly delayed by the Covid-19 pandemic. This has become a rite of passage of sorts for the nation’s leaders: The latest bills will be the fourth partial or total redesign since 2011, continuing a trend now spanning three administrations across the country’s political and ideological spectrum. Though... Читать дальше...
Every candidate running for the Republican nomination for Colorado’s 8th congressional district says Joe Biden won the 2020 election, except one: Lori Saine, a former state representative who currently serves on Weld County’s Board of Commissioners. Saine takes a different approach: She proudly boasts of being the most conservative candidate in a district that leans Republican but that Joe Biden won by five points in 2020. She has called her prospective Democratic opponent an “abortionist,” opposes efforts to slow the spread of Covid-19... Читать дальше...
