Reconsidering America’s Childhood Vaccine Recommendations

Childhood vaccines have somehow become one more subject that Americans are expected to discuss while wearing political jerseys. Question the government too aggressively, and one side calls you an anti-science crank. Defend established vaccines too confidently, and the other side assumes you receive handwritten Christmas cards from pharmaceutical executives. Such is the calm, reasonable state…

RFK Jr. at HHS: Trump’s Wild Card Pick and the Conservative Dilemma

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was always going to be a political lightning rod, but his Senate confirmation hearing turned into an all-out battle over science, ideology, and the soul of the conservative movement. The spectacle exposed deep political and philosophical divisions: Democrats, who have…