There Is No Good Reason to Block Afghan Refugees
ConclusionThe United States should make an open ‐ended commitment to evacuate and resettle Afghans in the United States, cognizant of legitimate security and health concerns. Of special interest are those Afghans and their families who aided American forces as their lives are now in serious danger. The major arguments against such resettleme nt are unconvincing. If ever there were a situation where the refugee system should be expanded rapidly to account for larger numbers of people facing death, this is it. (Source: Cato-at-liberty)
Source: Cato-at-liberty - August 16, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Alex Nowrasteh Source Type: blogs
In Afghanistan, Lies and Delusions to the Bitter End
Justin Logan“There’s going to be no circumstance where you see people being lifted off the roof of an embassy … of the United States from Afghanistan. It is not at all comparable.”That was howPresident Joe Biden responded on July 8 to a question regarding possible parallels between the withdrawal from South Vietnam in 1975 and the then ‐pending withdrawal from Afghanistan.It is now clear that the administration ’s assessment of the likely consequences was wrong. Three things are worth considering:U.S. policy in Afghanistan has been based on self ‐delusion and outright lying to the American people a...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - August 16, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Justin Logan Source Type: blogs
B ản kế hoạch học tập du học Đài Loan Mẫu và Cách lập chi tiết
Nếu bạn đang có ý định du học Đài Loan thì bản kế hoạch học tập (study plan) là vô cùng quan trọng, nó là điều kiện cần thiết dùng để đăng ký visa khi du học. Bên cạnh đó, nó cũng sẽ giúp cho các trường đại học đánh giá được khả năng và mong muốn của bạn trong tương lai. Tuy nhiên, làm thế nào để lập bản kế hoạch học tập du học Đài Loan rõ ràng, thu hút? Hãy cùng Teco tìm hiểu chi tiết dưới đây.
Kế hoạch học tập (Study plan) là gì?
Bản kế hoạch học tập (Study plan) là một b...
Source: A Daring Adventure - July 28, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: admin Tags: Du học Đài Loan du học đài loan Source Type: blogs
Amazon Eliminates Marijuana Screening for New Hires
Jeffrey Miron and Pedro Braga SoaresAmazon recentlyannounced that it will no longer include marijuana in the company ’s drug screening program for new hires (other than for positionsregulated by the Department of Transportation). Amazon says marijuana will instead be treated like alcohol, which means “impairment checks” on the job site and testing for all drugs and alcohol after job incidents.Drug screening and testing arewidespread in the US, covering nearlyhalf of all workplaces. But Amazon ’s announcement, and the recent spate ofmarijuana medicalizations and legalizations, have prompted discussion of who should ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - June 8, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Jeffrey Miron, Pedro Braga Soares Source Type: blogs
Memorial
I usually do a Memorial Day post, so okay I ' m late this year. I noticed yesterday a common trope, about remember those who " died defending our freedom. " (Here, for example, the Veep.) Err, no. Or for the most part no. The origins of Memorial Day are a bit obscure,but it appears that the earliest precedents were remembrances at the graves of Confederate dead, and indeed the first official observances were in former Confederate states. I ' ll grant you that the Union army dead had fought in the cause of freedom for people who are now at least nominally a part of our national community, so put one credit on the...
Source: Stayin' Alive - June 1, 2021 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
The Dangers of Replacing the 2001 AUMF
John GlaserPresident Biden ’s announcement in April, and again in his first State of the Union address, that the U.S. military will be withdrawing from Afghanistan must have seemed to many Americans to be an inflection point. But if pulling out of Afghanistan is thought to mark an end to the post‐9/11 wars, think ag ain.Almost as soon as Biden could give the official orders to withdraw, reporting clarified that the new policy was by no means equivalent to ending the war. “With withdrawal preparations ramping up,” theWall Street Journalreported in March, “U.S. military commanders want bases for troops, drone...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 28, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: John Glaser Source Type: blogs
Military Involvement in Domestic Surveillance: Cato FOIA Lawsuit Seeks Answers
Patrick G. EddingtonOver the last year, much of the focus of civil liberties advocates has been on the potential scope of law enforcement –federal, state, and local–monitoring of activists protesting the murder of George Floyd and other people of color by police officers. In late May 2020, then‐Attorney General William Barrauthorized the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to conduct surveillance of protestors (Cato has a FOIA pending with DoJ to determine whether that authority remains in effect). The Department of Homeland Security conductedaerial surveillance over at least 15 U.S. cities for the same pur...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 5, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Patrick G. Eddington Source Type: blogs
COVID-19: Learning From Bitter Political Experience?
Ryan BourneWhy did some countries deal with COVID-19 better than others?Books, academic journal articles, and PhD dissertations will be written on that subject, with analysis having to contend with a vast array of country ‐specific variables that could, conceivably, have affected public health outcomes. But public choice economics offers up one underexplored way to think about the quality of responses: as driven by political incentives.Despite claims by economists such as Mariana Mazzucato that governments are forward ‐looking, there’s a good reason to suspect they will be ill ‐prepared when it c...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - April 1, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Ryan Bourne Source Type: blogs
A physician ’s response to anti-Asian racism
“Wait, are you Chinese? I don’t want to get COVID.” First of all, I am Vietnamese, and second, not all Asians look alike. And third, what? Those were the thoughts going through my head while working at the San Carlos Respiratory Clinic in April 2020. Initially shivering from the cold weather u nderneath my scrubs and […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - March 31, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/jennifer-tran" rel="tag" > Jennifer Tran, DO < /a > < /span > Tags: Physician Public Health & Policy Source Type: blogs
Test the Waters Family Exploration Kits
There is still time to snag a Test the Waters Kit for your library! All you have to do is sign up to be an NNLM member (and if you haven’t, it’s quick, easy and free to do!)
In partnership with Cornerstones of Science and the NIH All of Us Research Program, the Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM) is offering an exciting new citizen science resource to public libraries. The Test the Waters Family Exploration Kit is a fun, accessible, loanable kit which includes four family friendly activities, and all the instructions and materials needed (audio file guides are available in in Arabic, Chinese, En...
Source: BHIC - March 22, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: hollystevenson Tags: General Source Type: blogs
Oversight Board Comment on Facebook ’s Suspension of Donald Trump
Will DuffieldI submitted the following public comment to the Oversight Board regarding their review of Facebook ’s decision to indefinitely suspend President Donald Trump.2021-001-FB-FBR Public CommentWill Duffield, Policy Analyst, Cato InstituteThis public comment addresses deficiencies in Facebook ’s initial justification for its suspension of President Trump and examines how the current broad application of the newsworthiness principle to politicians undermines the legitimacy of Facebook’s Community Standards.Facebook had ample justification to suspend President Trump after the Capitol riot under its prohibition o...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - March 19, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Will Duffield Source Type: blogs
Vietnam Must Be Pleased with the Biden Administration — for the Most Part
After four years of steadily strengthening U.S.-Vietnam security relations under the Trump administration, the presidential transition to Joe Biden naturally carries some measure of uncertainty for Hanoi. Early signs from the Biden administration, however, are extremely positive for Vietnam. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - March 16, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: Derek Grossman Source Type: blogs
Grandparenting: Anticipating March 11
March 11th, 2020 — or was it March 12th, or a few days before or beyond that? Each of us has a date and time etched in our minds when we knew that the COVID-19 pandemic was upon us. Now, the anniversary of that date is fast approaching. What, if anything, do we do to mark it? And how do we convey our thoughts and feelings about this milestone to our grandchildren?
Anyone who has reached grandparenthood has collected anniversaries along the way. There are anniversaries of joyful occasions, and ones that serve as painful reminders of loss. There are the personal anniversaries — the births and deaths of loved ones — and...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - February 15, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ellen S. Glazer, LICSW Tags: Adolescent health Children's Health Mental Health Parenting Relationships Source Type: blogs
How Is Biden ’s Covid Relief Bill like the Patriot Act?
David BoazPresident Biden seems determined to pass his “American Rescue Plan” without any Republican votes. It’s $1.9 trillion or bust, he says, on top of the unprecedented $3 trillion coronavirus relief bill from March and another $900 billion in December, some of which still hasn’t been spent. In fact, Republicans don’t have the clout to sto p the bill. But the plan is also drawing some sharp criticism from non‐Republican sources. Two big articles in the Washington Post Thursday and Friday urged that the plan be pared back to presumably necessary measures, with other components to be considered through the...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - February 9, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: David Boaz Source Type: blogs
Few Immigrants among Capitol Insurrectionists
Alex NowrastehAs of February 1, 2021, a total of 217 people have been arrested or charged with participating in the January 6, 2021 Capitol insurrection. Many more people will be arrested and charged in the coming months, but it’s worth looking at the demographics of this group to better understand what happened.Newresearch by professors Robert A. Pape and Keven Ruby present the age, employment status, and other demographic characteristics of the mob that attacked the Capitol. However, Pape and Ruby left out one key demographic variable: nativity. How many of the rioters were foreign ‐born?To fill this gap, my int...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - February 3, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Alex Nowrasteh Source Type: blogs
