by Dave Patterson | Jan 13, 2023 | Articles, Good Reads, Military Affairs, Opinion
It took an act of Congress, but the Department of Defense has finally ended the contentious vaccine mandate for all members of the military. Without that intervention, the Pentagon would still be throwing people out of the service for not being vaccinated. Many...
by Dave Patterson | Jan 2, 2023 | Articles, Military Affairs, Opinion
The ill-advised COVID-19 vaccine mandate for US military members was repealed by the FY2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The Defense Department policy came under significant attack by critics because religious and medical waivers were either not applied...
by Dave Patterson | Dec 8, 2022 | Articles, Military Affairs, Opinion
Still another repudiation of President Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate foils the White House. A key provision in the FY2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) will be the rolling back of the Biden administration’s onerous coronavirus vaccination...
by Keelin Ferris | Feb 20, 2022 | Articles, Opinion, Politics
Cities and states across the nation are lifting their mask and vaccine mandates over the next few weeks. Their leaders are “listening to the science” that now tells us single masking is ineffective, it’s damaging to kids to be masked all day in...
by Joe Schaeffer | Feb 15, 2022 | Articles, Military Affairs, Opinion
A U.S. Navy commander who is opposed to the military’s coronavirus vaccine mandate testified in a federal courtroom that he was treated with open hostility by his superior officers for pursuing a religious exemption. Rather than disavow such a climate of...