Equality and Opportunity

“In 2009, I began treating a 9-year-old from New Jersey,” oncologist Shannon MacDonald recalls in a Wall Street Journal op-ed on the awful consequences of telehealth restrictions.   The 9-year-old had been diagnosed with a brain tumor. His New Jersey doctors referred him to Dr. MacDonald, who works at Mass General and is an expert  ...

It is understandable that given the status of the gymnastics lawsuit, the shool district finds itself in a tough spot. But the District should not invite a second lawsuit by singling out boys in an effort to comply with a misguided understanding of Title IX. … ...

GOP governors like Florida’s Ron DeSantis and Alabama’s Kay Ivey have been making splashy headlines for attacking diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs and environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards at companies like BlackRock and Disney. But the laws of their own states allow racial preferences in education, employme ...

This article first appeared in the wall 2023 edition of Sword&Scales. This year California legislators tried to create new criminal penalties for parents who “harass” school board officials or disrupt school board meetings. The legislators drafted a vague bill that defined harassment as two or more acts directed at an education offi ...

This article first appeared in the winter 2023 edition of Sword&Scales. The birth of a child is a sacred experience in a mother’s life. How and where she chooses to bring her baby into the world is a deeply personal decision that should be free from government interference. Yet in some states, certificate-of-need (CON) laws … ...

This article first appeared in the winter 2023 edition of Sword&Scales. In the mid-nineties, Jerry Thompson was headhunted for a Texas company that paid good money. He was a whiz at sales. So he moved his wife, Theresa, and two kids from Michigan to Texas. He loved living in Texas. But two years in, he … ...

On December 16, 1773—250 years ago—Samuel Adams gathered an angry crowd in Boston. Three ships loaded with East India Company tea were docked in Boston Harbor.   One ship, the Dartmouth, had been docked for 20 days while the people of Boston protested and argued. That day, December 16, was the day the conflict would … ...

The Small Business Administration (SBA) is deliberately circumventing a nationwide injunction in Ultima Services Corp. v. Dept. of Agriculture—a case litigated by the Center for Individual Rights (CIR)—to stop racial preferences in the SBA’s 8(a) program, which makes “socially and economically disadvantaged” small business own ...

In 2012, 18-month-old Jun Abell loved walking around his New York house and climbing the stairs. Then one day, his parents noticed that the toddler wasn’t walking at all. Jun’s parents were concerned by his unusual behavior. Doctors couldn’t find any physical signs of injury or distress, but just to be safe, an MRI was … ...