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Should assisted suicide be legalized? (Published in the New York Post)

The Issue: Gov. Kathy Hochul’s decision to make assisted suicide legal in New York State.

Our most fundamental right, the right to life, refers to the right to take all the actions necessary to preserve one’s life (“Hochul Chooses Death,” Editorial, Dec. 18).

An obvious corollary of the right to life is the right to end one’s life should one decide to do so.

That means that a proper government, as the institution designed to protect rights, has no right to interfere with one’s choice to live or die, with or without a third-party’s assistance.

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Did the vaccines or natural herd immunity end the COVID-19 pandemic?

Remember when the political heath establishment (NIH, CDC, WHO) claimed that the creation and universal administration of a new vaccine was required to end the COVID-19 pandemic, and that, until then, universal masking and a worldwide lockdown of the young and healthy population was necessary to avoid mass death?

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The philosophic, constitutional, and practical arguments for and against gun ownership: recommended reading

A perennial topic in the popular press is whether or not individuals should be permitted to own guns. Below are the philosophic, constitutional, and practical arguments for and against gun ownership, along with the facts that support these arguments.

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Public masking as a symbol of obedience: a philosophic analysis of Peter J. Pitts’ editorial “Please, New Yorkers, just let it slide! We’re masking ourselves into fits”

Here is a link to the full editorial, Please, New Yorkers, just let it slide! We’re masking ourselves into fits, published in the New York Post on March 8, 2022. Below are quotes from the editorial, followed by my analysis. Embedded links within the quotes are retained from the original.

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Daily COVID-19 deaths in NYC hit 0. Want to celebrate? Make sure it’s without life, music, dance…

Ten days ago, New York City’s Department of Health website began displaying an empty space for the number of daily deaths from COVID-19 on August 27th, presumably indicating that for the first time since the start of the pandemic daily deaths have begun measuring at zero.

Source: https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-data.page (Screenshot taken 9/10/20, callouts added by the author; that the empty space present for the last 10 days indicates 0 is the author’s presumption.)
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Has New York City achieved herd immunity?

There is very good news regarding the worry of catching COVID-19 in NYC. Deaths are down from nearly 600-a-day in April to 2-a-day as of August 18 (and likely zero by now). Most people I know attribute this to a combination of the lockdown and the use of masks and social distancing. I attribute it to NYC having achieved herd immunity. Below is the evidence that supports my belief.

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