Six years after the COVID pandemic and nearly two years after he was pardoned for any and all crimes he may have committed since 2014 relating to his role at Health and Human Services (HHS), Anthony Fauci was back in the news last week. The former head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases was called to testify before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, where he made news for pleading the Fifth Amendment 111 times. But the real headlines came from the over one thousand pages of Fauci’s “diary” entries released by Senator Rand Paul before...

Two weeks ago, Hurricane Helene slammed into the Deep South and parts of Appalachia, bringing devastating floods to a region often spared from strong hurricanes. A variety of factors combined to make Helene an especially dangerous storm. First, it formed over the Gulf of Mexico, where waters tend to be warmer than the Atlantic. Second, the globe is currently experiencing a transition to La Niña conditions where unusually cold ocean temperatures in the Pacific bring about all sorts of effects on the weather. Specifically, as it relates to hurricanes, La Niñas decrease what’s known as vertical...