Reem Ibrahim

Jan 17, 2025 | thespectator.com | Charles Lipson |Reem Ibrahim |Joseph Moreno |Justin Brierley

Joe Biden is not going gently into that dark night, politically or cognitively. He is going down with large, bold actions. The latest is a mass commutation for some 2,500 “nonviolent drug offenders.” Biden’s justification is that they were sentenced under laws that have now been overturned as the country has moved to more lenient treatment of all drug offenses and eliminated differences between laws penalizing crack cocaine and powdered cocaine.

Jan 16, 2025 | thespectator.com | Reem Ibrahim |Joseph Moreno |Juan P. Villasmil |Kate Andrews

On Wednesday, the Biden administration announced a bizarre proposal to cap the amount of nicotine in cigarettes. This change could see as much as 95 percent of the total nicotine content removed, aiming to “save many lives and dramatically reduce the burden of severe illness and disability,” according to FDA Commissioner Robert Calliff. Reducing the harms posed by cigarettes is a noble public health aim, but this particular measure is simply not based in fact.