Tag: regulatory capture
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Dr. Erica Schwartz and the Only Question That Matters: Will Trump’s CDC Pick Break Regulatory Capture, or Rebuild It?
by James Lyons-Weiler, PhD, Popular Rationalism, ©2026 (Apr. 20, 2026) — The press keeps asking the wrong question about Erica Schwartz. Is she conventional? Is she confirmable? Is she a stabilizing choice after institutional chaos? Those questions are trivial. The real question is whether the next CDC director will preserve the old machinery of regulatory…
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An Operational Vision for NIH Reform: Rebuilding the Scientific Core
by James Lyons-Weiler, PhD, Popular Rationalism, ©2025 (Apr. 22, 2025) — I have already outlined the scientific research priorities I see as necessary and good to help America meet its goals of becoming healthy again. Now I want to share my vision as a hard-nosed strategic reformer. The NIH is no longer trusted. Not by…
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The Agencies That Betrayed Public Trust
by James Lyons-Weiler, PhD, Popular Rationalism, reposted with permission (Feb. 8, 2025) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the entire Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have demonstrated a shocking dereliction of duty in their handling of the COVID-19 vaccination program. These agencies…
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What Does it Mean for the Public to “Trust Science”?
by James Lyons-Weiler, PhD, Popular Rationalism, ©2024 (Sep. 18, 2024) — What does it indeed mean to have a society that “trusts science”? The phrase is invoked everywhere, from policy debates to media headlines, and it implies a near-universal reverence for scientific institutions like the NIH, NSF, and NASA. Yet, beneath this notion of trust…
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Public Health is a Failed Model – #PlanB is the Revolutionary Reform Way Forward
by James Lyons-Weiler, PhD, Popular Rationalism, ©2024 (Apr. 25, 2024) — Executive Summary of Public Health is a Failed Model – #PlanB is the Revolutionary Reform Way Forward The traditional centralized public health system has faced significant challenges and criticisms, particularly highlighted by its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. This model, characterized by slow responses,…
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RFK Jr. and Elon Musk Discuss ‘Reclaiming Democracy’
by Dr. Joseph Mercola, ©2023 (Jun. 17, 2023) — June 5, 2023, Democrat presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Elon Musk co-hosted a live Twitter discussion with Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, venture capitalist David Sacks, investigative journalist Michael Shellenberger and securities attorney Omeed Malik, about issues they believe ought to be at the forefront of…