It’s Now Up to Governors to Slow the Spread,” says a Wall Street Journal article — written by board members of pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and Illumina, Johnson and Johnson and Cigna. It encourages states and governors to band together and implement restrictions “focus[ed] on known sources of spread, such as bars and nightclubs.” Drs. Gottlieb and McClellan’s…
Free-market economist Thomas Sowell released a viral video via his YouTube channel in which he debunks a popular Biden/Harris campaign ad in which Kamala Harris discusses basic Marxist economic principles. “So there’s a big difference between equality and equity. Equality suggests, “Oh, everybody should get the same amount”. The problem with that is not everybody…
“Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.” -H.L. Mencken Libertarians are sometimes described as being “conservative on economic issues” and “liberal on social issues.” Sometimes we even describe ourselves that way. I’ve never been really comfortable with this, for several reasons: There is often a fine line between an “economic” issue and…
2020 is a year of disguises. Some examples include computer models/modelers disguised as “science/scientists,” Tyrants/Dictators/Totalitarians disguised as “elected officials,” propaganda machines disguised as “news sources,” brainwashing disguised as “information,” censorship disguised as “public health safeguard,” panic and fear disguised as “social responsibility.” Even the virus itself has been disguised by humans as an “apocalypse.” But,…
Estimated costs of the coronavirus pandemic are in. The results are not pretty. A new study co-authored by Harvard economist David M. Cutler and former World Bank chief economist Lawrence H. Summers places the costs of the COVID-19 pandemic north of $16 trillion. “The estimated cumulative financial costs of the COVID-19 pandemic related to the…
Does not Donald Trump deserve some credit for finally talking about what we should have been talking about for these last seven horrifying months? He got the bug, shook it off, and thereby beefed up his immune system. The optics are impressive. And the case he should make now is that he can travel the…
Governor Ron DeSantis has proven it: it is actually possible for a politician to wise up and do the right thing. In a sweeping order announced September 25, the governor has opened up the entire economy. He has even limited the ability of local governments to impose more restrictions and collect fines for mask violations….
This year has been a shock. Here is an early sketch of what I think I’ve learned. Governments are fully capable of doing the unthinkable, and doing so suddenly with no exit plan, little consideration of cost, and a callous disregard for individual rights. The US Constitution and Bill of Rights are largely irrelevant when…
It is all too clear that the greatest threat to the former structure of nations in geopolitics is China. Their continual aggression in Southeast Asia is legitimate cause for concern and demands presence to defend nations such as Taiwan, Japan, and Vietnam—especially after the loss of Hong Kong’s autonomy. However, their seemingly inevitable ascendency as…
With the school year inching closer and closer, concerns about how the education system should react to COVID-19 are at an all-time high. On the question of whether children should return to schools, the consequences of a blanket cancellation of in-person classes will bring a series of negative consequences that will likely outweigh the benefits….