Well Done, Billionaires
May 10, 2020 – Kerry McDonald …… Billionaires contribute daily to the “common good”—not only through charity, but through human ingenuity and the progress and prosperity that produces for all of us.
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Mike Rowe Is Right: There’s “No Such Thing” as a Non-Essential Worker
May 7, 2020 – Jon Miltimore …… All too often, what is deemed “essential” is simply what’s convenient to state leaders making the decisions.
Unemployment Kills: The Longer Lockdowns Last, the Worse It Will Get
May 6, 2020 – Ryan McMaken …… Thirty million Americans are now unemployed, in part thanks to government “lockdowns.” Meanwhile, unemployment in many cases doubles the unemployed person’s risk of death through disease, suicide, or drug overdose.
No Policy Can Save Lives; It Can Only Trade Lives
May 5, 2020 – Antony Davies, James R. Harrigan …… “If it saves just one life” is an empty slogan.
Coronavirus Globaloney
May 4, 2020 – K. Lloyd Billingsley …… Government health care bureaucracies receive far too much credit.
YouTube’s Censorship of Dissenting Doctors Will Backfire
May 2, 2020 – Dan Sanchez …… Sheltering the public from ideas, even bad ones, only weakens society’s immunity against error.
The Myth that Americans Were Poorly Educated before Mass Government Schooling
May 1, 2020 – Lawrence W. Reed …… Early America had widespread literacy and a vibrant culture of learning.
Physicians Say Hospitals Are Pressuring ER Docs to List COVID-19 on Death Certificates. Here’s Why.
April 30, 2020 – Jon Miltimore …… The economic incentive to add COVID-19 to diagnostic lists and death certificates is clear and does not require any conspiracy.
Will It Take Food Shortages to End Support for the Shutdown?
April 29, 2020 – Jeff Deist …… BBC images from India show the human toll of the coronavirus shutdown. Americans should take note, and soon.
How Shutdowns Will Keep Killing the Economy, Even When They’re Over
April 28, 2020 – Ryan McMaken …… Part of what made the Great Depression last so long was increased uncertainty about what regulation or tax the government might impose next. Today’s looming threat of ongoing “shutdowns” creates a very similar situation.