Sweden’s Actual COVID-19 Results Compared to What Modelers Predicted in April
July 30, 2020 – Jon Miltimore …… Sweden’s top epidemiologist Anders Tegnell says a massive decline in COVID-19 cases shows “the Swedish strategy is working.” Is he right?
I’m a Black Man, and I Don’t Support Georgia’s New Hate Crime Law. Here’s Why.
July 29, 2020 – Christian Watson …… In the process of protecting individual rights, which are an objective value, police shouldn’t be tasked with performing a subjective calculus about possible underlying biases.
When It Comes to Masks, There Is No “Settled Science”
July 28, 2020 – Chris Calton …… A survey of the research shows that the science of mask wearing is hardly “settled.” And this up-in-the-air nature of it all is a reminder of how immoral it is to impose mandates on people, backed with state violence.
Americans Are Buying Guns in Record Numbers. The Washington Post Isn’t Pleased.
July 27, 2020 – Ryan McMaken …… Americans have been buying lots of guns out of fear of crime and unrest this year. This suggests that the crime-guns causality is the opposite of what gun controllers say. Rather than saying “guns cause crime,” we should be saying “crime causes guns.”
Distilleries Should Be Allowed to Produce Hand Sanitizer, and Not Just in Emergencies
July 26, 2020 – Erin Wilcox …… Fortunately for everyone, distilleries didn’t let the FDA’s red tape stop them from meeting the public’s need for hand sanitizer.
‘Mr. Jones’ Shows Fake News Is a Historic Reality—And No Laughing Matter
July 25, 2020 – Jen Maffessanti …… When the New York Times covered up one of communism’s worst atrocities.
Paycheck Protection Payouts Give Taxpayers Plenty To Ponder
July 24, 2020 – K. Lloyd Billingsley …… PP payouts show some distancing from the kind of accountability taxpayers have a right to expect.
The COVID Panic Is a Lesson in Using Statistics to Get Your Way in Politics
July 23, 2020 – Ryan McMaken …… When it came to debating the morality and prudence of COVID lockdowns, their proponents had an ever-growing death toll statistic on their side. Those who feared the dark side of coerced lockdowns lacked the advantage of a dedicated government stat.
About Those Spooky Federal Cops in Portland
July 21, 2020 – Jeff Deist …… Dear Portlandia progressives: a federal government big enough to take care of you is a federal government big enough to “take care of you.”
Don’t Trust Government to Distribute Covid-19 Drugs
July 20, 2020 – Raymond J. March …… The complex and quickly changing course of a pandemic requires adaptation and decentralized decision making that government is rarely able to provide. Our best hope for putting drugs and other medical goods to their best use is to allow competition and private enterprise to find solutions.