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August 5, 2020 – Ryan McMaken …… The “experts” intend to keep locking populations down again and again until there’s a vaccine. But what if there’s no vaccine coming? Continue reading →

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? Continue reading →

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. Continue reading →

July 24, 2020 – K. Lloyd Billingsley …… PP payouts show some distancing from the kind of accountability taxpayers have a right to expect. Continue reading →

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. Continue reading →

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. Continue reading →

July 17, 2020 – Jon Miltimore …… The reason New York failed to “flatten the curve” and Sweden succeeded probably has little to do with lockdowns. Continue reading →

July 15, 2020 – Ryan McMaken …… “Public health crisis” is essentially a left-wing stock phrase at this point, as is reflected by the fact that the solutions proffered to the social ills in question are virtually always some sort of government regulation or income redistribution scheme. Continue reading →