News From London, Ontario, And Beyond

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. Continue reading →

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. Continue reading →

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. Continue reading →

Ending the Lockdowns Isn’t about Saving Money. It’s about Saving Lives.

April 27, 2020 – Gary Galles …… “Saving lives versus saving money” comparisons confuse ends with means. The end of saving the economy is not to have more money. The end is to have resources necessary to preserve the lives and health of countless human beings. Continue reading →

YouTube to Ban Content That Contradicts WHO on COVID-19, Despite the UN Agency’s Catastrophic Track Record of Misinformation

April 26, 2020 – Dan Sanchez …… The policy represents a betrayal of the pioneering platform’s founding principles. Continue reading →

Anthony Fauci: When Politics Trumps Science

April 24, 2020 – William L. Anderson …… Readers of a certain age may remember the hysteria that surrounded AIDS for a period of the 1980s. Anthony Fauci was a central player in that, too. Continue reading →

The Loudest Complaints About Price Gouging Come from the Worst Offenders: Politicians … Like Doug Ford

April 23, 2020 – Lee Friday …… Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s holier-than-thou diatribe reveals a political double standard. Continue reading →

Thanks to Lockdowns, State and Local Tax Revenues Are Plummeting

April 22, 2020 – Ryan McMaken …… State and local government budgets are in danger of collapsing. This will impel politicians to find ways to end the lockdowns. Politicians may not care whether you have a job. But they care deeply about their government budgets and jobs for their friends. Continue reading →

Sweden’s Top Epidemiologist: COVID-19 Infections Flattening Under Policy of Individual Responsibility

April 21, 2020 – Dan Sanchez …… Sweden bucked the trend of top-down lockdowns. Continue reading →

How to Think About the Fed Now

April 20, 2020 – Jeff Deist …… The Fed is, in effect, a lawless economic government unto itself. It is the lender of first resort, a kind of reverse pawnshop that pays top dollar for rapidly declining assets. Continue reading →