Americans are a restless, energetic, and unbridled people, who are wont to question authority and bend rules that seem stupid and meddlesome, explains Christopher Roach in American Greatness. Donald Trump has become the “tribune” of the American public – a public frustrated and skeptical by our changing politics. Mr. Roach argues that there are not […]

Can the government operate without having to make meaningful tradeoffs of one goal or value versus another? As a way of answering that question, Francis Menton in the Manhattan Contrarian puts forth the “illusion of infinite resources in the hands of the government.” As individuals we all know that we face constrained budgets and limits on […]

Despite what House Speaker Nancy Pelosi mouths, House Democrats’ new $3 trillion bill to help fight the aftereffects of coronavirus has little to do with fighting Covid-19 and everything to do as a campaign agenda for the Democrats’ presumptive nominee. Progressive Governing Outline for 2021 Instead, explains the WSJ, the bill’s 90-page executive summary is […]

From an MIT Group: Taking on coronavirus: The desired benefits in terms of hospitals and the elderly could have been achieved far more cheaply by isolating the vulnerable rather than everybody, and with far less damage to civil liberties. You will be hard-pressed to find a scientist anywhere who maintains we don’t need to learn […]

There are many theories why New York has had the nation’s highest number of COVID-19 deaths, positive cases, and fatality rates per million population, writes Victor Davis Hanson reports in National Review: Perhaps the culprit is the densely populated commute corridors into New York City — or its irresponsible Mayor de Blasio. Perhaps a contributor […]

What do New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut have in common? The three states, known as the Tri-State Region, all have Democratic governors who have imposed severe versions of lockdown on each state’s populace. What Lockdown Has Accomplished So what did these lockdowns achieve? Certainly not a death rate near the national norm. “The results […]

Mid to late March, as COVID-19 pandemic fears spread, public health officials warned of a devastating wave of infections that could imperil Florida’s large senior population, reports WSJ in today’s front-page story (abridged). But so far, the state seems to have dodged that fate, despite not following advice to impose measures such as an early, […]

One owner of a restaurant in Texas could not watch his business dissolve due to coronavirus shutdown. Matt Brice, owner of Federal American Grill in Houston, said he could no longer stomach watching his workers’ lives destroyed while his business remained closed. When asked if he felt his action was an expression of “defiance,” Mr. […]