Originally posted May 18, 2020. 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 […]
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Prolong Lockdown and Keep Economy in Shambles
Originally posted April 21, 2020. The national response to coronavirus “cannot be understood in isolation from the part it has played in the larger anti-Trump melodrama,” argues Roger Kimball in Specatator.us. On 31 January, Trump suspended air travel from China. The Democrats and press went nuts, charging the president with xenophobia and accusing him of […]
Democrats’ Appalling COVID-19 Reaction
Originally posted April 20, 2020. From Joe Biden: “Donald Trump is not responsible for COVID-19, but he is responsible for our slow, uncoordinated response. Experts say that if we had acted two weeks earlier, more lives could have been saved. Trump failed to take swift action—and we’re paying the price.” A Timeline of the Blame […]
Your Survival Guy Escapes into the City, Uh-Oh
Coronavirus Infects Stock Market: Part LVII Heading into a city and putting your daughter on a plane are not things Your Survival Guy likes doing, nevermind in the middle of a crisis. But sometimes visiting a cousin in Naples, FL is what an eighteen-year-old needs to do for everyone involved. Becky and I couldn’t help […]
Who Is Responsible for Your Safety?
“The people themselves are primarily responsible for their safety,” Kristi Noem, governor of South Dakota, said in a public statement regarding Covid-19 in April. Governor Noem also added that the state and national constitutions “prevent us from taking draconian measures much like the Chinese government has done.” Just Google How to Do a Haircut? As […]
Cowards Loot, You Fight
Coronavirus Infects Stock Market: Part LV You’ve seen how quickly blue state governors go wild. Now you’re seeing the looting and burning by cowards the blue-state governors aim to protect. Is this a dress rehearsal? Consider the recklessness from blue state governors and their self-crowning press conferences, stirring up resentment from the producers of the […]
How to Stay Safe on a Road Trip during Coronavirus
As Dick and I head back to Newport, after a most civilized lockdown in Key West (Rt. 1 in the Keys has been closed to all non-residents since mid March), we aren’t especially concerned about our trek back to New England. We’ll be following common sense guidelines as we travel to Palm Beach, Beaufort, Charleston, […]
Big Government Politics on the Shores of Newport and Beyond
Coronavirus Infects Stock Market: Part LIII Blue state governors have completely dropped the ball in the name of science, killing businesses and creating new health problems like anxiety and depression. In blue Rhode Island, we have our governor patting us on the head after a “successful” Memorial Day weekend. “The good news is, overwhelmingly, people […]
American Businesses Show the Way Forward Where Blue-State Politicians Fail
Coronavirus Infects Stock Market: Part LII During the coronavirus outbreak, the difference between heavy-handed local government, and private enterprises has been plain. Businesses are incentivized to protect their most important assets, their employees. Government officials are protecting their own reputations. In the early days of the virus, Leupold, an American business serving police departments and […]
“The Losses are Taking a Toll on Their Health”
Coronavirus Infects Stock Market: Part LI “You know what’s crazy,” a client told me yesterday, “is that investors spend more time buying a grill than picking a financial planner.” Friends of his are in deep financial trouble. The virus has made it even worse, and the losses are taking a toll on their health. Another […]
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