Coronavirus Infects Stock Market: Part XLIII You can kiss this summer goodbye. This weekend Newport opened for business, but it’s hardly open. There were cars driving along Thames Street, but hardly the traffic you see on a typical Mother’s Day. Most of the cars were just driving with no intent on stopping. The two restaurants […]
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On Saturday, You Can Buy a Gun in Massachusetts Again
Coronavirus Infects Stock Market: XLII Massachusetts gun stores will be allowed to open this weekend thanks to U.S. Judge Douglas P. Woodlock issuing a preliminary injunction to prevent the state from enforcing the unlawful order from Gov. Charlie Baker. “We don’t surrender our constitutional rights. These plaintiffs have constitutional rights that deserve respect and vindication, […]
Do Governors Have the Right to Make and Enforce Laws?
Coronavirus Infects Stock Market: XLI You might want to take a few minutes to contemplate your rights. How can governors go wild without checks and balances? There’s a reason states are governed by three branches, not one governor wielding a big stick. Has there ever been a more important time to consider the balance of […]
Your Survival Guy’s Tip of the Day: Sell Until You’re Comfortable
Coronavirus Infects Stock Market: Part XL Just when you thought you might get your life back blue state governors continue to go wild. Yesterday, Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo said she will sign an executive order taking effect Friday, directing anyone in an indoor or outdoor “public place” to wear a cloth face covering. This […]
Lucky or Smart, Florida Dodges the Big Coronavirus Bullet
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, […]
Governors Gone Wild Protect the Rich
Coronavirus Infects Stock Market: Part XXXIX You’re seeing up close how blue state governors love states’ rights only when they’re in charge and what a mess it creates when different rules apply across state lines. Take a look at Rhode Island and Massachusetts, for example. Rhode Island has shelter in place until next Monday, May […]
Business Owner Uses Common Sense in Age of Coronavirus
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. […]
Coronavirus and Deus ex Machina
God from the Machine is a plot device from ancient Greek theater whereby a seemingly unsolvable problem in a story is suddenly and abruptly resolved by an unexpected, unlikely occurrence. The function of deus ex machine is to resolve an otherwise irresolvable plot situation, to either bring the tale to a happy ending or act […]
Andy Kessler on Coronavirus Suicide and Recovery
The coronavirus lockdown appears to be coming to an end. Slowly perhaps, but there is a glimmer of hope at the end of this long tunnel. But, as Andy Kessler reminds WSJ readers, there’s a new parlor game sweeping the nation: predicting the shape and span of the economic recovery. After Falling off a Cliff, […]
Trump: Let Them Drink Lysol?
The Good News: Covid-19 seems to be more widespread, but less lethal than earlier indicated. The Bad News: The good news is lost amid media stridency. “Instead,” writes Victor Davis Hanson, “the public gets 20-second distortions in the evening news that Trump wants us to drink Lysol.” In two paragraphs reporting on the president’s remarks, the New […]
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