Here’s a photo of an American pioneer family, 1870. I wonder what they would have thought of their descendants 150 years later — hiding under the bed for 3 months from a virus with a 1 percent death rate? … Continue reading
“Dallas salon owner who reopened despite coronavirus restrictions gets 7 days in jail” [story here] Read the details. They wanted her to admit she was “selfish”. If she did, they’d let her go. So it’s not about public safety. If … Continue reading
In Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged,” the hero John Galt stopped the motor of the world by encouraging the men of the mind to go on strike. Innovators in business, science and the arts — one by one, he persuaded them … Continue reading
The mask is an interesting symbol. They say it’s about health and “science”. The science tells us it’s of no use, especially the ridiculous cloth masks health professionals would never wear. The same government scientists said as much, just a … Continue reading
Washington (AFP) – Billionaire investor Warren Buffet said Saturday he’s confident the US economy will bounce back from its pummeling by the coronavirus pandemic because “American magic has always prevailed.” [Breitbart News 5/3/20] Magic didn’t create America. FREEDOM did. Our … Continue reading
On Sunday, Dr. Deborah Birx of the White House Coronavirus Task Force appeared on “Fox News Sunday” with Chris Wallace. Among the topics discussed were the recent protests at the Michigan state Capitol in which a glut of demonstrators gathered … Continue reading
Most Britons are still too scared to leave home. The British government wonders how to get them out from under their couches. It’s hard to tell what’s more pitiful. The government for scaring them, or the people for being so … Continue reading
Scream “it’s a pandemic” all you want. Debate whether the shutting down of everything was initially about health, or not. Two months in, it’s clearly political. As it stands: It’s a win-win for Democrats and leftists. Shutting down the entire … Continue reading
This picture is from lockdown protesters in California. If America is to survive, we will need to make the protests of the 1960s look like nothing. Conservatives and Republicans have lives and jobs, unlike many leftists; but we’ve got to … Continue reading
The lockdown is not about self-preservation. The lockdown is about self-sacrifice. Self-sacrifice is mostly a leftist thing. It’s also a Nazi, fascist thing. Adolf Hitler glorified the sacrifice of the individual for the group. Hitler was as much an anti-individualist … Continue reading
The issue isn’t federalism. The issue is RIGHTS. If the federal government violates rights and creates a dictatorship, the states are entitled to break away. If any of the states imposes a dictatorship — rationalized by “health” or anything else … Continue reading
You know you’re in trouble when even the prime minister of Italy makes more sense than the typical American governor or CDC official. Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Monday’s initial reopening of Italy: “We are about to enter the … Continue reading