Crisis
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Why Did They Close the Schools?
“On March 12, 2020, a banshee-like cry went out to an email list of public health professionals and government officials who were then in a state of mental meltdown. Pull the trigger now, screamed the memo. Close the schools.” ~ Jeffrey Tucker
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A Second Wave at Your Doorstep?
“On a single-city basis, we will, I suspect, have great difficulty finding distinct multiple peaks, for any city on the entire planet.” ~ Daniel Klein
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Massachusetts’ Phased Reopenings Harm Businesses, Help Nobody
“Governor Baker’s plan is understandable politics but unforgivable policy.” ~ Max Gulker
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America Rediscovers Empathy
“Perhaps we somehow had to go through this time to experience the kind of world in which we do not want to live – closed, cold, cruel – and to remember what we do want for ourselves and country: to be good people who care for others and show it in the warm sunlight of…
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An Open Letter to the Charleston Protestors
“Your cause is just and we hope we can work together in the days, weeks, months, and years ahead.” ~ Robert E. Wright
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Why Does the New York Times Deny the Obvious?
“It was not the pandemic that blew up our lives, commercial networks, and health systems. It was the response to the virus that did that. The Times needs to learn that it cannot construct a fake version of reality just to avoid responsibility for what they’ve done. Are we really supposed to believe what they…
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Three Unsung Heroes of the Coronavirus Crisis
“Lesser mentioned, but integral to the attempts to wrestle life back to some version of the status quo are numerous groups of professionals and workers whose unseen efforts would be both immediately noticed and sorely missed if absent. Thank you to the three mentioned here and to the many of those who are not.”~Peter C.…
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The Devastation Wrought on Small Business
“The brutalism of the initial coronavirus lockdown orders, as well as the soft extension of the quarantine disguised as “Phased Reopenings,” have put SBO’s in an inhumane position. It’s neutered their ability to attract not only patrons, but employees.” ~ Taleed Brown
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Unemployment Far Worse in Lockdown States, Data Show
“In general, states that were still closed on May 9 had the highest average insured unemployment rates relative to the average for that same group on March 1. The unemployment rate of fully locked down states was at least double than states that had no formal lockdown.” ~ Abigail Devereaux
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A Nation of True Believers
“Lots of Americans are also frustrated. Their putative leaders have infantilized them through decades of paternalistic laws that try to micromanage their lives. It is beginning to dawn on them that election results are unlikely to change anything under our duopolistic, or revolving monopolistic, political system.” ~ Robert Wright
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Why Did They Close the Schools?
“On March 12, 2020, a banshee-like cry went out to an email list of public health professionals and government officials who were then in a state of mental meltdown. Pull the trigger now, screamed the memo. Close the schools.” ~ Jeffrey Tucker
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A Second Wave at Your Doorstep?
“On a single-city basis, we will, I suspect, have great difficulty finding distinct multiple peaks, for any city on the entire planet.” ~ Daniel Klein
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Massachusetts’ Phased Reopenings Harm Businesses, Help Nobody
“Governor Baker’s plan is understandable politics but unforgivable policy.” ~ Max Gulker
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America Rediscovers Empathy
“Perhaps we somehow had to go through this time to experience the kind of world in which we do not want to live – closed, cold, cruel – and to remember what we do want for ourselves and country: to be good people who care for others and show it in the warm sunlight of…
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An Open Letter to the Charleston Protestors
“Your cause is just and we hope we can work together in the days, weeks, months, and years ahead.” ~ Robert E. Wright
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Why Does the New York Times Deny the Obvious?
“It was not the pandemic that blew up our lives, commercial networks, and health systems. It was the response to the virus that did that. The Times needs to learn that it cannot construct a fake version of reality just to avoid responsibility for what they’ve done. Are we really supposed to believe what they…
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Three Unsung Heroes of the Coronavirus Crisis
“Lesser mentioned, but integral to the attempts to wrestle life back to some version of the status quo are numerous groups of professionals and workers whose unseen efforts would be both immediately noticed and sorely missed if absent. Thank you to the three mentioned here and to the many of those who are not.”~Peter C.…
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The Devastation Wrought on Small Business
“The brutalism of the initial coronavirus lockdown orders, as well as the soft extension of the quarantine disguised as “Phased Reopenings,” have put SBO’s in an inhumane position. It’s neutered their ability to attract not only patrons, but employees.” ~ Taleed Brown
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Unemployment Far Worse in Lockdown States, Data Show
“In general, states that were still closed on May 9 had the highest average insured unemployment rates relative to the average for that same group on March 1. The unemployment rate of fully locked down states was at least double than states that had no formal lockdown.” ~ Abigail Devereaux
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A Nation of True Believers
“Lots of Americans are also frustrated. Their putative leaders have infantilized them through decades of paternalistic laws that try to micromanage their lives. It is beginning to dawn on them that election results are unlikely to change anything under our duopolistic, or revolving monopolistic, political system.” ~ Robert Wright