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Pandemics and the Liberal Path
The record shows that the global economy collapsed not because of the COVID-19 pandemic but because governments around the world,…
Did the Lockdown Save Lives?
For two to three months, Americans have suffered the loss of liberty, security, and prosperity in the name of virus…
The 2006 Origins of the Lockdown Idea
Now begins the grand effort, on display in thousands of articles and news broadcasts daily, somehow to normalize the lockdown…
No Lockdowns: The Terrifying Polio Pandemic of 1949-52
Many people infected with polio don’t show any symptoms. Some become temporarily paralyzed; for others, it’s permanent. In 1952, the…
Elvis Was King, Ike Was President, and 116,000 Americans Died in a Pandemic
The year was 1957. Elvis’s new movie “Jailhouse Rock” was packing the theaters. The last episode of “I Love Lucy”…
Woodstock Occurred in the Middle of a Pandemic
In my lifetime, there was another deadly flu epidemic in the United States. The flu spread from Hong Kong to…
“I’ve Lost Faith in Humanity”: The Psychological Toll of the Lockdown
We have heretofore lived our lives with the presumption that we possess the inalienable right to choose. We are self-governors,…
There Will Be Blowback, In Mostly Good Ways
Two months ago, it had been mandatory in my local grocery to use only shopping bags brought from home. Plastic…
