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November 2, 2020

Death by Lockdown

On March 28 – very early in the pandemic – AIER published an article that I felt at the time…

October 31, 2020

Lockdowns Recreated a Pre-Modern Caste System

If you test positive or refuse to be tested at all in New Zealand, prepare to be shipped out to…

October 28, 2020

Do the Disease Eradicators Make an Elementary Logical Mistake?

I’ve rarely seen it put so bluntly as I have in the video posted below, in an interview with epidemiologist…

October 25, 2020

The New Feudalism

On February 28, the idea of locking down and smashing economies and human rights the world over was unthinkable to…

October 23, 2020

Why This Disastrous Experiment Also Hurt States that Did Not Lock Down

Imagine 100 people on a wholly deserted island. Life would be pretty dreadful, right? With only 100 people producing, work…

October 21, 2020

The Return of the Flagellants

The lockdowns have disproportionately targeted fun. No house parties. No travel. Bowling, bars, Broadway, theater, amusement parks, all banned. Weddings,…

October 20, 2020

The World Health Organization in 2011 Warned Against a “Culture of Fear”

A fine feature of the decentralized network of anti-lockdown Twitter is that it turns up fantastic bits of research that…

October 10, 2020

An Attempted Media Sandbag: My Experience

I’ve got a day job but try to fit in podcasts and television when possible. I don’t always pay super…

October 2, 2020

George Melloan, a Giant at the Wall Street Journal, Has Died

George Melloan, who died last week at the age of 92, wrote his last column for the Wall Street Journal…

October 1, 2020

Lockdown: The New Totalitarianism

Every political ideology has three elements: a vision of hell with an enemy that needs to be crushed, a vision…