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February 23, 2021

How Does All of This End?

There is a sense in the air that the pandemic is winding down, and the toxic culture of division, fear,…

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February 9, 2021

Who Wanted Pandemic Lockdowns?

People of the future will look back at these 11 months and be very confused. How could virtually the entire…

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February 8, 2021

Don’t Cry for Donald McNeil

The firing of the New York Times’s star virus reporter Donald G. McNeil, Jr., made international news, given his status…

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January 25, 2021

All Hail the Reopening!

What a glorious thing the reopening is! After nearly a year of darkening times, the light has begun to dawn,…

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January 11, 2021

Many Pathways to Policy Failure

“Economics must not be relegated to classrooms and statistical offices and must not be left to esoteric circles,” wrote Ludwig…

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January 5, 2021

Catastrophe Is All Around Us

As a naturally optimistic person, it vexes me that the word catastrophe has echoed in my mind since early March…

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December 23, 2020

Hope and Freedom in Georgia

If you live in a lockdown state, you might not remember what normal life feels like. I’m pretty sure I…

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December 2, 2020

Why Does Bitcoin Have Value?

Even after eleven years experience, and a per Bitcoin price of nearly $20,000, the incredulous are still with us. I…

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December 1, 2020

For Many Churches, It Is Too Late

The Supreme Court has decided that there is something not quite kosher about padlocking houses of worship, or imposing extreme…

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November 25, 2020

The Thanksgiving Rebellion of 2020

The Centers for Disease Control warned us not to travel or meet in multigenerational gatherings during Thanksgiving. Which is to…

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November 22, 2020

Asymptomatic Spread Revisited

The phrase “fog of war” is attributed to Carl von Clausewitz. It has come to refer to the confusion and…