The “Expert Consensus” Also Favored Alcohol Prohibition
Most people today regard America’s experiment with alcohol prohibition as a national embarrassment, rightly repealed in 1933. So it will…
“We Hadn’t Really Thought Through the Economic Impacts” ~ Melinda Gates
In a wide-ranging interview in the New York Times, Melinda Gates made the following remarkable statement: “What did surprise us…
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…
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…
We Have Immune Systems, New York Times Reveals
Scrub and spray everything with chemicals, bathe in Purrell, mask up, stand no nearer to anyone else than six feet,…
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…
Asymptomatic Spread Revisited
The phrase “fog of war” is attributed to Carl von Clausewitz. It has come to refer to the confusion and…
The Blizzard of Bogus Journalism on Covid
This game of hunt-and-kill Covid cases has reached peak absurdity, especially in media culture. Take a look at Supermarkets are…
Americans are Finally Growing Weary of Lockdowns
There are public protests against lockdowns in Denmark, Italy, France, and all over Europe. They are growing in numbers and…
Even a Military-Enforced Quarantine Can’t Stop the Virus, Study Reveals
The New England Journal of Medicine has published a study that goes to the heart of the issue of lockdowns.…
It Was a Mistake to Close Schools, UK Study Concedes
On March 12, 2020, the memo went out from the pen of Carter Mecher, bioterrorism expert at advising the Veterans…
The Fun Night that Wasn’t Fun
In the old days, which seem behind us, people were invited to marvel at the workings of the American system.…
Death by Lockdown
On March 28 – very early in the pandemic – AIER published an article that I felt at the time…
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…
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…
The New Feudalism
On February 28, the idea of locking down and smashing economies and human rights the world over was unthinkable to…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
Lockdown: The New Totalitarianism
Every political ideology has three elements: a vision of hell with an enemy that needs to be crushed, a vision…
Emancipation From Lockdown in Florida
Governor Ron DeSantis has proven it: it is actually possible for a politician to wise up and do the right…
Top Twenty Lessons I’ve Learned in 2020
This year has been a shock. Here is an early sketch of what I think I’ve learned. Governments are fully…
Liberty or Lockdown
I’m very pleased to announce that my book Liberty or Lockdown is now available at Amazon. It includes a foreword…
Should Scott Atlas Sue His Detractors?
Former Stanford professor and now White House advisor Scott Atlas has positioned himself against lockdowns and for widespread reopening of…
In this Red Dawn, Who Invaded Whom?
The gigantic mess of 2020 called lockdown began with an email thread called Red Dawn, based on the old movie…
In a War on Restaurants, Media Tout the Lockdown Narrative
Just when the fear starts to subside, and growing public skepticism seems to push governors into opening, something predictable happens.…
The Clearest and Best Video Explanation of the Virus, the Lockdowns, and the Impact
Those of us who have been reading and writing on lockdowns and the Covid-19 virus have been frustrated in competition…
The Melbourne Syndrome
The Covid pandemic has brought on our modern version of The Stockholm Syndrome which you will recall is: “Feelings of…