Fauci Is Wrong: New York Did Not Do it “Correctly”
After a months-long struggle to contain COVID-19, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo seems confident that he has steered the state…
Policing Can and Should Be Privately Provided (Video)
The U.S. is at a crossroads on the topic of policing. The usual binary has framed the debate: support the…
Who Should Be on Trump’s New C-19 Advisory Commission?
I’m an enthusiast for Trump’s attacks on bad showerheads and low-flow faucets and toilets. Six months ago, he was just…
The New York Times Revives Its Grim Past
Walter Duranty of the NYT, as featured in the 2019 film Mr. Jones The resignation letter from former New York…
The Lockdowns Might Be Killing the Arts
What’s closed in the arts? Nearly everything. Unless you want to switch on your laptop. Otherwise forget it. Hardly anyone…
When Will the Madness End?
I was sitting in the green room in a Manhattan television studio on the day that the storm seemed to…
Can They Really Get Away with Banning TikTok?
The Trump administration announced yesterday that it might follow India’s lead and ban TikTok for Americans. There is some sense…
The Metaphysics of Lockdown, According to Albert Camus
For many people, it was their first experience in a full denial of freedom. Locked in their homes. Prevented from…
What Good Comes from this Tragedy?
Many millions have spent the last four months in sadness and depression. It’s hard to watch the world shattered by…
Smallpox Ravaged the Soldiers but They Still Fought and Won a Revolution
One of the most marvelous books I’ve read this year is Donald Henderson’s personal story of the eradication of smallpox.…