Is Immunity a Case of Rothbard’s Lost Knowledge?
Murray Rothbard’s wonderful History of Economic Thought opens with a blast against what he called the Whig theory of intellectual…
The Virus Doesn’t Care about Your Policies
Based on the data, there seems to be no relationship between lockdowns and lives saved. That’s remarkable, given that we…
The Bloodless Political Class and Its Lack of Empathy
Why watch COVID press conferences and briefings by politicians? They are just upsetting. These people seem to have no clue…
How Global Capitalism Boosted Immunities
From the beginning of this virus, political elites have used the language of war. The invisible enemy would be contained,…
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…