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  • Virtue Signaling of Plastic Bag Ban Ends Quickly in a Pandemic

    Virtue Signaling of Plastic Bag Ban Ends Quickly in a Pandemic0

    Mindless virtue signaling doesn’t fare well in a real crisis. As the nation and the world confronts a deadly pandemic, and citizens, businesses, and governments do all they can to tamp down the spread of the coronavirus, some useless measures instituted in less turbulent times will go by the wayside. One of these useless measures

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  • Revisiting the ‘Pleasantville’ of My Childhood

    Revisiting the ‘Pleasantville’ of My Childhood2

    I was recently reminded of the film “Pleasantville,” which was released in 1998 and, according to Netflix, became one of year’s most popular movies. Although “Pleasantville” features lustrous Hollywood stars Tobey Maguire, Reese Witherspoon, Jeff Daniels, and William Macy, it would be inaccurate to characterize this film as something meant simply to entertain. Instead, the

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  • A Real Crisis Yields Real Politics

    A Real Crisis Yields Real Politics0

    So much of the news cycle and the telegraphed concerns of our commentariat are completely fake. Fake crises like “climate change,” a phone call with the leader of Ukraine, or whether someone used the wrong pronouns tend to dominate the news cycle. The recent Democratic presidential primary is a good example. At one point, the

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  • A Litany of Useless Laws Have Been Exposed By the Coronavirus

    A Litany of Useless Laws Have Been Exposed By the Coronavirus0

    From the start of the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States, state and local governments responded in various ways from issuing emergency orders – citywide shutdowns to school closures and beyond – but it’s the suspension of various laws and regulations that is exposing the unnecessary regulatory web that burdens businesses. As often happens during

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  • The Staggering Collapse of U.S. Intelligence on the Coronavirus

    The Staggering Collapse of U.S. Intelligence on the Coronavirus0

    The coronavirus pandemic has impacted the United States unlike any other event in recent history, proving to be far more disruptive to American society, and far most damaging to the U.S. economy, than even the events of 9/11. The U.S. response is something President Trump has likened to a “war,” going so far as to

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  • The Coronavirus Revival of the Stay-at-Home Mom

    The Coronavirus Revival of the Stay-at-Home Mom0

    A fascinating thing about this time in history is how it’s challenging many of our long-held beliefs and practices. Take the conversation my sister relayed to me the other day. While out for a walk, she stopped to talk with a neighbor – from an appropriate distance, of course – and asked how she was

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