Blog 3 Columns

China Increasingly Controls Information as It Slides Deeper Into Authoritarianism 0
- Culture
- April 20, 2020
Recent revelations about the depth and consequences of China’s suppression of information in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic should shine a light on the nature of the country’s regime. China’s communist government has been tyrannical for more than 70 years, but perhaps surprising to some, it actually has become more authoritarian in recent
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What We Lose When We Can’t Touch the World Around Us 0
- Culture
- April 17, 2020
During one of my daily walks with my toddler, when we passed his favorite playground, I noticed a new sign warning that the coronavirus survives on all kinds of surfaces and that we should no longer use the playground. Since then, I’ve taken great pains to prevent him from touching things. This hasn’t been easy.
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Physician Explains the Most Beneficial Approach to Quality Family Time 0
- Culture
- April 17, 2020
By now we’ve probably all heard about the father arrested for playing catch with his daughter in a park. Regardless of whether you think the lockdown should continue, be lifted, or if you’re undecided on the issue, most people would agree that this incident was a bit heavy-handed. After all, one of the good things
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Leftist State Governments Embrace ‘States’ Rights’0
- Politics
- April 17, 2020
Some White House advisors like Anthony Fauci have often acted as if they were in a position to dictate to states whether or not states mandate “social distancing.” But neither the President or his advisors have ever demonstrated they actually have the legal authority to set state and local policies in these matters. Indeed, Donald
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AOC’s Baseless Accusation That the U.S. Is a ‘Brutal, Barbarian Society’0
- Culture
- April 17, 2020
According to democratic socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the COVID-19 pandemic is proving that the United States “is a brutal, barbarian society for the vast majority of working-class Americans.” As evidence of this, she claims that “40% of us couldn’t even afford a $400 emergency” before this crisis, and COVID-19 “is more than a $400 emergency.” However,
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A Depression-Era Rebuke for Social Justice Warriors 0
- Culture
- April 17, 2020
At present, the previously incessant caterwauling of social justice warriors has died down. With college campuses shuttered by the coronavirus pandemic and college adminstrations wondering if students will ever return, the hotbeds of liberal academia and far left political activism have fallen silent for the present at least. Student activism in the popular imagination is often
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The Spanish Flu Aftermath Suggests There’s Hope for America 0
- Culture
- April 16, 2020
The coronavirus may be abating. The curve for new cases in New York City has flattened, officials are reporting fewer cases across the country, and the number of deaths from the virus has slackened. So why have Americans gotten even crazier than they were? On Saturday, the day before Easter, my local grocery store was
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Gun Control: We’re Avoiding It During COVID-19 So Far 0
- Politics
- April 16, 2020
If history has taught us anything, it’s that a crisis is the lifeblood of state growth. The coronavirus saga offers a treasure trove of power grabs that elected officials are seeking to ram through while Americans must make significant readjustments in their daily lives due to state-imposed shutdowns around the nation. Some of the attempts
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Evidence for Wuhan Labs as the True COVID Culprit Is Growing 0
- International
- April 16, 2020
It’s been billed as a right-wing nut-job conspiracy theory: the idea that the coronavirus accidentally escaped from a virology facility in Wuhan, China. Originally the virus was thought to have originated in Wuhan at a so-called wet market. In fact, those who have dared to discuss such a possibility – a seemingly logical one, as
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China Increasingly Controls Information as It Slides Deeper Into Authoritarianism 0