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  • Sweden and the Tough Choices of COVID-19

    Sweden and the Tough Choices of COVID-190

    At this moment in our history the United States has 26 Republican governors and 24 Democratic governors. Of the 26 Republican governors, nine have issued “shelter-in-place” orders, closing nearly all businesses, and commanding people to stay at home except for necessary trips to grocery stores, pharmacies, and hospitals. Of the 24 Democratic governors, 20 have

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  • Study: Consumers Don’t Care About Govt Licenses

    Study: Consumers Don’t Care About Govt Licenses0

    The already crippling credentialization of the workforce via burdensome and unnecessary occupational licensing laws is hitting workers particularly hard during the coronavirus pandemic, thus making it more difficult for job seekers to find work. Indeed, seemingly reasonable requirements that electricians and healthcare professionals be licensed has given way to ludicrous laws mandating that… adult film

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  • Every Census Throughout History Has Had Flaws

    Every Census Throughout History Has Had Flaws0

    A few days ago, I completed my 2020 U.S. census form. My latest book details the fundamentals and significance of the 2020 census. By April 1, every residence in the United States will be contacted, usually by mail, to answer only seven questions. This year you may respond online, although there are options for paper,

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  • Zoom’s Acceleration Isn’t Slowed by Red Tape

    Zoom’s Acceleration Isn’t Slowed by Red Tape0

    Founder and current CEO emeritus of Visa, Inc., Dee Hock once said, “From no more than dreams, determination, and the liberty to try, quite ordinary people consistently do extraordinary things.” Yet in the fight against COVID-19, many “ordinary people” have been blocked from doing “extraordinary things.” Due to government regulations, too few people have been

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  • The State Reemerges in the Time of COVID-19

    The State Reemerges in the Time of COVID-190

    Once upon a time, there was an illusion that the state would disappear. It was the fiction Marxists told each other at bedtime, and it was the lie of the Communists, once they had seized state power. For even as they built up their police apparatus and their archipelago of gulags, they kept promising that

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  • COVID-19 Shut Down the SAT and ACT, but Not the Classic Learning Test

    COVID-19 Shut Down the SAT and ACT, but Not the Classic Learning Test0

    COVID-19 has disrupted student life across the nation, closing schools and leading to major questions about what’s in store for high school juniors and seniors as they take their next steps toward college. The virus canceled many college placement exams that had been slated over the next few months. The ACT has postponed its April

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  • Beyond Raising Chickens: Survival Techniques You Should Try

    Beyond Raising Chickens: Survival Techniques You Should Try0

    Counting one’s chickens before they’re hatched is taking on new meaning in the age of the coronavirus. Baby chicks are the new toilet paper, The New York Times explained over the weekend. Chicken-suppliers have been cleared out as Americans adjust to quarantine and their minds switch to survivalist mode. I can’t say that I blame

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  • A Nation’s True Test Comes After the Crisis

    A Nation’s True Test Comes After the Crisis0

    Perhaps it’s natural and understandable for most people to think that things like “leadership” and “character” are forged and evidenced in response to crisis. It’s quite apparent in the present moment that judgments about public figures are being shaped by how they’re handling the virus pandemic. Around the world, people are generally, if grudgingly, embracing

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  • Teaching Humane Literature in High Schools0

    In many American high schools, the teaching of literature is in the sere and yellow leaf. One reason for this decay is the unsatisfactory quality of many programs of reading; another is the limited knowledge of humane letters possessed by some well-intentioned teachers, uncertain of what books they ought to select for their students to

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