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    • If Social Media Wants to Play Doctor, They Should Prepare for Malpractice Suits

      If Social Media Wants to Play Doctor, They Should Prepare for Malpractice Suits0

      Most people understand that the constitutional guarantee of free speech does not include falsely yelling “Fire!” in a crowded theater. A panicked mob can crush or trample weak and vulnerable people as the instinct to survive overtakes common decency. This maxim came to mind when Breitbart announced that Twitter and Facebook censored a press conference

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    • America’s Other Deadly Virus

      America’s Other Deadly Virus0

      For the last several months we have waged our coronavirus war. In some states we wear the mandated facemasks to enter grocery stores or even to walk through public parks, we maintain safe distances, and we squirt sanitizer on our hands from time to time. Some of our governors kept most businesses running while others

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    • How Ayn Rand’s Dystopian Novella Anticipated Cancel Culture

      How Ayn Rand’s Dystopian Novella Anticipated Cancel Culture0

      Recent legislators, activists, and education reformers have promised to lead us into a new world of equity. No longer will some groups have a different lifestyle from others. No longer will some groups have a different education from others. There will be reform or else, Hawk Newsome warns, “we will burn down this system and

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    • Martyrs, Meaningless Deaths, and the Monologue on Race

      Martyrs, Meaningless Deaths, and the Monologue on Race0

      The death of George Floyd in Minneapolis has convulsed the entire country. His story has become an allegory for a malevolent criminal justice system indifferent to the lives of black men. Not only did his death elevate the motto, “Black Lives Matter,” it ushered in a summer of protests and unrest. The Dead as Martyrs

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    • The Bloodless Political Class and Its Lack of Empathy

      The Bloodless Political Class and Its Lack of Empathy0

      Why watch COVID press conferences and briefings by politicians? They are just upsetting. These people seem to have no clue about why the virus is ignoring them. They keep issuing strange and arbitrary rules that they make up, change by the day, all enforced by intimidation and compulsion. They posture in this silly way as

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    • Abolishing the Police Will End Our Society

      Abolishing the Police Will End Our Society0

      Recent weeks have been filled with clashes between police and protesters, raging rioters and fleeing law enforcement. Since a policeman’s role in the George Floyd incident lit the match of chaos, the cry of “defund the police” has been an easy one for protesters to latch onto. I have to wonder about the psychological impact

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