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  • An Open Letter to the Tyrant of Virginia

    An Open Letter to the Tyrant of Virginia0

    Dear Governor Northam: I hope this letter of objection finds you well in the middle of this lockdown you have declared here in Virginia. As you must be aware, many of your fellow citizens are suffering from business closures and stay-at-home orders. Some people I know here in Front Royal – the baristas and cooks

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  • Doctors Are Incentivized to List COVID-19 on Death Certificates

    Doctors Are Incentivized to List COVID-19 on Death Certificates0

    When Drs. Dan Erickson and Dr. Artin Massihi of Accelerated Urgent Care held a press conference last week, their goal was to galvanize policymakers to reopen the economy. The California-based hospital owners may have uncorked a bigger story. During their long discussion with reporters, Dr. Erickson noted he has spoken to numerous physicians who say

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  • Decentralization Is Gaining Popularity During COVID-19

    Decentralization Is Gaining Popularity During COVID-190

    In the increasingly polarized America, Black Swan moments like the COVID-19 pandemic have further confirmed growing divides in the country. Our textbooks would like us to believe that emergencies create fertile grounds for unity. But when you have a populace that is politically dividing itself even when it comes to the TV shows it watches,

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  • Why the Current Unemployment Is Worse Than the Great Depression

    Why the Current Unemployment Is Worse Than the Great Depression0

    The latest report on new unemployment claims was abysmal, coming in at 4.4 million last week, some 100,000 more than surveyed economists had expected. The continuous claims came in at just under 16 million, an all-time record. Mainstream labor economists estimate that, all things considered, the actual unemployment rate now (which is only officially reported

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  • Why Farmers Are Dumping Milk and Letting Produce Rot

    Why Farmers Are Dumping Milk and Letting Produce Rot0

    Many Americans may be surprised and confused to see farmers dumping milk down the drain or letting vegetables rot in their fields. Why would they be destroying food at a time when grocery stores and food pantries struggle to keep pace with surging demand during the coronavirus pandemic? As sociologists with a specialty in agriculture

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  • Canada’s Government-Run Health Care Buckles Under COVID-19

    Canada’s Government-Run Health Care Buckles Under COVID-190

    In an editorial last week, the Los Angeles Times declared it conventional wisdom that COVID-19 proves Bernie Sanders was right about “Medicare for All,” because with universal health coverage, the government wouldn’t have to send emergency aid to “hospitals and state health programs.” This assertion is completely false, however, and we know because billions in

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