
Governments all around the world are trying to contain the spread of the coronavirus. Making it mandatory for people to wear face masks is a policy that has gained favor among many national governments and state authorities in the United States. Yet any policy that attempts to modify people’s behavior – in this case, making
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If there is one thing which is currently obsessing large swathes of the ideologically globalized world, it is the scourge of systemic racism. It is a matter of unquestioned dogma that such systemic racism is widespread and that it must be purged from society. To question this unquestionable dogma is a heresy which is punishable
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Like pagan Danes sweeping through Christendom, rioters pillaged and torched my city of Minneapolis. The results are devastating. For several miles, you can drive along Lake St., the epicenter of the rioting, and witness one burned-out building after another interspersed with piles of rubble where some once stood. Those buildings still standing are often still
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As states across the country issued lockdown orders in the face of COVID-19, one type of business was almost uniformly deemed essential: liquor stores. For those attempting to work, homeschool kids, and stay home 24/7 without killing anyone, the continued operation of liquor stores and the distilleries that supply them was deeply appreciated. But in
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“Who,” I asked some family members, ranging in age from three to thirty-nine, “is the wisest person you’ve ever met?” Why did everyone, excluding the three-year-old who paid not the slightest bit of attention, look so puzzled by my question? Why were none of us able to come up with an immediate answer? Had we
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Coronavirus deaths have slowed to a crawl in Sweden. With the exception of a single death on July 13, no deaths in this nation of 10 million have been reported since July 10. But the debate over Sweden’s approach to the COVID-19 pandemic, which relied on individual responsibility instead of government coercion to maintain social
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