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Christopher Rufo
June 11, 2020
Politics

Anarchy in Seattle

Christopher Rufo
June 11, 2020
Politics
Seattle’s hard-Left secessionist movement has claimed its first territory: six blocks in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. Read More ›
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The facade of the Federal Reserve Bank.
George Gilder
May 26, 2020
Growth

The Trump Dollar is on Track to be the Weakest of All Time

George Gilder
May 26, 2020
Growth

Folks, watch them dance, US pols are exultant about the dollar! Despite the volatility and noise of virus, money manipulation, trade war, high tech disruption, and debt explosion, our leaders believe that the buck is a bastion of value. Amid the $6.7 trillion a day of currency shuffling in Vanity Fair — some 25 times world GDP and up some 30% in three years during a trade collapse — the dollar is floating and flapping on the Federal Reserve fortress like a triumphal banner of monetary stability in an ocean of froth. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell is basking in glory as the dollar seems to be slip sliding near the Euro. And at least it’s not Brazil’s real or Argentina’s swooning peso! This Read More ›

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Christopher Rufo
May 13, 2020
Politics

Wuhan’s Other Epidemic

Christopher Rufo
May 13, 2020
Politics
Most know that the Chinese city is the source of the coronavirus — but not that it also fuels America’s deadly fentanyl epidemic. Read More ›
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Jay W. Richards
April 27, 2020
Politics

Why Did Americans Agree to a National Lockdown?

Jay W. Richards
April 27, 2020
Politics
Americans take our liberty seriously. We have the idea of limited government enshrined in our founding documents. We say we don’t like the Nanny State. So, why did we agree without a fight or a protest to shelter-in-place orders? To a total lockdown? It’s one thing to agree it would be best to work from home and avoid large crowds, or to quarantine people who are sick or at severe risk. It’s another for cities and states to order healthy, low-risk people not to go to work or church, or even to leave their houses, and to arrest them if they don’t comply. States can rightly do this only in the most extreme emergencies. Most Americans have never witnessed this, or anything like it — even in the middle of a hurricane. Read More ›
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Christopher Rufo
April 27, 2020
Faith & Economics, Politics, Poverty

To Hell with Main Street?

Christopher Rufo
April 27, 2020
Faith & Economics, Politics, Poverty
In times of trouble, Americans rally around a common cause. After Pearl Harbor, we liberated much of the world; during the Cold War, we sent a man to the moon. There was a shared sensibility that Americans were unified in pursuit of the highest ideals. But after some shocks, this sense of unity proves short-lived — and shortsighted. Read More ›
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Discovery Institute
April 15, 2020
Growth, Politics

Bill Walton and Jay Richards Discuss the Economic and Health Crisis Created By COVID-19

Discovery Institute
April 15, 2020
Growth, Politics
Discovery Institute Senior Fellows Bill Walton and Jay Richards sat down with economist Steve Moore to discuss the health and economic crisis created by the coronavirus, and how to respond without all of our freedoms and civil liberties being trampled. They explore the many policy proposals driven by partisan politics, China’s role, the World Health Organization, and the left’s agenda. Read More ›
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Christopher Rufo
April 14, 2020
Homelessness, Politics

Chaos by the Bay

Christopher Rufo
April 14, 2020
Homelessness, Politics
An odd pattern has emerged in San Francisco as the city responds to the Covid-19 pandemic. The world of the well-off has become tightly restricted by public quarantine orders, and the world of the poor increasingly resembles that of Mad Max — lawless, crime-ridden, and devoid of functioning authority. Read More ›