Politics

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Unconscious on the Street
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Christopher Rufo
July 16, 2020

The Harm in “Harm Reduction”

Christopher Rufo
July 16, 2020
As cities in the United States, including San Francisco, Denver, Philadelphia, and Seattle, consider opening their own safe-injection sites, they should understand the full consequences of these practices. Read More ›
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Christopher Rufo
July 9, 2020

Cult Programming in Seattle

Christopher Rufo
July 9, 2020
Last month, the City of Seattle’s Office of Civil Rights sent an email inviting “white City employees” to attend a training session on “Interrupting Internalized Racial Superiority and Whiteness.” Read More ›
Bill Walton
July 3, 2020
Politics

The Bill Walton Show: Reality Economics 101 with Don Boudreaux and John Tamny

Bill Walton
July 3, 2020
Politics
On this week’s episode of The Bill Walton Show, Discovery Senior Fellow Bill Walton has a wide ranging conversation about all things economic with Donald Boudreaux, best-selling author, professor of economics at George Mason University who writes the popular blog Cafe Hayek and John Tamny, editor of Real Clear Markets, an editor for Forbes Magazine and the author of “The End of Work” and “They’re Both Wrong.” Even if, or maybe especially, you think economics is too abstract or arcane or harsh, this is a fresh and engaging take that everyone can learn from. Read More ›
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Christopher Rufo
June 23, 2020
Politics

Antifa Makes Its Move

Christopher Rufo
June 23, 2020
Politics
Behind the scenes, antifa has done the unthinkable: establish political power in major American cities. Read More ›
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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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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 ›