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May 21, 2020
Human Exceptionalism}

Wesley Smith Joins Laura Ingraham to Discuss the Dangers of Contact Tracing

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May 21, 2020
Human Exceptionalism}

Wesley J. Smith, Senior Fellow at Discovery Institute's Center on Human Exceptionalism, sat down with Laura Ingraham to express his concerns about using 'contact tracing' as a means of combatting COVID-19. Especially as technocrats continue to use the pandemic as a way to seize power. Read More ›

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^{Christopher Rufo
May 13, 2020
Economics}

Wuhan’s Other Epidemic

_{Christopher Rufo
May 13, 2020
Economics}

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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^{Hans Zeiger
May 10, 2020
Citizen Leadership}

State Legislature Should Have Stronger Oversight Role During Emergencies

_{Hans Zeiger
May 10, 2020
Citizen Leadership}

In recent weeks, many citizens have written to me requesting that the Legislature take action to address the COVID-19 crisis. The reality is that the Legislature’s formal power to act in this crisis is limited; it is the governor who has broad authority during times of emergency. As we look to the future, the Legislature must have a much stronger role during emergencies. Read More ›

Store Owner in medical mask closed restaurant for quarantine

^{Jay W. Richards
April 27, 2020
Economics}

Why Did Americans Agree to a National Lockdown?

_{Jay W. Richards
April 27, 2020
Economics}

Americans take our liberty seriously. We have the idea of limited government enshrined in our founding documents. So, why did we agree without a fight or a protest to shelter-in-place orders? Read More ›

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^{Hance Haney
April 27, 2020
Technology}

A Home Run For Better WiFi

_{Hance Haney
April 27, 2020
Technology}

There is a phenomenally better WiFi experience on the immediate horizon for those of us who may be working from home, consulting with our doctors from home or studying from home as a result of COVID-19. Read More ›

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^{Christopher Rufo
April 24, 2020
Economics}

To Hell with Main Street?

_{Christopher Rufo
April 24, 2020
Economics}

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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April 24, 2020
Economics}

‘It’s the Bond Between All of Us That Holds Us Together’

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April 24, 2020
Economics}

The fabric of American society is coming apart at the seams. Numerous books, editorials and podcasts have testified to that fact. Now, with federally recommended and state-mandated social distancing, communal bonds are simultaneously more strained and more urgently needed. Faith becomes something practiced privately or livestreamed. Family may feel smothered when sheltering together, distant if sheltering apart. If the COVID-19 crisis has illustrated anything, it has shown, by dint of absence and suspension, how important social bonds are. In reestablishing them, one could hardly look for better inspiration than Christopher Rufo’s America Lost. Read More ›

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^{Heather Zeiger
April 23, 2020
Foreign Policy, Natural and Artificial Intelligence}

COVID-19: Getting to the Bottom of What Happened in China

_{Heather Zeiger
April 23, 2020
Foreign Policy, Natural and Artificial Intelligence}

It is widely recognized that medical professionals and journalists in China are being silenced if they publish any information about COVID-19 that contradicts the ruling Chinese Communist Party’s official narrative. But now mainland Chinese scientists must ensure that their research publications also toe the CCP party line. If we sift carefully, however, we can uncover real information. Read More ›

^{Tom Shakely
April 21, 2020
Citizen Leadership, Human Exceptionalism}

China, the Virus, and the Imperative to Build for Tomorrow

_{Tom Shakely
April 21, 2020
Citizen Leadership, Human Exceptionalism}

Marc Andreessen's "It's Time To Build" is a hopeful cri de coeur in this time of pandemic. Americans, and American elite leadership specifically, need what strikes me as essentially a spiritual awakening, and Andreessen speaks to that in his own way by pointing out that an ugly aspect of American life that this virus has revealed is a sort of cultural impotence. Read More ›

^{Gary N. Smith
April 15, 2020
Economics, Natural and Artificial Intelligence}

The Stock Market: Gains, Pains, and Panics

_{Gary N. Smith
April 15, 2020
Economics, Natural and Artificial Intelligence}

Let’s push an imaginary rewind button on the stock market. We’ll go back five years to April 14, 2015. The S&P 500 is at 2096, up 80% over the previous decade. Read More ›