covid-19

Disappointed lonely kid wearing mask for protection of corona virus spread on a closed empty park
Disappointed lonely kid wearing mask for protection of corona virus spread on a closed empty park
Keri D. Ingraham
September 19, 2020

Coronavirus Deadly Effect on K-12 Student Learning — Not Student Health

Keri D. Ingraham
September 19, 2020
Should the overwhelming majority of public schools across the nation remain closed when COVID-19 has been implicated in very few deaths of students? Read More ›
Elderly woman wearing a mask to protect from coronavirus covid-19
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Jay W. Richards
August 14, 2020
Economics

Biden’s National Mask Mandate is Absurd and Despotic

Jay W. Richards
August 14, 2020
Economics
The new Biden-Harris ticket is off to a despotic start. Biden, armed with his new running mate Kamala Harris, held a press briefing on Thursday in which he called for a nationwide mask mandate. Read More ›
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Christopher Rufo
August 13, 2020
Economics

Covid-19 Exposes the Roots of the Homeless Crisis in our Cities

Christopher Rufo
August 13, 2020
Economics
“The coronavirus has started to reveal some long standing truths about homelessness, about addiction, and about mental illness,” explains Christopher Rufo director of Discovery Institute’s Center on Wealth & Poverty. “For the past decade, policy makers have largely avoided these questions, or, largely been in denial about the causes of homelessness.” Read More ›
African American man in a hospital bed.
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Wesley J. Smith
July 6, 2020
Human Exceptionalism

The Deadly “Quality of Life” Ethic

Wesley J. Smith
July 6, 2020
Human Exceptionalism
Something evil happened recently in Austin. Michael Hickson, a forty-six-year-old African-American man with quadriplegia and a serious brain injury, was refused treatment at St. David’s Hospital South Austin while ill with COVID-19. Read More ›
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Bill Walton
June 17, 2020
Economics

The Bill Walton Show: The True Human Costs of Government Imposed Lockdowns with Jim Agresti

Bill Walton
June 17, 2020
Economics
Medical studies show that excessive stress and anxiety are among the most debilitating and deadly of all health hazards in the world. Beyond their obvious effects like suicide and substance abuse—these mental stressors are strongly related to and may trigger and inflame a host of ailments like high blood pressure, digestive disorders, heart conditions, infectious diseases, cancer, and pregnancy complications. Read More ›