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Jay W. Richards
April 27, 2020
Politics
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Why Did Americans Agree to a National Lockdown?

Jay W. Richards
April 27, 2020
Politics
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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
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To Hell with Main Street?

Christopher Rufo
April 27, 2020
Faith & Economics, Politics, Poverty
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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
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Bill Walton and Jay Richards Discuss the Economic and Health Crisis Created By COVID-19

Discovery Institute
April 15, 2020
Growth, Politics
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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
1

Chaos by the Bay

Christopher Rufo
April 14, 2020
Homelessness, Politics
1
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 ›
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Protective masks, normally used for surgery, are now in use to fight the Corona Virus SARS-nCov-19.
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Center on Wealth & Poverty
April 9, 2020
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Christopher Rufo with Tucker Carlson on Progressives’ Response to COVID-19

Center on Wealth & Poverty
April 9, 2020
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Director of Discovery Institute’s Center on Wealth and Poverty Christopher Rufo guested on Tucker Carlson Tonight to discuss how progressives are using the current COVID-19 pandemic for political gain. https://www.facebook.com/realchrisrufo/videos/251831259543523/

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Bill Walton
April 1, 2020
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Masks and Scarves and Overdraft Protection with Arnold Kling

Bill Walton
April 1, 2020
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This week I sought out Arnold Kling to learn more about some of his innovative ideas to deal with the health, economic and social fallout from the Covid-19 crisis. Arnold, who blogs at arnoldkling.com/blog, author of “Specialization and Trade” and “The Three Languages of Politics” and with a PhD in Economics from MIT is one of America’s more original and penetrating thinkers. Read More ›
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Christopher Rufo
April 1, 2020
Politics
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A Rorschach Epidemic

Christopher Rufo
April 1, 2020
Politics
1
The coronavirus has swallowed up everything. Its microscopic image — a grey mothball with small red crowns emanating from its core — is found in every newspaper, website, and television program around the world. Though the virus remains mysterious, it has revealed much about us. Read More ›