Coronavirus

^{Bill Walton
December 31, 2020
Community}

The Bill Walton Show: Silver Linings

_{Bill Walton
December 31, 2020
Community}

As we wrap up one of the most chaotic years in modern memory, members of the BWS team gather virtually to talk about the impact of COVID-19 on our lives. What will the future hold when it comes to masks? The economy? Life in general? While 2020 is one most of us would like to forget, we manage to find several “silver linings” heading into 2021. Read More ›

^{Christopher Rufo
October 9, 2020
Politics}

Lab Coat Tyranny

_{Christopher Rufo
October 9, 2020
Politics}

Public health authorities in California have unveiled a “Blueprint for a Safer Economy” that requires counties to meet new “health equity metrics” in order to emerge from the current Covid-19 lockdowns. It’s a broad experiment in social justice. Read More ›

person using syringe on yellow stone on spoon

^{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 ›

^{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 ›

Protective masks, normally used for surgery, are now in use to fight the Corona Virus SARS-nCov-19.

^{Center on Wealth & Poverty
April 9, 2020}

Christopher Rufo with Tucker Carlson on Progressives’ Response to COVID-19

_{Center on Wealth & Poverty
April 9, 2020}

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/

^{Bill Walton
April 1, 2020}

Masks and Scarves and Overdraft Protection with Arnold Kling

_{Bill Walton
April 1, 2020}

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 ›