It’s been a continuing mystery for three years, at least to me but many others too. In October 2020, in the midst of a genuine crisis, three scientists made a very short statement of highly public health wisdom, a summary of what everyone in the profession, apart from...
Jeffrey A. Tucker
Anti-Lockdown Goes Mainstream
It’s a shift worth marking. New York Magazine is featuring an article called “COVID Lockdowns Were a Giant Experiment. It Was a Failure.” The authors are two excellent journalists, Joe Nocera and Bethany McLean, who have also written a new book called “The Big Fail,”...
The Decline And Near Fall Of The COVID Vaccine Makers
The uptake of the latest version of the COVID vaccines, which underwent almost no testing but were rubber-stamped by regulators anyway, has been far lower than expectations. The CDC is not publishing real-time data but what we know so far suggests that it is in the...
This Vote Should Give You Hope
Did you see much about the vote in Australia in the past few days? It was an important one, and the results were extremely revealing. I’ve not seen much mainstream coverage of it at all. In fact, most coverage stopped weeks ago, once it became rather obvious which way...
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Canadian Property Rights Index 2023
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Alberta Politics and Empty Promises of Health-care Solutions
The writ has been dropped and Albertans are off to the polls on May 29. That leaves just four weeks for political leaders and voters to sort out what is arguably the most divisive, yet significant, issue for this election - health care. On Day 2, NDP leader Rachel...
The Triumph Of The Apocalyptics
In the course of almost four years, and really dating back a decade and a half, I’ve managed to read most of the writings of the intellectuals, titans of industry, and government officials who constructed the strange reality of 2020 and after. They wanted to conduct a...
The Valorization Of The Tyrants
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What Kind Of Political Storm Is Coming?
The Rochester, New York, appeals courtroom scene last week was absolutely riveting. The state was appealing the lower court’s decision against Governor Kathy Hochul’s quarantine camp law. The law granted power to the state to seal anyone in an apartment or take...
A Time For Radicalism
The word radicalism scares people, but the etymology is quite plain. It means getting back to the root—from the Latin radix. It carries no necessary ideological connotation. It merely means to wipe away the fluff, cruft, and baloney and speak about what matters. It...
Why Do Governments Hate The Sun?
It’s nearly impossible to keep up with the endless barrage of government propaganda these days, all faithfully amplified by regime media. Daily and hourly, we are being warned to stay away from the sun, which is said to be unusually angry at us this year. What did we...
Climate Change Is The New COVID
Listening to National Public Radio (NPR) just now (why do I do this?), the lead item was about flooding in Kentucky. It seems that it rained a lot and some streets became impassable. Fascinating right? But why is this bit of local news a top-of-the-hour blast from...
No, Trump Is Not Planning To Be A Dictator
The headline in the New York Times seems terrifying. “Trump and Allies Forge Plans to Increase Presidential Power in 2025.” The article explains that they “are planning a sweeping expansion of presidential power over the machinery of government if voters return him to...
The Greatest Victory of Liberty in Our Lifetime (USA)
Here we are on the Fourth of July 2023 wondering what has become of American liberty. On this very day, a federal judge in Louisiana has shown us that the cause is not hopeless. In a tremendous victory for free speech, the Bill of Rights, and freedom generally, Judge...
Twenty Grim Realities Unearthed by Lockdowns
It’s common now to speak of the before times in contrast to the after times. The turning point was of course March 16, 2020, the day of 15 Days to Flatten the Curve, though authoritarian trends predate that. Rights were suddenly broadly throttled, even religious...