Topic: Crisis

The Impracticality of Immigration Restrictions During a Pandemic

– August 20, 2021

“If we really want to increase legal immigration — as most would agree — we must ease the immigration process by signaling to potential arrivals not only that they can get in line, but that one exists in the first place.” ~ Michael N. Peterson

Crisis, Government, International

Engage Rather Than Sanction the Cuban People

– August 20, 2021

“Washington should stop punishing the very people the Cuban government is oppressing. One frustrated Cuban told me that ‘We need the Americans back.’ President Biden, let the American people go!” ~ Doug Bandow

Authoritarianism, Crisis, Government

More from Meerlo on Mass Psychology

– August 19, 2021

“Meerlo’s work cannot innoculate readers from totalitarian mind control but it does expose the grooming techniques employed by those who would be their masters and reminds all Americans of the crucial importance of the Bill of Rights and other Constitutional checks and balances.” ~ Robert E. Wright

Crisis, Free Markets, Government

How the Free Market is Doing Public Health Officials’ Jobs

– August 18, 2021

“Perhaps it will take some time, but there is still hope that US policymakers will recognize the advantages of market-based solutions instead of leaning on continuous mandates.” ~ Maxwell Hampton

Authoritarianism, Crisis, Science

Don’t Stay Home

– August 18, 2021

“As further research into the actual effects of the widespread, coercive policies implemented in the wake of the pandemic appears, one hopes there could be a dispassionate reassessment of the policies.” ~ Gerald P. O’Driscoll, Jr.

Crisis, Government, History

Spencer Roane, Enduring Paladin of States’ Rights

– August 17, 2021

“Roane believed that it was imprudent to limit judicial review to one institution because ‘all history teaches’ that ‘power is an encroaching thing, and that all men who possess it, will feel it and forget right.'” ~ Robert E. Wright

Crisis, Government, Socialism

The Soviet Union Is Gone, but the Young Yearn for Socialism

– August 16, 2021

“If neither knowledge of, nor appropriate lessons from the reality of socialism-in-practice over the last one hundred years are learned, we may very well be condemned to repeat the past with all of its social, economic, and politically damaging consequences.” ~ Richard M. Ebeling

Authoritarianism, Crisis, Science

Good Medicine Requires Second Opinions

– August 14, 2021

“In the 1920s drinking water infused with radium was hailed as ‘one of the greatest boons to ailing mankind that ever was discovered.’ In matters of health, competition and second opinions lead to better medicine.” ~ Barry Brownstein

Crisis, Financial Markets, Government

How Palladium Became a Target of Criminal Syndicates

– August 13, 2021

“The over six-fold increase in palladium prices have led to organized criminal activity. But between natural scarcity, lockdowns, and increasing environmental regulations, innovation offers the only current promise of relief.” ~ Peter C. Earle

Authoritarianism, Crisis, Government

Study Outlines The Damage to Democracy and Human Rights Under Lockdowns

– August 10, 2021

“With the necessity for a system of limited government under a liberal democracy coming into question every passing year, 2020 serves as a preview for what life could become if we fail to defend our freedoms.” ~ Ethan Yang

Authoritarianism, Crisis, Government

A Deficit of Clear Thinking About Loss of Freedom

– August 10, 2021

“We are running headlong in the direction of a far more comprehensive paternalistic state, and farther away from a world in which government would basically leave us alone in our peaceful and voluntary actions and activities with our fellow human beings.” ~ Richard M. Ebeling

Authoritarianism, Crisis, Science

Bill Gates Praises Australia’s Covid Response

– August 9, 2021

“Gates, whose personal wealth is in excess of $132 billion, called for a ‘very different regimen so all countries can get on top of cases very quickly and be more like Australia than Europe or the United States ended up being.'” ~ Adam Creighton