The WSJ says that China and South Korea seem to have already peaked in their Corona virus outbreaks. It seems it never did break out in Shanghai. But apparently only due to totalitarian travel restrictions and Orwellian surveillance. Update: Oh shit. The bad news:...
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Why ‘Price Gouging’ Actually Helps During a Crisis
As the coronavirus panic heightens, the price of items like hand sanitizer and medical face masks – to the extent they are still available - are skyrocketing. CBS News reported last week that “Online, sales of virus protection products have skyrocketed, up 817% in the...
News Roundup 3/10/20
US News After a court ruling, Trump will deploy an additional 160 active-duty troops to the southern border. [Link]Schools are increasingly surveilling students with microphones and facial recognition. [Link]A new body camera for police has live facial recognition...
The Fed Panicked, and Its Rate Cut Is Making the Economy Worse
The Federal Reserve's monumental mistake of cutting rates this past week can only be understood in the context of the rising God complex among central planners: an overwhelming combination of ignorance and arrogance. Less than a week ago, several members of the...
Look On The Bright Side
It's not all bad news: "The comments came days after spread of the coronavirus forced the weeklong closure of two F-35 related facilities in Italy and Japan―a sign the outbreak had begun to impact operations within the American defense industrial base."
3/6/20 Trita Parsi on the Quincy Institute’s Debut Conference
Trita Parsi comes back on the show to recap the Quincy Institute's recent conference in Washington D.C., which put pro-restraint and pro-interventionist figures on panels together to debate the merits of America's foreign policy status quo. Some from the antiwar...
News Roundup 3/9/20
US News Trump names Congressman Mark Meadows as his chief of staff. Mick Mulvaney is out as acting chief of staff. [Link]The DNC changed its debate rules to prevent Tulsi from joining Bernie and Biden on the debate stage. [Link]The Pentagon informs Congress it plans...
250th Anniversary of the Boston Massacre
You can still see the spot. If you take the Freedom Trail tour in Boston, a uniformed park ranger will let you stand right on the spot where five Americans were killed by British soldiers on the night of March 5, 1770. This bloody encounter came to be known as “The...
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