Jim Bovard is back with an update in the Duncan Lemp case. Lemp was killed in a pre-dawn no-knock SWAT raid on his home last month, during which police allegedly fired directly into his bedroom window, where he slept beside his pregnant girlfriend. The police have...
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The Heroes And the Statistics
Recently in the Australian state of Victoria, four police officers died in a tragic crash.They will forever be mourned. As police officers, by default in death, they are heroes. The news finds a moment to report on the event with sorrow. They are human beings, sons,...
The Foundation of Political Philosophy
https://youtu.be/gI6eF-xMTrA In general, governments claim the right to do things ordinary people may not do. What, if anything, justifies that? BitChute: https://www.bitchute.com/video/rbsxHFKHc5AA/ LBRY:...
The Case for Free Market Capitalism
https://youtu.be/taUoIW1nMmc (images from New Zealand and Hong Kong- two of the three most freest economies in the world, source: https://www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files/human-freedom-index-2019-rev.pdf) Capitalism: A social system based on the explicit...
If Face Masks Are Mandatory, Then It’s Time to End Mask Patents
President Trump is convening with governors to reopen the economy, which will likely mean some sort of compulsory face mask order. Now is the time to seriously consider scrapping the patents on masks such as the N95. Government at all levels has severely overreacted...
Feds Continue to Steal Protective Equipment From Actual People
USA Today: Delaware medical supplier says FEMA seized 400,000 N95 masks, now he's out millions of dollars WILMINGTON, Del. – As pleas for protective masks continue amid the coronavirus pandemic, a Delaware supplier of medical equipment is disputing the legality of...
We Don’t Need a Cure to Reopen
Back on March 19th, 2020, I pointed to this piece by Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas at my blog – Coordination Problem — where he states very clearly the reality constraint in public policy deliberations in the current coronavirus crisis. Without committing one way or...
4/17/20 Jacob Sullum on the Political Response to Coronavirus
Reason Magazine senior editor Jacob Sullum talks to Scott about some of the latest coronavirus news. He comments on President Trump’s headline-making claim that he has the sole authority to decide if and when the economy would reopen, which Sullum asserts really...
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