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VIDEO: Why I Wear My Mask | Welcome to the Masquerade
Video by WhatsHerFace: I love my mask. It’s a simple and effective way to display my righteousness. Am I concerned that two children in China died because they were forced to wear a mask in gym class? NOPE! I concerned that I’m contributing to an impending socialist technocracy that will enslave the global population? […]
IMPRIMIS: A Sensible and Compassionate Anti-COVID Strategy
The following is adapted from a panel presentation on October 9, 2020, in Omaha, Nebraska, at a Hillsdale College Free Market Forum. My goal today is, first, to present the facts about how deadly COVID-19 actually is; second, to present the facts about who is at risk from COVID; third, to present some facts about […]
The Injustice of Social Justice
In today’s understanding of “social justice”, it is axiomatic that differences in populations are attributed to race. This is precisely the position held by such enlightened organizations as the Ku Klux Klan. People who are white are lumped together, regardless of socio-economic background or ethnic differences, and treated as a lump of humanity. Likewise, are […]
Is Dr. Anthony Fauci Guilty of Negligent Homicide?
“Mischief and malice grow on the same branch of the tree of evil.” – Actor Aaron Hill “For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.: – I Timothy 6:10 “A people that elect corrupt […]
“America’s Frontline Doctors” Should Not Be Censored
On July 27, a video that allegedly made “false coronavirus claims” was taken down by Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, but not before nearly 20 million people watched it. The people in that video, led by Dr. Simone Gold, have formed a group called “America’s Frontline Doctors,” with a mission to “counter the massive disinformation campaign […]
A Contagion of Hatred and Hysteria
Lockdown is a blunt, indiscriminate policy that forces the poorest and most vulnerable people to bear the brunt of the fight against coronavirus. As an infectious diseases epidemiologist, I believe there has to be a better way. That is why, earlier this month, with two other international scientists, I co-authored a proposal for an alternative approach — […]
The “Myth” of Pre-Existing Conditions
If you have a history of hypertension, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, breast or prostate cancer, lumbar stenosis, treated grand-mal seizures or any of tens of thousands of conditions in the spectrum of human disease, you have a pre-existing condition. As a member of the human race, you either have or will eventually have one or multiple […]
CNN Butchers the Facts on Late-Term Abortions
This article was originally published by JustFactsDaily on October 12, 2020 In a so-called “fact check” of the vice-presidential debate between Mike Pence and Kamala Harris, CNN reporter Caroline Kelly presents a barrage of disinformation that hides the realities of late-term abortion and the agenda of the Biden–Harris campaign. During the debate, Pence stated that […]
Prop 207: Written by the Marijuana Industry, for the Marijuana Industry
Prop 207 doesn’t simply decriminalize marijuana. That could have been done in a page or two. Marijuana sellers, instead, wrote 17-pages of changes to Arizona law, creating a lucrative recreational marijuana industry for themselves, at the cost of Arizonans. The sweeping changes in Prop 207 would impact current laws governing driving impairment, workplace safety, as well […]
Save Yourself: Stop Believing in Lockdown
Storied minds have argued that a failure to critically examine our beliefs makes us culpable for adverse outcomes. Beliefs lead to actions, which impact other people. As Voltaire wrote during the Enlightenment — when society still had time away from the screen to reflect on philosophy, morality, and fundamental truth — “those who can make […]
More Evidence That Shutdowns Are Useless
Governments around the world have responded to COVID-19 with more or less harsh (but, of course, never complete) shutdowns of economic and social activity. The costs of these shutdowns have been enormous, obvious and undeniable, while the alleged benefits have been hypothetical and speculative. As experience with the virus accumulates, there is, I think, a […]
We Need a Principled Anti-Lockdown Movement
Shell-shocked is a good way to describe the mood in the U.S. for a good part of the Spring of 2020. Most of us never thought it could happen here. I certainly did not, even though I’ve been writing about pandemic lockdown plans for 15 years. I knew the plans were on the shelf, which […]