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NPR’s Spotty Report on the Wuhan Labs

National Review

A lot of the arguments in the NPR segment amount to insisting the staff at these labs are just too well-trained to have an accident like this. Perhaps they are. But recent months have demonstrated that a lot of institutions in China don’t want to report mistakes and bad news up the chain to their bosses. 

Coronavirus Authoritarianism Is Getting Out of Hand

National Review

There has been lots of pounding of keyboards over the power grabs of authoritarians in Central and Eastern Europe. Rightly so. Yet right here, politicians act as if a health crisis gives them license to lord over the most private activities of America people in ways that are wholly inconsistent with the spirit and letter of the Constitution.

Sweden Has Avoided Isolation and Economic Ruin

National Review

Lots of people are rushing to discredit Sweden’s approach, which relies more on calibrated precautions and isolating only the most vulnerable than on imposing a full lockdown. While gatherings of more than 50 people are prohibited and high schools and colleges are closed, Sweden has kept its borders open as well as its preschools, grade schools, bars, restaurants, parks, and shops.

Will the Second Amendment Survive Coronavirus?

National Review

The panic comes at a time when many police departments have curtailed arrests and are releasing certain criminals from prison. This is exactly the type of situation that the Second Amendment is meant to address…Yet many public officials insist on flaunting the Second Amendment, ordering gun shops closed or banning firearm sales.