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.
Publication: National Review
In Some Places, Easter Wasn’t Celebrated, It Was Being Fined
Some local officials came after religious organizations with unseemly zeal.
China Shouldn’t Make Our Drugs
This is the country that threatened to cut off our supply of medicines and plunge the U.S. into “the mighty sea of coronavirus.”
Sweden Has Avoided Isolation and Economic Ruin
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.
Impeachment Is Not a Valid Excuse for Trump’s Slow Coronavirus Response
Democrats didn’t have to impeach Trump. But Trump didn’t have to act in a manner that inspired Democrats to impeach him.
Trump’s Daily Briefings Shine Light on His Inadequacy
The president is incapable of doing what other presidents have done in such moments of crisis: earning the benefit of the doubt by rising to the occasion.
Will the Second Amendment Survive Coronavirus?
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.
Coronavirus Is Just More Fodder for the Chinese Propaganda Campaign
The media’s obsession with proving Trump is racist because he calls it the ‘Chinese coronavirus’ is perfectly in sync with the Communists’ propaganda effort.
Big Government Has Hurt Our Ability to Deal with This Crisis
Before we swing too far from “government shouldn’t do anything” to “government should do everything,” it is worth taking stock of all the ways in which big government has contributed to making this outbreak worse.
Trump’s Response to Coronavirus Not the Work of a Dictator
He’s leading a characteristically American response to crisis: early fumbling followed by massive public and private mobilization.
Trump Strikes the Right Tone
This speech was a marked, welcome improvement in the president’s rhetoric, but that won’t matter if he goes out and undercuts it tomorrow.
Sexism Is Not Why Elizabeth Warren Failed
Elizabeth Warren’s campaign failed not owing to misogyny but because she’s a dishonest, incompetent politician.
Elizabeth Warren’s Campaign Had No Idea How to Beat Bernie
Her record of shading and embellishing the truth was one of her greatest weaknesses,
Biden Is Not a Socialist, Just a Scoundrel
He is a vicious partisan, a coward, and a habitual liar.
Bloomberg: Guns for Me, None for Thee
His security detail packs plenty of firepower to protect him, but he doesn’t want you to have any guns at all.
Good-Bye Elizabeth Warren
She flip-flopped, fibbed, and pandered her way out of the race.
The White House Shouldn’t Downplay the Coronavirus
The White House has been walking into a coronavirus trap. By pooh-poohing worries about the virus and saying everything is under control, it is setting itself up for the charge, if things get even a little bad, that it was self-deluding and overly complacent. It will be accused of making mission-accomplished statements before the mission truly began.
Bernie Sanders and Socialism: How Could It Happen in America?
Like millions of other saps over the past century-plus, Bernie fans been enticed by the collectivist “ethic” — its revolutionary appeal, its religiosity, and its quixotic promises.
The Moral Failings of Bernie
Sanders was not a liberal during the Cold War. He was an outright Communist sympathizer.
Why Bernie’s Praise of Fidel Castro Matters
He’s defended virtually every Communist tyrant he’s ever been asked about over the past 50 years.
Dem Candidates Spar in Contentious Outing with Their Knives Out
A lot of these candidates, who would be allies under different circumstances, now can barely stand to be on the same stage with one another.
Fight Bernie and the Socialist Menace
No, Socialism isn’t Communism’s harmless, goofy kid brother. It is nasty stuff. Even when sugar-coated with religious folderol… it still is nothing other than a scheme to control your life, to take your property, to limit your freedoms, and to bankroll the proletariat’s covetous vanguard.
With Bernie Rising, It’s Time to Double Down on Combating Socialism
Help us battle the alluring, poisonous ideology that’s spreading once again in the land.
Academy Awards and Diversity: Oscar Ceremony Shrinks to Size of Twitter Hissy Fit
This year Twitter ruled that the Oscars had sinned in two ways: inadequate representation of blacks (one out of 20 acting nominees) and no women nominated for Best Director. In response, the producers of the ceremony ordered up an evening of cringing and self-flagellation, begging America’s forgiveness for its own members’ sinful secret-ballot choices.