Rand Paul Was Right About Covid
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Few were so hated and so vindicated Nearly three years ago this month, Anthony Fauci said to Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), “Senator Paul, you do not know what you’re talking about.” Paul had said there was evidence that the National Institute of Health had funded gain-of-function research at a research […]
The Left’s “Secret Science”: Winning Ugly-Part I
Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes Review of “Victory Lab: The Secret Science of Winning Campaigns” Decades of political mail from nearly every serious candidate and committee have consisted of full-color brochures sporting high-quality ink on expensive paper. The professional production value often looks sharper than the stuff sent from the local Lincoln dealership. For a […]
The Coming ‘January 6’ Train Wreck
Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes With the DOJ’s first sentencing, the legal realities are disappointing the left’s lust for blood. The January 6 Capitol clash may be the gift that keeps on giving to cynics everywhere. In the coming months, Americans will likely see jaw-dropping bureaucratic debacles, stunning abuses by federal prosecutors, and appalling bloodlust […]
Sixth Circuit Rules CDC Eviction Moratorium Is Unconstitutional
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously ruled that the national eviction moratorium mandated by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is unconstitutional. The court said in its ruling that the matter ultimately needed to be resolved by Congress. The three-judge panel ruled that the CDC engaged […]
Let’s Not Forget Sweden
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes I don’t know about you, but I am getting increasingly confused by the swirling stories about a resurgence of Covid or its variants. It is clearly not just me. The financial markets have been bucking like a bronco trying to figure out how serious this is, whether governments will go […]
Victory on the Margins-Part II
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Review of “Victory Lab: The Secret Science of Winning Campaigns” Victory on the Margins As pure entertainment, Victory Lab is a well-written and fascinating history of the get-out-the-vote (GOTV) and messaging innovations developed by partisan Democrats, partisan Republicans, and academic researchers (also sometimes very partisan—we will get to this in […]
Hamilton, The Musical, Will Be Getting At Least $30 Million in Federal Aid. Hamilton, The Man, Is Partly to Blame.
Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes Alexander Hamilton had some great ideas, but he had some pretty bad ones too. The past year and a half have been a trying time for the theater industry. Though auditoriums around the country used to host music, dancing, and laughter, they have now grown accustomed to silence, and perhaps […]
No Science Is Ever Settled
Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes Purity is a poor test for us fallen creatures: Nobody, bar perhaps the occasional Mother Teresa, is that good. Not strictly because we individually fall short of our ideals, but because it’s impossible for anyone to reach, establish, or even view the end destination – neither in scientific knowledge nor […]
A Fantastic Decision for the AR-15
Estimated Reading Time: 9 minutes The Miller v. Bonta gun-rights decision is a couple of months old now, but it’s a stem-winder that does not fail to inform and entertain. In it, Roger T. Benitez, United States district judge for the Southern District of California, declared California’s system of gun laws that banned the purchase […]
Left and Right: Both Mistaken on Inflation
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes With inflation hitting a 31-year high, commentators are now routinely giving their opinions on inflation. Unfortunately, most of them—on both the left and the right—are mistaken. The left initially claimed there was no inflation before switching to its oft-repeated line that inflation is transitory, meaning not long-lasting. But inflation has […]