The state of Massachusetts has now entered Phase III Step 2 of a reopening, which means all sorts of amazing nonsense cobbled together by people with power who imagine that their...
About Jeffrey A. Tucker
The Historian
The American Revolution was won during a pandemic
This article was originally published here in July 2020. One of the most marvelous books I’ve read this year is Donald Henderson’s personal story of the eradication of smallpox....
The Macro View
Five times this year the New York Times accidentally told the truth
The paper of record in 2020 shifted dramatically to the most illiberal stance possible on the virus, pushing for full lockdowns, and ignoring or burying any information that...
The Historian
The consensus also favoured alcohol prohibition
Most people today regard America’s experiment with alcohol prohibition as a national embarrassment, rightly repealed in 1933. So it will be with the closures and lockdowns of...
Investor's Notebook
How Global Capitalism Boosted Immunities
From the beginning of this virus, political elites have used the language of war. The invisible enemy would be contained, suppressed, and beaten into submission. Then….it would...
The Economist
The New York Times Revives Its Grim Past
The resignation letter from former New York Times editor and writer Bari Weiss was so powerful because it seemed to state what many once-loyal readers – I’ve been among them for...