Just as penalties are more severe for more serious offenses, once enforcement is removed the dynamic reverses: greater lawbreaking brings a larger return.

CNN.com, which for six long years between 2015 and 2021 turned itself into a blog about Donald Trump and his many excesses, has weighed in on President Biden’s decision to take executive action that he knows full well is illegal. And boy, is it . . . a complete whitewashing of flagrant and cynical lawbreaking.

By: Jay Bhattacharya and Donald J. Boudreaux – wsj.com – August 4, 202 On March 24, 2020, New Zealand imposed one of the most onerous lockdowns in the free world, with sharp restrictions on international travel, business closures, a prohibition on going outside, and official encouragement of citizens to snitch on neighbors. In May 2020, having hit zero-Covid, New Zealand lifted lockdown...

With the possible exception of cafeteria pizza on Fridays, nothing feels, to me, more “late 20th century public school” than reading and discussing Shirley Jackson’s 1948 short story, “The Lottery.

By: David French – frenchpress.thedispatch.com – August 3, 2021 Every now and then, it’s important to make blindingly obvious, ridiculously simple arguments. Here’s mine for today. New York Democrats should impeach Andrew Cuomo. Impeachment isn’t just deserved on the merits; it would also represent an important step towards reclaiming America’s institutional integrity and partisan responsibility.  Earlier today, New York Attorney General...

A judge on the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals wrote a stinging opinion against so-called “equity.”

We know the nature of mass hysterias in history, and how they can overwhelm and paralyze what seem to be stable societies. We know the roots and origins of the cult of wokeness. And we know, too… Source: Incompetence + Arrogance = Woke › American Greatness

President Joe Biden announced additional measures Monday afternoon aimed at trying to expand the eviction moratorium after it ended July 31.

Last week the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued new Wuhan coronavirus guidance urging Americans to wear masks indoors regardless of their vaccination status. “To maximize protection from the Source: Disease Expert Tells CNN: Most Masks Don’t Really Work Against Wuhan Coronavirus by Katie Pavlich

By: Isaac Schorr & Brittany Bernstein – nationalreview.com – August 2, 2021 The mainstream media has dropped the ball time and time again in its coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic (see: the lab-leak theory, New York governor Cuomo’s COVID failures, criticisms of Florida governor DeSantis’s COVID response). However, this week, it picked up a new critic: the Biden administration. Last week,...