By: Emily Zanotti – dailywire.com – April 2, 2020 New York City mayor Bill de Blasio has reassured panicked progressives that he will be monitoring Samaritan’s Purse, an evangelical Christian organization constructing a field hospital to help treat coronavirus victims in Manhattan, for signs of “discrimination” after leftists on social media noticed that the Franklin Graham-led organization opposes gay marriage. Samaritan’s...

By: John McCormack – nationalreview.com – March 31, 2020 Tom Cotton was both the first and the loudest voice in Congress to sound the alarm about the looming pandemic. While others slept, Tom Cotton was warning anyone who would listen that the coronavirus was coming for America. On January 22, one day before the Chinese government began a quarantine of Wuhan to...

By: Ben Shapiro – townhall.com – April 1, 2020 “There are no libertarians in a global pandemic.” So goes the smug punchline of large-government advocates who point to the necessity of collective action in the face of an unprecedented global crisis. Without government, they say, we’d all be dead. Few libertarians would disagree. The hardcore libertarians at Reason magazine aren’t...

By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – April 1, 2020 Tests that show immunity are crucial to beating Covid-19. One of the great uncertainties in the coronavirus pandemic is how many people have been infected without knowing it or showing symptoms. Fortunately, there are now tests for that, and broadly deploying them will be critical to saving lives and getting...

By: Walter Olson – wsj.com – March 30, 2020 President Trump no longer hopes to see lockdown restrictions relaxed and many businesses reopened by Easter—April 30 now looks like the target date—but it isn’t his call. Public-health merits aside, the president can’t legally order the nation back to work. The lockdown and closure orders were issued by state governments, and the president...

By: Andrew Stuttaford – nationalreview.com – March 31, 2020 There should be no illusions that some default instinct towards freedom will stop Americans from succumbing to the intellectual temptations that the response to COVID-19 may send their way. Whether Britain’s COVID-19 lockdown will be worth what it will cost — a bill involving far more than just money — was and...

By: Jeffrey A. Tucker – aver.org – March 28, 2020 Andrew Cuomo, governor of New York, is moving up in the betting odds for getting the Democratic presidential nomination, even though he is not running. The reason is that binge-watching newshounds have noticed something about his comportment during this crisis. He seems just slightly struggling to know what’s true. Sometimes he...

By: Philippe Lemoine – nationalreview.com – March 30, 2020 Uncertainty still reigns, so prepare for the worst. A lockdown would be prudent, not the end of the world. As of today, half of mankind is confined at home because of the coronavirus pandemic, although the severity of the confinement varies greatly depending on countries and regions. This situation must be all...

By: Bronson Stocking – townhall.com – March 29, 2020 President Trump expressed optimism about a malaria drug that early evidence indicates may be an effective treatment for the Wuhan coronavirus. Naturally, Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer moved immediately to block Michiganders from gaining access to the potentially life-saving medication. (Hydroxy)chloroquine is an inexpensive drug widely used since 1955 to treat malaria. Growing...

By: Victor Garcia – foxnews.com – March 29, 2020 President Trump sought to keep the public safe Saturday when he said he was considering a mandatory quarantine for the New York City metro area, a key member of his Coronavirus Task Force said Saturday night. Dr. Deborah Birx, coronavirus response coordinator for the task force, shared her comments during an...