People in New York City have been subjected to one of the most repressive coronavirus crackdowns in America. Included have been months-long forced closure of many businesses and extreme limitations placed on businesses that have been allowed to resume some operations...
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Ron Paul Presents Coronavirus Policy Common Sense in Fox Business Interview
by Adam Dick | Aug 3, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Coronavirus policy at the national, state, and local levels has been largely characterized by the abandonment of common sense as governments have imposed a new array of draconian measures on the people in response to an infectious disease that is not a particularly...
When a Mask Becomes Part of the Required Work Uniform
by Adam Dick | Aug 2, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Wearing a mask at a store or other place where doing so is required of customers or visitors, or where there seems to be pressure either from the venue operators or the surrounding mask-wearers to do so, can be uncomfortable, even sickening. This can especially be the...
Does Rep. Louie Gohmert Have Coronavirus because He Did Not Wear a Belt?
by Adam Dick | Jul 31, 2020 | Featured Articles
“Rep. Louie Gohmert, who often went without a mask, tests positive for the coronavirus.” That is the headline for a Wednesday NBC article regarding United States House of Representatives member Louie Gohmert (R-TX) having tested positive for coronavirus. Similar...
The New Viral Video of Doctors Talking About Coronavirus that Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter Have Removed
by Adam Dick | Jul 28, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
This week, video of a Washington, DC press conference of doctors was racking up millions of views. In the Monday press conference, several doctors of the group America’s Frontline Doctors challenged much of the party line that has been pushed for months by many people...
Interest Groups Tell Congress Members to Legalize Marijuana Via the MORE Act. But, if You Want Legalization Soon, Less is Likely More.
by Adam Dick | Jul 23, 2020 | Congress Alert
If you would like the United States government to legalize marijuana soon, I have some good news and some bad news for you. First, the good news: A group of fourteen organizations calling themselves the Marijuana Justice Coalition on Tuesday sent a letter to United...
Say What? NPR Show Represents Libertarians as Supporting Wearing Masks and Imposing Mask Mandates
by Adam Dick | Jul 21, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
For months, much of the airtime at National Public Radio (NPR) has been devoted to interviews and stories that ramp up the coronavirus scare and advance all manner of draconian government action in the name of countering coronavirus. The effort can reach ludicrous...
Beware Coronavirus Surveillance
by Adam Dick | Jul 17, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
“Concerns about curtailing contagion help to normalize detailed scrutiny of people's lives and drive us toward a pervasive surveillance state,” writes J.D. Tuccille in an informative and disturbing Friday article at Reason. Tuccille details in the article developments...
Jo Jorgensen Praises Company for Firing an Employee for Posting ‘All Lives Matter’ at the Employee’s Private Facebook Page
by Adam Dick | Jul 16, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Libertarian Party presidential nominee Jo Jorgensen is fond of posting the phrase “Black Lives Matter” and its hashtag variant “#BlackLivesMatter” at her Twitter page. Check out her tweets here, here, here, here, here, and here for examples from this and last month....
Mandatory Masks and Social Distancing for Many Students in the Fall Semester
by Adam Dick | Jul 14, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
In May, Ron Paul warned in an editorial about the United States government pushing for the imposing of mask and social distancing mandates on children in schools that reopen for the fall semester, all in the name of countering the often over-hyped threat from...
The ‘Diverse’ Signers of the Harper’s Letter Supposedly Championing Tolerance and Open Debate
by Adam Dick | Jul 8, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
People are commenting regarding the “diverse” signers of a Tuesday open letter at Harper’s Magazine supposedly championing tolerance and open debate. Don’t believe the hype. How diverse are the views of these signers? The letter they signed singles out one person in...
A Great, Short Audio-Visual Introduction to Coronavirus and Actions Taken in the Name of Countering Coronavirus
by Adam Dick | Jul 6, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
On Sunday, Lew Rockwell shared at his website lewrockwell.com a six-minute video that gives a great introduction to coronavirus and some of the anti-liberty actions governments have taken in the name of countering coronavirus. Watch the video here, and consider...
Should Professional Athletes be More Worried about Coronavirus or Lightning?
by Adam Dick | Jul 5, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Znamya Truda, a Russian professional soccer team, has announced that Ivan Zaborovsky, a goalkeeper for the team, went to intensive care after being struck by lightning during training. People being seriously harmed or killed by lightning strikes is rare. In America,...
When Spouting Coronavirus Idiocy Helps the Bottom Line
by Adam Dick | Jul 2, 2020 | Featured Articles
Here we are months into the coronavirus scare when it has become obvious that coronavirus for most people poses little to no threat. Yet, we see businesses and other entities repeatedly trumpeting the danger of coronavirus as if each and every person should view the...
How About ‘All Lives Matter’ or ‘White Lives Matter’ on an NBA Jersey?
by Adam Dick | Jun 29, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
The Golden State Warriors basketball team name is not being changed to the Golden State Social Justice Warriors, at least not yet. But, it does look like National Basketball Association (NBA) players may soon have the option, as related in a Sunday nba.com article, to...
It Could Be Worse: Presidential Candidate Joe Biden Wants a National Mask Mandate
by Adam Dick | Jun 26, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
It is bad enough that many people across America are living, working, and visiting in places where state or local governments have mandated that people wear masks or, instead, have mandated that businesses mandate that people wear masks when they go about their daily...
President Donald Trump’s ‘Racist Joke’
by Adam Dick | Jun 24, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
“Trump Made a Racist Joke in a Phoenix Megachurch and the Crowd Went Wild.” That is the title of a Wednesday The Intercept article by Robert Mackey. Sounds like a major story that could sink President Donald Trump’s chance of reelection, heh? However, it is clear from...
‘Stay Home Stay Safe’ … Say What?
by Adam Dick | Jun 23, 2020 | Featured Articles
Near the top at a Dallas County, Texas government COVID-19 web page, just below a link people can click on to find out about a “job opportunity” in the county’s new “contact tracing” surveillance program begun in the name of countering coronavirus, there is a chart...
‘Pro-liberty’ Texas Governor Greg Abbott Supports Governments Ordering Businesses to Order People to Wear Masks
by Adam Dick | Jun 19, 2020 | Featured Articles
Texas Governor Greg Abbot, in an April 27 executive order concerning coronavirus, declared: “Individuals are encouraged to wear appropriate face coverings, but no jurisdiction can impose a civil or criminal penalty for failure to wear a face covering.” This executive...
Neighborhood Residents Use Bolt Cutters to Open New York City Playground Shut Down in Coronavirus Crackdown
by Adam Dick | Jun 16, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Daniel McAdams has written about police on two occasions backing down in their efforts to stop children of a group of families from using playgrounds in Texas that had been designated off limits in the coronavirus crackdown. In those instances, parents discussed the...
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