Throughout my 30 years in Congress, I noticed that very few of the Democrats in the House had ever run or even worked in a small or medium-sized business. In fact, while I got along with them personally, I found that some Democratic members and career bureaucrats...

Some people will be heralding Texas Governor Greg Abbott for his announcement today that he will be taking yet-to-be-explained steps to allow the reopening sometime of some businesses closed in the state’s coronavirus crackdown. Easing up on the restrictions is a...

The power freak governor of Kentucky has really lost his mind.Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said he is ordering State Police to record the license plate numbers of any vehicle seen at any mass gatherings this weekend. Local health officials then will contact those...

After weeks of the coronavirus crackdown’s extreme interference with the ability of Americans to exercise their individual rights and support themselves financially, more people are starting to protest on the sidewalks and outside government buildings. Expect protests...

The dotted line on the above map indicates the current trend of beds needed for COVID-19 in New York.At present, only 18,279 are in use.The professional forecasters all projected that beds would be a multiple of the beds actually needed.Notice not one model came in...

Politicians and the people charged with enforcing politicians’ directives really can be like the pigs in George Orwell’s book Animal Farm. The pigs’ express commandment for governing became, over time, “all animals are equal but some animals are more equal to others.”...

Reading Ludwig von Mises Institute President Jeff Deist’s Monday article “All Crises are Local,” I was struck by a mention that “some sheriffs too have stood bravely against impositions of soft martial law” in the name of countering coronavirus. The link in that...

Governors across America have been flying their tyrant flag high in the name of fighting coronavirus, imposing a multitude of orders, including orders mandating that so-called nonessential businesses close and that people who have recently arrived in state be...

Traveling freely, visiting friends and family, and continuing operating a business or working at a job are all being prevented by coronavirus fear and the government crackdowns pursued in the name of countering coronavirus. Also apparently being prevented by the same...

On Saturday, I wrote about Rhode Island Governor Gina M. Raimondo adopting a set of draconian orders in the name of countering coronavirus. In particular, I wrote about her orders targeting people who have entered Rhode Island from other states or countries. Included...

1. All of this can be solved by following the voluntary principle: If you are worried then stay home. If you are willing to assume the risk then go to work. Going to work means you may interact with people and thus get sick. It's a risk. The other people at work took...

Rhode Island Governor Gina M. RaimondoMilitary abuses, including house-to-house searches, were among the primary reasons Americans offered to explain why they sought to secede from Great Britain in the 1700s. Now, an American governor is sending national guard forces...

Drama queens and authoritarians everywhere must be disappointed.It turns out a California teen who was supposed to be "the first teenager in the United States to die from COVID-19" had other complications not originally reported.Hours after California's Governor and...

The freedom of business owners to operate their businesses and of employees to continue working at their jobs is under attack in America in the name of fighting coronavirus. Run afoul of the many restrictions on businesses found in the proliferating crackdowns on...

In a bizarre and deeply disturbing Tweet, Christine Pelosi, the daughter of Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, has responded to Senator Rand Paul's (R-KY) announcement that he had tested positive for coronavirus by applauding the...

First, the Twitter company went on a rampage banning Twitter posts and people from the social media platform, largely targeting tweets and people who do not fall in line with ideas pushed by the United States government and US mainstream media. Now, Twitter is using...