Tag: respect
January 6, 2021 January 6, 2021 Kerry McDonald
Parents can help children choose freedom over force, and ensure that these lockdowns never, ever happen again.
December 22, 2020 December 22, 2020 Bryan Caplan
Socialist and nationalist revolutionaries are Latin America's most successful criminal gangs, augmenting sheer brutality with fanatical ideology. The average person in these countries, however, craves tranquility and opportunity. Revolutionaries are a handful of wolves who make daily life hell, all the while vainly promising a heaven-on-earth that never comes.
December 18, 2020 December 18, 2020 Thomas L. Knapp
COVID-19 has killed more than 300,000 Americans , more than 2/3 of them since the end of May, by which time the Moderna vaccine was deemed safe. How many of those deaths might have been avoided if FDA had allowed Moderna to begin selling, and health providers to begin administering, the vaccine six months ago?
The main function of the state is to redistribute wealth from the productive class to the political class. That's inherently an upward redistribution, and the "middle class" is half-fish, half-fowl: Partly productive class, partly a hodgepodge of political constituencies well-positioned to grab a share of the grift as bribes for their continuing support.
Feeling a Little Extra Freedom Lately
December 10, 2020 December 10, 2020 Kent McManigal
Did you just feel a little breeze of extra freedom? I felt it. Why would I feel a bit freer than I did a couple of months ago? How could this happen? It's mental freedom. Freedom from caring what government does or says.
Managing the Emotions of Children
December 8, 2020 Aaron White
I think modern parenting is often too focused on avoiding conflict and managing the emotions of children. I am working to set certain cultural trends away from this in my family.
The Sense in Which I Don't Trust the Media
December 3, 2020 December 3, 2020 Bryan Caplan
I ignore the news, in part, because I deem it unreliable. That's right, "I don't trust the media." But what exactly do I mean by this seemingly conspiratorial statement?
Rights Don't Depend on Politicians
December 3, 2020 December 3, 2020 Kent McManigal
Rights can either be respected or violated. There's no third option. To regulate, limit, ration, license, or criminalize a right is to violate it. The person who violates a right for any reason is the bad guy, without exception, no matter what excuse they use. Nothing justifies violating human rights.
COVID-19 Lockdowns: Liberty and Science
December 2, 2020 Brian Miller
The Chinese Coronavirus (COVID-19) hit American shores — officially, anyway, there is significant evidence that it arrived earlier — in late January 2020. The American public was then told that a two-week shutdown of the economy would "flatten the curve," relieving the pressure on hospital intensive care units and saving lives in the long run. The average American, including conservatives,…
Life-Years Lost: The Quantity and The Quality
November 30, 2020 November 30, 2020 Bryan Caplan
A few weeks ago, the NYT reported that "The Coronavirus Has Claimed 2.5 Million Years of Potential Life." If you read the original study, you'll discover one crucial caveat: The authors's calculations assume that COVID victims would have had the standard life expectancy for Americans of their age. They freely admit that this is unrealistic and inflates their estimate.