Walter Block, the Energizer Bunny of Academic Publications
Thursday September 24, 2020
Walter Block, like the Energizer Bunny of television adverts, keeps going and going and going. Block, a professor of economics at Loyola University in New Orleans, Louisiana, wrote Tuesday at lewrockwell.com that he has reached the milestone of having authored 600 publications in refereed journals and law reviews.
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The No-Compromise Texas Republican Party Resolution Telling the Republican Governor to Immediately End His Entire Coronavirus Crackdown
Tuesday September 22, 2020
The Republican Party of Texas executive committee has taken a heroic action that could serve as an example for Republican and Democratic parties across America. It has adopted, by a 54 to 4 vote, a resolution clearly and emphatically demanding that Texas Governor Greg Abbott immediately end all the liberty-repressing measures that, over the last six months while the state legislature has been in recess, Abbott has imposed unilaterally in the name of countering coronavirus.
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Ron Paul Joins with other Eminent Political Figures to Call for the Immediate Release of Julian Assange
Monday September 21, 2020
Ron Paul has joined with other eminent political figures from around the world in endorsing a letter from Lawyers for Assange to several government officials of Great Britain. The letter makes the case for the immediate release of Julian Assange of WikiLeaks and the termination of the extradition proceedings against him.
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Crazy and Contemptible College Coronavirus Rules: Online-Only Student Who Is Never on Campus Suspended for Attending a Party
Sunday September 20, 2020
So you want to avoid the mask mandates, long lists of grim rules, administrators demanding strict adherence to these rules, and prison-like conditions that have become the norm at many university campuses in the name of countering coronavirus? You may choose to be an online-only student and stay away from your university’s campus and the repression that you would find there. It sounds like a good idea. But, this plan may not always work. The repression may find you off campus as well.
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Pentagon Sending Troops to Syria
Saturday September 19, 2020
The bizarre and erratic policies of President Trump continue.
One minute the president is reducing troops in hot zones, a few minutes later he is sending troops into hot zones.
The Pentagon is deploying U.S. troops to Syria after a series of escalating encounters between the U.S. and Russian militaries, reports NBC.
The number of troops being deployed is reportedly small but it sets up one more tripwire that could result in future escalation.
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Should Government Destroy the Economy and Trample Liberty in the Name of Countering Coronavirus? Hold On, Let Me Grab My Calculator.
Thursday September 17, 2020
The Cato Institute came out Tuesday with its Pandemics and Policy collection of coronavirus-and-pandemics-related articles described as purposed to “provide policymakers with an actionable guide to policies that can harness [old‐fashioned American ingenuity] and foster a resilient society capable of meeting the challenges ahead.” Among the articles is “Balancing Tradeoffs between Liberties and Lives” by Cato Institute Director of Economic Studies Jeffrey Miron and Cato Institute Senior Fellow Peter Van Doren.
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CDC Director: No ‘Regular Life’ Until At Least the Middle of Next Year
Wednesday September 16, 2020
Remember President Donald Trump saying he wanted things to open up in America by Easter? Oh well. Throughout most of America, the coronavirus crackdowns are continuing strong five months after Easter. And United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Robert R. Redfield said Wednesday at a US Senate subcommittee hearing that “regular life” will not begin to return until, he predicts, the “late second quarter, third quarter” of next year — around the middle of 2021.
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Trump Wanted to Kill Assad? Really? RPI's Daniel McAdams Interview
Wednesday September 16, 2020
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In South Dakota, the State Fair Must Go On
Sunday September 13, 2020
Many state fairs across America were canceled this year. The reason offered: coronavirus.
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Thank You, Nancy Pelosi!!
Friday September 11, 2020
San Francisco will allow indoor hair and nail salons and gyms to open with limited capacity Monday, nearly six months after coronavirus shelter-in-place orders shuttered them.
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