Stay Home - or Protest! - and Read This! A Coronovarius Reading Sampler (April 23, 2020)

We are offering our top 10 selections, probably daily,
of the best (most interesting, weirdest) articles and
podcasts on COVID-19 and American policy responses.

Overall our reading leads us to think there ARE and
SHOULD BE "libertarians in a pandemic," and that
indeed non-libertarian policies are what make
responses to the pandemic inadequate.

If we were religious, we'd wonder if coronavirus were a
biblical plague sent to punish the kind of people who are
wishing death and disease on peaceful protesters, since
they all live in jurisdictions with mass transit,
which seems to be a vector for infection.

1) Coronavirus timeline of Chinese Communist Party deceit. (Victims of Communism Foundation) 

2) Californians turns skate park into dirt bike trail after state government fills it in with sand. (Trending Views)

3) Illinois judge grants independent candidates petitioning leeway because of coronavirus. (Ballot Access News)

4) Statisticians argue about recent studies showing that coronavirus infection is more widespread and less lethal than original predictions. (reason)

5) Protests show two Americas: one thrown into unemployment and uncertainty, one getting government paychecks and subsidies. (USAToday)

6) Vimeo censors film critical of the World Health Organization and the pharmaceutical industry. (Collective Evolution)

7) The data is in: shutdown policies have been a destructive failure. (The Hill)

8) D.C. woman spun up by official fearmongering pepper sprays other shoppers at WalMart. (WJLA)

9) De Blasio's snitch line closed after public sends genital pics and prank memes ridiculing his fascism. (DailyMail)

10) Coronavirus has been in the U.S. earlier than public health experts and models assumed. (New York Times)

Stay Home! - or Protest - and Read This! A Coronavirus Reading Sampler (April 18-19, 2020 Weekend Edition)

We are offering our top 10 selections, probably daily, of the best (most interesting, weirdest) articles and podcasts on COVID-19 and American policy responses.

Overall our reading leads us to think there ARE and  SHOULD BE "libertarians in a pandemic," and that indeed non-libertarian policies are what make responses to the pandemic inadequate.


1)  Stanford University Medical Center study suggest COVID-19 lethality much like annual seasonal flu.  (reason)

2) The economic lockdown is going to kill hundreds of thousands of children globally.  (Reuters)

3) IMF:  Lockdown is greatest global recession since Great Depression. (Bloomberg)

4) Free and open Sweden continues to have low rates of coronavirus. (Daily Mail)

5) Italy, with the worst rates of coronavirus, early on produced government public service annoucements urging Italians to hug Chinese tourists to show that they were not racist.  (YouTube)

6) China sold Great Britain $20 million worth of fake coronavirus tests.  (The Hill)

7) Shutdown policies curiously and coincidentally target self-employed people and small businesses more likely to vote other than for Democrats.  (American Greatness)

9) Government failure:  contamination at CDC labs delayed rolling out coronavirus testing. (CNN)

9) The list of TV and movie productions that have been postponed.  (IndieWire)

10) Mass protest in many lockdown states began this weekend.  (KTVB)

Stay Home - or Protest! - and Read This! A Coronavirus Reading Sampler (April 16, 2020)

We are offering our top 10 selections, probably daily, of the best (most interesting, weirdest) articles and podcasts on COVID-19 and American policy responses.

Overall our reading leads us to think there ARE and  SHOULD BE "libertarians in a pandemic," and that indeed non-libertarian policies are what make responses to the pandemic inadequate.

1) New York pads it COVID-19 numbers by 4,000 in one day.  (Daily Caller)

2) China delayed telling its own citizens or other countries about coronavirus for 6 days. (The Diplomat)


3) Or did the Chinese Communist government lie to the world for 3 weeks? (UK Times)

4) New Yorkers are beginning to ignore the lockdown. (The Federalist)

5) Marylanders plan weekend protest in Annapolis.  (Re-open Maryland)  

6) Blocks of - mainly Democratic - Governors form regional alliances to ensure that no one does anything different from anyone else.  (WMAL)

7) Actress Rita Wilson employs oral version of "esoteric writing" to communicate that hydroxychlorquine saved her life past the censorship of Hollywood tyrants.  (PJMedia)

8) University of Chicago tests new antiviral.  (STAT)

9) Michigan residents sue Governor Whitmer.  (Breitbart)

10) State governments that outlaw buying gardening or home improvement products declare lotteries "essential."  (The Intercept)

Stay Home and Read This! A Coronavirus Reading Sampler (April 10, 2020)

We are offering our top 10 selections, probably daily, of the best articles and podcasts on COVID-19 and American policy responses.

Overall our reading leads us to think there ARE and SHOULD BE "libertarians in a pandemic," and that indeed non-libertarian policies are what make responses to the pandemic inadequate.


1) Walmart invests $425 million to open stores in Wuhan, China.  Ironic because a friend of the owner of American Libertarian told us years ago that When Rose Law Firm attorney and First Lady of Arkansas Hillary Clinton broke the glass ceiling at Walmart by becoming their first female member of the board of directors, she became the tie-breaking vote to end their "Buy America" policy.

2) Hydroxy hysteria a symptom of Trump Derangement Syndrome. 

3) "The War on Coronavirus" could be another permanent expansion of big government. 

4) Local governments shut down "parades" of teachers even though socially distanced in cars.

5) How coronavirus jumped from China to Europe. 

6) African countries close borders to Europeans. 

7) Like always, state governments are blocking voluntary self help groups from feeding and housing the homeless.

8) Trump should reopen the economy and recognize his base's right to work.

9) The Obama administration depleted the U.S. of medical masks.


10) Tea Party group petitions for ending economic lockdown.

Stay Home and Read This! - A Coronavirus Reading Sampler (April 9, 2020)

We are offering our top 10 selections, probably daily, of the best articles and podcasts on COVID-19 and American policy responses.

Overall our reading leads us to think there ARE and SHOULD BE "libertarians in a pandemic," and that indeed non-libertarian policies are what make responses to the pandemic inadequate.

1) Unlinked news item:  

A friend of the owner of American Libertarian told us years ago that When Rose Law Firm attorney and First Lady of Arkansas Hillary Clinton broke the glass ceiling at Walmart by becoming their first female member of the board of directors, she became the tie-breaking vote to end their "Buy America" policy.

So the coronavirus pandemic is really her fault.

2) China (partially) owned Phoenix TV network is in White House press corp.  (Daily Caller)

3) China seizes medical supplies owned by U.S. manufacturers.  (American Military News)

4) Mainstream media in business deals (undisclosed) with China.  (American Conservative)

5) Cuomo was wrong, Trump was right, about ventilators.  (The Federalist)

6) African Americans more likely to have underlying conditions that make coronavirus dangerous. (NEWSONE)

7) Suburban Washington, D.C. county considers mandating wearing masks in public.  (FOX5DC)

8) Dennis Quaid praises Trump's handling of coronavirus.  (Breitbart)

9) How CDC and FDA regulation wrecked the economy. (reason)

10) Christians complain that religious activities are banned, but not shopping.  And note that 10 states with little mandatory closings are among those with the lowest number of infections.  (Remnant Newspaper)

Stay at Home and Read This! - A Coronavirus Reading Sampler (April 8, 2020)

We are offering our top 10 selections, probably daily, of the best articles and podcasts on COVID-19 and American policy responses.

Overall our reading leads us to think there ARE and SHOULD BE "libertarians in a pandemic," and that indeed non-libertarian policies are what make responses to the pandemic inadequate.

1) China Bots spread fake news about coronavirus through twitter; mainstream media laps it up and repeats it.  (ProPublica)

2) Austria lifts shutdown. (USNews)

3) Austria plans phased opening beginning April 14. (CNBC)

4) Czech Republic begins to lift closings.  (Talking Points Memo)

5) Denmark begins lifting closings.  (UK Mirror)

6) Norway begins to lift closings.  (Forbes)




7) FactCheck.org reports Democratic lies on coronavirus.  (FactCheck.org)

8) Classy lady becomes politican:  Michigan state legislator credits President of other party with saving her life.  (Detroit Free Press)

9) COVID-19 stimulus programs will be rife with corruption.  (TheHill)

10) If we banned many popular activities and products permanently, we could save many lives.  (The Federalist)

Stay Home and Read This! - A Coronavirus Weekend Reading Sampler (April 4-5, 2020)

We are offering our top 10 selections, probably daily, of the best articles and podcasts on COVID-19 and American policy responses.

Overall our reading leads us to think there ARE and SHOULD BE "libertarians in a pandemic," and that indeed non-libertarian policies are what make responses to the pandemic inadequate.

1) Swedes continue to be free.

2) Mathematical models don't seem to be able to predict coronavirus, and yet politicians want to use it as an occasion for central planning.

3) Should we sacrifice most of the country for New York (New Orleans, etc.)?

5) Mayor de Blasio lied to citizens about need to wear masks.

6) Some Chinese sell bear bile as coronavirus cure.

7) A Wuhan pictorial.

8) Current pandemic reveals need to abolish the FDA.

9) Europe bans export of medical gear.

10)  Dr.  Fauci says we aren't half-way through pandemic.

Stay Home and Read This! - A Coronavirus Reading Sampler (April 3, 2020)

We are offering our top 10 selections, probably daily, of the best articles and podcasts on COVID-19 and American policy responses.

Overall our reading leads us to think there ARE and SHOULD BE "libertarians in a pandemic," and that indeed non-libertarian policies are what make responses to the pandemic inadequate.

1)  Democrats play catch up:  Governor Cuomo recently was complaining about not having enough ventilators, but The Nation reports he created a shortage of hospital beds.

2) Democrats play catch up: conservatives find another case of the left poo-pooing a coronavirus scare back in January, when the Huffington Post attacked Senator Tom Cotton's early warning.

3) Democrats proved wrong:  Senator Tom Cotton's belief that coronavirus may have originated in a Chinese biotech lab may well be true.

4) Democrats in contradiction:  The Washington Post's own scientific expert Richard Ebright now says Tom Cotton may be right about origins of coronavirus

5) Swedes continue to refuse shutdown.

6) Democrats and public health officials lied to the public about masks being effective.

7) Sean Lennon denounces mainstream media lies about coronavirus.

8) Red Cross partially deregulates gay male blood donors.

9) The CARES 2 trillion boondoggle includes Democrat's wish list AND the surveillance state.

10) Democrats delay nominating convention.