Why Chinese Communism Could Be the Final Casualty of the Coronavirus | Doug Bandow

Why Chinese Communism Could Be the Final Casualty of the Coronavirus | Doug Bandow: The regime’s mistakes appear to have damaged its reputation for competence. Observers are comparing the fallout to the impact of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster in the Soviet Union, when Moscow lied to its own citizens and foreign nations with equal enthusiasm.

America Outperforms Canada in Surgery Wait Times—And It's Not Even Close | Kevin Pham

America Outperforms Canada in Surgery Wait Times—And It's Not Even Close | Kevin Pham: America’s health system is certainly flawed and in need of reform, but there is clearly something working well enough that our system, despite already treating ten times more cases of appendicitis, can absorb the dissatisfied Canadians.

I, Pencil by Leonard E. Read | Leonard E. Read

I, Pencil by Leonard E. Read | Leonard E. Read: I am a lead pencil—the ordinary wooden pencil familiar to all boys and girls and adults who can read and write.

Writing is both my vocation and my avocation; that’s all I do.

You may wonder why I should write a genealogy. Well, to begin with, my story is interesting. And, next, I am a mystery —more so than a tree or a sunset or even a flash of lightning. But, sadly, I am taken for granted by those who use me, as if I were a mere incident and without background. This supercilious attitude relegates me to the level of the commonplace. This is a species of the grievous error in which mankind cannot too long persist without peril. For, the wise G. K. Chesterton observed, “We are perishing for want of wonder, not for want of wonders.”

Margaret Thatcher on Socialism: 20 of Her Best Quotes | Lawrence W. Reed

Margaret Thatcher on Socialism: 20 of Her Best Quotes | Lawrence W. Reed: This autumn will mark 30 years since Margaret Thatcher departed 10 Downing Street as the first woman and longest-serving British Prime Minister of the 20th Century.

7 Quotes That Reveal the Racist Origins of Minimum Wage Laws | Jon Miltimore

7 Quotes That Reveal the Racist Origins of Minimum Wage Laws | Jon Miltimore: Early progressives understood quite well that minimum wage laws cause job losses. They simply saw it as a social benefit, not a social ill. Those denied work by minimum wage laws could more easily be segregated, sterilized, and put in asylums, many reasoned.

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"Disabled" Cop Fleeces Taxpayers While Working Full-Time for FBI | Robert Fellner

"Disabled" Cop Fleeces Taxpayers While Working Full-Time for FBI | Robert Fellner: Soaring public pension costs are driving a wave of tax hikes across California, but many officials