Category: COVID-19
Coronavirus Restrictions Risk Liberty and Health
With the good news that American cases of and casualties from coronavirus may be peaking, we are now faced with the sobering realization of what government has done that may have contributed to its spread. What’s worse, there also needs ...
To Beat the Coronavirus, Don’t Overwhelm the System
As of April 9, there were just under 15,000 reported deaths in the United States attributed to coronavirus. A much deadlier statistic was the number of reported deaths attributed to the annual flu season: an estimated 24,000 and 63,000 Americans ...
Sunset Coronavirus Policies to Stop Liberals from Exploiting the Crisis
In discussing how the government can best mitigate the economic effects of the current coronavirus shutdown, Project 21 Co-Chairman Horace Cooper warned that the increased influence of government cannot be open-ended without an expectation that it will lead to more ...
Coronavirus Reveals the Recklessness of Drug Pricing Reform, by Stacy Washington
A Seattle patient just became the first American to receive a potential breakthrough vaccine for COVID-19. That vaccine -- developed by Moderna, a Massachusetts biotech start-up -- is one of several experimental coronavirus vaccines and treatments that pharmaceutical firms are ...
Avoiding Abuse of the Defense Production Act
To keep up with health care demands of coronavirus cases, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo recently said the federal government “should nationalize medical supply acquisition.” But President Donald Trump has been prudent so far in his use of the Defense Production Act ...
Trump Administration’s Reaction to Coronavirus Has Been Good for America, by Stacy Washington
Last fall as Americans joyously celebrated the new retail hybrid holiday of Halloween and Thanksgiving, the very first cases of novel coronavirus appeared in China’s Hubei province. If the Chinese were aware, or were willing to share information on the ...
Saving Black Jobs From Coronavirus Chaos
The outbreak of the coronavirus has thrown the economy into turmoil. It is also making unprecedented demands on the nation’s infrastructure. This crisis is of particular importance and peril to black Americans, who have recently benefited from new job prospects ...
Props for the President on COVID-19 Response
In this time of worldwide crisis, what’s the best thing President Donald Trump can do to help find a cure to the coronavirus, heal the sick, rebuild the economy and reassure a nervous nation? How about “resign immediately”? That’s the ...
Worried About COVID-19? Did You Get a Flu Shot?
With Americans going into lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus, they are looking to the government for a solution. In a new commentary, I ask people to first ask themselves if they did their part by maintaining their post-9/11 ...
Regulatory Reform Benefits Black America, by Council Nedd II
In his State of the Union address, President Donald Trump heralded a “blue-collar boom” he called “relentlessly pro-worker” and “pro-growth.” Crediting this to sensible regulation, he proclaimed America to be a “place where the action is,” adding that “our nation’s manufacturing might” ...
