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WTMWD #46: When Libertarians Cheer the Total State, with Don Boudreaux

I ask economics professor and columnist Don Boudreaux what the Hell is going on. He doesn't know either. We commiserate. You can find Don at Cafe Hayek. His article "Why so Gullible About Government in the Face of Covid-19?" is...

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End All Licensing Everywhere - Especially in Medicine

Image: Public domain. This is a policy piece from 1995, titled "The Medical Monopoly: Protecting Consumers or Limiting Competition?" It's not like any of what is in here is new information. But good luck getting the power-motivated political system to...

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Maajid Nawaz Embarrasses Epidemiologist Over Lockdowns

This is painful to watch. But watch it. From Sean Hickey's commentary at Leading Britain's Conversation: Professor Gabriel Scally explained to Maajid Nawaz that a second lockdown would serve to buy time to get the UK's test and trace up...

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WTMWD #45: Kevin Kiley on his Court Victory Against CA Governor Newsom

I speak with California legislator Kevin Kiley after the favorable ruling in his case against Governor Gavin Newsom's one-man rule. My earlier episode with Kiley is here. The court ruling is here. Kevin Kiley's blog post about the ruling is...

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Fear, Pharma, and Paradigms: I Talk with Tatiana Moroz

I was on The Tatiana Show earlier this week, talking about how fear is used to control people, the history of the pharmaceutical industry's takeover of medicine in the US, and asking whether we really have to learn all over...

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CA Governor Newsom's Executive Orders Ruled Unconstitutional - Court Issues Injunction Against Future Orders

Image: Public domain. UPDATE: I'm changing the headline, because technically, the judge didn't rule on Newsom's "lockdown orders," but on the vote-by-mail order that Kiley and Gallagher sued him over. As I mentioned below, the point of that was to...

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Pockets of Beauty: Japan Indies Film Festival 2020

My friend Mike, who lives in Tokyo, is running the Japan Indies Film Festival this year, in association with the Raindance Festival in London. Mike tells me that the festival was originally going to be held in a theater, but...

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A Year Ago Today: Some Gratitude and Some Rage

This photo is actually from a year ago yesterday. My dad had gone into ER because (we later found out) he had a stress fracture in his knee. He was able to stand, and even walk, so they sent him...

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WTMWD #43: Kerry McDonald on a powerful weapon against teen depression. Also: What to do about Halloween!

I speak with unschooling mom and homeschooling advocate Kerry McDonald about an upcoming 4-day webinar to help inspire teens' inner entrepreneurs – and about why it is more critical than ever that we encourage our teens to find ways to...

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Kerry McDonald on a powerful weapon against teen depression. Also: What to do about Halloween!

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