Survey: 1 in 3 Americans to Postpone Retirement After Lockdowns
By Jon Miltimore The COVID-19 pandemic saw a retirement surge in 2020, with more than 3.2 million baby boomers retiring—more than double the previous year….
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15 States Are Moving to Curb Public Health Agency Powers Following Lockdown Carnage
By Jon Miltimore Mike Fratantuono grew up in a restaurant. Literally. For decades, Sunset Restaurant in Glen Burnie, Maryland, was the family business. Over the…
MIT Data Scientist: Lockdowns Not Correlated With Fewer Deaths (But Are Correlated With More Unemployment)
By Jon Miltimore Dozens of studies show that lockdowns were an ineffective pandemic response. The list just got longer. In May, Youyang Gu, an MIT-trained…
The US Government’s Debt-to-GDP Ratio Is Worse Than Greece’s Before the 2008 Crash (And It’s About to Get Worse)
By Jon Miltimore President Biden on Wednesday pitched a new plan to Americans before a joint session of Congress: more spending. The just-released $1.8 trillion…
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Landmark Second Amendment Case — Here’s What You Need to Know
By Jon Miltimore The Supreme Court on Monday announced it will hear a case that could determine whether Americans have the right to carry a…
How Stalin Canceled “Hamlet” in the Soviet Union—and What It Can Teach Us about Cancel Culture
By Jon Miltimore William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet is considered by some to be the single greatest story ever written. Hamlet has it all: ghosts, sword…
Cash “Disappearing” in Venezuela Despite Hyperinflation
By Jon Miltimore The lines snake outside the state-owned banks of Caracas virtually every day as Venezuelans wait to withdraw cash. “We are only in…
Rent Control Is Making a Comeback in US Cities — Even as It Is Proving a Disaster in Europe
By Jon Miltimore Theresa Dolata’s voice broke when she urged Minneapolis city leaders to support amendments that would give council members the authority to regulate…
COVID Aid Bill Would Pay Federal Employees $1400 a Week if Kids Are Out of School
By Jon Miltimore With thousands of schools still closed or partially closed across the country, millions of American families are struggling to find work-life balance…
Study: Lockdowns Had Largest Impact in Destroying Economic Activity
By Jon Miltimore The world may be nearing the end of the coronavirus pandemic (at least we can hope), but the postmortems are just beginning….
Gym Owners Who Racked Up $1.2 Million in Fines for Defying Lockdowns Go Viral
By Jon Miltimore Nearly 100,000 US businesses on Yelp failed to survive the coronavirus pandemic and ensuing government lockdowns. Ian Smith, the co-owner of Atilis…
Beverly Hills and Louisville Revolt Against Dining Bans as Lockdown Defiance Spreads Across America
By Jon Miltimore When Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear announced a week before Thanksgiving he was closing all indoor service for restaurants and bars because of…
Colorado County Refuses to Enforce Lockdowns as Civil Disobedience Spreads Across America
By Jon Miltimore Colorado officials last week announced that several counties had moved into the “red level”—the second-highest measurement on its COVID-19 dial—and would be…
Tuesday Was a Green Wave for Marijuana Legalization
By Jon Miltimore For months, we’ve heard about “blue waves” and “red waves.” Americans saw neither on Tuesday. Democrats retained their House majority but bled…