President Donald Trump announced fatalities from coronavirus are likely to reach the highest point in two weeks, then begin to decline. He also said he’s extending the guidelines to slow the spread–that were set to lapse on Monday–to the end of April. “The modeling estimates that the peak in death rate is likely to hit […]
Former Sen. Tom Coburn was a hero among fiscal conservatives and endless source of inspiration and courage. The Oklahoma Republican embodied financial stewardship, always showing great respect for the hard-earned tax dollars of working Americans. Coburn, who died late Friday at 72, helped the American people better understand the size and scope of Washington’s spending […]
The Heritage Foundation’s newly released 2020 Index of Economic Freedom provides plenty of evidence of the value of economic freedom. People in freer societies live longer, have much higher levels of income and overall prosperity, and enjoy better health care, cleaner environments, and greater educational opportunities than those societies that are less free. Not all […]
The nation is gripped with coronavirus panic, but there is also fear about what is going to happen to our freedoms and our economy once the crisis is over. This pandemic has taken its toll on the United States and that is not lost on conservative actor Chuck Norris, who published an Op-Ed for WND […]
This week in South Korea, a 97-year-old woman—well into the age group most susceptible to the coronavirus—fully recovered from COVID-19. This was one more victory for South Korea, a U.S. ally that is viewed as a success story to the world in combating the coronavirus pandemic. The small country of South Korea is close to […]
President Donald Trump is applying the Defense Production Act to require General Motors to manufacture more ventilators to respond to the coronavirus pandemic. “Ventilators are a big deal,” the president said at the Friday press briefing. “This invocation of the DPA should indicate to all that we will not hesitate to use the full authority […]
A $10 billion loan to the United States Postal Service was included in the third coronavirus relief bill, which passed the Senate late Wednesday night. Supporters of the loan claim that the service is in danger of going bankrupt in the next few months. But the Postal Service’s fiscal crisis does not relate to the […]
China is ramping up aggressive propaganda efforts to pin the blame for the coronavirus pandemic on the United States. Less than three months ago, however, when the first cases of COVID-19 showed up, the Chinese government began censoring social media that employed keywords such as “unknown Wuhan pneumonia.” It punished users for “spreading rumors” and […]
The ancient Greeks believed that true leadership in crisis came down to what they called pronoia–the Greek word for “strategic foresight.” Some statesman, such as Pericles and Themistocles, had it. Most others, such as the often brilliant and charismatic but impulsive Alcibiades, usually did not. “Foresight” in crisis means sizing up a nation’s assets and […]
On March 16, President Donald Trump announced a new initiative, “15 Days to Slow the Spread” to halt or hinder the rapid spread of COVID-19. Earlier this week, he tweeted the following: “WE CANNOT LET THE CURE BE WORSE THAN THE PROBLEM ITSELF. AT THE END OF THE 15 DAY PERIOD, WE WILL MAKE A […]
