It’s a nonstarter. And it isn’t an America-first approach.
Monthly Archives: May 2020
Local kerfuffle proves Citizens United right
Who is the press these days? A kerfuffle over the origins and funding of Arizona Mirror illustrates the soundness of the Citizens United decision not making First Amendment rights contingent on the answer.
Rather than the Heroes Act, dust off this idea
The focus should be on income support and security. And old idea of Milton Friedman’s would provide a good foundation.
Where have all the liberal civil libertarians gone?
What happened in the Michael Flynn case should bother civil libertarians of all ideological variations, irrespective of what they think about Flynn or Trump.
There shouldn’t be specific COVID-19 liability rules
A general discussion and debate about tort reform would be useful. But creating new COVID-19 liability rules on the fly isn’t warranted.
The big risks in Sinema’s COVID-19 approach
Sinema’s approach can be caricatured as: Shut everything down. Put everyone on the federal dole.
Trump’s revealing Twitter-mugging of Sweden
Trump likes the way the states have managed the COVID-19 outbreak, except when he doesn’t.
Legislature should clarify public health emergency laws
There are serious questions about whether Gov. Ducey’s various orders to manage the COVID-19 exceeded his authority.
Massive government deficit, monetary expansion and credit allocation
This things won’t keep the economy afloat. But they will impede the natural course of a recovery, if the economy is ever reopened.
Ducey should move more quickly past the COVID-19 lockdown
The initial public health objective of avoiding overrunning hospitals has been achieved. There are ways other than lockdowns and shutdowns to achieve other public health benefits.