“David Morens, a former top advisor to COVID Czar Tony Fauci was indicted this week and ‘charged with conspiracy against the United States; destruction, alteration, or falsification of records in federal investigations; concealment, removal, or mutilation of records; and aiding and abetting,’ according to the Justice Department press release. Morens allegedly helped top federal health officials cover up the potential role of federal grants in spurring the COVID pandemic. … Fauci doesn’t need to worry about getting indicted since President Joe Biden, on his last morning in office, pardoned any crimes that Fauci might have committed in the previous decade.” (05/01/26)
“‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.’ — Declaration of Independence … No, our Founders were not totally consistent with the above principle, and frankly, America never has been. But to understand their failings in the matter, we must comprehend the age in which they lived, the ‘zeitgeist’ they grew up in. Very, very few Americans today understand it, and the hypocritical Left condemns our Founders for it. This column aims to show the current utter hypocrisy of today’s Democratic Party, and please be patient, reader, we will arrive there by and by.” (05/02/26)
“Time is running out to prosecute Dr. Anthony Fauci. After May 11, Fauci — the man touted as ‘America’s doctor’ during the pandemic and who led the US response — will be clear of the five-year statute of limitations. Past that date, he can’t be indicted over allegations that he lied to Congress about the origins of Covid or the US government’s role in funding research that may have led to the pandemic.” [editor’s note: “Time ran out” on January 20, 2025, when Biden preemptively pardoned Fauci – TLK] (05/01/26)
Source: The Bleeding Heart Libertarian
by Matt Zwolinski
“Over at Liberalism.org I’ve been working on a series of essays making the case that classical liberals and modern liberals have more in common than either camp tends to admit, and ought to be working together rather than past each other. The first piece draws on the great Chicago School theorist Henry Simons to argue that for liberalism the great enemy is concentrated power, whether public or private. The second extends this line of thought by making the case that classical liberals should care about wealth inequality. Not for the usual reasons modern liberals care about it, but because of its easy conversion to political power. Once private wealth becomes large enough to capture the institutions that are supposed to constrain it, the classical liberal commitment to limited government has nothing left to push against.” (05/01/26)
“Regular readers of Brownstone Journal have been graced with insight provided by many authors of diverse backgrounds and experiences. As a physician, I have found those authored by Dr. Joseph Varon to be exceptionally helpful in their insight into the state of medicine today. In particular, his essay, ‘When Physicians are Replaced With a Protocol,’ struck a chord with me. Perhaps it was my conscience, as I probably bear some responsibility for furthering this viewpoint, at least on a local level. You see, I once was a True Believer. It was plausible. It seemed so believable, so ‘scientific,’ so simple. But it was a vicious hoax that, I am ashamed to say, took me in.” (05/01/26)
Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G Hornberger
“Anarchists — genuine anarchists — favor the abolition of all government. Yet, when it comes to immigration, we have ‘anarchists’ favoring a massive socialist program, one that is enforced by a massive immigration police state. At the risk of belaboring the obvious, a massive socialist program and a massive immigration police state are the opposite of anarchy, which, again, means no government at all.” (05/01/26)
Source: Responsible Statecraft
by Rosemary Kelanic
“This will surprise many Americans because Trump and Co. are flooding the zone with age-old misconceptions in order to prevent panic and opposition to the war.” (05/01/26)
“Over the last eight weeks of war with Iran, America’s two deliberative institutions, Congress and the media, have largely abandoned their duty to sustain public debate on the most important question a republic can face — the choice between war and peace. Neither institution performed perfectly during the Global War on Terror. Yet on Capitol Hill there was debate before the initiation of hostilities, and the media made considerable efforts to manufacture consent. By today’s standard, these activities seem almost admirable. The Iran War may be the first genuinely ‘post-deliberative’ war in American history.” (05/01/26)
“In Louisiana v. Callais, the Roberts Court has continued its war on civil rights [sic] in the name of civil rights. The cynicism of the 6-3 majority decision in Callais is staggering. According to the majority decision by Justice Samuel Alito, the long-standing interpretation of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, requiring minorities to have opportunities to have representation in rough proportion to their population, has been overtaken by events. What has changed? Nothing, except Alito’s ability to cobble together a majority based on his disingenuous [sic] claim that this ruling is merely an ‘update.’ As recently as the Court’s 2023 ruling in Allen v. Milligan, Justices John Roberts and Brett Kavanaugh voted to uphold a lower-court order requiring an additional majority-minority district in Alabama.” [editor’s note: Fascinating how the Dramacrat narrative has so entirely overwhelmed “progressive” pundit thought on this issue – SAT] (05/01/26)
Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
by Joshua Mawhorter
“Many who do not understand markets, the division of labor, production, exchange, and profit—whether willingly or unwillingly—see no justification for unequal wealth and income because inequality can only result from nefarious activity or random luck. Many mock Adam Smith’s ‘invisible hand,’ but they themselves seem to believe that another invisible hand of random luck or chance unevenly distributes benefits and deficits such that greater wealth and income are illegitimate. This invisible hand of luck is also determinative to the point that it is independent of purposeful action. Therefore, those who think this way want the very visible hand of the state to rearrange wealth in a way that makes sense to them since the invisible hand of luck distributed wealth unequally.” (05/01/26)
