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Reopening Schools

Posted on July 16, 2020July 16, 2020 by Carl Barney

The virus will kill our children! Really? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 30 children under age 15 have died from COVID-19 (if we can believe that number). In a typical year, 190 children die of the flu, 436 from suicide, 625 from homicide, and 4,114 from accidental deaths such as drowning….

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Paycheck Protection Program

Posted on July 15, 2020July 15, 2020 by Carl Barney

I have never paid my “fair share” of taxes. I’ve always paid infinitely more than my “fair share” (which is zero). I’ve paid loads of taxes. While I don’t agree in principle with taxes, I comply with the law, and I take any deductions that my CPA can find. When the “Paycheck Protection Program” (PPP)…

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In Defense of America

Posted on July 15, 2020July 15, 2020 by Carl Barney

In the Wall Street Journal on July 7, 2020, Gerard Baker, the journal’s Editor-at-Large and former Editor-in-Chief, wrote a brilliant article titled “Defend America’s History—and Retake Its Institutions.” He begins: “That was quick.  “At the end of the 20th Century, the U.S. had won World War II and the Cold War, liberated half the planet…

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Virus Cases

Posted on July 9, 2020July 15, 2020 by Carl Barney

A WSJ headline today reads: “Virus Cases Soaring Past 3 Million” (there were about 40 million cases of flu last year). But what counts as a case? One of my personal trainers tested positive for COVID but had zero symptoms, not even a sniffle. His girlfriend and another trainer they work with both got tested…

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An Englishman Celebrates America’s Declaration of Independence

Posted on July 8, 2020July 15, 2020 by Carl Barney

King Gavin Newsom of California (otherwise known as “Governor”) prohibited gatherings to celebrate America’s Declaration of Independence, so I was unable to have a large party at my home. Nonetheless, I celebrated with a few close friends. We decorated for fifty guests but only had four. Many people are writing about the meaning of The…

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Lockdowns Destroy Lives

Posted on June 19, 2020July 15, 2020 by Carl Barney

There are many small business owners and entrepreneurs who may be wishing they were dead. Their businesses are being ruined and their lives destroyed. The political lockdowns (not the virus) have hit black business owners hardest: 41% are no longer in business according to an analysis by the National Bureau of Economic Research. The total…

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Evils of Racism

Posted on June 19, 2020July 15, 2020 by Carl Barney

We need to understand that the current lawlessness and the raging, rampaging mobs are a product of their teachers. As author Cynthia Ozick notes: “A vengeful mob is a fearsome thing, but the true monsters are its teachers.” I recommend this brilliant, well-written article, Anti-Semitism and the Intellectuals, because it identifies the source and cause…

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The Virus is Still Coming

Posted on June 17, 2020July 15, 2020 by Carl Barney

Don’t be fooled by the media-reported spike in new COVID-19 cases. When you go looking for something, you will find it. Now, testing is more widespread, so new cases are coming to light. What a surprise! Real deaths from COVID are tragic, but it’s mind-boggling how the mad media is peddling false, inflammatory, alarming, and…

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Riots, Looting, Mayhem, and Destruction

Posted on June 12, 2020July 15, 2020 by Carl Barney

“Things fall apart; the center cannot hold. Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world.” W.B. Yeats wrote those lines in the bleak aftermath of World War I—they resonate today. About 140 cities have been subject to riots, looting, and wanton destruction. Many are calling for police forces to be abolished or defunded. What is going…

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Announcement: Mailing List Problem

Posted on May 24, 2020May 24, 2020 by Carl Barney

Dear friends, I apologize for the inconvenience, but I’ve had a minor hiccup with my mailing list and anyone who signed up between May 15 and May 22 was not successfully added to the list, despite the confirmation message you may have seen. If you signed up between these dates, please do so again—the problem…

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