Humans are resilient, adaptive and resourceful. When an obstacle is placed in our way, we remove it or circumvent it. When we lose something, we devise a substitute. When a door closes, we begin looking for a new opening. We’ve seen examples of this innovation and resilience throughout the pandemic lockdown. Manufacturers adapted their factories…
Jo Ann Skousen
Don’t Hurt People and Don’t Take Their Stuff
Don’t hurt people and don’t take their stuff. It’s really that simple. It’s what your mom taught you. And it’s the philosophy of liberty in a nutshell. Everyone should be free to live their lives as they think best, free from meddling by politicians and government bureaucrats and Nanny State Karens, as long as they…
Should FreedomFest Go Virtual?
As we have gone through the painful process of cancelling FreedomFest this year, many of our followers have suggested that we go virtual instead, as some other conferences have done. We truly appreciate how much all of you wanted to experience FreedomFest this year. But that’s the point: FreedomFest is an experience. it isn’t just…
At Risk: The Twin Towers of Freedom
“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. “ – Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan once warned, “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one…
And the People Woke Up
If you have any presence on social media at all, you have surely seen Kitty O’Meara’s sentimental prose poem “And the People Stayed Home,” which has circled the globe faster than a corona virus in the past couple of weeks. O’Meara says that she had been feeling sad and anxious about the pandemic and the…
“Songs of Sequestration”: A Live Radio Broadcast Just for You!
By Gary Alexander Tune in April 10 or 13 (3-6 pm Pacific) for Some “Songs of Sequestration” I’m a jazz junkie. On February 6, just a month before cruise ships were ghosted from the oceans of the world, I won my fifth crown in “Name That Tune” –among a shipload of jazz enthusiasts –on the…
What We Should Learn from China Now
Just in time for our mass incarceration – I mean, our leisurely sheltering at home — Amazon Prime has released its award-winning documentary about a killing scourge that invaded China. No, this is not the scourge currently circling the globe and leading to draconian measures to eradicate it, but China’s draconian population control that upended…
In Praise of Business
All week I’ve been receiving emails from the companies I do business with, telling me what they are doing to keep customers safe during the coronavirus scare. My airline companies have waived cancellation and change fees to help me navigate my changing travel plans. When Royal Caribbean was forced to cancel a cruise I was…
Yes– in MY Back Yard!
I need a land line. Don’t get me wrong; I’m into big tech. I use my pocket-sized computer about 9 hours a day, according to Apple’s built-in surveillance report, (which I never asked for and would be perfectly happy never to see again. It’s as bad as having to see the calorie-count when I’m standing…
Trigger Warnings, Safe Spaces, and Callout Culture: What’s Happening on College Campuses, and Can It Be Changed?
“This is a book about education and wisdom. If we can educate the next generation more wisely, they will be stronger, richer, more virtuous, and even safer.” This is the optimistic goal and tconclusion of The Coddling of the America Mind by Greg Lukianoff, president of FIRE (the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education) and…