M.D. Kittle, While elected officials and bureaucrats go about shutting down business, entrepreneurs and the private sector will lead America and the world out of the COVID-19 pandemic. Case in point are companies such as Pulmotect Inc., a Houston-based bio-pharmaceutical company that develops products to reduce death in patients at risk of severe respiratory diseases. Pulmotect…
Judson Phillips, One of the most brilliant parts of the Constitution is found in Article One, Section Eight, Clause Eight. To save everyone the trouble of looking it up, that is the section of the Constitution that directs Congress to secure patents and copyrights for authors and inventors. Patents are crucially important to the American…
Daniel Greenfield, Why do Republicans want to bail out a top Democrat funder? In March, as the Wuhan Flu was taking off in America, the Oracle of Omaha began buying airline stocks. Specifically, one of the wealthiest men in the country increased his stake in Delta Airlines to 11%. Warren Buffett wasn’t oblivious to the…
A last-ditch effort by the chief executives of major U.S. airlines to try to win cash grants to weather the coronavirus crisis looked to be unsuccessful, four congressional aides and airline officials said late Saturday. Airlines had made a last ditch plea urging that $29 billion of $58 billion sought in assistance for airlines be…
Negotiators from Congress and the White House resumed top-level talks Saturday on a ballooning $1 trillion-plus economic rescue package, urged by President Donald Trump to strike a deal to steady a nation thoroughly upended by the coronavirus pandemic. It was an extraordinary moment in Washington: Congress undertaking the most ambitious federal effort yet to shore…
George Mullen, In order to defeat the Coronavirus we must restart America’s economic engine — and we must do so now. Continuing this fear-based economic shutdown is a mistake that will haunt America for decades. The risk of a long-term global economic depression is rapidly rising. Some may recall my 2016 Townhall article Reigniting America’s Economic…
Derek Hunter, I’m not a fan of government bailouts, but these are not normal times. In the wake of the coronavirus crisis, there are going to be thousands of businesses that will never recover, and may even some industries. They all want, but don’t need bailouts. But some industries are too important to our national…
One store advertised hand sanitizer at $60 a bottle. Another was accused of hawking it at $1 a squirt. Chain stores offered $26 thermometers and face masks at the “everyday low price” of $39.95 a pair, while a convenience store touted toilet paper at $10 a roll next to a sign reading: “This is not…
The Detroit Three automakers will shut down their U.S. plants to stop the spread of coronavirus, bowing to pressure from the union representing about 150,000 hourly workers at those facilities, industry officials said. Ford Motor Co (F.N), General Motors Co (GM.N) and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (FCHA.MI) (FCAU.N) confirmed the decisions to shut U.S. plants,…
Stocks went into a steep slide Monday on Wall Street as a combination of coronavirus fears and a crash in oil prices spread alarm through the market, triggering the first automatic halt in trading in over two decades to let investors catch their breath. The price of oil sank nearly 20% after Russia refused to roll back…