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Bureaucrats Advise Policy, They Should Not Make It

In a final parting shot, Dr. Francis Collins attacked those who want to examine the lab leak theory, dismissing it a “distraction.” This “distraction,” however, was the result of people like Collins and Fauci totally dismissing and ridiculing the not-very-far-fetched idea that a deadly, global coronavirus pandemic could have been…

Two Intelligence Failures by America’s Leaders

Just as the most optimistic among our leaders believed that Afghanistan had the potential to become a fledgling democracy, our leadership insisted that…. China would become a “stakeholder in the international order” and a trusted trading partner. Increased political freedom would follow economic growth, and a huge new marketplace would…

Enemies of the State

Taken together, the administration’s efforts paint a picture of an emerging, out-of-control police state. Those of us who disagree with the administration are no longer citizens, we have become “enemies of the state.” Just in the last few days, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said the administration was coordinating…

What Is China Doing?

What does China want the narrative to be? The ideal outcome would be that the virus originated outside of China. Failing that, an acceptable outcome would be, as highlighted in a recent Wall Street Journal (WSJ) article, that the virus “that killed millions of people and shattered the global economy” would be…

How China Sees It

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has much to lose, both domestically and internationally, if the truth comes out. A muddled debate about the origins of the virus serves China just fine. Evading accountability — and suffering no little negative fallout — for unleashing a pandemic on the world that killed…

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