John T. Reed’s news blog

The claim that no one should be forced to get vaccinated seems to be near universal. The basic idea seems to be that Americans never required mandatory vaccinations. That is a barefaced lie. . And the basis now is alleged to be basic American liberty. That is illogical and arguably illegal. There are many laws like nuisance that prohibit you from doing something on your property that physically adversely affects your neighbors. The right to infect, which this new right could be called, is like the right to have a bonfire on your property, an ember from which burns down...

On Facbook, I said if and when we get hyperinflation, you need to leave the country. . A reader said that is “unrealistic” and ruled it totally out. He is going to live off a stockpile out in the boondocks. . I would like to hear the proof that leaving the US is unrealistic. I spent years analyzing this including analyzing his solution and the leave solution. I have written I think 39 how-to books. Writing unrealistic how-to books is the equivalent of medical malpractice. . I think the reader’s issue is that he does not want to leave the country. ....

The Dems are going nuts with your grandkids' credit card. Biden is Uncle Sugar buying popularity with teachers, deadbeat college graduates, deadbeat tenants, grade school dropout illegals. . Come one, come all. The eviction moratorium has been extended another three months. It's unconstitutional some courts have agreed. But when the Supreme Court finally rules against it, I doubt they are going to give landlords a judgment they can collect. It will be a fait accompli. Biden will have bought votes by stealing apartments and bankrupting landlords. Very Soviet of him. . Now he also plans to let 1.14 million delinquent...

Article about juiced baseballs in today’s WSJ. . When I coached Little League, I researched safety and learned that the balls were very unsafe. Reach had developed a much safer ball. It was called a Reduced Injury Factor ball. I interviewed the CEO of that company, an Annapolis graduate. . I persuaded my local league to use RIF balls in the games my team played in. Then, I outcoached the other coaches so visibly that one of them got angry and decided that I should be punished by forcing my team to play with regular LL hardballs. I think the...

Liberals are in their usual tizzy about some whack job shooting people. Whenever premature deaths are a hot topic, I turn to all causes of death ranked. Police shootings rank 58th Homicide by gun shot ranked 31st 14,542 in 2020 https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/death-index-top-50-ways-americans-die/60/  Most of the causes of death that kill far more people than gun homicides are preventable or reduce-able to an extent. If we are against preventable early death, we should be spending more time and effort and money on heart disease, lung cancer, drug over dose, high blood pressure, obesity, drunk drivers. If you are spending more time, effort,...