By Ben Weingarten, RealClearInvestigationsMay 17, 2022

Venice Beach: A jogger runs past a homeless encampment. California appears to be descending into something resembling modern-day feudalism, the author writes.

This week, the United States officially hit the sad mark of one million Covid-19 deaths. The mainstream media coverage has detailed how this death toll has varied based on age, race, and vaccination status. However, it has conspicuously ignored how these Covid-19 deaths have occurred independently of differing state policies regarding economic and education restrictions.

Above, Gov. Gavin Newsom of California, who in 2020 apologized for violating his administration's own pandemic guidelines, announces their next phase in February.