Commentary
The Latin phrase “pons asinorum” literally means “bridge of asses,” but for some 300 years, it’s been deployed to mean the critical test of a formula or person, the decisive issue that reveals the essence of what we need to know.
A driver holds a sign as hundreds of people gather to protest the lockdown in spite of shelter-in-place rules still being in effect at California's state capitol in Sacramento, Calif., on April 20, 2020. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images
Jeffrey A. Tucker
Author
Jeffrey A. Tucker is the founder and president of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press, as well as 10 books in five languages, most recently “Liberty or Lockdown.” He is also the editor of “The Best of Ludwig von Mises.” He writes a daily column on economics for The Epoch Times and speaks widely on the topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture. He can be reached at [email protected]
