ViewpointsOpinionFreedom and the LockdownsSavePrintA demonstrator holds a sign at the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond on April 16, 2020. Zach Gibson/Getty ImagesGary L. Gregg4/20/2020|Updated: 4/23/2020Commentary“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.”Share this articleLeave a commentGary L. GreggAuthorGary L. Gregg is director of the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville and editor of “Securing Democracy—Why We have an Electoral College.”Author’s Selected ArticlesA Return to Constitutional and Political Normalcy?Oct 28, 2020A Call for Reasoned Discourse in the Age of Impassioned PoliticsAug 27, 2020Socrates and the Mob 2020Jul 30, 2020Radicalism Begets RadicalismJun 25, 2020Related TopicsfreedomFirst Amendmentfreedom of speechlockdowncoronavirusCOVID-19CCP virus