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Yes, 2020 gave the American people a lot to be sour about. We have all been told that the new year will be better. Believe it or not, that is not just a cliché. Things will soon bounce back, particularly for advocates of free enterprise and limited government. Skeptics, pointing to the presidential election results, may shake their heads in disagreement, but it is congressional and court actions that will soon make a world of difference. Conservatives should be particularly excited for the unprecedented gains that we should see for American innovators’ IP in the new year. These gains have...

“Come not between the dragon and his wrath,” King Lear enjoined, but this we must do to upend the wrath that has emanated from the most powerful foe America has faced. As terrible as the coronavirus crisis is, we must imagine a world ten or 20 years from now, in which the People’s Republic of China’s nominal gross domestic product is 50 percent larger than that of the United States.What power would an unconstrained China wield? What force of arms would they muster to intimidate and to control?If China’s actions in the coronavirus catastrophe offer any window into this...