The bill is coming due for our 2020 and 2021 efforts to “flatten the curve” of COVID-19. The price we are paying is a massive spike in violent crime by the teenagers whose lives we shut down.

The crime wave sweeping most of America is disproportionately a teenage crime spree. Children of high school age, including plenty from among the record number of dropouts, are leading the trend of assaults, homicides, and carjackings in many major cities.