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Mar 03 2021
Opinion
Lockdowns: Which ‘Experts’ Were Right?
It has now been nearly a year since “public health experts” began appearing on television talk shows insisting that, to survive COVID-19, the nation would have to pursue unprecedented mitigation policies. They told us that our salvation required draconian measures such as school closures, stay-at-home orders, and business lockdowns. Moreover, we were advised not to expect a fast return to our
The American SpectatorApr 22 2020
News
COVID-19 and the (possibly) changing climate debate
Many climate activists see the world's community-spirited response to the coronavirus as potentially shaping a more robust response to another collective challenge: global warming.
“Will we learn the lessons?”
As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads worldwide, that question is being heard ever more widely. Yet the potentially more critical question is what lessons we’ll learn. And on
Christian Science MonitorSep 16 2015
News
Suspense: Joe Biden Met With A Top Obama Bundler Last Week
Speculation has mounted over the possibility of Vice President Joe Biden entering the race after his little New York trip last week. According to John Heilemann of Bloomberg, he met with a top Obama donor, gave a speech to back a minimum wage hike with Gov. Andrew Cuomo with some of the Big Apple’s most powerful unions in attendance, stood by Attorney General Loretta Lynch who announced an $80
TownhallAug 30 2019
News
Juul CEO Says Non-Smokers Should Not Try His Company’s Product
Juul CEO Kevin Burns said Thursday that non-smokers should not use his company’s product. “Don’t vape. Don’t use Juul,” Burns said during an appearance on CBS This Morning. “Don’t start using nicotine if you don't have a preexisting relationship with nicotine. Don’t use the product. You’re not our target consumer.”
The straightforward message comes as the company faces multiple lawsuits
Daily BeastApr 19 2020
Opinion
How the Media Completely Blew the Trump Ventilator Story
The administration handled the potential shortage deftly.
At a coronavirus-task-force briefing at the beginning of April, White House adviser Jared Kushner explained the approach that would — as events proved — get the country through its ventilator crisis.
He was relentlessly pilloried, mocked, and distorted in the press for it.
After nearly four years of unrelieved
Rich LowryAug 24 2020
News
Trump strides into convention as underdog
President Trump is returning to the Republican National Convention four years after he first secured the nomination in a familiar role: that of the underdog in the general election.
The president will accept his party’s nomination this week with a narrower path to victory than he had four years ago. Trump is playing defense in several states he won in 2016, while allies and pollsters
The HillSep 05 2015
News
Talk in G.O.P. Turns to a Stop Donald Trump Campaign
Quiet conversations have begun in recent weeks among some of the Republican Party’s biggest donors and normally competing factions, all aimed at a single question: How can we stop Donald Trump?
Republican strategists and donors have assembled focus groups to test negative messages about Mr. Trump. They have amassed dossiers on his previous support for universal health care and higher
New York Times (News)Aug 24 2020
Opinion
Why Trump can't have an 'optimistic' GOP convention
The Democrats have spoken. Now it's President Donald Trump's turn at bat. You can expect he and the Republicans will wield it, well, liberally. They have to.
Trump enters the Republican National Convention in the worst shape of any incumbent since George H.W. Bush in 1992, a race Bush lost to Bill Clinton. In polling averages Trump trails former Vice President Joe Biden nationally by
CNN (Opinion)Jan 25 2020
Analysis
The United States Is More Vulnerable Than Ever to Deadly Diseases
The biggest Signal this week is, of course, the Senate trial of Donald Trump. But you, dear readers, can watch that for yourselves on any news channel. There’s also a lot of Noise surrounding the trial. A hot-and-bothered Trump tweeted over 130 times from Davos on Wednesday.
Let’s cut through the fog and get to the other Signals. First off, there’s the new coronavirus raging in parts of
The NationDec 30 2013
News
FEDS MAKE BIG MOVE ON DRONES
The Federal Aviation Administration announced six states on Monday that will develop test sites for drones, a critical next step for the unmanned aircraft’s march into U.S. skies.
The agency said Alaska, Nevada, New York, North Dakota, Texas and Virginia as states that will host research sites.
Drones have been mainly used by the military, but governments, businesses, farmers and
The Blaze