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Jun 04 2020
Analysis
James Mattis Denounces President Trump, Describes Him as a Threat to the Constitution
In an extraordinary condemnation, the former defense secretary backs protesters and says the president is trying to turn Americans against one another.
James Mattis, the esteemed Marine general who resigned as secretary of defense in December 2018 to protest Donald Trump’s Syria policy, has, ever since, kept studiously silent about Trump’s performance as president. But he has now broken
The AtlanticMay 23 2019
Opinion
OPINION: Trump's Immigration Plan Could Use Some Work
Still, it's better than the administration's previous proposals to cut legal immigration in half.
Last week, the Trump administration released the outline of an immigration plan meant to reshape how and which people are allowed into the United States. The plan would prioritize merit-based immigration and high-skilled labor over those who already have family here. Far from comprehensive
Guest Writer - RightJan 24 2015
News
Tide turning in Ebola fight after hard lessons
A top U.N. official in the fight against Ebola greeted just three patients at one treatment center he visited this week in Sierra Leone. Families in Liberia are no longer required to cremate the remains of loved ones to halt the spread of the virulent disease.
And in the streets of Guinea's capital, it is rare to see the formerly ubiquitous plastic buckets of bleach and water for hand
TownhallMar 26 2024
Headline Roundup
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Announces Nicole Shanahan as 2024 Running Mate
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an independent candidate in the 2024 presidential race, announced on Tuesday that Nicole Shanahan will be his running mate.
Details: Shanahan, 38, is a Silicon Valley lawyer who was formerly married to Google co-founder Sergey Brin. She founded ClearAccessIP, a patent management company, and sold it for an undisclosed amount in 2020. She previously donated $4
HuffPost Newsweek The Daily CallerApr 01 2020
Analysis
How the coronavirus fight might end up at the Supreme Court
Though it may now be difficult to imagine, at some point this crisis will end. Whether when a vaccine for the novel coronavirus is released or — heaven help us — well before then, new infections will slow and life will move back toward normal. Then it will be time to sue each other.
Salus populi suprema lex esto, wrote the Roman jurist Cicero: "The health [or welfare or common good] of
The Week - NewsMay 14 2019
Opinion
OPINION: China’s Brilliant, Insidious Strategy
Slowly but steadily they build up their economic, military, and technological superiority at our expense
The Chinese Communist government does not have so much a strategy to translate its economic ascendance into global hegemony as several strategies. All of them are brilliantly insidious.
On matters of trade, China is always flexible in responding to critics of its asymmetrical
Victor HansonJan 19 2022
Perspectives Blog
The One Thing We All Have In Common
From The Center
The good news: I've found that we all have common ground. Fear.
Every day, I appreciate how much heavier the burden of fear is for every one of us.
Fear fuels anger, which drives the all-too-common vitriolic communication that gets lobbed across the political courts.
Fear closes our ability to reason and understand each other. We make mistakes
April GardnerJul 22 2019
News
Hostile witness or Democrats’ hero? Mueller’s past turns before Congress offer important clues
Behind the square jaw, deadeye stare and Marine Corps growl, former special counsel Robert S. Mueller III does have a soft spot when it comes to answering tough questions in congressional hearings.
On Wednesday, when he delivers long-awaited testimony about his investigation into President Trump and Russian interference in the 2016 election, Democrats are hoping to coax from him the
Washington PostJul 28 2020
Opinion
There Are Many Ways We Haven’t Tried to Test for the Coronavirus
We could test saliva. We could test groups of samples at once. We could even let people test themselves. These tests aren’t perfect, but that’s not the point.
We made a mistake at first with how we talked about masks. We’re making the same mistake now with tests.
The discussion on these issues highlights the different ways clinicians and public health experts think. Clinicians —
New York Times (Opinion)Mar 25 2020
News
When Will It Be Safe to Loosen Coronavirus Lockdowns?
Governments prepare for the long haul as authorities grapple with how much economic pain countries can endure.
As the new coronavirus spreads across the world, governments and scientists are bracing for a monthslong siege rather than a swift victory—one marked by shifting strategies and potentially prolonged economic disruption.
Sweeping restrictions and unprecedented lockdowns
Wall Street Journal (News)