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Jan 05 2022
Analysis
The Covid Truths Come Out
As the Omicron wave of Covid-19 washed over the American Northeast and started to spread nationwide, familiar public-health officials and commentators suddenly started to say things that were previously unsayable. And CDC guidance started changing rapidly.
Things such as “your masks are useless.” And “the hospitalization figures for Covid in children are overcounted.” And “we need to
Michael Brendan Dougherty
Jan 02 2021
Analysis
The Immune Havoc of COVID-19
We may well remember the 21st century in two halves: the time before SARS-CoV-2 and the time after. Despite decades of warnings about the potential for a deadly global pandemic, public health systems worldwide were completely outmatched. The first COVID-19 patients were admitted to a hospital in Wuhan, China, on December 16, 2019, and several of them died. Many Americans assumed that even if
Scientific American
Jan 01 2021
Analysis
2020 and the surprising conclusions historians will make about America and this year
Historians will note that amid the death, destruction and dissension something else happened, too. The year 2020 is now commonly dubbed the annus horribilis — "the horrible year." The last 10 months certainly have been awful.
But then so was 1968, when both Martin Luther King Jr. and Bobby Kennedy were assassinated. The Tet Offensive escalated the Vietnam War and tore America apart.
Victor Hanson
Jan 27 2021
Opinion
Hypocritical Politicians Violate Their Own Coronavirus Restrictions
After Joe Biden's inauguration, he ordered everyone on federal lands to wear a mask. That night, he and his family posed for pictures at the Lincoln Memorial—none of them wearing a mask.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom told Californians it's "essential" to avoid "mixing with people outside of your household." Then he had dinner with lots of people outside his household, without masks.
Reason
Sep 07 2021
Analysis
Fall’s Economic Comeback Turns Into a September Slowdown
The U.S. economy is facing a slowdown in September, rather than the takeoff once hoped for.
Earlier this summer, many economists saw the week of Labor Day as the moment when the economic recovery would kick into high gear. Their expectation was that widespread vaccination would ease labor shortages. Schools and offices would reopen, which would mean a comeback for local businesses
Wall Street Journal (News)
Mar 24 2023
News
House Republicans pass Parents Bill of Rights
House Republicans passed an education bill on Friday that emphasizes parental rights in the classroom, leaning into a hot-button, culture war issue that has gained popularity in GOP politics across the country.
The legislation, titled the Parents Bill of Rights, passed in a 213-208 vote, and it now heads to the Senate for consideration. It is highly unlikely, however, that the
The Hill
Sep 03 2021
News
Is California About to Get a Conservative Governor?
California voters have been mailed ballots asking them if Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom should be removed from office and to select his replacement.
And the front runner to replace the governor? Conservative Republican and radio talk show host Larry Elder, who leads a crowded field of 46 challengers and has the backing of many California evangelicals.
Newsom supporters are
CBN
Sep 01 2021
Opinion
The Party of Violence
Adam Smith said, “There is a great deal of ruin in a nation.” It was meant as comfort. A lot can be wrong and still not signal the apocalypse. So let’s hope that the increasing fascination with political violence we are hearing from Republicans is a passing thing, and not a sign of unravelling.
A Republican running for Northampton County executive in Pennsylvania gave a heated address
The Bulwark
Aug 06 2021
News
U.S. Economy Added 943,000 Jobs in July, Unemployment Rate Fell to 5.4%
Employers added jobs at the best pace in nearly a year in July and the unemployment rate fell sharply, signs of a strong labor market ahead of the Delta variant threat.
U.S. nonfarm payrolls rose by a seasonally adjusted 943,000 in July, from June’s upwardly revised gain of 938,000, the Labor Department said Friday. The July jobs increase was the largest since August 2020.
The
Wall Street Journal (News)
Aug 09 2021
News
Friendships Are Breaking Up Over Vaccines
Even though COVID-19 vaccines are widely available to most American adults, some are still refusing to get a shot even as the highly contagious Delta variant rips across the country. The overwhelming majority of new COVID-19 cases in the US are among the unvaccinated. The same is true for COVID-related hospitalizations and deaths.
But the summer spike has led some parts of the US to
BuzzFeed News