pandemic
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Economy
Quote of the Day: ‘We are about to see best economic data we’ve seen in history of the country’
It's too early to make any predictions, especially in light of the ongoing volatility of the market. But it's instructive…
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Social Issues
CBS reporter asks Trump a provocative question, then tries to pick fight over the answer
If the White House press corps can’t say anything noncombative at the daily COVID-19 press briefings, they shouldn’t say anything…
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Law and Government
SF DA says his father, convicted murderer and former member of terrorist group, should get out of prison
'My parents’ decisions caused irreparable, cascading harm, but 38 years later, they shouldn’t mean that my father, a model prisoner…
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Media
WH Press Sec. Kayleigh McEnany fields gotcha question from MSM, hands media its head
The Deadline piece concludes by noting that ‘more than anything, [McEnany's rebuttal] signals that she will come to the briefings…
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Politics
Oh, no, Brian Stelter’s tears are contagious!
Lest you think that the Times has adopted as its motto the title of the Niall Horan song 'No Judgement,'…
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Education
It’s time to reopen the schools
In theory, states could have provided distance learning for all kids during the recent school closures. But school officials' left-wing…
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Politics
Who you gonna blame for COVID-19 deaths? NYT writer chooses to blame Fox News
what people believed in early March based on the best available information was radically different from what they believe now.
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Media
CNN’s Stelter: ‘Last night, I hit a wall. I crawled in bed and cried for our pre-pandemic lives’
With the days running into one another, each a carbon copy of the one before, many Americans sheltering in place…
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Science and Technology
If you believe the flu is worse than coronavirus, read this
Early on in the coronavirus pandemic, before they began lambasting Donald Trump for not doing enough to combat it, the…
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Politics
‘The end of the world as we know it’
In this dystopian mask-wearing spring of collective isolation, panic, loss, heartbreak, and suffering, my theme song is 'It’s the End of the…
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Politics
Chutzpah alert: Chinese gov’t seeks U.S. praise for its heroic fight against coronavirus
As the Wisconsin Examiner, which broke the story, notes, the draft heads next to the full Senate for a vote.…
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Science and Technology
That didn’t age well: Ezekiel Emanuel forecast 100M U.S. cases of coronavirus by now
As of Apr. 8, the most recent date for which data have been compiled, there are 417,416 cases of the…
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Politics
CBS News again caught using footage from Italy hospital to dramatize U.S. conditions
The use of the footage would matter less if the network were just doing straight reportage on the burdens facing…
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Law and Government
Judge grants restraining order after KY mayor threatens to record license plates of Easter church goers
'I believe churches should be following CDC guidelines on mitigating the transmission of COVID-19 and support temporary government regulations consistent…
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Science and Technology
Bill Gates’s modest proposal for reducing risk of future pandemics
The coronavirus has thrown thrown the world a curve ball, bringing civilizations large and small to their knees.
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Media
Are the media rooting for the pandemic to get worse? Ted Cruz thinks so
To suggest that Doanld Trump was somehow wrong for celebrating a robust economy in early February is absurd. To imply…
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Law and Government
Record death toll in New York from coronavirus; de Blasio mostly to blame
This high death toll reflects utter incompetence and disregard for public safety on the part of New York City officials,…
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Politics
Do as she says, not as she does: Chicago mayor gets haircut despite social distancing order
The mayor has been adamant about getting Chicagoans to stay inside and take precautions seriously since the pandemic started.
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Science and Technology
Good news: Researchers lower mortality projections in coronavirus model used by WH
The model’s projection is based on an assumption that aggressive social distancing measures remain in place through Aug. 4. Researchers…
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Politics
After dissing Trump for his ‘xenophobic’ travel ban, Biden upbraids him for taking too long to enact the ban
Since he began campaigning from the basement bunker of his Delaware house, presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden has earned 11…
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Religion
Choirs can kill during a pandemic
Even when the shelter-at-home directives are over,' churches should 'ease back in by breaking up a smaller number of larger…
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National Security
British man charged with shipping bogus COVID-19 treatment to U.S.
This is not the first instance of purportedly fake COVID-19 medicine being smuggled into the United States from the United…
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Science and Technology
Is the Left suggesting that COVID-19 discriminates against blacks?
The race card has already been played once since the coronavirus pandemic hit, with the Left excoriating Donald Trump for…
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Social Issues
Some of the, er, delicacies available at a typical Wuhan wet market
Seems a bit imprudent to open these back up as if nothing ever happened.
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Law and Government
NYT story recounts the heartbreak of developing portable ventilators for the national stockpile
Leaving the good parts out.
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Politics
Biden seems to suggest the pandemic we are the facing be named for the person shown
Biden's suggestion, even if he managed to say the name "Wuhan" right, still identifies the pathogen with the city in…
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Politics
Spain’s socialist government allowed coronavirus to spread
The feminist sign that said 'Machismo kills more than coronavirus' might have been blaming machismo for domestic violence. That's the…
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Science and Technology
What happens after the coronavirus ‘peaks’? Scientists aren’t sure
The Department of Health and Human Services is planning for a pandemic that could include 'multiple waves' over the course…
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Science and Technology
Scientists hope this ‘throwback’ can fight coronavirus until vaccine is developed
By Chuck Ross With a vaccine for coronavirus at least a year away, a group of scientists is hoping a…
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Media
Media note: National curfews that aren’t being contemplated, and the rumors thereof
Too much of a pattern.
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Law and Government
