I’ve read the plans to reopen the economy. They’re scary (Vox)
There is no plan to return to normal.
Over the past few days, I’ve been reading the...
Trump, our Grifter-in-Chief, is a global menace (The Nation)
In one week, he threatened to cut off U.S. funding to the WHO, touted an unproven Covid-19 cure, and fired the...
Mothers and fathers are dying alone amid strangers and machines (Esquire)
The coronavirus has seeped into places far from the national spotlight.
“My mom said the guy at...
Trump is playing a disgusting political game with our lives (Denver Post)
President Donald Trump is treating life-saving medical equipment as emoluments he can dole out as favors to loyalists. It’s the worst imaginable...
Fox News set the stage for America’s poor coronavirus response (Slate)
The network has conditioned its viewers to hate experts and to trust miracle cures for 25 years.
The real reason Trump is obsessed with hydroxychloroquine (WaPo)
One of the most bizarre and disturbing aspects of President Trump’s nightly press briefings on the coronavirus pandemic is when he turns into a...
Social distancing isn’t a personal choice, it’s an ethical duty (Vox)
Why we should foreground our commitment to the common good in the fight against coronavirus.
Social distancing...
Trump: Absentee voting is fraud unless it’s my supporters (Intelligencer)
“Mail-in voting is horrible. It’s corrupt,” declared President Trump earlier this week. When a reporter asked how he could reconcile that position...
Thanks to COVID-19, Trump has achieved his goal of abolishing asylum (Slate)
The pandemic has added one more insurmountable hurdle for asylum seekers.
President Trump has taken advantage of the...
Curve-flattening a result of behavioral change, not central planning (National Review)
People change their behavior when they are given clear information about risks.
There’s an intense, often ugly debate...
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