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    Jon Miltimore

    Jonathan Miltimore is Senior Editor at AIER. His writing/reporting has been the subject of articles in TIME magazine, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, Forbes, and the Star Tribune. He is a contributor the Washington Examiner and has had bylines in Fox News, Newsweek, National Review, the Epoch Times, Real Clear Politics, the Washington Times, and other media. Prior to joining AIER, Jon served in editorial roles at the History Channel magazine and the Foundation for Economic Education. He also served in the Bush Administration as an intern in the Department of Speechwriting. When he is not working, Jon enjoys reading, watching movies, and spending time with his wife and three children. He also coaches youth football, baseball, and wrestling.

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  • Epidemiologist: Sweden’s COVID Response Isn’t Unorthodox

    Epidemiologist: Sweden’s COVID Response Isn’t Unorthodox0

    Sweden’s approach to the COVID-19 pandemic continues to draw scrutiny, both praise and criticism. One thing critics and supporters agree on is that Sweden’s “lighter touch” approach, which encourages social distancing through softer measures in lieu of mass closures, is unorthodox or exceptional. This is not entirely true, however. As Sweden’s top infectious disease expert

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  • ‘A Year’s Worth of Suicide Attempts in Four Weeks’

    ‘A Year’s Worth of Suicide Attempts in Four Weeks’0

    The costs of the government responses to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic have been severe. New evidence suggests they could be even worse than we imagined. An ABC affiliate in California reports that doctors at John Muir Medical Center tell them they have seen more deaths by suicide than COVID-19 during the quarantine. “The numbers are

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  • Why Conservatives and Liberals Respond to COVID-19 Differently

    Why Conservatives and Liberals Respond to COVID-19 Differently0

    In a 2008 TED Talk, psychologist Jonathan Haidt said the worst idea in psychology is the notion that humans are born as a “blank slate.” Like the cognitive psychologist Steven Pinker, Haidt was rejecting the notion that the human mind is a blank slate at birth, an idea that can be traced to thinkers from

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  • NY Admits to Intentionally Undercounting COVID Nursing Home Deaths

    NY Admits to Intentionally Undercounting COVID Nursing Home Deaths0

    On May 7, I wrote about New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s controversial policy of prohibiting eldercare facilities from screening recently discharged hospital patients for COVID-19. The order, passed by New York’s Department of Health on March 25, stated: “No resident shall be denied re-admission or admission to the [nursing home] solely based on a confirmed

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