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Political Legitimacy Dies in 2020 0
- Politics
- July 30, 2020
The American political system may be on the eve of its worst legitimacy crisis since the Civil War. Early warning signals indicate that many states could suffer catastrophic failures in counting votes in November. The election will occur amidst the vast economic devastation inflicted by a political class that responded to COVID by seizing almost
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Copying Rome’s Last Gasps and Searching for a Way Out 0
- History
- July 30, 2020
“How do you know if you’re living through the death of an empire?” is the blunt question heading a Mother Jones piece. A friend recently brought this article to my attention, and although written in mid-March 2020 when the COVID-19 virus was still “novel” and seclusion at home rather than rioting in the streets was
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Cuomo Invites MLB to NY Citing the State’s Low Infection Rates 0
- Culture
- July 29, 2020
With Major League Baseball’s return during the COVID-19 pandemic being unstable at best – especially given the Toronto Blue Jays’ expulsion from Canada – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo extended an interesting invite to teams across the country. “New York state could host any Major League Baseball game that any teams want to play and they could
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SCOTUS Allows Nevada to Favor Caesars Palace Over Calvary Chapel 0
- Politics
- July 29, 2020
One bad decision can be a mistake. Two is a pattern. In late May, Chief Justice John Roberts sided with the Supreme Court’s four liberal members in South Bay United Pentecostal Church v. Newsom to deny a request from a California church that it be allowed to operate under the same conditions as similar secular
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Sweden’s COVID Results vs. the April Models 7
- Politics
- July 29, 2020
At a press conference last week, Anders Tegnell said a massive decline in new COVID-19 cases shows Sweden’s “lighter touch” strategy is doing what it was designed to do. “It really is yet another sign that the Swedish strategy is working,” Tegnell, Sweden’s top epidemiologist, said. “It is possible to slow contagion fast with the
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If Social Media Wants to Play Doctor, They Should Prepare for Malpractice Suits 0
- Culture
- July 29, 2020
Most people understand that the constitutional guarantee of free speech does not include falsely yelling “Fire!” in a crowded theater. A panicked mob can crush or trample weak and vulnerable people as the instinct to survive overtakes common decency. This maxim came to mind when Breitbart announced that Twitter and Facebook censored a press conference
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Political Legitimacy Dies in 2020 0