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Sweden’s COVID-19 Strategy Is Quietly Becoming the World’s 0
- Economics
- May 14, 2020
Sweden’s unique approach to the COVID-19 pandemic has been drawing a great deal of scrutiny for weeks, including both admiration and criticism. The Swedes, unlike most other nations, have eschewed the hardline approach that has led to mass economic shutdowns and skyrocketing unemployment. Restaurants, bars, public pools, libraries and most schools remain open. While the
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How Bad Is the Economic Fallout?0
- Economics
- May 14, 2020
How bad is it? That is the question on everyone’s mind as we come to grips with the economic carnage caused by global economic shutdowns, supply chain disruptions, and ongoing quarantines of million of people. Do we face another Great Depression, or simply a deep recession more like 2008? And equally important, are soft Americans
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An Open Letter to the Tyrant of Michigan 0
- Culture
- May 14, 2020
Dear Governor Whitmer, It appears the “non-essentials” are gathering to protest again today. Unfortunately, this third protest – termed “judgment day” by some, makes it a little hard for you to enjoy the contemplative life that government-mandated quarantine would seem to afford us. Yet given that this is your decision, and you have a guaranteed paycheck, I
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Survey: Majority of Parents Believe Online Learning Is Going Well 0
- Education
- May 13, 2020
A teacher friend of mine was secretly pleased when she heard that schools were going to finish out the year with online classes. Curious, I asked for her reasoning. The answer was simple: she has a mute button while teaching online. Because of that mute button, this teacher doesn’t have to spend time dealing with
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Lying Media Can’t Be Trusted on Ahmaud Arbery Story 0
- Culture
- May 13, 2020
The media lies all the time. We have seen it on Russian collusion, Covington Catholic, the coronavirus, and a host of other subjects. When they are not lying, they engage in a kind of willful distortion of the facts, focusing on unrepresentative stories of the “man bites dog” variety without providing useful context. This is
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Curing the Global Pandemic of Loneliness 0
- Culture
- May 13, 2020
Millions of people within our country are experiencing extreme social isolation and loneliness. In a time defined by a pandemic and lockdowns, one would naturally expect people to feel this way, being cut off from family, friends, and neighbors. In actuality, the coronavirus has just exacerbated an existing pandemic that had been plaguing the United
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Cuomo Will No Longer Force Nursing Homes to Accept COVID Patients 0
- Economics
- May 13, 2020
Last week I wrote about the troubling policy in New York and many other states that forces nursing homes to admit COVID-19-infected patients. This week, under mounting scrutiny and political pressure, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced an outright reversal of the policy. Via the New York Post: Patients in New York hospitals must now
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The Rising Tide of ObamaGate 0
- Politics
- May 12, 2020
U.S. Attorney for Connecticut John Durham is going “full throttle” in his review into the roots of the Russia investigation and is being assisted by two additional prosecutors, Fox News reported Monday. According to two sources, Jeff Jensen, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, and Timothy Shea, the interim U.S. Attorney for
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Restoring Justice to Sexual Assault Complaints on Campus 0
- Education
- May 12, 2020
On May 6, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos unveiled new Title IX regulations concerning sexual harassment and sexual assault on campus. Despite outraged cries of “turning back the clock” that echo across both sides of the Atlantic, the 2,033-page code reasserts the moral, ethical and legal norms that formed the basis of Western society. The
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