Blog 3 Columns

‘Going Big’: White House Says COVID-19 Relief Checks on Way to Americans 0
- Economics
- March 17, 2020
To stimulate a flagging economy amid the coronavirus pandemic, President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his administration is “going big” by sending out checks directly to Americans. During the daily briefing with the White House’s coronavirus task force, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said more details are coming, but suggested the amount of money in the checks
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You May Think You Like Socialism, but You’re Probably Not a Socialist at Heart 0
- Culture
- March 16, 2020
Did you ever have to do a big project with another classmate in elementary or high school? If so, did you find sometimes you were the one doing all the work while your teammate didn’t do much other than share in the good grade you earned? How did that make you feel? Probably angry and
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Travel in the Time of Corona 1
- Culture
- March 16, 2020
It is Friday morning, March 13th, the first day of President Trump’s ban on most Europeans’ travel to the United States. Belgrade’s Nikola Tesla Airport is notably less busy than usual. The local news station reports the current tally at 9 a.m. Corona infections have reached 130,000 and caused 5,000 deaths in 114 countries thus
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The New York Times Begins Correcting the Historical Record on ‘1619 Project’0
- History
- March 16, 2020
“I have been thinking about this and reading obsessively for 25 years about all the inequalities in American life that can be traced back to slavery,” Nikole Hannah-Jones of The New York Times told an audience at Harvard in December. Now the Times admits: Her obsession bested her reason. On March 11, the Times issued a correction to
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How C.S. Lewis Would Tell Us to Handle Coronavirus 0
- Culture
- March 16, 2020
Last week I saw a C.S. Lewis quote shared on social media. I’d seen this quote from his essay “On Living in an Atomic Age” before, but shrugged it off as a nice thought that didn’t really apply any more. Never mind. Swap out “atomic bomb” for “coronavirus” and the relevance of the quote becomes
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Harry, Meghan, and the Real Reason for Megxit 0
- Culture
- March 16, 2020
So farewell Prince Harry. Goodbye Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. Amid the glare of camera flash, the royal couple completed their final public engagements in the U.K. and, at the end of this month, will embark upon their new lives as private citizens. It was fun while it lasted. The only charitable response to what has
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Why ‘Medicare for All’ Isn’t the Right Prescription for a Pandemic 0
- Economics
- March 13, 2020
Is a pandemic, like other crises, a terrible thing to waste? For progressives, it looks like a golden opportunity to outlaw Americans’ private health insurance and create a single-payer system of national health insurance for every legal or illegal resident in every nook and cranny of the country. Take it from the irrepressible Rep. Alexandria
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The Coronavirus is Scary, But Remote Work Shouldn’t Scare You 0
- Culture
- March 13, 2020
It’s always fun to observe people’s reactions when I tell them I work from home. Pity is not uncommon (“How lonely!”). Occasionally it’s jealousy (“Man, that would be nice!”). Often it’s bewilderment (“How did you pull that off?”). The most common reactions, though, are avowals from people who say in various ways they couldn’t possibly
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Missing Jim Lehrer, the Master of Candidate Wrangling at Debates 0
- Politics
- March 13, 2020
Boy, do I miss Jim Lehrer. I thought of the late PBS anchor and legendary presidential debate moderator fondly while watching the last two Democratic debates in Charleston and Las Vegas. The constant interruptions, the lack of decorum and the complete disregard for time limits on candidates’ answers all worked to cause viewers like me
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‘Going Big’: White House Says COVID-19 Relief Checks on Way to Americans 0