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Wisconsin’s Safer at Home Order: ‘Unlawful, Invalid, and Unenforceable’0
- Politics
- May 14, 2020
Wisconsin’s State Supreme Court struck down Emergency Order 28 on Wednesday, lifting the “Safer at Home Order” that Gov. Tony Evers’ administration sought to impose upon Wisconsinites. The Republican-led state legislature sued Andrea Palm, the secretary-designee of the Department of Health Services, for failing to follow emergency rule procedures necessitated by state law. They argued that the
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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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The Indispensable American Family 0
- Culture
- May 14, 2020
In August 1884, Washington Gladden, possibly the most famous Christian preacher in the America of his day, wrote an article in The Century Magazine on “Three Dangers” besetting the welfare of the nation he loved. Of the first and third dangers he named, intemperance and gambling, I have little to say here. I will note
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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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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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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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