The year is half over, and so far we’ve had a pandemic, massive recession, and civic unrest – while being led by an erratic, authoritarian liar who is fighting for re-election. Wags on Twitter point out that 2020 is like a 20th century mixtape, with all of...
Trump’s re-election campaign sent CNN a “cease and desist” letter this week after the cable news network released polling that showed Joe Biden leading nationally by 14 points. (CNN’s response to that letter is a must-read.) And while it is...
The Memorial Day holiday has a new meaning this year, as the official US death toll from COVID-19 reaches 100,000 – and all 50 states join outliers in the South on re-opening their economies after weeks of coronavirus economic shutdown. New cases are already...
As of this morning, more than 86,000 Americans have died from COVID-19, and the death toll continues to rise by an average of 1500-2000 daily. This death toll would be much higher if states had not implemented widespread lockdowns, and the economic consequences of...
Jared Kushner has no expertise in epidemiology. He hasn’t any expertise in diplomacy, trade negotiations, or criminal justice, but that hasn’t stopped Trump from putting his son-in-law in charge of administration policy on those topics. And we learned this...
