IN THE April 6, 2020, ISSUE
Washington’s Response to the Coronavirus
The best solutions are not always coordinated from above.
Magazine
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Articles
Washington’s Response to the Coronavirus
The best solutions are not always coordinated from above.
The Coronavirus Blizzard
An epidemic is like a storm in more than the metaphorical sense.
Coronavirus and China’s Missing Citizen Journalists
They were detained for telling the truth about the coronavirus.
Why Biden Bounced Back
As with Trump, primary voters preferred the candidate in the center.
Senator Booker Is Right about Factory Farming
We should pass legislation to end it.
Features
Why Iran Won’t Make Another Nuclear Deal
Its political and scientific leaders no longer wish to offer concessions.
Vladimir Putin’s Encirclement of Europe
‘Strategic autonomy’ will be insufficient to the challenge.
Books, Arts & Manners
George Washington’s Twilight Years
A review of Washington’s End: The Final Years and Forgotten Struggle, by Jonathan Horn.
The Blind Spots of the ‘Bootstraps’ Debate
A review of Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope, by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn.
Can Well-Designed Experiments Make the Case for Government Intervention?
A review of Good Economics for Hard Times, by Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo.
Bureaucracy’s Gentle Yoke
Times have changed: The traffic flow and the mores of the DMV have undergone improvement. But in a city of 8 million, choke points remain.
Sections
The Kellyanne Conway Show, Season 3, Episode 15: ‘Lockdown’
At the sofa, Kellyanne sits with an N95 Respirator mask on her face.
Bagel Before You Go?
The fact that we create bagels is almost a miracle, as far as we know; anyone else out there?
