Mad Dogs & Englishmen

The Trail Leading Back to the Wuhan Labs

By Jim Geraghty

It is understandable that many would be wary of the notion that the origin of the coronavirus could be discovered by some documentary filmmaker who used to live in China. Matthew Tye, who creates YouTube videos, contends he has identified the source of the coronavirus — and a great deal of the information that ... Read More

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The Trail Leading Back to the Wuhan Labs

By Jim Geraghty

It is understandable that many would be wary of the notion that the origin of the coronavirus could be discovered by some documentary filmmaker who used to live in China. Matthew Tye, who creates YouTube videos, contends he has identified the source of the coronavirus — and a great deal of the information that ... Read More

India Cuts Off U.S. from Nearly Half of Its Hydroxychloroquine Supply

By Tobias Hoonhout

Update 4/7/20: Following pressure from President Trump, the Indian government said in a statement Tuesday that it was partially lifting the ban in "appropriate quantities" given the "humanitarian aspects of the pandemic." *** India, which sources nearly half of the U.S. supply of hydroxychloroquine, has ... Read More

India Cuts Off U.S. from Nearly Half of Its Hydroxychloroquine Supply

By Tobias Hoonhout

Update 4/7/20: Following pressure from President Trump, the Indian government said in a statement Tuesday that it was partially lifting the ban in "appropriate quantities" given the "humanitarian aspects of the pandemic." *** India, which sources nearly half of the U.S. supply of hydroxychloroquine, has ... Read More

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Culture with Kat Timpf: 16-Year-Old Girl Shouldn’t Face Child-Porn Charges

Kat Timpf explains why a 16-year-old Maryland girl shouldn't be charged with child-porn distribution after making a video of herself. Read More

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Culture with Kat Timpf: 16-Year-Old Girl Shouldn’t Face Child-Porn Charges

Kat Timpf explains why a 16-year-old Maryland girl shouldn't be charged with child-porn distribution after making a video of herself. Read More

All Signs Point to China

By Jim Geraghty

Just one big story today: collecting and sorting through what we know about the coronavirus's origins, and what makes sense and what doesn’t in the theory that it originated from someone eating bats or pangolins from the Huanan Seafood Market. What We Know and What We Don’t Know about the Source of ... Read More

All Signs Point to China

By Jim Geraghty

Just one big story today: collecting and sorting through what we know about the coronavirus's origins, and what makes sense and what doesn’t in the theory that it originated from someone eating bats or pangolins from the Huanan Seafood Market. What We Know and What We Don’t Know about the Source of ... Read More

NR PLUS World

China Wants to Use the Coronavirus to Take Over the World

By Bruno Maçães

What started as a catastrophe for China is shaping up to be a moment of strategic opportunity, a rare turning point in the flow of history. Suddenly, the protests in Hong Kong, carrying a mortal threat to political stability in the mainland, became a physical impossibility. More important, the pandemic set in ... Read More

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China Wants to Use the Coronavirus to Take Over the World

By Bruno Maçães

What started as a catastrophe for China is shaping up to be a moment of strategic opportunity, a rare turning point in the flow of history. Suddenly, the protests in Hong Kong, carrying a mortal threat to political stability in the mainland, became a physical impossibility. More important, the pandemic set in ... Read More

Iranian Health Official Calls Chinese Coronavirus Stats a ‘Bitter Joke’

By Zachary Evans

Iranian health ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur on Sunday criticized Chinese government statistics on the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak, appearing to blame those statistics for other countries' slow response to the emerging pandemic. "It seems statistics from China [were] a bitter joke, because many in the ... Read More

Iranian Health Official Calls Chinese Coronavirus Stats a ‘Bitter Joke’

By Zachary Evans

Iranian health ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur on Sunday criticized Chinese government statistics on the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak, appearing to blame those statistics for other countries' slow response to the emerging pandemic. "It seems statistics from China [were] a bitter joke, because many in the ... Read More

The Comprehensive Timeline of China’s COVID-19 Lies

By Jim Geraghty

On today's menu: a day-by-day, month-by-month breakdown of China's coronavirus coverup and the irreparable damage it has caused around the globe. The Timeline of a Viral Ticking Time Bomb The story of the coronavirus pandemic is still being written. But at this early date, we can see all kinds of moments ... Read More

The Comprehensive Timeline of China’s COVID-19 Lies

By Jim Geraghty

On today's menu: a day-by-day, month-by-month breakdown of China's coronavirus coverup and the irreparable damage it has caused around the globe. The Timeline of a Viral Ticking Time Bomb The story of the coronavirus pandemic is still being written. But at this early date, we can see all kinds of moments ... Read More

NR PLUS Politics & Policy

The Eeyore Syndrome

By Victor Davis Hanson

In A. A. Milne's classic Winne-the-Pooh children’s tales, Eeyore, the old gray donkey, is perennially pessimistic and gloomy. He always expects the worst to happen. Milne understood that Eeyore’s outbursts of depression could at first be salutatory but then become monotonous. The outlook of the pessimist ... Read More

NR PLUS Politics & Policy

The Eeyore Syndrome

By Victor Davis Hanson

In A. A. Milne's classic Winne-the-Pooh children’s tales, Eeyore, the old gray donkey, is perennially pessimistic and gloomy. He always expects the worst to happen. Milne understood that Eeyore’s outbursts of depression could at first be salutatory but then become monotonous. The outlook of the pessimist ... Read More

NR PLUS Politics & Policy

Coronavirus: The California Herd

By Victor Davis Hanson

The bluest state’s public officials have been warning for weeks that California will be overwhelmed, given federal-government unpreparedness and the purported inefficacy of the local, state, and federal governments. California governor Gavin Newsom has assured his state that over half of the population — ... Read More

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Coronavirus: The California Herd

By Victor Davis Hanson

The bluest state’s public officials have been warning for weeks that California will be overwhelmed, given federal-government unpreparedness and the purported inefficacy of the local, state, and federal governments. California governor Gavin Newsom has assured his state that over half of the population — ... Read More

Was Louis C.K. Supposed to Disappear Forever?

By Kyle Smith

Louis C.K. is back, and his detractors are angry. They complain that cancel culture didn't work on a man whose sexual misconduct led to the cancellation of many millions of dollars worth of contracts in 2017, and also resulted in the shelving of his still-unreleased movie, I Love You Daddy, which as I've written ... Read More

Was Louis C.K. Supposed to Disappear Forever?

By Kyle Smith

Louis C.K. is back, and his detractors are angry. They complain that cancel culture didn't work on a man whose sexual misconduct led to the cancellation of many millions of dollars worth of contracts in 2017, and also resulted in the shelving of his still-unreleased movie, I Love You Daddy, which as I've written ... Read More