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Will Biden Live Up to His Own Principles?

By David Harsanyi

In the midst of the Democrats’ campaign to deny Brett Kavanaugh confirmation to the Supreme Court, Lawfare’s editor in chief, Benjamin Wittes, took to the pages of The Atlantic to argue that traditional concepts of due process were not applicable under the circumstances. Justice, he wrote, was merely an ... Read More

Elections

Will Biden Live Up to His Own Principles?

By David Harsanyi

In the midst of the Democrats’ campaign to deny Brett Kavanaugh confirmation to the Supreme Court, Lawfare’s editor in chief, Benjamin Wittes, took to the pages of The Atlantic to argue that traditional concepts of due process were not applicable under the circumstances. Justice, he wrote, was merely an ... Read More

Science & Tech

No, a COVID Scientist Didn’t Walk Back His Prediction

By Robert VerBruggen

A narrative rocketed around social media earlier today: An Imperial College study said that COVID-19 could kill 500,000 Brits, but in recent testimony, Neil Ferguson, the head of the group behind the study, put the number below 20,000. Clearly the lying alarmist was walking back his ridiculous ... Read More

Science & Tech

No, a COVID Scientist Didn’t Walk Back His Prediction

By Robert VerBruggen

A narrative rocketed around social media earlier today: An Imperial College study said that COVID-19 could kill 500,000 Brits, but in recent testimony, Neil Ferguson, the head of the group behind the study, put the number below 20,000. Clearly the lying alarmist was walking back his ridiculous ... 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

Health Care

More Thoughts on Computing the COVID-19 Fatality Rate

By Andrew C. McCarthy

On the Corner last week, I groused a bit about the difficulty of tracking the coronavirus fatality rate. It appeared to be hovering at a bit over 1 percent in the United States. But those appearances can be deceiving. The elusiveness, I noted, was evident from an observation by Anthony Fauci, the esteemed ... Read More

Health Care

More Thoughts on Computing the COVID-19 Fatality Rate

By Andrew C. McCarthy

On the Corner last week, I groused a bit about the difficulty of tracking the coronavirus fatality rate. It appeared to be hovering at a bit over 1 percent in the United States. But those appearances can be deceiving. The elusiveness, I noted, was evident from an observation by Anthony Fauci, the esteemed ... Read More

NR PLUS U.S.

The Timeline of How Bill de Blasio Prepared New York City for the Coronavirus

By Jim Geraghty

By January 26, the world had 2,014 reported cases of the coronavirus, with the vast majority in China but 29 in ten other countries, including two in the United States. An unknowable but significant number of asymptomatic carriers were traveling around the world, unwittingly spreading it further. The opportunity ... Read More

NR PLUS U.S.

The Timeline of How Bill de Blasio Prepared New York City for the Coronavirus

By Jim Geraghty

By January 26, the world had 2,014 reported cases of the coronavirus, with the vast majority in China but 29 in ten other countries, including two in the United States. An unknowable but significant number of asymptomatic carriers were traveling around the world, unwittingly spreading it further. The opportunity ... Read More

World

Europe Wasn’t Ready for Coronavirus. It May Never Fully Recover.

By Itxu Díaz

On November 28th, 2019, the European Union officially and solemnly declared the "climate emergency," in a ceremony presided over by the would-be 17-year-old prophet Greta Thunberg. Today, almost four months later, in the midst of a real emergency, the only thing that remains official and solemn in that ... Read More

World

Europe Wasn’t Ready for Coronavirus. It May Never Fully Recover.

By Itxu Díaz

On November 28th, 2019, the European Union officially and solemnly declared the "climate emergency," in a ceremony presided over by the would-be 17-year-old prophet Greta Thunberg. Today, almost four months later, in the midst of a real emergency, the only thing that remains official and solemn in that ... Read More

Politics & Policy

The House Democrats’ Coronavirus Extortion Gambit Backfires

By Dan McLaughlin

The House’s voice vote passing the Senate’s version of the $2 trillion coronavirus relief bill puts the final nail in the coffin of House Democrats’ deeply misguided effort to pass their own version of the bill, an effort that delayed the badly needed relief package by days. Taking a cue from Majority Whip ... Read More

Politics & Policy

The House Democrats’ Coronavirus Extortion Gambit Backfires

By Dan McLaughlin

The House’s voice vote passing the Senate’s version of the $2 trillion coronavirus relief bill puts the final nail in the coffin of House Democrats’ deeply misguided effort to pass their own version of the bill, an effort that delayed the badly needed relief package by days. Taking a cue from Majority Whip ... Read More

World

China Supplied Faulty Coronavirus Test Kits to Spain, Czech Republic

By Mairead McArdle

The majority of rapid test coronavirus test kits supplied by China to Spain and the Czech Republic are faulty, local news outlets reported. Up to 80 percent of the 150,000 portable, quick coronavirus test kits China delivered to the Czech Republic earlier this month were faulty, according to local Czech news ... Read More

World

China Supplied Faulty Coronavirus Test Kits to Spain, Czech Republic

By Mairead McArdle

The majority of rapid test coronavirus test kits supplied by China to Spain and the Czech Republic are faulty, local news outlets reported. Up to 80 percent of the 150,000 portable, quick coronavirus test kits China delivered to the Czech Republic earlier this month were faulty, according to local Czech news ... Read More

Elections

Could a ‘Draft Cuomo’ Movement Be in the Democrats’ Future?

By John Fund

Democrats are publicly talking about “contingency options” for their July convention in Milwaukee in case the coronavirus persists in being a public-health threat. But privately, some are also talking about needing a Plan B if Joe Biden, their nominee apparent, continues to flounder. Some Democrats are ... Read More

Elections

Could a ‘Draft Cuomo’ Movement Be in the Democrats’ Future?

By John Fund

Democrats are publicly talking about “contingency options” for their July convention in Milwaukee in case the coronavirus persists in being a public-health threat. But privately, some are also talking about needing a Plan B if Joe Biden, their nominee apparent, continues to flounder. Some Democrats are ... Read More

Media

The Political Media Are Failing America

By David Harsanyi

Here are some of the public figures and institutions that Americans hold in higher esteem than the media according to Gallup: Hospitals Their child's school and daycare centers State governments Their employer CDC and NIH Mike Pence Donald Trump Congress Only one institution that Gallup ... Read More

Media

The Political Media Are Failing America

By David Harsanyi

Here are some of the public figures and institutions that Americans hold in higher esteem than the media according to Gallup: Hospitals Their child's school and daycare centers State governments Their employer CDC and NIH Mike Pence Donald Trump Congress Only one institution that Gallup ... Read More

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