Victor Davis Hanson Podcast -- Episode 5: Plaguing Issues

China Is Pushing a ‘Zero’ Myth on COVID-19

Chinese president Xi Jinping has a new slogan: “Zero” — the goal of reducing to zero the number of cases of the Wuhan coronavirus, aka COVID-19. Reaching zero is crucial to achieving his broader goal of global leadership and domination. Xi must show the world that the totalitarian Chinese political system ... Read More

World

China Is Pushing a ‘Zero’ Myth on COVID-19

By Jianli Yang & Aaron Rhodes

Chinese president Xi Jinping has a new slogan: “Zero” — the goal of reducing to zero the number of cases of the Wuhan coronavirus, aka COVID-19. Reaching zero is crucial to achieving his broader goal of global leadership and domination. Xi must show the world that the totalitarian Chinese political system ... Read More

Politics & Policy

Goodbye, Green New Deal

By Kevin D. Williamson

What will happen next with the coronavirus epidemic is unknown, but it seems certain to claim one very high-profile victim: the so-called Green New Deal. Good riddance. The current crisis in the U.S. economy is, in miniature but concentrated form, precisely what the Left has in mind in response to climate ... Read More

Politics & Policy

Goodbye, Green New Deal

By Kevin D. Williamson

What will happen next with the coronavirus epidemic is unknown, but it seems certain to claim one very high-profile victim: the so-called Green New Deal. Good riddance. The current crisis in the U.S. economy is, in miniature but concentrated form, precisely what the Left has in mind in response to climate ... 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

NR PLUS U.S.

Pandemic: The First Great Crisis of the Post-American Era

By Kevin D. Williamson

Faced with the great challenge of his time — the thermonuclear menace of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics — Jack Kennedy famously laid out the American position: “We shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the ... Read More

NR PLUS U.S.

Pandemic: The First Great Crisis of the Post-American Era

By Kevin D. Williamson

Faced with the great challenge of his time — the thermonuclear menace of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics — Jack Kennedy famously laid out the American position: “We shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the ... 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

Rhode Island’s Governor Sends the National Guard Out in a Door-to-Door Search for New Yorkers

By Jim Geraghty

At a time when everyone in the country needs our leaders thinking the clearest, the governor of Rhode Island has decided to deploy police and the state’s National Guard for a house-to-house search for transplanted New Yorkers. With support from the Rhode Island National Guard, local police officers set out on ... Read More

Politics & Policy

Rhode Island’s Governor Sends the National Guard Out in a Door-to-Door Search for New Yorkers

By Jim Geraghty

At a time when everyone in the country needs our leaders thinking the clearest, the governor of Rhode Island has decided to deploy police and the state’s National Guard for a house-to-house search for transplanted New Yorkers. With support from the Rhode Island National Guard, local police officers set out on ... Read More

NR PLUS Elections

Joe Biden, Democrats, and Sexual Assault: They Never Learn

By Dan McLaughlin

They never learn, do they? Democrats and their pundit class have a long habit of promoting standards for others that their own side can’t abide living under. Somehow, they make arguments year in and year out that come back to bite them, and they never pick up on the slightest clue that this will, predictably, ... Read More

NR PLUS Elections

Joe Biden, Democrats, and Sexual Assault: They Never Learn

By Dan McLaughlin

They never learn, do they? Democrats and their pundit class have a long habit of promoting standards for others that their own side can’t abide living under. Somehow, they make arguments year in and year out that come back to bite them, and they never pick up on the slightest clue that this will, predictably, ... 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

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

Health Care

Complicated Mathematical Models Are Not Substitutes for Common Sense

By Philippe Lemoine

As of today, half of mankind is confined at home because of the coronavirus pandemic, although the severity of the confinement varies greatly depending on countries and regions. This situation must be all the more disconcerting given that, less than a month ago, many government officials and public-health experts ... Read More

Health Care

Complicated Mathematical Models Are Not Substitutes for Common Sense

By Philippe Lemoine

As of today, half of mankind is confined at home because of the coronavirus pandemic, although the severity of the confinement varies greatly depending on countries and regions. This situation must be all the more disconcerting given that, less than a month ago, many government officials and public-health experts ... 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

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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