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No doubt we all appreciate the way scientists around the world are rushing to develop a vaccine for Covid-19. Unfortunately, most seem motivated by commercial profit than scientific discovery. This provoked me to write “The Great Covid-19 Vaccine Scam,” on July 23. But there are a few reputable scientists who have not struck Faustian bargains… Read more.
Tuesday marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment. When the words ‘the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged … on account of sex’ were added to the U.S. Constitution on August 18, 1920, it seemed that, as long last, women got what they deserved. …… Read more.
President Trump summoned the press on Thursday to announce the Mideast peace deal he tasked his son-in-law Jared Kushner to broker. Unsurprisingly, he hailed it as the biggest diplomatic accomplishment since Henry Kissinger laid the groundwork for President Nixon’s opening to China. Trump also tweeted a lengthy joint statement between the US, UAE and Israel,… Read more.
His willful and negligent bungling of the fight against Covid-19 has already resulted in nearly 170,000 deaths. Now his willful and malevolent “kneecapping” of the Postal Service is sabotaging delivery of life-saving medicines to millions from sea to shining sea. Notably, this is affecting the poor and elderly – whose Obamacare health coverage he spent… Read more.
I can’t make heads or tails of how the 130 teams that make up college football’s 10 conferences intend to play out this season (and crown a national champion) without provoking terminal questions about its legitimacy. So join my team if you can’t either. After all, two of the most influential conferences – namely the… Read more.
In my July 12 commentary – “Folks, If Crime Stats Begin Rivaling Covid Stats, Trump Wins! So Shut Up, AOC!” – I denounced Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for condoning looting as a way for people to get food to eat. After all, we see looters time and again fleeing with non-edible items like TVs, computers, smartphones,… Read more.
Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden has chosen Sen. Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.) as his running mate, elevating a former presidential candidate whose most electric campaign performance came when she criticized his record on school integration during a debate. Harris will be the first Black woman and first Asian American to run for vice president, representing… Read more.
Mere weeks after I launched this journal in February 2005, a friend of a friend (that’s very DC) shared that a CNN producer wanted to talk to me about appearing as a guest commentator. I was flattered. But I soon learned that I was even more naïve. Because mere seconds into our interview, that producer… Read more.
A defining feature of America in this age of Trump is the extent to which it has become an international laughingstock. Remarkably, nary a day goes by without his administration providing fodder for that stock. Only that abiding mockery of low expectations explains this head-scratching statement: The US intelligence community’s top election security official said… Read more.
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