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How Woodrow Wilson Let Flu Deaths Go Viral in the Great War By Eric Felten, RealClearInvestigations April 8, 2020 The last time the United States faced a worldwide pandemic – the “Spanish flu” of 1918 and 1919 — cities rolled up the sidewalks, closed theaters, and shuttered saloons. Firemen, policemen, nurses and panicked citizens covered […]

Americans far more worried about loss of income than health during pandemic, poll finds Just the News Daily Poll with Scott Rasmussen shows 30% ranked ‘loss of income’ as their top concern during coronavirus, compared to just 4% choosing ‘loss of health.’ Almost one-third of Americans say that they’re worried about loss of income amid […]

By William J. Bennett & Seth Leibsohn Real Clear Politics April 6, 2020 (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) As you know, the coronavirus—if you catch it, and get very sick—is a terrible thing to go through and you may even die.  The virus and the fear of it are sorely testing our medical capacity in some […]

by Tom Brady Tampa Bay Buccaneers April 6, 2020 What does it mean to change, and to challenge yourself, again and again?Whether it’s a month ago, last year, five years or 10 years ago, the fact is every person — and every athlete — faces changes. Everyone comes up against challenges. Whether they’re physical, mental […]

POLL: ONE AMERICA! —  AND POLITICIANS MUST MAKE IT HAPPEN Search By Mark Penn The Hill April 6, 2020 There is only one thing that can see this nation through this crisis, and that is the can-do spirit embodied in the idea of “One America” that is, at its core, the most fundamental value of […]

Whitmer, GOP leaders at odds over pandemic emergency extension Beth LeBlanc and Craig Mauger, The Detroit News April 5, 2020 The Republican-led Legislature is expected to counter Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s request for a 70-day extension of her emergency declaration with a resolution Tuesday that instead would extend the state of emergency through the end of […]

Whitmer vs. Trump: COVID-19 response becomes political fight in election year Melissa Nann Burke, The Detroit News April 2, 2020 The coronavirus pandemic has led to an election-year spat between President Donald Trump and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, with him dubbing her “half” Whitmer and both trading barbs over the government response to Michigan’s outbreak. The tensions […]

China Says It’s Beating Coronavirus. But Can We Believe Its Numbers? By Charlie Campbell / Shanghai and Amy Gunia / Hong Kong TIME  magazine April 2, 2020 If you believe the Chinese authorities, the country’s battle against the novel coronavirus is all but won. But that claim is clouded by a fog of skewed data, […]

By Carl M. Cannon Real Clear Politics March 31, 2020   AP Photo, File On this date in 1938, Ernest Hemingway returned to Barcelona for the third time during the bloody civil war between Gen. Francisco Franco’s right-wing rebels and Spain’s leftist government. Like most American intellectuals, Hemingway was sympathetic to the loyalists’ side. The […]

Opinion This pandemic will reshape the social landscape – it’s just too soon to say how   John Ibbitson Globe & Mail March 30, 2020 Open this photo in gallery During these weeks of social distancing, well-educated white-collar professionals work from home, their incomes secure while they tweet about the challenge of holding a virtual […]