By Merrill Matthews – ipi.org – April 21, 2020 One of the primary reasons elected officials and epidemiologists gave for shutting down the U.S. economy and forcing millions of Americans to remain in their homes was to save the health care system—that is, to keep it from being overwhelmed when COVID-19 cases exploded. And yet we see these recent headlines: Tenet...

By: Caitlin Oprysko – politico.com – April 22, 2020 Abrams, who is black, initially sidestepped that charge, telling Hostin that “I think Vice President Biden is going to make a smart choice, and I appreciate the fact that he has lifted up women as being a necessary partner in this.” Still, she continued, “I would share your concern about not...

By: Brad Johnson – thetexan.news – April 16, 2020 The Texas Democratic Party filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday requesting that the federal court rule the state must expand vote-by-mail abilities in light of coronavirus’ spread. The lawsuit was filed after a similar one in state court was filed.  The plaintiffs cite Sec. 82.002. of the state’s elections code regarding disabilities:...

By: Dennis Prager – townhall.com – April 21, 2020 According to The New York Times coronavirus report, as of Sunday, April 19, 2:48 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, there were 35,676 COVID-19 deaths in the United States. Of those deaths, 18,690 were in the New York metropolitan area. (The New York metropolitan area is generally regarded as consisting of the five boroughs...

By: Dennis Prager – townhall.com – April 21, 2020 According to The New York Times coronavirus report, as of Sunday, April 19, 2:48 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, there were 35,676 COVID-19 deaths in the United States. Of those deaths, 18,690 were in the New York metropolitan area. (The New York metropolitan area is generally regarded as consisting of the five boroughs...

By: Victor Davis Hanson – amgreatness.com – April 19, 2020 Americans are acquainted with predictable but ultimately failed progressive efforts to suppress free expression by preemptive invective and politically correct finger-pointing. To believe that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s accusers revealed too many contradictions, too many lacunae, too many episodes of timely amnesia, and too many unsubstantiated accusations in their testimonies...

By: Staff – newsman.com – April 19, 2020 Governors in U.S. states hardest hit by the novel coronavirus sparred with President Donald Trump over his claims they have enough tests and should quickly reopen their economies as more protests are planned over the extension of stay-at-home orders. New York continued to see hospitalizations decline to 16,000 from a high of...

By: Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs & Jeremy W. Peters – msn.com – April 16, 2020 As President Trump and some of his supporters push for a more rapid return to pre-coronavirus economic activity, protesters in several states took to the streets this week to urge governors to relax the strict rules on commerce, work and daily life that health officials have said are...

By: Phil Gramm & Michael Solon – wsj.com – April 14, 2020 A democracy’s greatest challenge arises when it confronts a major crisis during an election, since the critical need for serious debate is inevitably eclipsed by political posturing and opportunism. Less than two months since the U.S. began to reckon with the Covid-19 pandemic, Washington has already passed three stimulus packages that will...

Federal borrowing this year is set to pass 20% of GDP. That will raise costs across the private economy. Source: More ‘Stimulus’ Would Crush the Recovery – WSJ