With seniors most at risk from Covid-19, we need to be increasing the Social Security modest benefits, not creating secret commissions to cut them.
In Pandemic, Sunday Shows Centered Official Voices, Sidelined Independent Health Experts
The COVID-19 pandemic is poorly reported by the Sunday Shows. It is detriment to us all since it allows the president to lead us amok.
Two words for Commander Donald J. Trump: You first
We are warriors, says Donald Trump. You, me — enlistees in a war against a killer. This is why you must go first. Will he?
Corporate Media Setting Stage for New Cold War With China
Corporate media are laying the ideological groundwork for a new cold war with China, presenting the nation as a hostile power that needs to be kept in check.
Learning All the Wrong Lessons From the 2008 Financial Crisis
We are setting ourselves up for a rerun of the response to the global financial crisis, with a bigger crash in honor of its sequel status.
US Jobless Rate Broke Depression-Era Record—but Most Media Missed It
The jobless rate would have been nearly 5 percentage points higher, if workers were classified differently during the survey data collection,
The slog of science vs. self-certainty. Trump: wrong man, place, & time.
If just to return to decisions made on science, we need a change. “Kill all the lawyers.” Misusers of the line from Shakespeare’s “Henry VI” see a put-down of the legal profession in it. Nah. It is a tribute. It comes from a rogue who wants chaos and lawlessness. Listen closely and you’ll hear it […]
Of remedies that didn’t work, a colossal failure: Trumpism
The world will be a better place, the nation sounder, when we can all laugh off the remedy that was Trumpism, a colossal failure that killed thousands.
It’s Crucial to Distinguish Between Can’t and Won’t—With a Million Lives at Stake
CNN should note that accepting a 60–70% infection rate means accepting a million deaths or more, which may be a conservative estimate.
Did the Coronavirus put a damper on the 50-year Earth Day celebration?
While organizers of this year’s 50th anniversary of Earth Day had big plans for mass global events focusing on reducing waste, fighting climate change and …
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