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Are Americans Insufficiently Alarmed by COVID-19? Press Coverage of the Pandemic Tends to Exaggerate Risk and Ignore Encouraging Information Dec. 09, 2020
Last month, researchers in Texas estimated that nearly 5 million of the state's residents had been i... Read More
This Pandemic Is Real. Just Ask the President's Lawyer. Dec. 09, 2020
It turns out President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, may h... Read More
In a Year Full of Challenges, How Can We Give Back? Dec. 09, 2020
Dear Readers: As I recently wrote, this holiday season is going to be different for a lot of people ... Read More
Take It With a Pinch of Salt Dec. 09, 2020
A growing number of commercial and homemade remedies suggest that you can control mosquitoes (OK, no... Read More
Repairing the Arts: Yet Another Challenge for an Administration Tasked With Repairing the Country Dec. 08, 2020
When Alexander Kutik and his wife, Alla Zernitskaya, fled the Soviet Union in 1990, the two Belaruss... Read More
5 Top Tips for Pandemic Stress Dec. 08, 2020
"May you live in interesting times." No one knows for sure if those words truly were an ancient Chin... Read More
COVIDGATE (Part 3): Attack on Informed Consent Dec. 08, 2020
Patient rights and bioethics are impossible without truly informed consent. This fundamental concept... Read More
When Giving Thanks Is Not Enough Dec. 04, 2020
"See that Thanksgiving celebrations are restricted as much as possible so as to prevent another flar... Read More
We Should Marvel at the Promise of New Vaccines Dec. 04, 2020
Two COVID-19 vaccine candidates, one from Pfizer and one from Moderna, are before the Food and Drug ... Read More
Speaking up for the Voiceless Victims of the COVID-19 Pandemic Dec. 03, 2020
Americans are well versed in the consequences for physical health from COVID-19. Newspapers brim dai... Read More
The First Freedom Dec. 03, 2020
" But even in a pandemic, the Constitution cannot be put away and forgotten. " — Supreme Court... Read More
Mourning Doves and Chickadees Dec. 03, 2020
Weather forecasters had warned us that snow was coming, and it turns out they weren't kidding. We go... Read More
Craving Human Company Dec. 02, 2020
New research published in Nature Neuroscience reports that our hunger for social contact, made worse... Read More
Who Will Recall These Strange Times? Dec. 01, 2020
Decades from now, today's young will be sharing vivid memories of the pandemic of 2020. They will te... Read More
Supreme Court Errs Recklessly in Limiting Government Health Authority Dec. 01, 2020
The Supreme Court's new conservative super-majority has thoroughly muddled the question of whether l... Read More
A Place of Beauty and Peace in Unsettling Times Nov. 28, 2020
By Bonnie and Bill Neely During troubled times what we often long for is nature, and that's doubly t... Read More
Private Property's Harvest Nov. 25, 2020
I'm thankful. Yes, we've got the pandemic, lockdowns, a worsening deficit, etc. But we still live in... Read More
It's Not Too Late for Trump To Lead on the Pandemic. History Would Notice. Nov. 20, 2020
Failed presidents can surprise us. Herbert Hoover, a Republican ousted by voters for his mishandling... Read More
The Pandemic Spawns False Claims About Freedom Nov. 19, 2020
In the minds of many Americans, the coronavirus pandemic creates a huge danger to constitutional rig... Read More
Obama and the Promised Land: Picking Up the Pieces Nov. 18, 2020
WASHINGTON — Tall and strikingly handsome, he's the coolest guy in the Situation Room, on the ... Read More
