Think it was a hard call for the Trump administration to shut down the U.S. economy? Well, suggests Kimberley Strassel in the WSJ, you haven’t seen anything yet. The left intends to make reopening it far harder, lacing it with political risk by raising the bar for “success” to fantasy heights. Speaker Nancy Pelosi lashed […]
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The Phony Debate – Reopening the Economy
“Americans who work with their hands and live outside the big blue cities are considered nonessential,” Curtis Ellis notes in American Greatness. Families who own their businesses, or work for a family business rather than depend on the government or a global corporation for their livelihoods are considered “nonessential.” People who want to go to […]
Investing After the Coronavirus
Coronavirus Infects Stock Market: Part XXIX Imagine falling 200 feet while descending Mount Washington, slamming into a pile of rocks that prevents you from going over the edge—and needing a rescue. That’s the scary scenario one hiker found herself in recently. “It was these rocks that ultimately saved her from plunging into the ravine, a […]
What’s Worse than a Pandemic
Plenty, writes Andrew C. McCarthy, who explains there is a fundamental issue of political legitimacy. Those who so portentously remind us that they are in “government service” need to be mindful of what a servant is and who the master is. The Constitution is a solemn pact that “codifies the relationship between the people and the governmental system […]
Reopening the Economy – a Win/Win for Governors and Trump
As America looks forward to putting an end to Coronavirus lockdown, life as we have known it will not happen without guidelines for safe behavior. Will everyone have to wear a mask, or only people who interact with the public? Will Americans of a certain age be advised to stay at home longer? Who will […]
A Coronavirus Crib Sheet from the WSJ
Holman Jenkins explains in the WSJ: How we got here, where we are going, and how we confront coronavirus. The Spread: The first case emerged in Wuhan on 17 November. China/World Health Organization did not acknowledged human-to-human transmission until 20 January. Wuhan exported between eight and 16 undetected cases to the U.S. through air travel, […]
“Remember, Never Touch Downed Wires & Report them Immediately”
Coronavirus Infects Stock Market: Part XXVIII You know life changes quickly in times like these. One minute you’re enjoying the quarant-time (my daughter’s word) and the next it’s 2:30 in the morning and you’re thinking about patio furniture—I was at least. We’re expecting hurricane-force winds today (perhaps not technically the 75mph hurricane-force threshold, but 72mph […]
Bill Gates. Why the World Needs More Billionaires
When asked recently what good his fortune could do in the Age of Coronavirus, Bill Gates replied, “Governments will eventually come up with lots of money, but they don’t know where to direct it. They can’t move as quickly.” At the moment, there are a number of promising vaccine constructs to fight coronavirus, and the […]
Coronavirus is a Wake Up Call for the Irresponsible, Here’s How to Regain Control
Coronavirus Infects Stock Market: Part XXVII You’ve told some heroic stories about your loved ones on the front lines and your children who are doctors and nurses working 19-20 hours days. Some of you who work in hospitals now are telling me it’s a war zone, especially those of you in New York. Thank you. […]
Will America Reawaken as a Cry Baby or a Roaring Giant?
Beijing, at the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak, hid the origins, nature, and transmissibility of the virus. Then it lied about its supposedly brilliant control of the epidemic. Victor Davis Hanson in NRO wonders if America will now recalibrate its relationship with China to ensure that, when the next pandemic hits, America will not be […]
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