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In “Coronavirus: The Worldwide Shutdown” on March 14, I warned that self-fulfilling prophecies and creeping authoritarianism were governing efforts to combat this virus. From panic buying to manic closings, social distancing to self-isolation, and social-media scammers to Truman-Show hammers, life is imitating the art that played out in dystopian films like the Hunger Games, Idiocracy,… Read more.
Just days ago, President Trump was insisting the country would be “opened up and just raring to go by Easter.” That would mean ending his federal social-distancing guidelines, purportedly giving the American people their lives back again. But then came polls showing that his approval ratings are soaring in this time of corona. This, despite… Read more.
No doubt you know that this coronavirus pandemic has forced the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to postpone the 2020 Tokyo Olympics until next summer. That decision inspired this cartoon: Except that, given how PEDs have marred recent Games, the IOC probably should have thought of “safer, smarter” sooner rather than later, no? Related commentaries: Olympic… Read more.
When President Trump began threatening to overthrow Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, here is how I ridiculed him in “Cry for Venezuela,” March 4, 2019: Trump is offering [opposition leader Juan Guaido] little more than trademark bluster with his saber-rattling rhetoric. He clearly does not have the cojones to launch military intervention to remove Maduro; you… Read more.
I took a lot of flak for arguing that, far from curing this pandemic, martial law-like restrictions and shutdowns (in business, education, sport, entertainment, etc.) were just causing pandemonium. Little did I know that South Korea was proving my point. (Incidentally, so too were Sweden and Singapore.) South Korea was in the vanguard of nations… Read more.
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Just months ago, Western leaders were scoffing at Chinese President Xi Jinping because the restrictions he imposed to control the spread of the coronavirus seemed draconian even for totalitarian China. Yet this pandemic soon had those Western leaders joining others the world over to impose similar restrictions. It is notable, though, that US President Donald… Read more.
And far too many people seem willing to forsake all else to ogle every one of them. I thought a silver lining in the coronavirus dark cloud was that stay-at-home orders might force people to reconnect with loved ones. Silly me. Instead, it appears most people are spending their time making videos they think will… Read more.
The following would be funny if it did not reflect reality in this time of corona: As medical staff in the US face a rising number of COVID-19 cases with a dwindling supply of protective gear, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated its advice, suggesting that, in a crisis, healthcare workers… Read more.
Evidently, they wanted him to retire ‘gracefully.’ But he still wants to play … anywhere. When it comes to NFL players, Tom Brady is the undisputed GOAT. And, even at 42, he remains at the top of his game. But when it comes to why his team, the New England Patriots, is the most successful… Read more.
