An all-time record 120°F high temperature was set for all of Europe in Sicily. July is the hottest month on record in the United States. No one can argue that climate change isn’t accelerating rapidly.
Andrew Cuomo Faces Accountability
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Disgraced farmer political figures like New York governor Andrew Cuomo follow a familiar pattern after they leave office. They disappear for 6 to 12 months and then reappear as paid analysts on cable TV or wind up in academia.
I Know Why They Don’t Know
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To me getting vaccinated was a simple decision: whatever risk there is from a relatively new technology is erased by the near certainty of severe illness if you get COVID-19. But a lot of Americans have a good reason not to trust the government. And a lot of Americans haven’t benefited from a good science education. Yelling at them is not going to change their minds.
The Civil War Over Vaccines
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Whether or not to get vaccinated against the coronavirus has become the most controversial and divisive political issue in the country today. It literally separates families from one another in a way that no other issue has in recent memory.
Democratic Suicide Squad
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Progressives were excited by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other progressives who managed to get elected into congress and even get reelected. But now it seems clear that, once again, working within the system is doomed to failure.
Republican Obstruction Will End Itself
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Democrats desperately want Republicans to get vaccinated against COVID-19. But maybe they shouldn’t care.
Killing People Is Only Wrong When Social Media Does It
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In a remark that he later walked back, President Joe Biden complained that social media outlets like Twitter and Facebook are killing people by allowing misinformation on their platforms. He would know something about killing people…
Getting Rid of an Important Incentive
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Adding to confusion, the CDC now says that even fully vaccinated people living in high infection zones should wear masks again. Seems like a classic example of punishing the entire class for the sins of a few. Wouldn’t it make more sense to only force those who refuse to be vaccinated to wear masks?
No Pacifists Allowed on News Shows
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Ever notice how, when there is a foreign policy crisis, the discussion is always between intervention and more intervention? There’s never anyone at the table on TV news discussion shows who is a pacifist who is simply is against war, or even someone who suggests that this particular crisis is something the US ought not to be involved in.
From the Same People Who Brought You WMDs
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The White House has been pressuring Fox News in public and through back channel communications to stop spreading misinformation about the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines. This sounds innocuous but there are frightening implications, not least the question of whether anyone can believe something simply because the government says that it is true. Then there is the question of whether there should ever be this sort of collaboration between government and the media that is supposed to be its watchdog.
