The Outstater
“There is, to put it mildly, a huge spread (in the predictions) — the difference between a death toll on par with the number of people who die from injury and violence annually in the U.S. and one that’s closer to the number of people murdered when the Chinese communists moved to suppress counterrevolutionaries between Read the full article…
Morris: My Local Newspaper, RIP
by Leo Morris The newspaper that employed me for more than 30 years has ceased publication. It feels like a death in the family, and I’ve been trying to imagine the obituary: “The News-Sentinel, 187, native of Fort Wayne, Ind., born in 1833, died in 2020 of natural causes. Cherished by loved ones, true friend Read the full article…
Menge: A Bailout that Doesn’t Bail Out
By Margaret Menge What if the government decided to give a massive amount of money to small businesses to help them survive a pandemic but forgot to include anything to make sure the money was really going to businesses that needed it? It would seem like a fairly big oversight. But that is what has Read the full article…
Schansberg: COVID-19 and the USPS
by Eric Schansberg, Ph.D. You may have heard that the Post Office is in the hospital with COVID-19. Part of the problem is that it has some pre-existing conditions. It enjoyed something of a sheltered and spoiled childhood. But that led it to becoming soft and flabby later in life. It has also endured capricious Read the full article…
Bisson: The Myth of Universal Testing
The Myth of Universal COVID-19 Testing by Ken Bisson, M.D. I did not vote for Trump in 2016 and I will not vote for Trump or Biden in 2020. I am a medical doctor with no allegiance to Republicans or Democrats. If leaders of either of these parties get something right, I rejoice. When either Read the full article…
Gaski: The Media’s Macabre Dance
by John Gaski, Ph.D. In reporting daily to the media and public, President Donald Trump recently had the audacity to speak in hopeful terms about a drug treatment for coronavirus that has shown promise. That is literally all he did but apparently it was enough to set off his critics among the liberal Democrats and Read the full article…
