Guys, big news! Jennifer Rubin just had a major COVID breakthrough!And she wants to share her epiphany with the rest of us:As we recognize that covid-19 is not a deadly or even severe disease for the vast majority of responsible Americans, we can stop agonizing over “cases” and focus on those who are hospitalized or…Continue Reading
According to new modeling, THIS is what Washington, D.C. will look like if “we keep our current carbon path“:This is what D.C. will look like if the world continues on its current trajectory of greenhouse gas emissions. https://t.co/tFInyS9ZFi pic.twitter.com/e6HLj9haCf— DCist (@DCist) December 26, 2021So, global warming is . . . good?im not sure if this…Continue Reading
There’s a growing narrative on lib Twitter that the CDC changed its COVID-19 isolation guidance from 10 days to only 5 days because of lobbying by Delta Airlines:The head of the Association of Flight Attendants alleges that the change in CDC isolation guidance was made at the behest of Delta Airlines which was short of…Continue Reading
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Quillette managing editor Colin Wright recently posted a Thomas Paine quote to Instagram … and Instagram subsequently removed it:”False information” according to Instagram. pic.twitter.com/162ypIQcnT— Colin Wright (@SwipeWright) December 26, 2021“False information”?Received DMs from several people who tried to repost it saying theirs got immediately taken down too. Give it a try and report back.— Colin…Continue Reading
Harvard’s currently on their winter recess. And that can mean only one thing: David Hogg has even more time on his hands than usual.More time to dish out piping-hot takes like this one:The second amendment is not an absolute right. None of our rights are. We have a right to not be shot.— David Hogg…Continue Reading
EDITOR’S NOTE: Each week we cross-post an excerpt from Katrina vanden Heuvel’s column at the WashingtonPost.com. Read the full text of Katrina’s column here. As rising coronavirus cases and the derailing of the Build Back Better bill dampened holiday cheer, the Biden administration made an announcement last week that inspired some hope for the new year.…Continue Reading
Another year of the Covid pandemic. December 28, 2021Continue Reading
after Wanda Coleman JuneWe die. JuneSoon we die in March, April, May JuneMother may I? Yes you may. JuneMother, your back is turned. Ah, there’s your face. JuneWe march. JuneJanuaryArberyMarchTaylorMay JuneAugustRememberOctoberDecember December JuneWe march. Everyone is a world to someone. JuneIf another person uses “knee on the neck” as a metaphor I will scream. JuneI…Continue Reading
Before my long travel, I pack my suitcases, stuff them with some sand from our land, some scent from my mother’s kitchen and sounds of birds in the morning. And in my pockets, I put the four directions. My hands are the compass. At the airport, I beg the officer not to open the suitcases…Continue Reading
BNEI BRAK, Israel (AP) — Yossi Levy has repeatedly booked and canceled his coronavirus vaccine appointment. The 45-year-old ultra-Orthodox Jew recovered from the virus earlier this year, as have his eight children and wife. But a combination of lethargy and procrastination has prevented him from following through and getting inoculated. “It isn’t something pressing. I’m…Continue Reading