More reason to limit coronavirus-related lawsuits
(April 3) The last thing this country needs as it tries to recover from the coronavirus pandemic is a spate of lawsuits trying to scapegoat others for the contagion. Yet, […]
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Several considerations against a national quarantine
(April 3) The media should stop clamoring for a nationally ordered lockdown, or “quarantine,” to respond to the current pandemic. The president almost certainly lacks constitutional authority to order one, […]
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Hunter Biden, again in the news, remains unethical
(April 1, but not an April Fool’s story) Count on Hunter Biden to remind us, no matter what else is in the news, what ethical obliviousness looks like. Biden and […]
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Biden took the virus seriously earlier than Trump did
(April 2) If Joe Biden had been president this year rather than Donald Trump, the national response to the coronavirus would likely have been more effective, because it would have […]
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Fr. William Barnwell, dead of the coronavirus, reached across ideological lines
(March 31) The life of the Rev. Canon William Barnwell, a crusading, liberal, Episcopalian priest who died March 27 of (suspected) coronavirus in New Orleans, could teach lessons we all […]
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Florida’s border order crossed several lines
(March 30) One of the most constitutionally and morally problematic responses to the coronavirus pandemic is that of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in strongly dissuading residents of certain states from […]
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R.I.P., Tom Coburn: a great senator and good man
(March 28) Former Sen. Tom Coburn, who died Saturday morning of complications from prostate cancer, was one of the finest public servants of my lifetime. The Oklahoma Republican, a practicing obstetrician, […]
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Israel stabilizes, which is good news for world
(March 26) Americans, and indeed all people of goodwill, should be pleased to see that Israel finally has broken its 15-month political impasse. Amidst a global pandemic, jihadists might have […]
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Drew and Brittany Brees, vs. virus, are real saints
(March 26) Once again, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees is proving that good people who are good leaders do good things. He and his wife Brittany continue to be […]
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Mail-in ballot mandate wisely ejected from virus-response bill
(March 26) The cause of secure, fraud-free elections got a boost, or at least a reprieve, in the compromise coronavirus-relief stimulus agreement that is wobbling its way to probable passage. House […]
