Magnum opus on COVID: How bad is it? How to combat it?
This is one big column broken into two published pieces, intended as the one-stop-shopping place to understand where we stand on the COVID-19 pandemic and assess, with discernment, where we […]
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Some good, but mostly ugly, in Biden’s anti-pandemic plan
Two columns analyzing different aspects of Biden’s proposals to handle the COVID-19 pandemic — first against his biggest proposal, and then an overview of the whole thing. Follow the links […]
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College ‘snowflakes’ have ‘cognitive distortions’
(September 15) Now there’s a formal study showing what many of us have known all along : College kids needing “safe spaces” and “trigger warnings ” to avoid ideas that […]
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Djokovic was bidding for clear edge in GOAT competition
(September 9) As Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic this week tries to become the first man to win his sport’s “Grand Slam” in 52 years, he deserves far more support […]
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New Orleans weathered this storm pretty well
(September 7) In the “be thankful for small blessings” category, the city of New Orleans suffered less from Hurricane Ida than early fears had indicated. Points south and west of […]
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Yes, get vaccines, but feds should put more focus on treatments
(Sept. 2) The coronavirus pandemic is raging again at horrific levels, but the Biden administration is asleep on the job. It has focused plenty of attention, with diminishing returns, on […]
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New show worth seeing at Sophiella Gallery
NOTE: This is a guest art review by LaVada Raouf, a lecturer in Art History at Spring Hill College. I will just add that the gallery itself is a wonderful […]
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Why the biggest blunder was leaving Afghanistan at all
(Aug. 31) To learn the right lessons for future foreign policy and military decisions, we must reanalyze not just what the United States did wrong in how it left Afghanistan, […]
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Associated Press can’t hide bias even when announcing new editor
(Sept. 2) The Associated Press story announcing the hiring of a new AP executive editor gives plenty of reasons for readers not to trust the once-venerable news wire. The AP […]
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Congress moves towards appalling decision to include women in military draft
(Sept. 3) The House Armed Services Committee abused daughters and granddaughters this week by voting that young women should be required to register for the military draft. Four Republicans joined […]
