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Fri, June 5, 2020 | 05:59

Vladimir Putin just made himself president for life

Vladimir Putin just made himself president for life

While world leaders focused last week on coping with the coronavirus, Vladimir Putin's attention was elsewhere. The Russian president was busy setting himself up as president for life.

2020-03-15 17:37

Worsening global crisis requires a global response

Worsening global crisis requires a global response

Viruses are borderless. And given international economic integration, so are oil and equity markets, both of which were routed worldwide on Monday.

2020-03-13 17:10

Foiling virus is only one of your public health duties

Foiling virus is only one of your public health duties

The coronavirus has arrived in the Chicago area. Nationally, more than 1,000 cases have been diagnosed across 15 states, and over 31 Americans have died. The numbers are bound to rise in the coming days. It's unlikely that any geographic region on Earth that isn't isolated _ Antarctica, we wish you good fortune _ will be spared from the scary respiratory illness that is makin...

2020-03-12 17:45

Barnstorming coronavirus humbles humans

Barnstorming coronavirus humbles humans

We walk the Earth's crust, we erect vast cities, we boast of our achievements. We see ourselves as the mistresses and masters of our fate. Yet as John Lennon and other writers before him bluntly warned, life is what happens while we're busy making plans.

2020-03-10 17:07

Seattle's critical coronavirus test

Seattle's critical coronavirus test

Seattle has long been the best place to have a heart attack, thanks to its pioneering Medic One service. The region is also one of the best places to have cancer because of its world-class care and research.

2020-03-09 16:57

Trump should swallow hunches, let experts work on coronavirus

Trump should swallow hunches, let experts work on coronavirus

In mid-March, I was supposed to attend a conference in northern Iraq near the border with Iran, which is one of the countries hardest hit by the coronavirus outside China. No surprise, the conference was canceled.

2020-03-08 17:28

Boy Scouts' bankruptcy should be for moral purpose

Boy Scouts' bankruptcy should be for moral purpose

The declaration landed with a thud. The 110-year-old Irving, Texas-based institution we know as the Boy Scouts of America declared bankruptcy last month in what is a very messy fight over sexual abuse claims going back decades.

2020-03-05 16:28

Fed can't cure coronavirus with rate cut

Fed can't cure coronavirus with rate cut

By cutting its target short-term interest rate by half a percentage point Tuesday morning, the Fed's Federal Open Market Committee told the country that the coronavirus outbreak is such a threat to the U.S. economy, the committee couldn't hold off acting until its regularly scheduled meeting two weeks from now.

2020-03-05 16:25

Explaining Trump's Hispanic support

At a rally in New Mexico last September, President Donald Trump pointed to Steve Cortes, one of his most prominent Hispanic supporters, and asked him: “Who do you like more, the country or the Hispanics?”

2020-03-03 16:54

Russia is still trying to tear US apart

Russia is still trying to tear US apart

Russia, an FBI official said recently, wants Americans to “tear ourselves apart” as we head toward the November election. The U.S. seems to be complying.

2020-03-02 17:20

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