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Fri, August 14, 2020 | 03:21

Seven days in May - quiet days speak loudly to us all

Seven days in May - quiet days speak loudly to us all

This was the week when despairing global leaders - with an urgency unlike anything since World War II - looked to the modern era's Leader of the Free World hoping to find leadership, resources and maybe even an inspiring way to win our war against a rampaging pandemic.

2020-05-25 17:07

Obama, Cuomo, Trump and the virus

Obama, Cuomo, Trump and the virus

They don't know what they are doing. That's what President Barack Obama said about U.S. leaders in charge of dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. He was giving online speeches at commencement events around the country with discomforting rhetoric, but was nicer than usual. He mentioned no names.

2020-05-22 17:29

Work with the world on vaccine development

Work with the world on vaccine development

On May 4, world leaders gathered for a virtual vaccine summit .Most of America's allies took part in the donor event organized by the European Union. Some nongovernmental organizations participated, too, including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Overall, about $8 billion - and a sense of solidarity - was raised.

2020-05-17 17:52

Blame game with China can't disguise massive COVID-19 failures

Blame game with China can't disguise massive COVID-19 failures

For critical weeks in February and early March President Donald Trump claimed COVID-19 would magically disappear by itself or with warmer weather. That didn't work. So, with the death toll at more than 75,000 and rising, the president needs a new magic formula to deflect public attention from his slow and chaotic response.

2020-05-14 18:16

Boris Johnson has zero margin for error

The instruction given by Boris Johnson to the British people on March 23 was dead simple: “You must stay at home.” The pithiness and urgency of that message, the alarming rise in deaths, and the U.K. prime minister's subsequent hospitalization with COVID-19 all reinforced the instruction. People got it.

2020-05-14 18:10

Keep focus on coronavirus, not on China

Keep focus on coronavirus, not on China

Beyond the most profound health impacts worldwide, the coronavirus pandemic has also infected economics and geopolitics to crisis levels. It's imperative to mitigate the damage while the world waits for a vaccine that can end this scourge. But that will be more difficult, and thus deadly, if China and America devolve deeper toward a U.S.-USSR-style Cold War.

2020-05-13 16:53

Racism, guns make tragic combination

Racism, guns make tragic combination

The story of Ahmaud Arbery might have been overlooked except for the outrage provoked by a dramatic video that shows Arbery being killed in a Georgia residential neighborhood on Feb. 23.

2020-05-12 16:32

No handshakes, more face masks

When the pandemic lifts, what will you look forward to doing? Choices include getting a haircut, going to a baseball game or exchanging palm sweat with strangers. I'm sorry, I meant, shaking hands.

2020-05-08 16:33

US will need more immigrants after pandemic

President Donald Trump recently announced an executive order “temporarily suspending immigration to the United States.” It turns out that the new restrictions are narrower than this might suggest _ which is a good thing. Immigration policy needs short-term adjustments and cries out for long-term reform, but broad or indefinite clampdowns certainly aren't the answer.

2020-05-06 16:58

Biden's unequivocal denial of assault allegations

Biden's unequivocal denial of assault allegations

Former Vice President Joe Biden went on MSNBC's “Morning Joe” program Friday morning to address the claim by Tara Reade, who served on his Senate staff in the 1990s, that he had sexually assaulted her.

2020-05-05 17:31

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