On This Presidents Day, Stop Worshiping the Imperial Presidency
Presidents aren't saints. They aren't monarchs. They aren't celebrities. And they aren't your friends.
Presidents aren't saints. They aren't monarchs. They aren't celebrities. And they aren't your friends.
Preserving the country's greatest restaurant scene in the midst of a pandemic feels like an afterthought.
Most states managed to avoid much-predicted fiscal crises during the pandemic. Congress wants to shower them with more federal aid anyway.
This is what you get when you mix "science" with "stakeholders."
Probably not, if you read the newspaper. Parental preference is one of the most commonly misunderstood factors in the school-reopening debate.
Blood samples find common cold antibodies in nearly everybody, but they appear to offer little help against COVID-19 infections.
Kim Ogg ran for district attorney as a criminal justice reformer. Maybe she should think about what that entails.
WarnerMedia, the Ad Council, and the CDC are infantilizing us and insulting our intelligence.
Why didn't Cuomo and De Blasio build a decent, user-friendly website?
A perfect example of hygiene theater
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Administration wants to spend $200 billion hiring new teachers for closed schools that are bleeding students. What could go wrong?
Could that end up costing more lives than it saves?
Why not give parents the money to send kids to a private school that is actually open?
A higher federal minimum would reduce employment and increase the deficit, according to a new nonpartisan government analysis.
"Bad actors will be identified, and the Tampa Police Department will handle it."
After critiquing the COVID-19 relief bill and denouncing the latest Biden policies, the Roundtabler's find some reprieve in imagining legalized opioids for all.
Chief Justice John Roberts says the policy reflects "insufficient appreciation or consideration of the interests at stake."
In staring down the virus's blitz, the NFL showed that it is possible to balance caution and continuity.
The school district is hiring classroom assistants to watch the kids as they learn from their laptops.
"We'll need to continue communicating about that," said Jen Psaki.
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California grocers have filed three lawsuits against local laws requiring "hero pay" during the pandemic.
Biden's recovery plan is a poorly targeted effort that would make the economy worse off in the long run.
"We are failing those children by not giving them the option to return to school."
Two states and two Disneys—California vs. Florida—and their radically different approaches to dealing with the pandemic.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
"During difficult times we must remain the most vigilant to protect the constitutional rights of the powerless," the judge writes.
We can’t eliminate the virus, but we can reduce its harm to our lives and livelihoods.
Teachers who refuse to go back to work should not get to cut in line.
By the state’s own estimates, a two-month lockdown was less effective than a slow day of vaccinations.
"We are prioritizing antiracist arts instruction in our work."
We literally can't afford it.
The president has proposed spending $1.9 trillion on another pandemic relief bill. Moderate GOP senators are countering with a $600 billion plan of their own.
The Board of Pardons recommended Bruce Norris’ release. A signature didn’t come in time.
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The United Kingdom has instituted one of the most rigorous lockdowns in the world.
Despite taking a much more restrictive approach, California saw a bigger surge than Texas, and the drop began around the same time in both states.
We need to speed up vaccinations in order to head off the proliferation of more contagious coronavirus variants.
The New York governor should look to his own state.
The pandemic showed me how many choices I have about my kids’ education. Everyone should have the same options.
When the feds failed to track COVID-19, Emily Oster stepped in.
Aren't there more important things to do right now?
Good Democratic voters don't like being called racist Trump supporters, which unions are leveraging to keep schools closed.