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COVID-19

It’s Time to Use Eminent Domain on the Coronavirus Vaccines
by Arnab Acharya, Sanjay G. Reddy (Foreign Policy)

“The easiest way to make... [More]”

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COVID-19

Here’s what we know about the new variant of coronavirus by Sharon Peacock (The Guardian)

“Most mutations aren’t concerning... [More]”

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COVID-19

Vaccines, Vaccines, Vaccines – Why Doesn’t Everyone Have One or Two? by Dean Baker (CEPR)

“By comparison, close... [More]”

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COVID-19

The World’s Greatest by Anna DeForest (The Paris Review)

“In makeshift ICUs, patients were dying of unwitnessed self-extubation,... [More]”

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COVID-19

Could COVID delirium bring on dementia? by Carrie Arnold (Nature)

“A set of simple steps, such as ensuring a family... [More]”

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COVID-19

Stop Saying Lockdown Is ‘Not That Hard’ by Bonnie Kristian (Reason)

“It’s not that hard is true of hand washing. It’s... [More]”

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COVID-19

What we can learn from contact tracing an entire province by John Timmer (Ars Technica)

“[…] once efficient contact... [More]”

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Finance & Economy

The Krugman Boom: Don’t Bank on It by Dean Baker (CEPR)

“In many ways this is great news. People will save hundreds of hours a year on... [More]”

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Why do so many cases go to the Supreme Court?

Because the plaintiffs have endless time and money, dragging things out with appeal... [More]

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With the Hunter Biden Expose, Suppression is a Bigger Scandal Than The Actual Story by Matt Taibbi (SubStack)

“Obviously, Fox is not much better, in terms of... [More]”

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Of Size and Scale by Morris Berman

“America, too, will (I believe) have its own secessionist breakup, probably within two or three decades, or even... [More]”