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April 14, 2020 4:53 am

Joe Biden: First, Do No Harm

How do you run an insurgent campaign against an incumbent president in the middle of a global pandemic?
Richard North Patterson
April 13, 2020 11:24 pm

Trump Claims ‘Total’ Authority to Order States Open

Nope: It’s up to the governors. Trump’s latest assertions of presidential power have no basis in constitutional reality.
Kimberly Wehle
April 13, 2020 1:08 pm

February 2020

The bell is pealing,
And every feeling
Within me responds
To the dismal knell; 

Shadows are trailing,
My heart is bewailing
And tolling within
Like a funeral bell.

William Kristol
April 13, 2020 5:34 am

COVID-19 is Crowning New Celebs in a Culture of Competence

Disregard for competence was not just a Democratic trait. The first candidates that Republicans rejected in 2016 were by far…
Alex Keeney
April 13, 2020 5:32 am

The Ditherer-in-Chief

Previous presidents have cemented their legacies by acting decisively in times of crisis. Trump… not so much.
Edward J. Larson
April 13, 2020 5:19 am

Have You Gone to the Movies For the Last Time?

COVID-19 is killing movie theaters, too.
Jonathan V. Last
April 13, 2020 5:02 am

The Constitution and the Coronavirus

The institutions designed to preserve the rule of law, protect individual rights, and enable the people to rule will not…
Laurence H. Tribe
April 11, 2020 5:55 am

The Dangerous Foolishness of First Things

1. Catholic Stuff

It’s the Easter Triduum, so I’m hoping you’ll indulge me in a little bit of Catholic inside…

Jonathan V. Last
April 10, 2020 11:40 am

The Faucian Bargain

Anthony Fauci has played his hand perfectly. But the game isn't over.
Charlie Sykes
April 10, 2020 5:30 am

The Pandemic and the Noise We Need

“Where is everybody?”—the new Fermi Paradox of cities under lockdown.
Hannah Yoest