covid-19

Over the weekend, The New York Times did the journalistic equivalent of crashing an Oscar Mayer Wienermobile into a men’s store and telling police “we’re all trying to find the guy who did this” while wearing a hot dog suit. Half a decade…

The New York Times turned to a popular strategy from the propaganda press playbook this week when it published what it wanted Americans to believe was a mea culpa declaring, “We Were Badly Misled About the Event That Changed Our Lives.”…

Five years after the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, there is no shortage of analysis personifying the virus as the villain. In a sense, it’s understandable: SARS-CoV-2 was the catalyst and the killer that drove much of the pandemic…

In March 2020, my aunt collapsed with a painful headache and was rushed to the hospital. We would soon learn that the headache was symptomatic of an aggressive form of brain cancer that no surgery or treatment could cure. Within six weeks…

When Donald Trump first sailed into the Oval Office, his detractors shrieked that his blunt rhetoric was dividing the country. His supporters pointed out that Trump wasn’t so much creating division as he was revealing divisions that had…

2020 is a revelation still unfolding. It harshly schooled everyone who endured it. Five years later, what have those with eyes to see learned? Most of it is frightening, but some is hopeful. 2020 taught us that, despite (or because of?)…

Announcing his abrupt departure from NBC News on Friday, former “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd admitted the “media has a lot of work to do to win back the trust” of its audience. In a great display of self-awareness and humility, Todd…

Penny Schwinn, President Donald Trump’s pick for the number two spot at the Department of Education, might be a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Trump recently announced his appointment of Schwinn, former Tennessee education department…

When Los Angeles Firefighter Edward Brockschmidt returned to duty, he thought his troubles with the city and the fire department were over. The Los Angeles Fire Department placed Brockschmidt on unpaid leave for refusing the Covid vaccine…

Disgraced National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci may think he is safe from scrutiny after receiving a last-minute preemptive presidential pardon from President Joe Biden on Monday, but he’s not. On…