One benefit of the Trump era has been the relative absence of dubious lawsuits against business. An exception is the Justice Department’s new suit against Walmart for filling opioid prescriptions. […]
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Dec. 29, 2020 6:32 pm ET Editor’s note: This week’s Future View asks students what they learned from living amid the Covid-19 pandemic. For the next installment we’ll ask, “The […]
The Slow Birth of Covid Realism
Italy, last seen trying to prosecute government scientists for failing to forecast an earthquake, is now pioneering the use of criminal prosecutors to examine the country’s Covid-19 response. Italy as […]
2020 was an extreme year for Earth’s temperatures. But was it the hottest on record? It depends.
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Hanukkah: The Jewish Festival of Lights
Hanukkah commemorates the rededication of the holy temple in Jerusalem after the 165 BC Jewish victory over the Hellenistic Seleucid armies of Antiochus IV Epiphanies. Â Â Â Â Â […]
Biden’s Fast Track to Reregulation
If Democrats control the Senate next month after Georgia’s runoffs, say a quick goodbye to President Trump’s recent deregulation. With full control of Washington, Democrats could use the Congressional Review […]
A Look Back at the Pandemic Year
Twenty twenty defies summation. All of us tried; no words ever seemed to capture the whole. But three things are true: You’ll tell your grandchildren about this year, you’ll never […]
Covid Has Killed the Apology
Two rare events occurred this week and no one alive is likely to see either of them again. The first was the celestial conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter, in which […]
World struggles to stop spread of coronavirus
Nations around the world are taking drastic measures to contain the spread of coronavirus including closing borders and quarantining citizens. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Read More
‘Egregious and disgusting’: Trump’s pardon of Blackwater contractors sparks outrage, warnings
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s decision on Tuesday to pardon four former Blackwater security guards – convicted in a 2007 massacre in Baghdad that left more than a dozen Iraqi civilians […]