Back when California was a swing state, it was commonplace to have a Golden Stater on the national ticket. Not that it made all that much difference. Dwight Eisenhower would have won twice regardless of his running mate, but it’s a matter of record that he ran with Richard Nixon, the pride of Yorba Linda. Later, Nixon would win two terms, carrying his home state twice, as did transplanted Californian Ronald Reagan.
President Trump this week tapped a new coronavirus adviser whose views on the pandemic closely align with his own. Scott Atlas, who spoke at Wednesday’s coronavirus briefing at the White House, is a radiologist, a senior fellow at the conservative Hoover Institution of Stanford University and a frequent Fox News commentator.
What is the point of the European Union? Only a few years ago such a question, especially coming from a British Brexiteer such as me, might have been written off as simply provocative rudeness from an ideological foe. Today, however, in the light of the EU’s incapacity to meet the strategic challenges posed by China’s aggressive foreign policy, the health challenges posed by COVID-19, the economic challenges caused by the global lockdown, and the budgetary challenges posed by Britain (its second-largest net contributor) leaving, it is legitimate to ask what the EU is really for at this stage of the 21st century.
On August 5, economist Tyler Cowen wrote: How about that Russian vaccine they will be trying in October? To be clear, I won’t personally try it, and I don’t want the FDA to approve it for use in the United States.
Hoover Institution fellow Scott Atlas defends himself against the unscientific attacks. Atlas notes that there is an overwhelming body of scientific data to back his recommendations concerning COVID-19.
Hoover Institution fellow Michael Petrilli talks with Erin Einhorn, a national reporter for NBC News, and David Griffith about her recent piece on outdoor classrooms.
Hoover Institution fellow Casey Mulligan discusses whether giving extra money to people on unemployment would negatively affect the economy. There are certain industries like travel that deserve special programs for situations like this but does everyone deserve to qualify?
Despite a state government that has historically hoarded power and opportunity for the few, women in Alabama have for decades championed causes and led movements to bring equity, fair treatment and opportunity to the many. Alabama women have risen from racism, poverty and prejudice to make waves that ripple across the nation, not just the state.
A new face walked out with President Trump during his daily coronavirus briefing on Monday: Scott Atlas, MD, a board-certified radiologist. “He's working with us and will be working with us on the coronavirus," Trump said during the Aug. 10 meeting. "And he has many great ideas. And he thinks what we've done is really good, and now we'll take it to a new level.”
Bjorn Lomborg’s False Alarm does not “deny” the likelihood of global warming as set out in the United Nations’ Reports on Climate Change. Lomborg expresses belief in the U.N.’s central estimate of a temperature increase of 7.2 degrees Fahrenheit above pre-industrial levels by 2100. He argues, however, that after another 80 years of economic growth, such an increase will not impose particularly burdensome costs. Mitigation and adaptation are the right approach to dealing with rising temperatures, rather than ultra-expensive attempts to attack the problem head on.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., lashed out at President Donald Trump over the weekend for unilaterally extending the federal unemployment supplement and providing other relief to Americans struggling because of the pandemic. She called his executive actions “absurdly unconstitutional.” No, they are not. If anything, Trump’s actions were restrained. He could have gone much further — and he still might.
