America
America, Coronavirus, Public Health
Mask Usage: Across America and in Wisconsin
by JOHN ADAMS •
Josh Katz, Margot Sanger-Katz, and Kevin Quealy report A Detailed Map of Who Is Wearing Masks in the U.S.: In some American neighborhoods, it’s hard to spot even one person outside without a face covering. In others, your odds of seeing many maskless people are quite high. Public health officials believe that face coverings can…
America, Coronavirus, History, Public Health, Trump
America Behind the World
by JOHN ADAMS •
Paul Waldman looks at covid-19 cases from Monday, 7.13.20: Let’s begin with the situation in other countries. Here are new case totals from Monday for a few of our peer countries: France: 580 UK: 564 Spain: 546 Germany: 365 Canada: 299 Japan: 259 Italy: 200 Australia: 158 South Korea: 52 And the United States? 55,300.…
America, History, Holiday
Happy Independence Day 2020
by JOHN ADAMS •
America, Military, Trump, Unfit
America Shouldn’t Name Her Military Bases After Traitors
by JOHN ADAMS •
America, Police, Protests, Race, Trump
Why Now?
by JOHN ADAMS •
Social historians, looking at the many protests against police violence (protests taking place across America and in other countries) will be able (if imprecisely) to assess the motivations of these recent events. Of two things one can be confident, without being a historian: these protests are in response to specific acts of law-enforcement violence, with…
America, Politics, Poll, Trump
Trump’s Undersized Base
by JOHN ADAMS •
Polling from Morning Consult illustrates well the limitations of Trump’s base-only strategy: his support (base and supportive voters) represents less than needed for re-election. That support is, in fact, notably consistent in its inadequacy: Over many months, including before the brunt of the pandemic, Trump has been stuck in a weak position. This does not…
America, Authoritarianism, Corruption, Economy, Public Health, Trump, Unfit
Trump’s American Carnage
by JOHN ADAMS •
America, Bigotry, Culture, Law, Race
Trevor Noah on Racial Injustice
by JOHN ADAMS •
America, Bigotry, History, Never Trump, Politics, Treason, Trump
The Flag of Treason
by JOHN ADAMS •
America, History, Military
Memorial Day 2020
by JOHN ADAMS •
America, Coronavirus, Economy, Public Health, Trump
Mourning in America
by JOHN ADAMS •
America, Bigotry, History, Mendacity, Politics, Race, Wisconsin, WISGOP
WISGOP Treasurer Brian Westrate ‘Well Understands’ Nothing
by JOHN ADAMS •
A horde of ignorant, but racially motivated, men infest the Wisconsin GOP. Brian Westrate is a good example of playing to this bad condition: in an attempt to discourage racist Republicans from displaying Confederate banners at a protest, he erroneously (and outrageously) contended that he did “well understand that the Confederacy was more about states…
America, Coronavirus, Freedom of Speech, Israel, Libertarians, Liberty
Israeli Discipline, American Disorder
by JOHN ADAMS •
Free expression is not a rejection of reason, including reason in public health. Libertarian politics – of free markets in capital, labor, and goods, of responsible government, of individual liberty, and of peaceful international relations – requires a mature discipline. I do not support recent protests against temporary public health measures during this pandemic. And…