The award-winning TV host and radio personality had recently been hospitalized with the coronavirus.
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A Broken Market and ‘Rational’ Bubbles
The week of January 18: Rational bubbles, Davos’ questionable guest, the long road to a quick vaccine, and much, much
Google Threatens to Leave Australia in Dispute over Payments to News Outlets
Australian media outlets have complained that revenues have dropped over the past decade because advertisers have moved from newspapers to
Teachers Union Berated Trump for Reopening Schools, Now It’s Praising Biden For Doing the Same
The same teachers’ organization that roundly condemned Donald Trump’s attempts to prematurely reopen schools are now applauding Biden’s decision to
Fran Lebowitz, American Conservative
Pretend It’s a City, Martin Scorsese’s new documentary series about Lebowitz, reveals her delightfully reactionary character.
Elephants Counted From Space for Conservation
Reading Time: 3 minutes Fact-Check: Would Trump Lose Post-Presidency Benefits If Impeached? (Reader Steve) From the Austin American-Stateman: “If the
Chief Justice Roberts Owes Us His Opinion on Presiding over Impeachment
Either presiding or not can be justified on the basis of multiple theories, and we should expect Roberts to put
Don’t Panic: Health Passports Are Already a Thing
Reading Time: 4 minutes Questions continue to circle around the idea of mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for international travel after a
McConnell Proposes Delaying Impeachment Trial until February
McConnell has presented the idea to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, who would have to agree to the plan.
The Coming Green New Dole
On the menu today: climate follies, minimum-wage follies, “robber baron” myths, Crocs’ pandemic surge, and COVID-19’s long-term economic scarring.
Pelosi Warns of Prosecution for Lawmakers Found To Have Aided Capitol Rioters
Pelosi’s comments came several days after Representative Steve Cohen implied that Representative Lauren Boebert may have aided rioters.
Experts Warn Civil Rights Fallout from COVID Could be Far Worse Than the Pandemic Itself
The very first executive order Joe Biden signed upon becoming the forty-sixth President of the United States was the national
Biden Signs Order for US to Rejoin Paris Climate Agreement
Reading Time: 3 minutes Senate Trial of Former President Trump Depends Largely on 145-Year-Old Case (Reader Steve) From the San
Portland Rioters Attack ICE Building, Local Dem Headquarters after Biden Inauguration
Police officers arrested eight adults in total, on charges ranging from rioting and possession of a destructive device to reckless
Biden’s Diverse Cabinet Will Matter to America
Reading Time: 7 minutes President Joe Biden is in the midst of creating an administration that resembles the public. He’s
Biden’s Economic Policy Puzzle
On the menu today: Yellen’s first Senate hearing, Biden’s inauguration, Europe’s small-loan buildup, and a look back at the Plaza
Biden Rejoins Paris Climate Accord in First Environmental Action
President Biden signed an executive order on Wednesday formally committing the U.S. to rejoin the Paris Climate Accord.
Revealed: Israeli Settler Groups With Ties To the US Are Evicting Palestinians in Mass
Occupied East Jerusalem — Nearly 20 Palestinian families face homelessness amid a raging pandemic and cold, wet winter in occupied
Unusual Confirmation Delays Dangerous for America
Reading Time: 4 minutes At noon on Wednesday, January 20, current Cabinet secretaries and agency heads are scheduled to step
New CDC Director to Make Sure Voices of Science Are Heard Again
Reading Time: 2 minutes ‘Money Goes Towards Power’: Trump Is Exiting the White House With His Brand in Tatters (Dana)
Trump Does His Part in Scandalizing the Presidential Pardon Power
The president’s final pardons were yet another iteration of the two-tiered justice system that serves the wealthy and powerful.
Incoming Secretary of State Backs Pompeo’s Uyghur Genocide Designation
Secretary of State-designate Antony Blinken said ‘President Trump was right in taking a tougher approach to China.’
Trump Grants Clemency to Bannon, 142 Others on Eve of Inauguration
The president issued 70 commutations and pardoned 73 people early Wednesday, in his final hours in office.
The Death Tax’s Not So Little Helper (Possibly)
On the menu today: the death tax’s (possible) new scythe, vaccines and the EU’s lethal central-planning fail, Merkel/Brezhnev, credit-market Jenga,
U.S. Records 400,000 Coronavirus Deaths on Eve of Biden Inauguration
Over 400,000 Americans have died of COVID-19 as of Tuesday, one day before Joe Biden’s inauguration as president.
Biden Picked a Lot of Obama People. Here’s Why It’s OK.
Reading Time: 4 minutes President-elect Joe Biden finalized his Cabinet picks on Thursday, naming US Appeals Court Judge Merrick Garland
Military Insiders Reveal Their Inauguration Nightmare
Reading Time: 17 minutes NEWS ANALYSIS The final countdown has begun, but the military is worried about what Donald Trump
Native Activists File Suit After Trump Officials Hand Sacred Land to Foreign Mining Firm
The land swap deal between the U.S. government and British-Australian corporate mining giant Rio Tinto and its subsidiary, Resolution Copper,
Democrats Will Pay the Price for Placating the Squad
The irony of the Squad’s fame contributing to Democrats’ losses is that their party’s weakness now empowers them even more.
Two National Guardsmen Removed from Inauguration Duty over Ties to Militia Groups
Defense Department officials did not reveal what unit the Guard members serve in or to what fringe groups they belong.
Biden to Propose Eight-Year Path to Citizenship for Illegal Immigrants
On the campaign trail, Biden repeatedly promised that immigration reform would come on day one of his administration.
A $15 Minimum Wage Doesn’t Belong in a COVID-Relief Plan
It’s hard to argue that this hike has more than a tangential relationship to the problems caused by the pandemic.
Biden’s Stimulus Bill for Last Year’s Economy
On the menu today: Biden’s economic plan, Yellen’s debt dilemma, and deficits in a zero-interest-rate world.
The Execution of Dustin Higgs and the Tradition of Capital Punishment
Dustin Higgs, an African American man from Poughkeepsie, New York, became the thirteenth federal inmate to meet his end at
Barr Told Trump Claims of Election Fraud Were ‘Bullsh**’: Report
Barr resigned later that month, amid reported tensions with Trump after the attorney general refused to publicly endorse claims of
Dem Rep. Says Pro-Trump Guardsmen Are ‘Suspect,’ Should Be Vetted as Potential Threat
Representative Steve Cohen (D., Tenn.) suggested on Monday that Trump-supporting National Guardsmen should be vetted as potential security threats.
Trump’s Storm Troopers: First Blood
Reading Time: 6 minutes ANALYSIS January 6, the day the Capitol building was sacked by Visigoths, happens to be the
Humans Won’t Be Able to Control Artificial Intelligence, Scientists Warn
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Hacker Who Archived Parler Explains How They Did It (Judy) From Vice: “With Twitter’s permanent