Overruling the governor

I have no idea what the Oregon constitution says about this. So I looked it up. The Oregonian article from this afternoon was exciting! Oregon governor’s coronavirus restrictions on religious gatherings, social gatherings ‘null and void,’ judge rules: A Baker...

The yo-yos

Open, close, open, close. Rinse and repeat. Oregon has yet to fully reopen, but if the rest of the world is any guide—there’s a chance it isn’t—we’ll be closing back down before too long. In place after place, restrictions have been lifted only...

America’s decline

The Financial Times(!) telling it like it is. Not exactly a left-wing hippy rag. The destruction of American worldwide influence is as bad as you might imagine. We used to be heroes with our humanitarian efforts ranging from the Marshall Plan to the Peace Corp. Trump...

The medical war against COVID-19

Most drugs don’t work, but a vaccine looks promising. With one notable exception, the war isn’t going so well on the pharmaceutical front: Although scientists and stock markets have celebrated the approval for emergency use of remdesivir to...