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Good For The NFL

Columnists Susan Estrich - August 13, 2021 0

The new policy of the NFL, widely reported in recent weeks, hits players and teams exactly where it hurts. If there is an outbreak among unvaccinated players, you forfeit the game and face further fines, and none of the players on either team gets paid. First, you lose. Second, you – and every one of your peers – has to pay for it. Sounds right. Think about the peer pressure. I like that. And the […]

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No Tears For Olympic Rejects Who Failed To Get Their Shots

Columnists Froma Harrop - August 11, 2021 0

We’re playing the tiniest of violins for Sam Kendricks, the champion pole vaulter from Mississippi who was thrown out of the Tokyo Games after testing positive for COVID-19. Everyone long knew that officials in Japan planned to isolate any infected athletes from other participants and the population at large. Back in June, reporters asked Kendricks whether he had been vaccinated. He wouldn’t say, only noting that he got tested a lot for the virus. We […]

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Voters Really Do Want Order On The Border

Columnists Froma Harrop - August 10, 2021 0

With COVID-19 receding – at least in vaccinated parts of the country – but crime hanging on, law and order looks to be a leading issue in the 2022 midterm elections. And that desire for order extends to the border. Democrats should know this: The surge in undocumented migrants at the border could kill them at the polls. President Joe Biden has not always put forth a convincing message that he’s intent on stopping the […]

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Americans First?

Columnists Susan Estrich - August 7, 2021 0

Should vulnerable Americans – say, senior citizens and those with underlying conditions, to begin with – get their third shot before people all over the world get their first? I would say yes. The World Health Organization says no. In the past week, both Pfizer and Moderna have announced that they are testing a booster shot to address the uncertainty of antibodies waning over time. Some reports suggest that booster shots could be as soon […]

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The Sedition Caucus Under Oath

Columnists Joe Conason - August 6, 2021 0

It is an indisputable fact that House Republicans including Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy were at the very heart of former President Donald Trump’s coup plot to overturn the 2020 presidential election. While more than hints and clues have pointed to their involvement ever since the Jan. 6 insurrection, their central role emerged this past week when notes of a Dec. 27, 2020, conversation between Trump and the acting attorney general Jeffrey Rosen were disclosed. Informed […]

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