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Marc Lipsitch
The pandemic in the U.S.: Far more people have COVID-19 than you think
Intense social distancing must be the centerpiece of our strategy for now.
Editorial, San Diego Union-Tribune
It's time for Sanders to bow out gracefully
History will approve if the senator helps Biden defeat Trump.
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Peter R. Orszag
Social distancing makes sense only with extraordinary fiscal stimulus
The least-worst option is a large and comprehensive program of loans to businesses that could be transformed into grants if necessary.
Dan Roche
What others see as Joe Biden's mental slips, I see as the tricks of a master stutterer
It's the ability to rephrase a thought or paragraph, on the fly, to avoid a problematic word or syllable.
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Coronavirus pandemic: What's 'normal' now? What's next? An interview with Michael Osterholm.
'I say straight-faced we will never ever go back to normal'
DICK SCHWARTZ
Crisis memories: We duck, cover, fear the worst, but life goes on
Again and again, dangers and traumas have tested American nerves and changed our world, but we've emerged each time with new understanding.
Chris Holbrook, Phil Fuehrer and Trahern Crews
Amid the outbreak, Minnesota's minor political parties will struggle to get on the ballot
They must collect thousands of signatures for the petitions in Minnesota, a dangerous task amid the current pandemic. An executive order is needed.
Cartoons
Editorial, Wall Street Journal
Illinois congressman fails the test of liberalism
One of Democratic Party's last antiabortion holdouts ousted in primary.
Fred Zimmerman
Decades of economic fecklessness have left us vulnerable in this crisis
How perpetual, the bailouts? And at what consequence?
Zachary D. Carter
The ideas of John Maynard Keynes have come around again. Here's why.
Keynesian economics: Not about money. About belief.
John Kass
Coronavirus pandemic: Now we'll see what America is truly made of
Does our new and improved, politically correct, sensitized country have the backbone to handle a real problem?
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