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Cartoons
May 13, 2020
Sack cartoon: Seniors for Trump

Sack cartoon: Seniors for Trump

Editorial, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
May 13, 2020

On debt: Spending is needed now, but must soon be tamed

How to move the economy forward.
Mark W. Kroll
May 13, 2020
Vehicles circled the Minnesota State Capitol, covered with flags and signs, during Saturday's protest against Gov. Tim Walz's "Stay Home MN" executive

Have stay-at-home orders actually helped?

If you compare the case and death rates of COVID-19 in states with the orders and without, the answer is no.
Editorial
May 13, 2020

Work with the world on vaccine development

U.S. sent the wrong health and geopolitical signal by skipping global donor summit.
Letters
May 13, 2020
Members of the Native American community of Picuris Pueblo, N.M., including Vaughn Tootsie, right, screen vehicles as they enter and exit tribal prope

Readers Write: Local restrictions, social distancing, graduation, distance learning, China

If we can travel, so can COVID.
Mike Meyers
May 13, 2020
This photo shows the Tesla plant Tuesday, May 12, 2020, in Fremont, Calif. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has emerged as a champion of defying stay-home orders i

Employers who risk workers' lives will pay a price

Those employers' reputations will be tarnished for years to come.
Noah Feldman, Bloomberg Opinion (TNS)
May 13, 2020
FILE - In this March 27, 2020, file photo the Capitol is seen as House lawmakers prepare to debate emergency coronavirus response legislation on Capit

Supreme Court Trump tax return case isn't actually about Trump

A look at the past, present and future of congressional oversight.
Amy Goldman Koss, Los Angeles Times (TNS)
May 13, 2020
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New to cleaning house? Prepare to confront your toilet pedestal

And other revelations.
Richard Levitan, Nicholas Caputo, Roberto Cosentini and Jorge Cabrera
May 13, 2020
In this Friday, April 17, 2020, photo, a vial used to collect a nose swab sample is put into a collection bag as members of a team of University of Wa

We treated older coronavirus patients. Here's how to save more of them.

Requiring pulse oximetry checks once or twice a day in nursing homes would be a big step.
Cartoons
May 12, 2020
Sack cartoon: The murder hornets have a plan

Sack cartoon: The murder hornets have a plan

Richard Howey
May 12, 2020

Calculating cost of life, lockdown is worth it

A group of scientists found that, even measured by the coldblooded "economic" value of life, social distancing is well worth the cost.
Editorial, Dallas Morning News
May 12, 2020

Ahmaud Arbery's death was familiar to black America

Georgia man was unarmed and didn't provoke his attackers.
Editorial
May 12, 2020

COVID-19 enters the White House

And at least some officials are responding the way health experts recommend for all.
Letters
May 12, 2020
9th grade students listen to instructions at an elementary school in Prague, Czech Republic, Monday, May 11, 2020. At elementary schools, those studen

Readers Write: Distance learning grades, graduation, the lockdown, reopening, expertise, birthdays

This grading solution is just lazy.
Quinn Reabe Nystrom
May 12, 2020
Quinn Nystrom, a diabetes activist, prepared 150 pennants for a diabetes rally to be held in the State Capitol Tuesday, March 5, at noon. ] GLEN STUBB

My run for Congress and rushed wedding are connected

The reason for both is simple: health care.
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