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More news about vaccines

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On March 31, 2021
The initial clinical trial found that the Pfizer vaccine was even more effective in adolescents than adults: The Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine is extremely effective in young adolescents, perhaps even more so than in adults, the companies reported on Wednesday — a finding that could ease the return to normalcy for millions of American families. No […]
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This afternoon I spoke with Colin Snider about the resignation of three Brazilian senior military chiefs. The conversation touched on the institutional aspects of cabinet transitions in Brazil, the loss of faith of much of the government in Bolsonaro’s approach to COVID, and the history of military intervention in Brazilian politics. At several points I […]

Happy Bernie

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On March 31, 2021

It doesn’t seem too surprising to me that Bernie is pretty happy these days. The Democratic Party’s mainstream has pretty much adopted much of his agenda! Let’s say I’m someone on the

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The ultra rich, of course: A recording obtained by The New Yorker of a private conference call on January 8th, between a policy adviser to Senator Mitch McConnell and the leaders of several prominent conservative groups—including one run by the Koch brothers’ network—reveals the participants’ worry that the proposed election reforms garner wide support not just from liberals but from conservative […]
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The medieval historian Jay Rubenstein asks the question! The Antichrist associated with this new, literal Babylon was expected to be Jewish. There’s nearly always an anti-Judaic element in Christian apocalyptic. But he could still be Muslim. (Medieval thinkers frequently viewed Judaism and Islam as one mass of circumcised unbelievers.) Antichrist would rebuild Jerusalem’s Temple and […]
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