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April 14

By Erik Loomis

In General

On March 28, 2020

A few days ago, I expressed skepticism of scientists claiming the coronvirus outbreak would peak in the U.S. in three weeks. But here we have a new model from the University of Washington School of Medicine claiming basically the same thing, that April 14 will be the peak day. Moreover, it projects a fairly significant […]

Coronavirus , electoral system

Mobilizing to Protect Electoral Integrity

By Dan Nexon

On March 27, 2020

Over at the Duck of Minerva, two Indiana University professors – Jeffrey C. Isaac and W. Kindred Winecoff – have a post about the petition they’ve been circulating to protect the integrity o

General

Three Weeks?

By Erik Loomis

On March 25, 2020

Is it just me or does this seem ridiculously optimistic? A leading epidemiologist advising the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has estimated the peak of deaths in the US coronavirus pand

AMLO’s Incredible Irresponsibility

By Erik Loomis

In General

On March 25, 2020

The response of Mexican president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to COVID-19 is astonishing, making Trump look rational by comparison. All around Latin America, governments have spent the past few weeks gearing up for an impending wave of coronavirus cases. In El Salvador, President Nayib Bukele closed the borders to foreigners. In Colombia, President Ivan Duque […]

Coronavirus , Hegemonic Unravelling

If COVID-19 is our first taste of international cooperation after American hegemony, we’re in real trouble

By Dan Nexon

On March 23, 2020

There are a variety of forces pushing the United States toward the exit for global hegemony, but none is quite so frustrating as the Trump administration’s simple abdication from exercising lead

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What if Hillary Was President During the Pandemic?

By Erik Loomis

On March 19, 2020

While Trump will murder many Americans through his sheer incompetence in admitting that COVID-19 is even a thing and then his malevolent incompetence in dealing with it, I’ve been somewhat surpr

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