Schumer holding up $50 billion in farm aid
The farm aid is just the latest piece of the stimulus package to which Democrats have raised objections
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All the latest analysis of the day's news and stories
Monday
Trump isn’t the only one to blame for our slack response to COVID-19
He downplayed the threat — but the media was far too focused on impeachment in January
Sunday
Consider the costs
The rush to impose sweeping restrictions on public and commercial life across the entire economy should be more carefully evaluated
Saturday
Why you should subscribe to The Spectator
A letter from US editor Freddy Gray
Friday
Coronavirus will give Trump a second term
The same people warning that Trump would operate an authoritarian regime are now complaining he isn’t being authoritarian enough
Coronavirus keeps the spotlight on Trump and away from Joe Biden
The less the latter appears in public, the more popular he will become
The Spectator’s guide to video conference etiquette
The video call is digital Darwinism: make sure you aren’t the silenced
Beijing’s attempts to elude blame for the Wuhan virus will backfire
T he Trump administration will vigorously defend itself against the CCP’s smear campaign
How coronavirus could kill conservatism
Modern American conservatism is a funny hybrid animal. Can it adequately respond to this crisis?
After the coronavirus, who wins the recovery?
The pandemic will recede, and so will the panic it has touched off — though bad policy precedents will stick around
How government should respond
The US government should establish a Health Finance Corporation
Thursday
Why Tulsi backed Biden
She suspended her campaign at the right moment
Waiting for corona in Poland
A poxy virus cannot equal the debilitating consequences of partitioning, Hitler and the Soviets
Wednesday
Time to ban wet markets
China’s rampant consumption of exotic animals and lack of hygiene standards is far from above criticism
Vermin Supreme’s quest to win hearts, minds and the Libertarian primaries
‘I’ve gotten TikTok famous all of a sudden’
Tuesday
Biden bus rolls over Bernie in Florida, Illinois and Arizona
It’ll take more than a global pandemic to stop the 77-year-old asthmatic
The coronavirus is springing the Thucydides trap
War isn’t inevitable, until it is
The brothers Cuomo
A live TV debate about who mom loves more
Panic among the pigeons
Moral intoxication, like the physical variety, is regularly followed by a hangover
Monday
The American media is in a Chinese finger-trap
Outlets shilling for the PRC fully deserve to be dubbed ‘enemies of the people’
We’re all Chinese now
The international coronavirus response marks a huge breakthrough moment for Chinese soft power
Sunday
Coughing crotchety codgers at a dull DC coronavirus debate
Joe Biden decided to put the nation at ease by coughing twice throughout his first answer about the coronavirus
How media outlets are coping with coronavirus
Most of the media is working from home
Saturday
Federal health agencies risk lives in their response to COVID-19
Be sure to trust but verify the information being delivered to you
‘What I like about coronavirus’ by Slavoj Žižek
The Slovenian philosopher discusses George Clooney, populism and why the Democrats prefer Trump to Bernie
Friday
What have we learned since the swine flu outbreak?
Trump’s national emergency declaration shows what we’ve learned since H1N1
Thursday
EXCLUSIVE: Karlie Kloss’s dad helps Jared with coronavirus ‘research’
Kurt Kloss asked a doctors’ Facebook group with over 20,000 members for tips
Coronavirus is a metaphor for Britain’s vulnerability over Huawei
Why are we making ourselves dependent on a country, China, which is not far short of being our enemy?
COVID-19 is terrifying — as a weapon of political propaganda
The Wuhan Panic is a textbook case of the Rahm Emanuel principle that you never want a good crisis to go to waste
Wednesday
Trump cannot defeat a virus
The coronavirus response is defined by delusion and petulance
Coronavirus’s biggest victim? Money
Balancing the books hasn’t just gone out of fashion — it is treated as if it were some quaint tradition which died out long ago
Matt Gaetz calls from self-quarantine
‘I might as well have licked the guy’s toilet seat’
The circular failing Squad
How the socialists rebuilt the Blue Wall
Jim Antle out at the American Conservative
One of America’s best magazines loses one of Washington’s finest