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Pre-Covid GDP for the first quarter of 2020. Q2 loss will be five to seven times greater than the Q1 loss.Post-Covid Fed funds rates.

by Thomas NeuburgerAccording to Charles Gasparino, a Fox News reporter whom you may or may not consider reliable (not because he's Fox; because he's Gasparino), Joe Biden has narrowed his VP search list to two names — Rep.

One version of the "thin blue line" flag, a symbol used in a variety of ways by American police departments, their most fervent supporters, and other righ

Police protecting the down-trodden from violenceby Thomas Neuburger"If there's any job that domestic abuse should disqualify a person from holding, it's the one job that gives you a lethal weapon, trains you to stalk people without their noticing, and relies on your judgment and discretion to protect the abused from abusers."—Conor Friedersdorf

"Large populations of educated under-employed people are very very dangerous to the social order" while "Jeff Bezos is having a very good crisis" —  Krystal Ball, Saagar Enjeti and Joel Kotkin discuss how screwed people will be, especially young people, when the active coronavirus era ends.by Thomas Neuburger"What will we break if the next thing that breaks is us?" —Yours trulyAs regular readers know, I've been concerned about the "coronavirus endgam

The US case curve (logarithmic scale) shows a steady 20,000 cases per day for more than 65 days straight, compared with the five worst-hit countries in Europe.

Demonstrators gather after curfew during a protest in New York City on June 2, 2020. Brendan McDermid / Reutersby Thomas NeuburgerAll of us were basically on our way home. They took us to a large garage with at least 100 other people they arrested that night. I say arrested, but I’m not actually sure. No one was given a reason why they were stopped. ...

by Thomas NeuburgerAmong the many thoughts these rebellious times inspire is this one: How will it ever end?It could end in mass and chaotic violence, of course, with anti-killercop protests hijacked by cop provocateurs and Proud Boy "bust 'em up" squads, followed by the inevitable law-and-order crackdown that shuts the whole thing off in a National Security State way — a crackdown that white and suburban liberals and conservatives alike will appl

My statement on the officer-involved death in Minneapolis: pic.twitter.com/HUoGfXEj7R— Amy Klobuchar (@amyklobuchar) May 26, 2020

The Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C., built to honor the 58,000 Americans killed in that war (Getty Images)by Thomas NeuburgerIt's appropriate to remember, as the end of May approaches, the nation's honored dead. It's also appropriate to remember its forgotten dead, those whose sacrifices are and will be ignored.