Mark Ruffalo Shines in Brutal I Know This Much Is True Adaptation
I Know This Much Is True. HBO. Sunday, May 10, 9 p.m. In the first couple of minutes of I Know This Much Is True, house-painter Dominick Birdsey, summoned to a …
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A Pandemic Is Not a Chance To Flog Your Bad National Service Proposals
The coronavirus pandemic has led lots of people—myself included—to loudly insist our pet policy proposals are the right way to react to the virus. This week the bingo ball hopper …
We Need Economists, Civil Libertarians, and Epidemiologists in the COVID-19 Discussion
At the supermarket last week, amidst too many empty shelves, the manager looked at me through a plexiglass sneeze barrier and groused, “they need to open things up. I’d rather …
Sen. Josh Hawley’s Plan To Abolish the World Trade Organization Is Based on Fake Economics and False History
In calling for the United States to abandon or abolish the World Trade Organization (WTO), Sen. Josh Hawley (R–Mo.) is charting the next path for the Trump-style anti-trade nationalism that …
Governments Have Screwed Up Mask Purchase and Distribution. Maybe Everyone Should be a Libertarian in a Pandemic.
The government has not been an efficient or competent dispenser of the masks so vital to protecting health care workers and patients from COVID-19. As of mid-April, The Wall Street …
An LAPD Cop Had Already Shot 3 People on the Job Before Beating the Crap out of Someone
A California police officer had already shot three people on the job before he was caught on video for beating up a suspect. The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) released …
It Took Georgia Officials 2 Months To Arrest and Charge Father and Son With Ahmaud Arbery’s Murder
In February, two white men shot and killed Ahmaud Arbery, a black 25-year-old. On Thursday, roughly two months after his death, the men were arrested and charged for murder. The …
Many COVID-19 Lockdown Rules Seem Like Arbitrary Nonsense
During Alice’s adventures in Wonderland, she found herself in the presence of the King of Hearts. He wanted her to go, so he cited Rule 42: “All persons more than …
Review: Mrs. America
Mrs. America, the excellent nine-part series currently midway through its introductory run on FX on Hulu, approaches a still-hot-button political issue in an unusually even-handed way. The subject is the …