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from The Daily Caller
RIGHT BIAS, MIXED, American news and opinion website based in Washington, D.C.
Tucker Carlson: Using Coronavirus As Excuse To Stop Arresting People ‘A Recipe For Chaos’
Fox News host Tucker Carlson said Wednesday that the coronavirus is no reason to let criminals run wild in America’s cities. While criticizing members of the Democrat’s leftist squad who have already advocated for criminals to be released early from prison, Carlson said on “Tucker Carlson Tonight” that some cities are using the corona crisis to tell police to ignore criminal activity if it doesn’t qualify as “violent.”
from Mises InstituteTucker Carlson: Using Coronavirus As Excuse To Stop Arresting People ‘A Recipe For Chaos’
Fox News host Tucker Carlson said Wednesday that the coronavirus is no reason to let criminals run wild in America’s cities. While criticizing members of the Democrat’s leftist squad who have already advocated for criminals to be released early from prison, Carlson said on “Tucker Carlson Tonight” that some cities are using the corona crisis to tell police to ignore criminal activity if it doesn’t qualify as “violent.”
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As Italy quarantines over coronavirus, misleading reports of swans and dolphins in Venice canals go viral
“Nature just hit the reset button” is how one person put it--but while the water in the Venetian canals is clearer, reports of wildlife returning are more fever dream than reality. Italy is under lockdown to fight the spread of COVID–19, which has killed more than 3,400 people in the country so far. With the canals in Venice empty of its usual boat traffic, photos on social media show clear waters and the return of wildlife. An Italian official says the water isn't necessarily less polluted, but the air has cleared up.
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Sick staff fueled outbreak in Seattle-area care centers, CDC says
Staff members who worked while sick at multiple long-term care facilities contributed to the spread of COVID-19 among vulnerable elderly in the Seattle area, federal health officials said Wednesday. At least 30 coronavirus deaths have been linked to Life Care Center in Kirkland. A report Wednesday from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provided the most detailed account to date of what drove the outbreak.
Church of England, Vatican Suspend Public Worship
The Church of England has suspended all public worship services until further notice, with the Archbishops of Canterbury and York inviting the faithful, in a joint letter of March 17, to look for new ways to serve their communities. They said that the current coronavirus pandemic could be a defining moment for the church, a time to face the question, “Are we truly a church for all, or just the church for ourselves?” The letter was issued a day after Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that all public gatherings should cease and that vulnerable populations should prepare to isolate themselves from outside contact for the next twelve weeks. Similar measures are being taken by other churches throughout Europe this week, with the Vatican also announcing that Holy Week services would be closed to the public.
from Foreign Affairs
Council on Foreign Relations
The Coronavirus Could Reshape Global Order
With hundreds of millions of people now isolating themselves around the world, the novel coronavirus pandemic has become a truly global event. And while its geopolitical implications should be considered secondary to matters of health and safety, those implications may, in the long term, prove just as consequential—especially when it comes to the United States’ global position. Global orders have a tendency to change gradually at first and then all at once. In 1956, a botched intervention in the Suez laid bare the decay in British power and marked the end of the United Kingdom’s reign as a global power. Today, U.S. policymakers should recognize that if the United States does not rise to meet the moment, the coronavirus pandemic could mark another “Suez moment.”
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Council on Foreign Relations
The Coronavirus Could Reshape Global Order
With hundreds of millions of people now isolating themselves around the world, the novel coronavirus pandemic has become a truly global event. And while its geopolitical implications should be considered secondary to matters of health and safety, those implications may, in the long term, prove just as consequential—especially when it comes to the United States’ global position. Global orders have a tendency to change gradually at first and then all at once. In 1956, a botched intervention in the Suez laid bare the decay in British power and marked the end of the United Kingdom’s reign as a global power. Today, U.S. policymakers should recognize that if the United States does not rise to meet the moment, the coronavirus pandemic could mark another “Suez moment.”
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from The Guardian (UK)
LEFT-CENTER, HIGH, British daily newspaper published in London UK
Native American tribe takes trailblazing steps to fight Covid-19 outbreak
The Lummi nation, a sovereign Native American tribe in the Pacific north-west, will soon open a pioneering field hospital to treat coronavirus patients, as part of a wave of strong public health measures which have gone further than many governments. Tribal leaders have been preparing for Covid-19 since the virus first appeared in Wuhan, China, in late 2019, with medical staff beefing up emergency plans, reorganizing services and gathering medical supplies, including test kits and personal protective equipment. The Lummi reservation is located in Whatcom county – 115 miles north of Seattle, Washington, where the first US Covid-19 case was confirmed in January, followed by the first death in February. So far, the tribe has reported three Covid-19 cases, but expect numbers to rise as the pandemic progresses.
Native American tribe takes trailblazing steps to fight Covid-19 outbreak
The Lummi nation, a sovereign Native American tribe in the Pacific north-west, will soon open a pioneering field hospital to treat coronavirus patients, as part of a wave of strong public health measures which have gone further than many governments. Tribal leaders have been preparing for Covid-19 since the virus first appeared in Wuhan, China, in late 2019, with medical staff beefing up emergency plans, reorganizing services and gathering medical supplies, including test kits and personal protective equipment. The Lummi reservation is located in Whatcom county – 115 miles north of Seattle, Washington, where the first US Covid-19 case was confirmed in January, followed by the first death in February. So far, the tribe has reported three Covid-19 cases, but expect numbers to rise as the pandemic progresses.
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from The Hill
News & Media Website in Washington, D.C.As Italy quarantines over coronavirus, misleading reports of swans and dolphins in Venice canals go viral
“Nature just hit the reset button” is how one person put it--but while the water in the Venetian canals is clearer, reports of wildlife returning are more fever dream than reality. Italy is under lockdown to fight the spread of COVID–19, which has killed more than 3,400 people in the country so far. With the canals in Venice empty of its usual boat traffic, photos on social media show clear waters and the return of wildlife. An Italian official says the water isn't necessarily less polluted, but the air has cleared up.
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from KOMO News (ABC Seattle)
Staff members who worked while sick at multiple long-term care facilities contributed to the spread of COVID-19 among vulnerable elderly in the Seattle area, federal health officials said Wednesday. At least 30 coronavirus deaths have been linked to Life Care Center in Kirkland. A report Wednesday from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provided the most detailed account to date of what drove the outbreak.
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from The Living Church
Magazine of The Living Church Foundation (Anglican)
The Church of England has suspended all public worship services until further notice, with the Archbishops of Canterbury and York inviting the faithful, in a joint letter of March 17, to look for new ways to serve their communities. They said that the current coronavirus pandemic could be a defining moment for the church, a time to face the question, “Are we truly a church for all, or just the church for ourselves?” The letter was issued a day after Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that all public gatherings should cease and that vulnerable populations should prepare to isolate themselves from outside contact for the next twelve weeks. Similar measures are being taken by other churches throughout Europe this week, with the Vatican also announcing that Holy Week services would be closed to the public.
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RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, MIXED
Government Is No Match for the Coronavirus
The coronavirus is reminding everyone that you cannot rely on government and that ultimately it is the private sector that will provide the solutions. Many nonmedical government officials and members of the media are predicting massive cases of COVID-19 and death, when in fact no one can predict the outcome. What we do know is that government has created a full-blown national panic, when at this point the normal flu season is far more deadly. The coronavirus crisis must cause us to rethink the idea governments can manage these situations. It is absolutely true that most private industry can be trusted, because the alternative for poor or unscrupulous providers is failure.
Financialization: Why the Financial Sector Now Rules the Global Economy
To read or watch the news in today's world is to be confronted with a wide array of stories about financial organization and financial institutions. News about central banks, interest rates, and debt appear to be everywhere. But it was not always the case that the financial sector and financial institutions were considered so important. Public policy in general was not always designed with a focus toward propping up banks, keeping interest rates low, and ensuring an ever greater flow of cheap and easy loans. Reporting on the minutiae of central banks—with the assumption that these changes directly impact nearly every facet of our lives—wasn't always the norm. But that is where we are now. The change is real and it's a thing called "financialization." It has arisen from of an economy that is increasingly focused on the financial sector at the expense of other areas of the economy. And it's relatively new. Scholars have suggested many causes for financialization, but they often end up just blaming markets. In fact, the true cause is decades of government and central bank policy devoted to inflating asset prices in financial markets and bailing out the financial sector again and again. "Financialization" is the process by which a normal economy is transformed into a fragile economy centered around financial firms. Central banks and government bailouts are to blame.
Japanization: 30 Years of Failed Economic "Stimulus"
In Europe, the danger of “Japanization”—a long-lasting economic stagnation accompanied by expansionary monetary and fiscal policies (Schnabl 2015)—is now discussed more intensively, as the stagnation in southern Europe continues and the ultraloose monetary policy of the European Central Bank (ECB) is widely expected to persist. Concerns about Japanization have been countered by the argument that after thirty years of stagnation the growth in Japan is high when calculated in the appropriate manner (Krugman 2015). This implies that Europe will have nothing to fear if the ECB continues its ultraloose monetary policy, something that is widely expected. Real wages in Japan have been declining thanks to decades of expansionary monetary and fiscal policies. Now "Japanization" increasingly looks like a fate that awaits Europe.
After Brexit, the Timing of the Coronavirus Couldn't Be Worse for Eurocrats
Brexit came as a shock to the political bureaucracy that comprises the European Union. They had and still have an ostrichlike stance, with their heads in the sand and their rear ends exposed to passing dangers. Their economic incompetence has been exposed for all to see, as well as their political ineptitude.
from The North American Anglican
Media/News Company: "A journal of orthodox theology in the Anglican tradition"
UNIVERSALISM’S MANY HEADS
The Rev. Ben Jefferies: Most Anglicans I know have enough respect for the Scriptures and their traditional interpretation that when confronted with a bald Universalism — such as that presented last year by David Bentley Hart’s latest book — they have enough sense to reject it. But Universalism is a Hydra with many heads. To my great dismay, while most Anglicans will take the sword to the proudest head, they do not keep fighting the other eight, and, if we are not careful, Universalism may still strike its fatal blow to the Gospel in our branch of Christ’s Church. Universalism proper is the idea that all humans will be saved in the End, and that if there is a Hell it will be empty. In its fully teased-out instantiations, it includes the Devil and the demons among the ultimately-saved.
The Rev. Ben Jefferies: Most Anglicans I know have enough respect for the Scriptures and their traditional interpretation that when confronted with a bald Universalism — such as that presented last year by David Bentley Hart’s latest book — they have enough sense to reject it. But Universalism is a Hydra with many heads. To my great dismay, while most Anglicans will take the sword to the proudest head, they do not keep fighting the other eight, and, if we are not careful, Universalism may still strike its fatal blow to the Gospel in our branch of Christ’s Church. Universalism proper is the idea that all humans will be saved in the End, and that if there is a Hell it will be empty. In its fully teased-out instantiations, it includes the Devil and the demons among the ultimately-saved.
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from POLITICO
LEAST BIASED, HIGH, news and opinion website in Arlington, Virginia
Coronavirus has finally reached Congress. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, a ninth-term Florida Republican, and Rep. Ben McAdams, a freshman Democrat from Utah, revealed on Wednesday that they had tested positive for coronavirus, becoming the first U.S. lawmakers to contract the virus that‘s spreading across the country.
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from RealClearPolitics
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, MOSTLY FACTUAL, Media/News Company
While the world fights the coronavirus pandemic, China is fighting a propaganda war. Beijing’s war aim is simple: shift away from China all blame for the outbreak, the botched initial response, and its early spread into the broader world. At stake is China’s global reputation, as well as the potential of a fundamental shift away from China for trade and manufacturing. Also at risk is the personal legacy of General Secretary Xi Jinping, who has staked his legitimacy on his technocratic competence. After dealing with the first great global crisis of the 21st century, the world must fundamentally rethink its dependence on China.
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
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Playboy magazine is shuttering its print magazine. The men’s magazine, launched at the end of 1953 by famed founder Hugh Hefner, said Wednesday that the economic disruptions from COVID-19, or coronavirus, were too much for its already strained print operations to bear.
The list of retailers closing stores is growing rapidly. J.C. Penney Co. Inc. will temporarily close its stores and business office, starting today at 7 p.m. local time. The stores and business offices are scheduled to reopen April 2. “With the effects of the outbreak being felt more each day, our primary concern and area of focus is and has been on the health and safety of our associates, our customers and our communities,” said chief executive officer Jill Soltau. “We know this is a critical, unprecedented time and our thoughts are with those who have been impacted.”
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from WWD (Women's Wear Daily)
LEFT-CENTER BIAS, HIGH, fashion-industry trade journal
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