#New York’s lockdown self-harm and other commentary

#New York’s lockdown self-harm and other commentary

“#New York’s lockdown self-harm and other commentary” Economy desk: NY’s Lockdown Self-Harm The “Great Lockdown” of 2020, laments The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board, involved massive, “self-inflicted” harm — but some states fared better than others. “States that allowed businesses to reopen sooner, and maintained fewer restrictions for the rest of the year, recovered by…

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#Union backed Biden, lost jobs and other commentary

#Union backed Biden, lost jobs and other commentary

“#Union backed Biden, lost jobs and other commentary” Heartland watch: Union Backed Biden, Lost Jobs The Appvion Inc. paper mill plant in Roaring Spring, Pa., closed for good this month, leaving 293 workers jobless and marking “the first significant manufacturing loss in this state since President Joe Biden took office,” Saleno Zito laments at American…

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#Why old books get new attention and other commentary

#Why old books get new attention and other commentary

“#Why old books get new attention and other commentary” From the left: Why Old Books Get New Attention It’s “odd to find progressives defending capitalist values, as if there were no considerations other than property rights where culture is concerned,” snarks The Nation’s Katha Pollitt. Yes, Dr. Seuss Enterprises owns the rights to the six…

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#Biden mirrors Trump’s crazy and other commentary

#Biden mirrors Trump’s crazy and other commentary

“#Biden mirrors Trump’s crazy and other commentary” Conservative: Biden Mirrors Don’s Crazy Former President Donald Trump strongly led the GOP — sometimes to places it “shouldn’t have wanted to go,” recalls RealClearPolitics’ Carl M. Cannon. President Biden has reversed the dynamic: The new commander-in-chief “isn’t leading, he’s following. And the Democratic Party is taking Biden…

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#Disrespecting Joe Biden and other commentary

#Disrespecting Joe Biden and other commentary

“#Disrespecting Joe Biden and other commentary” Foreign desk: Disrespecting Joe While “the left may control the media narrative, it’s not fooling Xi Jinping or Vladmir Putin into thinking President Joe Biden is strong,” snarks The Federalist’s Mollie Hemingway: Putin “challenged Biden to a debate about US history,” and Xi “had his people yell at US…

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#New York’s recovery trails nation and other commentary

#New York’s recovery trails nation and other commentary

“#New York’s recovery trails nation and other commentary” Economy desk: NY’s Recovery Trails Nation Private-economy employment in New York “remained far below pre-pandemic levels last month, badly trailing the jobs recovery in the rest of the country,” warns the Empire Center’s E.J. McMahon. Private jobs here were down 12.2 percent (i.e., by about 1 million)…

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#Democrats targeting red states and other commentary

#Democrats targeting red states and other commentary

“#Democrats targeting red states and other commentary” Conservative: Dems Target Red States Democrats are alarmed by the number of residents fleeing blue states, but “instead of trying to fix the policies” that push people away, liberal lawmakers “want to impose those unpopular mandates nationwide,” observes Liz Peek at The Hill. To “eliminate the competition between…

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#Shootings prove we need cops and other commentary

#Shootings prove we need cops and other commentary

“#Shootings prove we need cops and other commentary” From the right: Shootings Prove We Need Cops Defund-the-police activists are “notably quiet” following events like “the fatal spa shooting in Atlanta and Monday’s supermarket shooting in Boulder, Colo.” — because, argue the Boston Herald’s editors, such atrocities remind folks that some people are violent and “we…

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#No, the border is not closed and other commentary

#No, the border is not closed and other commentary

“#No, the border is not closed and other commentary” Ex-ICE boss: No, the Border Is Not Closed Despite what Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas claims, “the border is not closed, and it is not secure,” declares former Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Tom Homan at FoxNews.com. Mayorkas pretends President Biden isn’t to blame for the…

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#US reporters enable Beijing and other commentary

#US reporters enable Beijing and other commentary

“#US reporters enable Beijing and other commentary” Media watch: US Reporters Enable Beijing Major media have imagined a racial motive for the Atlanta shooting spree to feed “a social-media audience of woke identitarians — and now the Chinese Communist Party is getting in on the act,” reports Stephen L. Miller at Spectator USA. All facts…

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