A COVID-19 Boom Is Coming Our Way
Suppose you are a demographer and you note that there was a baby boom this year: Demographicus: Births were up 10 percent! In a few years we’re going to need more kindergarten classes. Skeptico: Pshaw. Kindergarten attendance is down compared to last year. One year later: Demographicus: The clock is ticking. We’re still going to…
Are Face Shields Better Than Cloth Masks?
One of my readers heard my plea for something to wear that wouldn’t affect my breathing as much as a cloth mask and sent me a plastic face guard, like the ones dentists use. She says that she and her husband really like them. “We’re both old and have underlying conditions, plus my husband takes…
Texas Supreme Court Will Take Up Pandemic Mail-In Voting
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On Friday, the Republican-dominated Texas Supreme Court put a pause on a lower court’s ruling that would have immediately expanded access to mail-in voting across the state, instead scheduling oral arguments to consider the issue itself for Wednesday. The legal battle over expanded…
We Need a Mask-Wearing PSA
I have a job for someone with video skills. A recent survey reports that men who don’t wear masks feel that “face masks make them look weak and uncool.” These are ordinary men, not the lunatics with guns outside the Michigan statehouse, and their behavior can be changed. What I’d like to see is a…
Trump Fires Yet Another Inspector General
Caroline Brehman/Congressional Quarterly via ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Oh hey, President Trump fired yet another inspector general last night. Was it because he helped out in the impeachment probe, like the other IGs Trump has fired? Yes, but only peripherally (he was looking into Rudy…
The President Says He “Can’t Get Enough” of His Supporters Harassing the Press
Albiin Lohr-Jones/Sipa via AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On Thursday, Kevin Vesey, a TV reporter for News12 Long Island, visited a local protest against the remaining restrictions put in place by New York to stem the spread of the coronavirus, filing a studiously restrained segment for broadcast.…