The Brooklyn Hospital Center, now treating a flood of COVID-19 patients, has performed in national crises for over 150 years. During the Civil War, poet Walt Whitman spent time there, tending to rows of wounded and dying Union soldiers. Whitman left Brooklyn for Washington, where he nursed “the shattered, traumatized, and suffering men dragged back […]
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Rich Lowry: Case against coronavirus lockdown totally absurd
An irony of the coronavirus debate is that the more successful lockdowns are in squelching the disease, the more vulnerable they will be to attack as unnecessary in the first place. A growing chorus on the right is slamming the shutdowns as an overreaction and agitating to end them. A good example of the genre […]
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We’ll take the noise over the silence in Jay
We live on Crash Road in Livermore. After moving here some 22 years ago, I was curious to learn how the road earned its name and found it was not for the obvious reason. In the early 1960’s, International Paper needed a larger, more modern manufacturing facility than the one that evolved from Hugh Chisholm’s […]
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Counterpoint: Ending prison crowding can limit coronavirus infections
Finding critical supplies, including hand sanitizer and face masks, to protect oneself and loved ones from the novel coronavirus is challenging. To overcome the shortfall, production of protective gear is now increasingly being sourced by people incarcerated in Florida, New York and other states. While the supplies are shared with frontline medical and correctional workers, […]
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Point: COVID-19 prisoner release schemes are utter nonsense
When California governor Gavin Newsom pointedly notes the political opportunity provided by the pandemic, we should stop, look up and listen. At a virtual press conference April 2, Newsom spoke of ushering in a new “progressive era” saying, “Absolutely, we see this as an opportunity to reshape the way we do business and how we govern.” Local […]
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Leonard Pitts: Accusation of misconduct changes nothing
“Say it ain’t so, Joe!” Surely, some variation of that plea rose from a million lips last week. And Joe Biden complied. His presidential campaign forcefully denied the account of a California woman who says Biden sexually assaulted her in 1993 when she worked in his Senate office. As reported by the Washington Post and […]
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James Parakilas: The arts provide companionship during time of social isolation
As we sit cooped up in our homes, many of us are seeking and finding advice on what performances to watch online, what music to stream, what novels to read. We are looking to the arts, not just to fill empty hours, but to take us away from the anxieties of the here and now […]
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Cal Thomas: Obama finally comes around to Biden’s side
It isn’t like Joe Biden was former President Barack Obama’s first choice for president. Obama’s video endorsement of Biden on Tuesday came after every other candidate had pulled out. He even waited for Bernie Sanders to suspend his campaign to endorse Biden. The “moderate” Obama and the formerly moderate Biden now appear to be in […]
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Hard times get a layer of frosting at Jorgensen’s Café in Waterville
While curbside service has become the rule of survival for Waterville restaurants, the luster of a special dessert to mark a holiday such as Easter can create a special moment in the lives of people eking out a living.
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Froma Harrop: Governors will get the job done right
You’d think that even a president who claimed “absolute authority” would step aside as groups of West Coast and East Coast governors devise strategies for reopening their economies without causing a spike in coronavirus cases. They know their hot zones and travel patterns across state borders. A president committed to the public weal might even […]