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An Experimental Ultraviolet Light Treatment for Covid-19 Takes Political Heat - WSJ

#Science #U.S.A. #Trump

I ran an obscure pharmaceutical company until a few days ago. Then we got famous. Early in the Covid-19 pandemic, ) made a commitment to find ways to help.…

Jacques Bopp

The Treatment That Could Crush Covid - WSJ

#Science #U.S.A. #Health

More than 500 clinical trials are under way world-wide in the race to find an effective treatment for Covid-19. Everybody wants it; nobody has it—yet.…

Jacques Bopp

‘Covid Powers’ Wreck My Neighborhood - WSJ

#Politics #Crime #U.S.A.

For many years I’ve lived in paradise—the Upper West Side. We have convivial neighbors, beautiful buildings, great subways, excellent theater and dance, fine libraries and bookstores, wonderful restaurants, pleasant markets. There were problems but we worked them out amicably.…

Jacques Bopp

The Ideological Corruption of Science - WSJ

#Politics #Racism #Science

In the 1980s, when I was a young professor of physics and astronomy at Yale, deconstructionism was in vogue in the English Department.…

Jacques Bopp

America’s New Nihilism - WSJ

#Politics #Racism #Crime

The late 1960s were the heyday of modern American liberalism, which was then an ideology of hope. A bipartisan Congress passed landmark civil-rights legislation in 1964 and 1965. The precipitating event of the urban riots in 1968 was the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.…

Jacques Bopp

Violent Protest and the Intelligentsia - WSJ

#Politics #U.S.A.

The similarities between this week’s riots and the Los Angeles riots of 1992 are obvious. Both were occasioned by appalling video images, and both divided the nation along partisan and ideological lines. The differences between the two events, however, are more revealing.…

Jacques Bopp

Unruhen in den USA: Interview mit Ökonom Glenn Loury

#Politics #U.S.A.

Der Aufruhr über Polizeigewalt sei die Folge einer verzerrten Darstellung des Problems, sagt der schwarze «Nein-Sager» und Ökonom Glenn Loury. Er lenke mit der «leeren These vom Rassismus» den Blick von den wirklichen Problemen der schwarzen Amerikaner ab.…

Jacques Bopp

‘My Ward Is A S*** Show’: Here Are The 17 Most Explosive Quotes From Chicago Leaders’ Leaked Meltdown About Violence, Looting | The Daily Caller

#Crime #Racism #U.S.A.

Leaked audio revealed Chicago aldermen and Mayor Lori Lightfoot melting down on Sunday over their inability to stop violence and looting in their city.…

Jacques Bopp

Disinfecting Journalistic Ethics - WSJ

#Politics #U.S.A. #Trump

I finally read the lengthy transcript of President Trump’s April 23 press conference but it turned out to be unnecessary.…

Jacques Bopp

FLASHBACK: Let’s Take A Look At How The Press Covered Trump’s China Travel Ban | The Daily Caller

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Media outlets bashed President Donald Trump back in January after he implemented a travel ban from China because of the novel coronavirus – a move that many other countries have now followed.…

Jacques Bopp