
Alon Ben-Meir: The dire consequences of territorial annexation
For more than ten years, Netanyahu masterfully used scare tactics to portray the establishment of a Palestinian state as an existential threat to Israel.

For more than ten years, Netanyahu masterfully used scare tactics to portray the establishment of a Palestinian state as an existential threat to Israel.

How many government incursions into our freedoms have been blacked out, buried under “entertainment” news headlines, or spun in such a way as to suggest that anyone voicing a word of caution is paranoid or conspiratorial?

Just because we’re fighting an unseen enemy in the form of a virus doesn’t mean we have to relinquish every shred of our humanity, our common sense, or our freedoms to a nanny state that thinks it can do a better job of keeping us safe.

A Virginia Tech professor who specializes in statistical modeling and disease surveillance says the United States has to do a better job of testing for the novel coronavirus if the country is to be successful in mitigating the virus’ spread.

You can always count on the government to take advantage of a crisis, legitimate or manufactured. This coronavirus pandemic is no exception.

What do zombies have to do with the U.S. government’s plans for dealing with a coronavirus outbreak? Read on, and I’ll tell you.

It is said where are two Jews, there are three opinions. And in the state of Israel, there is yet another version: where there are five Jews, there are nine political parties.

This is not a test of our commitment to basic hygiene or disaster preparedness or our ability to come together as a nation in times of crisis, although we’re not doing so well on any of those fronts.

Abigail Spanberger will host a telephone town hall on Friday with local officials and healthcare experts to discuss preparations and suggested precautions related to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.

Charlotte Clymer, the press secretary for rapid response at the Human Rights Campaign, will present an endowed lecture at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 19, in Cole Hall at Bridgewater College.
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