Happen to miss The Larry O’Connor Show today? Recap today’s program by checking out topics from the program below:
The Coronavirus Economy Is a Preview of the Green New Deal Economy (National Review)
Eric Holthaus, a popular online climate-change activist, points out that the allegedly positive environmental effects of the coronavirus crisis are on “roughly the same pace that the IPCC says we need to sustain every year until 2030 to be on pace to limit global warming to 1.5C and hit the Paris climate goals.” [Read More]
The CDC Testing Disaster (National Review)
The CDC — once the “Communicable Disease Center” before being renamed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — was created to prevent malaria and other dangerous communicable diseases from spreading across the nation. It was not created, you might be surprised to learn, to pester Americans about their salt intake or vaping habits.
The CDC has spent more than a decade spearheading nannyistic efforts to control sodium use, to ban trans fats, and to mislead the public on the dangers of e-cigarettes. Now, it would be one thing if the CDC effectively managed its most vital charge: mitigating the spread of dangerous diseases. But that rarely seems to be the case. Often, it can’t even abide by primum non nocere. [Read More]
It’s been anything but smooth sailing for northern Virginia’s public schools since Governor Northam shuttered them on March 13, 2020.
In fact, 47% of our nation’s public school students haven’t attended a single class since the shutdown, compared with only 18% of private school students. Rivendell School in Arlington, Virginia, took up 9:00 AM -3:00 PM online school days starting March 16. Homeschooled students also seem to have continued their learning with just a few tweaks. [Read More]
Local salon owner petitions to change Virginia’s non-essential closure (Wavy.com)
A local salon owner wants Governor Ralph Northam to make some changes to Virginia’s non-essential business closures due to COVID-19.
Adora Davis owns the Shear Passion salon in Virginia Beach. She says she is currently getting no financial support as a small business owner, and her industry is struggling to survive the pandemic closures. [Read More]
Harvard won’t accept that $8.7 million in stimulus money after all.
The Ivy League university released a statement late Wednesday afternoon that while it has “decided not to seek or accept the funds allocated to it” by the CARES Act Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund.
Harvard also tweeted that it was “concerned” that the intense focus on Harvard and its potential share of the relief money over the past week might “undermine participation in a relief effort Congress created & the president signed into law for the purpose of helping those whose financial challenges may be most severe.” [Read More]
