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Trump, Lincoln opposite kinds of US presidents

With his poll numbers looking wobbly, President Donald Trump wants the Lincoln Memorial as backdrop for a Made-for-Fox-News event on May 03 intended to portray him as the kind of leader he is not. It won’t work — not just because the juxtaposition of Trump with Abraham Lincoln is so spectacularly unflattering to the current president. When historians rank American ...

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Covid-19: Ready for opening states now?

As April turned to May, more than a dozen states opted to relax coronavirus shutdowns and at least partly reopen their economies. This is not a public health decision, but an economic and social one. Still, they can contribute to public health by providing data all 50 states can use. Nobody knows exactly what level of restrictions we need to ...

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Shopping’s no fun if you can’t try on the clothes

Lockdowns have devastated retailers and restaurants on both sides of the Atlantic. An easing of restrictions won’t be the magic wand that waves their worries away. Even when it’s possible for consumers to walk freely into their favourite shops, they may be nervous about doing so. That puts the onus on retailers to make their locations as reassuring as possible. ...

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