2020: THE GREAT UNMOORING
2020 has been the Year of the Great Unmooring. Covid took away the future—not only the comfortable familiarity of enjoying regular events and occasions, but the ability to plan, to anticipate, to build towards a goal. The protests against racism took away the past. If so much (if not everything) has diseased roots, then are …
DECEMBER 2020: “WE DIDN’T LOSE”
12.31 Michael Gerson in the Post: “We must ensure that the aspirations of people such as Hawley — who has made the madness more mainstream — come to nothing. This begins with a simple and sad recognition: The ambitions of this knowledgeable, talented young man are now a threat to the republic. 12.31 Washington Post: Sen. …
NOVEMBER 2020: “I DON’T THINK WE’VE EVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS”
11.27 Judge Stephanos Bibas, writing on behalf of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, ruling that the Trump campaign could not stop or try to reverse the certification of the voting results in Pennsylvania: “Voters, not lawyers, choose the President. Ballots, not briefs, decide elections.” 11.25 Cara announces she is enciente 11.25 Diego Maradona dies at …
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OCTOBER 2020: “HISTORY CHOOSES US”
10.31 Sean Connery dies at 90. 10.30 Early voting. Let’s go, Joe 10.30 Anthony Fauci, in an interview with The Washington Post: “We’re in for a whole lot of hurt. It’s not a good situation. All the stars are aligned in the wrong place as you go into the fall and winter season, with people …
SEPTEMBER 2020: “THIS IS DEADLY STUFF”
9.30 The Rangers buy out Henrik Lundqvist. 9.29 Yankees beat Shane Bieber, MLB’s best pitcher this summer, in playoff opener. Aaron Judge slugs a massive two-run homer four pitches into the game. New York Post: “Gerrit Cole would describe what LeMahieu and Judge did to begin this game as “a left jab and right hook.” That …
AUGUST 2020″ “THE ENTIRE PLANE WAS FILLED UP WITH THE LOOTERS”
8.31 Don Winslow: “How many times does a person have to lie to you before you stop listening to them?” 8.31 PJ O’Rourke: “When liberty grows we get increased individual enterprise and expansion of free markets. We create more goods, services, and benefits to society. The pie gets bigger. But politics is not about creating more goods, …
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JULY 2020: “A FOUNDING FATHER OF A FULLER, FAIRER, BETTER AMERICA”
7.31 The New York Times: The coronavirus pandemic’s toll on the nation’s economy became emphatically clearer Thursday as the government detailed the most devastating three-month collapse on record, which wiped away nearly five years of growth. Gross domestic product, the broadest measure of goods and services produced, fell 9.5 percent in the second quarter of …
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JUNE 2020: “YOU HAVE TO DOMINATE”
6.30 Anthony Fauci: “I would not be surprised if we go up to 100,000 [cases] a day.” 6.30 Carl Reiner dies at 98 6.30 Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves signs a bill to change the state flag Tuesday, effectively ending the most prominent display of the Confederate battle emblem in the country. 6.30 Donald J. Trump in …