Bill Cosby and due process • Donald Rumsfeld is dead • what 'anti-woke' critics get wrong • why it's so hard to believe covid came from bats • plus John Stoehr's week
The weekend edition of the Editorial Board!
Welcome to the weekend edition of the Editorial Board, where you will find a roundup of everything produced over the last week by our amazing stable of writers.
This week featured me, too. Here’s what you may have missed:
• Monday June 28, 2021
Does being a billionaire mean being a liar? Read more• Tuesday June 29, 2021
Our politics should revive the old democratic contempt for this country's wannabe aristocrats Read more• Wednesday June 30, 2021
How can the same people criticize Black athletes for 'disrespecting' the flag but support insurrection? Read more• Thursday July 1, 2021
The will of the American people is becoming less important than the will of a Republican high court Read more• Friday July 2, 2021
The Republicans are hoping a white backlash will deliver victory in 2022. It's not working so far Read more
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On that note, here’s the weekend edition …
June 30, 2021
That the GOP distorts 'wokeness' isn't surprising. What's surprising is when legitimate critics do
Critics of social reform describe the ominous suppression of debate without acknowledging that social justice advocates are not shutting down disagreement. They are rejecting bigotry, writes Editorial Board member Magdi Semrau.
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June 30, 2021
Finally, the beast is dead
Donald Rumsfeld holds more responsibility than arguably any single person for the disaster of US foreign policy after 9/11 and the huge numbers of dead, American and Iraqi, writes Editorial Board member Erik Loomis.
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July 1, 2021
Why is it so hard to believe bats started covid?
She seems to be trying to convince us that a third of all pre-covid pandemics in the era of molecular biology were “tied to research activities.” This claim is blatantly, laughably false, writes Editorial Board member Lindsay Beyerstein.
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July 2, 2021
Bill Cosby spent more time in jail than 97 percent of rapists who never spend a day behind bars
While the legal principle of “innocent until proven guilty” must continue to be applied to rapists in a court of law, due process should not be the standard in the court of public opinion, writes the Editorial Board’s legal historian Mia Brett.