‘The draft’s inequities were clear, and efforts to address them failed because the policy was inherently regressive. So too are lockdowns.’
Notable & Quotable
‘With so many people being paid goo-gobs of money to perform activities that you have perceptively identified as valueless, you can make yourself incredibly rich. . .’
‘A racially charged, dehumanizing turn of phrase that conjured up images of livestock.’
‘The Democratic party holds black people in an abusive relationship but says you cannot leave because the other option is more abusive.’
‘Turn off, tune out, drop in.’
‘Not providing context on the increase in testing is such a basic error.’
‘Not every corrupt act by state or local officials is a federal crime.’
‘You know, Jake, as a survivor and as a feminist, I will say this . . .’
‘Rates of new confirmed COVID-19 cases didn’t increase in Wisconsin compared with the rest of the country after the April 7 election.’
The Voting Rights Act ‘was an indispensable, beautifully designed and effective response to a profound moral wrong.’
‘This horoscope column includes some suggestions that are contrary to the advice to socially distance or self-quarantine.’
‘At something close to normal prices, it is unlikely that a firm will buy the additional capital equipment necessary.’
He ‘made himself a senator non grata by exposing vanity-project spending like the $223 million ‘bridge to nowhere’ in Alaska.’
‘We must not despair or return permanently to autarky and localism.’
‘The mayor’s daily trek by SUV to the Brooklyn gym has been the object of ridicule even in normal times, and his decision to work out there Monday drew widespread outrage.’
‘The healthy should not enter the land of the epidemic and the afflicted should not exit from it.’
‘Biden and Sanders actually agree on far more than they disagree.’
‘The Department of Feminist Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of assistant professor in queer migrations.’
‘What’s one way to get them diverted from the ways that Trump is making in handling the coronavirus? Well, let’s bring up Hillary’s emails again.’
‘I looked up the privacy policies of all the major Democratic presidential campaigns at the time.’
