Thomas Mills

Flattening the curve

by Thomas Mills | Apr 10, 2020 | coronavirus, Editor's Blog | 3 comments

We got the first good news about the pandemic that we’ve had in weeks. The number of new cases seems to be leveling off and the number of deaths projected has been reduced significantly. We’re still on schedule to lose more than 60,000 Americans between now and...

Sanders is out

by Thomas Mills | Apr 9, 2020 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog | 2 comments

Bernie Sanders dropped out of the race for president making Joe Biden the presumptive nominee. Sanders announced that he trailed by more than 300 delegates and could not see a path to victory. He might not serve as president but his two campaigns have shaped the...

Just dying to vote

by Thomas Mills | Apr 8, 2020 | 2020 elections, coronavirus, Editor's Blog | 5 comments

Yesterday, Republicans in Wisconsin insisted that voters go to the polls in person in the middle of a global pandemic. The Democratic governor tried to delay the election but the Republican-controlled legislature would not agree. The US Supreme Court split along...

Progress, questions and testing

by Thomas Mills | Apr 7, 2020 | coronavirus, Editor's Blog

Social distancing and shutting down most of the state seems to be working. A study out yesterday reduced the expected number of new cases and deaths from COVID-19. The researchers who did the study warn that opening the state too early could reverse the progress and...

A slice of hell

by Thomas Mills | Apr 6, 2020 | coronavirus, Editor's Blog | 4 comments

For those of you wondering whether you’re going to heaven or hell, you’re in hell. In the midst of the worst pandemic in a century, we’re being led by a family of incompetent grifters. While tens of thousands of Americans are about to die, they’re trying to figure out...