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(FILES) In this file photo taken on May 23, 2020 people walk at the boardwalk in Venice Beach during the first day of the Memorial Day holiday weekend amid the novel Coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic in California. - Los Angeles beaches will be closed for the July 4 holiday weekend, officials said, as a surge took the county past 100,000 confirmed coronavirus cases on June 29, 2020. (Photo by Apu GOMES / AFP)

New US lockdowns a gross over-reaction

A rise in Covid-19 infections is no reason to panic — it may even prove that the virus is less deadly than we feared.

Gerard Baker

US riotsThe Times

TOPSHOT - A protester kneels in front of military police near the White House to protest the death of George Floyd, who died in police custody in Minneapolis, on June 3, 2020 in Washington, DC. - Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who kneeled on the neck of George Floyd who later died, will now be charged with second-degree murder, and his three colleagues will face charges of aiding and abetting second-degree murder, court documents revealed Wednesday. (Photo by Olivier DOULIERY / AFP)

Black lives better as anger grows

Unfulfilled expectations and the culture war between left and right over ‘systemic racism’ explain the George Floyd backlash

Gerard Baker

CommentaryThe Times

Protesters demonstrate over the death of George Floyd near the White House on June 3, 2020, in Washington, DC. - The United States has erupted into days and nights of protests, violence, and looting, following the death of George Floyd after he was detained and held down by a knee to his neck, dying shortly after. (Photo by JIM WATSON / AFP)

Left fails black voters and blames others

The mayors of cities such as Minneapolis have had chances to correct the vast inequalities faced by African-Americans.

Gerard Baker

commentaryThe Times

CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - MAY 27: President Donald Trump participates in a press conference at the Kennedy Space Center on May 27, 2020 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley were scheduled to be the first people since the end of the Space Shuttle program in 2011 to be launched into space from the United States, but the launch was postponed due to bad weather. Saul Martinez/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

Twitter caves into left as anti-Trump bias exposed

Under pressure from liberal critics, Twitter put a clamp on President Trump and free speech, proving it’s just as left-leaning as the bulk of the media.

Gerard Baker

2020 raceThe Times

Millennials give Trump a second chance

As the over-60s turn away from Donald Trump, younger voters are disenchanted with Joe Biden and will place their vote elsewhere.

Gerard Baker

CommentaryThe Times

U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump see off former U.S. President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama as they depart following Trump's inauguration at the Capitol in Washington, U.S. January 20, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC1EAABC2EC0

Saint Barack’s halo in danger of slipping

Evidence is growing that Barack Obama’s administration bent the rules to undermine Donald Trump’s incoming team over Russian collusion.

Gerard Baker

COMMENTARYThe Times

US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with industry executives in the State Dining Room of the White House on the plan for "Opening Up America Again," on April 29, 2020, in Washington, DC. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP)

It’s only Trump haters who take him literally

The US President has a rambling, unscientific mind — but never at any stage did he actually recommend people inject disinfectant to treat COVID-19.

Gerard Baker

CommentaryThe Times

Atlantic City's economy goes into hibernation each winter then roars back.

Snap back recovery faces reality check

Some compare the global shutdown to tourist towns whose economies roar back to life from hibernation each summer. I’m not optimistic.

Gerard Baker

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Hypocrites share Weinstein’s guilt

Many big names, in show business and beyond, enabled the disgraced movie mogul’s vile behaviour.

Gerard Baker

COMMENTARYThe Times

TOPSHOT - Democratic presidential hopeful Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders speaks at a Primary Night event at the SNHU Field House in Manchester, New Hampshire on February 11, 2020. - Bernie Sanders won New Hampshire's crucial Democratic primary, beating moderate rivals Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar in the race to challenge President Donald Trump for the White House, US networks projected. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP)

Sanders plays by Trump’s rule book

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then the Democratic party is heaping praise on Donald Trump.

Gerard Baker

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