February 2 2022
 

Happy Groundhog Day from Washington, where public health officials now take back much of what they said was factual about COVID-19. In a video report, our Mary Margaret Olohan breaks down 10 examples. The PGA’s lucrative deal with Communist China has a transparency problem, Fred Lucas reports. On the podcast, Doug Blair talks with movie lover and critic Christian Toto about the awokening of Hollywood. Plus: Russia’s little-known nuclear advantage; Supremes will sort out discrimination by Harvard; and parents get hooked on homeschooling. Sixty years ago today, the first U.S. warplane goes down in South Vietnam when a C-123 crashes while spraying defoliant to thwart the Viet Cong. 

 
 
 
ANALYSIS
10 COVID-19 ‘Truths’ That Weren’t True
By Mary Margaret Olohan

We just need 15 days to slow the spread. Cloth face masks impact transmission. A vaccinated person can’t get COVID-19. These are just some of the claims that ended up being untrue.
NEWS
How Multimillion-Dollar PGA Deal Stopped China’s War on Golf
By Fred Lucas

The nonprofit PGA Tour Inc. hasn’t provided adequate transparency about doing business in China, the National Legal and Policy Center alleges. 
COMMENTARY
Russia’s Small Nukes Are a Big Problem
By Peter Brookes

If asked, most Americans probably believe the U.S. and Russia are pretty evenly matched on nuclear weapons. That’s not exactly correct.
COMMENTARY
Harvard’s Method of Discrimination Is Affront to Individual Dignity
By Kenny Xu

The primary consequence of Harvard’s discrimination won’t just be Asian American deprivation. It will be the penalization of hard work felt by America’s high-achieving students.
NEWS
Why Some Parents Choose to Continue Homeschooling After COVID-19 Pandemic
By Melanie Wilcox

After looking at what his kids were learning and experiencing the fatigue of remote learning under COVID-19 guidelines, John Yesawich recalls concluding, “I think we can do better than this.”
ANALYSIS
Lights! Camera! Leftism! How Hollywood Went Woke
By Douglas Blair

Entertainment scribe Christian Toto joins the show to discuss how Hollywood became woke and how conservatives should respond.
 
     
 
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