CUOMO SIGNED, OLD PEOPLE DIED: New York’s chief executive signed a coronavirus response order sending coronavirus-positive people to nursing homes that weren’t prepared to care for them. The result has been catastrophic. Issues & Insights digs into the how & why.

HERE’S THE TWO KEY GOOFS THAT PRODUCED A NATIONAL LOCKDOWN: You may not agree with the conclusion, but the two mistakes are hard to ignore.

THIS IS WHY THE CCP IS MORE DANGEROUS THAN THE USSR: The Epoch Times’ documentary unit is out with an excellent production entitled “The CCP Method: The Chinese Communist Party’s Global Agenda.” Hong Kong is the canary in the coal mine. The videos of police and thug attacks on innocent Hong Kongers are truly scary.

CORONAVIRUS ISN’T WUHAN’S ONLY EXPORT TO THE U.S.: It’s also fentanyl, the chemical compound so powerful “that just two milligrams — enough to cover Lincoln’s beard on a penny — can prove fatal,” according to City Journal.

AND THE CRITICS WHO SLANDERED SAMARITAN’S PURSE WILL APOLOGIZE WHEN? No, I’m not holding my breath, either.

‘THE EQUIVALENT OF SPEAKING AT A KGB SIGNALS DIRECTORATE EVENT DURING THE COLD WAR:’ That’s how Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) described the planned webinar hosted by the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), with sponsorship from Huawei. For once, common sense prevailed and NABJ cancelled the event. Will they now try to sneak Huawei in the back door?

CALIFORNIA PROTESTOR SAYS ‘ALL JOBS ARE ESSENTIAL:’ So much common sense, so little honest media coverage. But then there’s The Epoch Times, which gave the protestors their turn. Am I biased? You bet I am, in favor of real journalism.

NO, ABSENTEE BALLOTS AREN’T THE SAME THING AS VOTE-BY-MAIL: There are huge differences, as a group of House Republicans, led by Rep. Rodney Davis of Illinois of the House Committee on Administration, explains.

CAN ATHEISTS DO GOOD? Of course they can, but that question leads down a rabbit hole. At least according to this from philosopher William Lane Craig’s video shop. Better question: If atheists are right about God, what can be objectively good?

UPDATE (FROM GLENN): On that last question, read Arthur Allen Leff’s classic, Memorandum from the Devil. “I am something of a connoisseur of these attempts by scholarly humans to find and describe some meaning in their personal and species existence, and when nonironic divine address comes out of Langdell Hall these days, attention must be paid.”

YES, GOVERNMENT MADE THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS WORSE: Christopher Jacobs of The Federalist counts the many ways.

SOME VIP QUESTIONS FOR YOU, MR. OBAMA: Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) addressed the Senate yesterday and, among much else, offered this observation about Barack Obama:

“I’ve heard no comment from Mr. Obama about independent Inspector General findings that Andrew McCabe lied under oath to federal investigators multiple times. Or about how DOJ prosecutors falsely told the court that they had produced all Brady material to Flynn. Or when the federal government surveilled an American citizen connected to the Trump campaign without probable cause and based on intelligence the FBI knew was questionable at best.”

One thing Obama need not worry about: Nobody in the MSM will dare to ask him for a response to Grassley. The speech link above includes one to video of Grassley’s presentation.

IS IT TIME FOR A NEW PANDEMIC APPROACH? Karl Dierenbach, writing for the Independence Institute’s Complete Colorado, makes a compelling case. Here’s a sample:

“But ‘flatten the curve’ morphed into ‘hide until solution;’ the solution being a possible vaccine or effective treatment at some undeterminable point in the future. States that never saw a surge went into lockdown and remain there today.

“New York City, which is well past their peak medical usage, remains on lockdown. Many states that are ostensibly opening up are doing so at an extremely slow pace. Colorado, which is supposedly opening up (but not really), is attempting to keep the coronavirus cases at a level that is so low, herd immunity might not be reached for years.

Dierenbach is an attorney and a former engineer. He’s also quite a good writer, which is rarely found among engineers, especially when they also become lawyers (Just kidding, Glenn!).

INSUFFERABLY ARROGANT GOVERNOR, MEET PRINCIPLED SHERIFF: Gov. Megan Whitmer (D-MI), Shiawassee County Sheriff Brian BeGole has a message for you. 

CHINA USES TWITTER BOTS TO SPREAD DISINFORMATION QUICKLY: The Epoch Times’ Cathy He lays it out, as described by the State Department’s Global Engagement Center.

A SATURDAY MEDITATION ON ‘AMAZING GRACE:’ Ironic, perhaps, that one of the best-known versions of the classic hymn was done by a radical lefty from the 1960s. If you are of a certain age, you will instantly recognize the artist. And feel free to laugh at the hair and sideburns from 1978 because that’s how we all looked in those days.

UPDATE: Thanks to all who posted other versions of the hymn in the comments. You’ve made my Saturday.

THE ‘DIRTY DOZEN’ FACTS THAT KILLED MUELLER’S CASE AGAINST FLYNN; John Solomon lays it all out in fascinating detail. I’ve been honored to know and work with Solomon and several of his sidekicks in this endeavor over the years, including Sara Carter, Byron York and Mollie Hemingway. Real journalism will survive in America because of journalists like these four.

NOW GOVERNMENT MUST MAKE MICHAEL FLYNN WHOLE: Documents made public this week by Acting Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Richard Grenell made crystal clear that Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn was setup by the FBI, then falsely charged and unjustly prosecuted by the Department of Justice (DOJ). So the prosecution has been dropped.

But in the years since he was charged, Flynn’s life has been wrecked. His savings are gone, he has to sell his house, and who knows when he will be able to get a job. In a searing editorial, Issues & Insights poses the next question that justice demands be addressed:

“OK, but after having his life turned upside-down, where does Flynn go from here? And not just to get his good name back. He also deserves restitution for all that was taken from him by what increasingly looks like a criminal conspiracy, as we noted last week.”

If Flynn is not made whole, justice will still be incomplete.

NOTRE DAME SOCIOLOGIST SHREDS HARVARD LAW PROF’S HOMESCHOOLING SCREED: Writing for the Institute for Family Studies (IFS), David Sikkink goes to the data and concludes Harvard’s Elizabeth Bartholet assumes “home” equals “prison.”

SAY IT AIN’T SO, JOE: Turns out the former senior senator from Delaware voted against creating Senate office to investigate staff complaints of sexual harassment. Biden was in the Senate for decades, so don’t be surprised to learn of all kinds of votes that in the cruel hindsight of a presidential campaign will prove embarrassing.

VIDEO DOCUMENTS POLICE RAID ON CHURCH IN WUHAN: Scenes like this would never happen here, even in a pandemic. Would they?

TIME TO BRING OUT RECALL INITIATIVES AND PETITIONS: Issues & Insights offers six state-level proto-tyrants whose pandemic edicts make them solid candidates for recall campaigns. Whitmer of Michigan and Newsom of California are obvious candidates, and the latter might want to consult with one of his predecessors, Gray Davis, who knows a lot about recalls.

GAY LEADERS SAY TIME TO JUNK THE Q IN LBGT: Glenn Stanton at The Federalist sheds light on an obscure but key issue on the Left that many on the Right likely don’t know about.

HARVARD PREZ BOWS AND KISSES BEHIND OF WORLD’S MOST POWERFUL TYRANT: There  aren’t words sufficient to describe such hypocrisy.

HERE’S THE ‘1619’ FAR-LEFT CRANK WHO LOVES THE SOVIET UNION, ROBERT MUGABE, FIDEL CASTRO: Capital Research Center (CRC) presents the facts The New York Times and America’s Leftist Elite in the MSM, corporate boardrooms and on campus won’t tell you about who is behind “1619” and its fake history of America.

WHY IS CIA IG CONCEALING HOUSE INTEL REPORT CRITICAL OF BRENNAN? The Epoch Times’ Ivan Pentchoukov has a huge story today. Remember that January 2017 “Intelligence Community Assessment” that said Russia tried to steal the 2016 election for Donald Trump? There’s also a secret House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence from the same period that concluded then-CIA Director John Brennan overruled agency analysts who argued the evidence showed Russia actually favored Hillary Clinton.

Sarah Hoyt’s shocked and disbelieving face could not be reached for comment.