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All my life, I have dismissed paranoids on the right (“America is headed to communism”) and the left (“It can happen here” — referring to fascism). It’s not that I’ve ever believed liberty was guaranteed. Being familiar with history and a pessimist regarding the human condition, I never believed that. But the ease with which …

Well, look: We are nothing if not kind and generous souls here at Open Mike, so it’s probably best that you hear it from us: Sunday night is going to stink. If you are a Knicks fan, and if you are enjoying “The Last Dance” on ESPN, then you know that the inevitable is likely …

Rapper Machine Gun Kelly has extended neighbor Jeff Lewis a peace offering after their week-long feud, as the Bravo star called out MGK and his houseguests for obnoxious behavior on his Sirius XM radio show. “Jeff, as the new guy on the block — referring to you — I wish we had a chance to …

The COVID-19 pandemic will be a history-altering event. But where will it take us? One theory of governance is that democracies only make major changes when confronted with a crisis. It is too early to conclude whether Covid-19 was such a crisis, but the immediate response to it was a rebalancing, perhaps temporary, of individual …

I promise that this isn’t one of those schmaltzy “Look on the bright side”/”There is a silver lining to all this” articles. Coronavirus has no bright side, and there is no silver lining. But over the past couple of days, I have become a bit more grateful for the technologies and technology-based services that are …

People in lab coats won’t settle the big public-policy questions facing us. If you thought the coronavirus presented difficult policy questions, don’t worry — we have science. Governor Gavin Newsom tweeted the other day, “The West Coast is — and will continue to be — guided by SCIENCE.” Joe Biden has urged President Trump, “Follow …

It’s Princess Charlotte‘s fifth birthday — and Kensington Palace has released four photos of the adorable royal to mark the happy occasion. The shots, taken by her mum, the Duchess of Cambridge, show the photogenic girl in a blue, houndstooth-checked dress as she helped her parents in delivering food packages for the elderly. The daughter …

Jamie Metzl, a member of the World Health Organization’s International Advisory Committee on Human Genome Editing, has speculated that the coronavirus originated in a lab in Wuhan, China. “When they have outbreaks in China, the zoonotic jump [of the virus from animal to humans] tends to happen in the south in Guangdong or Yunnan Province, …

The Post’s league-wide NFL rankings have been shaken up by the NFL Draft, and the defending-champion Kansas City Chiefs have been dethroned. Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers continue their rise, while Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots continue their slide. There is a Core Four of teams at the top, followed by …

Madonna said this week that she has tested positive for coronavirus antibodies. “Took a test the other day, and I found out that I have the antibodies, so tomorrow, I’m just going to go for a long drive in a car, and I’m going to roll down the window and I’m going to breathe in. …