Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:

If you read nothing else today, read this: The Plague Year. It’s long, but read it all. I wouldn’t be surprised if it wins a Pulitzer Prize.

Why 530 Frozen Bodies Sit in a Brooklyn Warehouse

Covid: South Africa passes one million infections as cases surge

China Jails Citizen Journalist for Her Accounts of Covid-19 in Wuhan

Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, and Debt:

Treasury will try to start sending stimulus checks by end of week, rushing after Trump’s delay

The coming tech-driven productivity leap

The Urgent Case for Shrinking the Economy

Politics:

”It is a scam and it is going to disappoint the people that believe this election was stolen.”

Extend an Olive Branch?

Trump’s Fraud Claims Died in Court, but the Myth of Stolen Elections Lives On

For years, Republicans have used the specter of cheating as a reason to impose barriers to ballot access. A definitive debunking of claims of wrongdoing in 2020 has not changed that message.

Trump has unfinished business. A republic he wants to destroy still stands.

From The Annals of Mendacity: Rep. Louie Gohmert, Pack of GOPers Sue Mike Pence in Bid to Force VP to Pick Trump Electors on Jan. 6

Americans’ acceptance of Trump’s behavior will be his vilest legacy

Serendipity:

The tiny ‘country’ between England and Scotland