WSJ: Employer health coverage costs rising: https://www.wsj.com/articles/health-coverage-costs-continued-steady-rise-pre-pandemic-11602165793 .
CDC wants more study of COVID-19 spread in young adults: https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2020-10-09/cdc-study-details-urgent-need-to-address-coronavirus-spread-among-young-adults .
WSJ: Trump holds first campaign event since hospitalization: https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-holds-first-public-event-since-his-covid-diagnosis-11602361769 . WSJ: Trump looks for campaign reset: https://www.wsj.com/articles/trailing-in-the-polls-and-time-running-out-trump-looks-for-one-more-comeback-11602327600 . More: https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2020-10-10/trump-restarting-campaign-with-white-house-florida-events . 23 more days of this …
WSJ: Trump irritates Michigan: https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-virus-outbreak-race-and-ethnicity-joe-biden-donald-trump-704f7dcb9489f4bebdf3c598dab66708 … among many other states …
WSJ: Global round-up: https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-latest-news-10-10-2020-11602328199 .
WSJ: Trump’s latest relief aid offer falls flat: https://www.wsj.com/articles/lawmakers-of-both-parties-balk-at-trump-administrations-latest-stimulus-offer-11602359580 .
Federal judge blocks Texas governor’s order restricting ballot drop-off sites: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/10/texas-mail-in-ballot-drop-off-sites-judge .
US imports Mexican toilet paper: https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2020-09-15/pandemic-brings-toilet-paper-from-mexico-to-american-stores?src=usn_nl_coronavirus .
WSJ: Delta smacks Louisiana: https://www.wsj.com/articles/hurricane-delta-expected-to-hit-louisiana-region-pummeled-by-laura-11602253326 . WSJ: More: https://www.wsj.com/articles/delta-leaves-hundreds-of-thousands-without-power-11602335951 .
WSJ: Las Vegas Stripped by COVID-19: https://www.wsj.com/articles/las-vegas-strip-empty-without-conventions-11602322200 .
WSJ: Columbus in retreat: https://www.wsj.com/articles/columbus-day-events-pared-back-amid-covid-and-indigenous-peoples-day-celebrations-11602331201 .
WSJ: 5G iPhone: https://www.wsj.com/articles/apples-5g-iphone-will-need-to-be-more-than-5g-11602338400 .
US mass bird die-off: Birds are starving; maybe early cold snap killed their insect diet: https://www.denverpost.com/2020/09/24/dead-birds-colorado-new-mexico-migration/ .
WSJ: Twelve Angry Men: https://www.wsj.com/articles/twelve-angry-men-first-deliberations-11602189481 . It turns out that the 1957 film was based on a 1954 TV broadcast. Before videotape, the live broadcast was captured on kinescope film. It benefits from a terrific restoration. Says this review, ”(Y)ou know what? It’s better than the movie. A lot better.” What? The reviewer is spot on. As a live broadcast, it plays like a theatrical production. It’s free on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlaXebUi72A . It will remind you of live theater. It will also remind you of the rule of law and how cherished it is, or at least it was in the post-World War II United States. Don’t miss this gem.