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Comparing Virus Surges Good morning. The U.S. again stands virtually alone in the severity of its outbreak. Image Munich, GermanyCredit...Laetitia Vancon for The New York Times It’s happening again: For the second time this year, the United States has fallen behind nearly every other country in combating the virus. The U.S. was not alone in suffering a resurgence this fall. Much of the world did. But many other countries responded to that surge with targeted new restrictions and, in a few cas...

Why rational investors bankroll dangerous politics Strongmen leaders such as Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Viktor Orbán all appeal to a certain kind of investor. Getty Images / AFP One fact that should worry those celebrating Joe Bidens win in the 2020 presidential election is that the number of people who voted for Donald Trump was much higher than the number who voted for him in 2016. After four years of incompetence and repeated assaults on democratic institutions, ...

In August 1978, shortly before the opening of negotiations between Prime Minister Menachem Begin of Israel and President Anwar Sadat of Egypt at Camp David, President Jimmy Carter paid a visit to CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia. Halfway through a briefing on the two men, Carter interrupted. He wanted more than just their political histories. He needed, he said, to be “steeped in the personalities of Begin and Sadat.” Stansfield Turner, the agency’s director, had just the an...

Had a congenital tremor. >> but none of that turned off his supporters. >> thats right. why not? because theres -- first, theres a sunk cost. and secondly, he fills the hole for his followers seeking a rescuer and he is strengthened by their adulation. watching the rallies, for example, its almost a frightening phenomenon, the power of lock her up, build the wall, so forth and so on. >> dr. jerrold post, thank you for taking the time for being with us. thank you for being with us. >> well, thank...