GOD IS SOVEREIGN

The prophet Jeremiah depicts a Sovereign who cannot come and go, simply because He is. God’s sovereignty is not a coat that can be taken off when all is going well or when all is going poorly on a global scale. God does not cease to be the Sovereign though the world refuses to see it or “distant” seems a better adjective. God’s words are not stripped of their sovereignty when no one is listening or no one responds. The Sovereign of all creation is always sovereign, working, and near. We may be inconsistent, but God is making all things new.  Jill Carattini, Slice of Infinity

CORONAVIRUS

Instead of hounding people who got tested and then quarantined themselves, perhaps we need to broaden the testing and quit the finger-wagging.

America is strong. We are a resilient people, but we’re stronger when we stand together.  Rand Paul, Drudge Report

"Pastor:  Virus of demonic origin"  Drudge

One of my priors is the idea that our political parties are overdue for a major transformation. The coalitions that constitute them are unstable and combustible. The ideas that once bound them together are frayed. This crisis will put even more strain on these already-feeble institutions, as politicians are dragged out of their comfort zones. It’s too soon to tell if this assessment will be confirmed, but I’d take bets that after this is all over, political scientists, like so many others, will be writing about B.C. and A.C. — before coronavirus and after.  Jonah Goldberg, National Review Online

There is also a good principle we can take from this piece of very good news. Simply stated, bad things will always be here. Really bad things. Things like sickness and war and death. There will be suffering on this planet until Jesus comes – lots of suffering. And there will people we pray for who die. But if we focus alone on the loss and the pain, we will quickly lose hope and become disheartened. And rather than helping others, we will find ourselves stuck in a deep rut of despair. Of what use is that? How does that alleviate our pain or the pain of others? Instead, while recognizing the urgent needs around us, we must focus on the Lord and what He is doing. That will bring life and light and faith and hope. That will lift us up, enabling us to lift others up as well. Others need to hear good news as well.  Michael Brown, Townhall

The economy cannot remain shuttered indefinitely; the federal government cannot engage in endless cash expenditures on the basis of treasuries nobody is buying. Nor is the economy merely Wall Street. The vast majority of those who will lose their jobs are not day traders but workers. Small companies are more likely to go under than large ones. The economy isn't an abstraction. It's the real lives of hundreds of millions of American citizens, and costs to those Americans must be weighed in the balance. That's not controversial. That's a simple fact. Public policy is the craft of weighing risks and rewards, and policymakers do it every day. It's just that this time, the stakes are the highest they have ever been.  Ben Shapiro, ditto

The cooperation of young people during this time is not only crucial for their health but for the recovery of the world.  Finny Kuruvilla, ditto

Although it remains to be seen whether – and if so, how – schools might call in students for disciplinary hearings during this current period of social distancing, the mere fact that schools have already claimed jurisdiction over their students’ online activities should give both students and parents pause. Regardless of when the coronavirus threat recedes, the trend of digital policing by colleges and universities is likely to continue apace – a miasma that will loom over students going forward.  Nicole Neily, ditto

REPORTERS

Reporters can be very opinionated, ill-tempered jerks. And then, when you protest their shtick, they put on their Guardians of Democracy superhero suits and say they're doing their job -- for the people. No one voted to have them represent us. Even in a crisis, they only represent themselves, caring most deeply for their own hyperbolic liberal opinions.  Tim Graham, ditto