| May Tue, 2020
N.J. Has Highest Virus Rate of Big States Despite Case Drop
In a Rutgers-Eagleton Poll released Tuesday, 66% of New Jerseyans said the state is moving at the right pace to reopen businesses, while 19% said too quickly and 16% said too slowly. One-third said the state will return to normal by July 1, and 25% said it won’t happen by year’s end. The poll, of 1,502 adults from April 22-May 2, has an error margin of 3 percentage points.
| April Wed, 2020
A Bipartisan Commission Came Together After 9/11. Don’t Count on It for COVID-19.
John Farmer Jr., who served as senior counsel for the 9/11 Commission, argued that the ongoing nature of the outbreak—which is expected to disrupt normal life until after a vaccine is developed—is another reason to accelerate at least some big-picture review.
| April Mon, 2020
Campaigning amid coronavirus: Candidates look for new ways to connect
"Campaigning is not what it was before, and nobody quite knows what exactly it's going to be," said Jean Sinzdak, Associate Director of the Center for American Women and Politics. "Basically, what we've heard from a lot of people is you know, 'I don't even know where to start'... this is uncharted territory for everybody. So how do you even begin to plan?"
| April Fri, 2020
The US needs a 9/11 Commission for the coronavirus
“Clearly, the system that’s in place doesn’t work, and we’re going to need to figure out a way to change it,” John Farmer Jr., a senior counsel and team leader for the 9/11 Commission now at Rutgers University, told me. “There’s almost no excuse for the dilatory nature of this response.”