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What We’re Reading Today: Prayer, Prescriptions, Plans To Reopen … And More

Some headlines that caught our eye.

Good Friday

Westminster’s annual Good Friday Cross Walk to go virtual — Baltimore Sun

Worldwide Good Friday fast gaining momentum — Deseret News

I Will Spend Good Friday in Fasting and Prayer for an End to the Plague that Besets Us. Join Me — Patheos

Passover

1945: Soldiers celebrate Passover Seder as war in Germany winds down — Albany Times Union

Why This Passover Will be Different From All Other Passovers — The Dispatch

For Passover this year, China will take Pharaoh’s role — Bookworm Room

Our Crisis

The New York Times’ Baseless Insinuations About Sanofi, Trump, and Hydroxychloroquine — John Tamny, RealClearMarkets

New Study Seeks to Determine if California Had ‘Herd Immunity’ From Early Coronavirus Exposure — RedState

U.S. economy should be able to reopen on ‘rolling basis’ – White House adviser Kudlow — Reuters

Dr. Fauci: U.S. Should See ‘Beginning of a Turnaround’ After This Week — Newsmax

The case for reopening the country now — Roger Kimball, Spectator USA

Planning for the Reopening of America’s Economy Must Begin Now — Foundation for Economic Education

Coronavirus won’t kill the culture wars — Spiked

But is it really no worse than flu? — Christopher Monkcton, Watts Up With That?

Boris Johnson moved out of ICU; in extremely good spirits — Business Standard

Misc

Hollywood celebrities struggle to cope with end of Sanders campaign — Washington Examiner

CBS Selectively Edits Wisconsin Voter’s Remarks Because It Appears It Didn’t Fit The Narrative — Townhall

CBS’s Anti-Trump Drama Fantasizes: President Hillary Cures Cancer, Saves Rainforest — MRC NewsBusters

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