Some headlines that caught our eye.
Politics: Debate Prep
The Weak Leading The Woke: What We Ask About When We Ask About Joe — Claremont Review of Books
Battle of the Preppers: Getting Candidates Ready For Debates — City Journal
Trump Again Demands Biden Take a Drug Test Before Debate — Legal Insurrection
Analysts: Presidential Race Likely Closer Than Polls Show — Newsmax
Lanny Davis: My advice to Joe Biden on eve of the debate — be Joe Biden — The Hill
COVID-19, The Big Picture
Disease Panic vs. Medical Reality — American Institute for Economic Research
How Will Humanity Respond to Threats to Its Survival and Freedom? — PJMedia
Old Global World Killing Itself With Covid-19 Restrictions — Wretchard The Cat, Twitter
Medical historian compares the coronavirus to the 1918 flu pandemic: Both were highly political — CNBC
China’s Economic Woes
Can China’s economic miracle continue? — The Economist
The U.S. just undercut China’s best shot at semiconductor independence — Fortune
Supreme Court: Amy Cone Barrett
Trump Gives the Supreme Court a Constitutional Core — CNSNews
SCOTUS Nominee Barrett Meets Senators in Race to Confirmation — Newsmax
The fight to confirm Amy Coney Barrett is a fight over the role of the Supreme Court — American Thinker
Economy Recovery Continues
Consumer Confidence in U.S. Posts Biggest Gain in 17 Years — Bloomberg, Via Newsmax
Small Firms Less Apocalyptic as 60 Percent See Survival Past 6 Months — Bloomberg, Via Newsmax
Laughs, Etc.
Fact check: Satirical claim that the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned Ginsburg’s death — USA Today
‘Totally Made Up’: Trump Fires Back At Tax Reports, Says ‘Everything Was Wrong’ — The Daily Wire