WHITE HOUSE WATCH COMMENTARY: THE REOPENING, CHAPTER ONE: THE QUESTIONS
By Denny Gulino WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – By one count there were 2,174 virus deaths in the United States in the latest 24 hours, not the worst day this week, yet the question that suggests itself is whether Thursday was the best day to encourage governors to start planning for recovery. “Our experts say the curve […]
WHITE HOUSE WATCH COMMENTARY: VIRUS TOPS ANOTHER GRIM RECORD AMID JAGGED MOSAIC
By Denny Gulino WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The virus continued painting a clear picture Wednesday of death on the march, killing more in the latest day than ever before, while all the elements that could make up a different picture, of success against the disease, remains a muddled mess. A status report with two weeks to […]
WHITE HOUSE WATCH: RIDING THE WAVE OF OPTIMISM; WILL IT LAST?
By Denny Gulino WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – Whew, that was brutal but it’s finally over. After all, Amazon hit an all-time high, and Apple, Google, Tesla finished strong. The markets look into the future and the markets are telling us it can’t be all that bad, right? Or should we be bracing for the Second Wave? […]
OIL PRODUCERS WRESTLE W/PRODUCTION CUTS; MKT YAWNS
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The United States, OPEC members and other oil-exporting countries Friday wrestled with a daunting task, to persuade traders and customers that they can do something to overcome the biggest destruction of demand in the history of the oil industry. Even the White House tried to square the circle by promising to help […]
WHITE HOUSE WATCH COMMENTARY: ‘INADEQUATE’ VS ‘NONEXISTENT’
By Denny Gulino WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – Numbers, graphs, plaintive accounts from hospitals and communities, bereaved relatives – the worst week so far goes on and there’s no way to sugarcoat it. New cases are leveling off but past infections keep leading to deaths now in numbers never seen before. The medical experts hope deaths are […]
WHITE HOUSE WATCH COMMENTARY: VIRUS MYTHS, HOPES, REALITIES HARD TO DISTINGUISH
By Denny Gulino WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The tiny nation-state of Singapore had done a great job against the virus as has Taiwan and still they are examples to the world that any “win” is more coexistence with an enemy that never really leaves. What does “winning” against a corona virus mean? In the case of […]
WHITE HOUSE WATCH COMMENTARY: THE ECONOMY STRAINS AS THE VIRUS KILLS
By Denny Gulino WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – It’s almost too painful to concentrate on the numbers in this week that is so full of death in the United States. Better to look to a better future and an economy that might begin staggering back at some point. The day saw more than an additional 1,800 dead, […]
WHITE HOUSE WATCH COMMENTARY: PRESIDENTIAL ENEMIES: MEDIA AND GOVS WHO COMPLAIN
By Denny Gulino WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – By the 10th mention the musical cadence of “hydroxychloroquine” had mostly grown old and President Trump was not going to subject his long-suffering audience of reporters to even one more mention, so Sunday night he spared them by cutting off the esteemed NIH specialist Tony Fauci before he could […]
WHITE HOUSE WATCH COMMENTARY: BRACING FOR THE WORST YET
–‘There’ll Be A Lot of Death’ By Denny Gulino WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The president and his experts Saturday warned the nation that next week and the week after are going to see virus death tolls that will far eclipse anything seen so far, as the increasing number of hotspots climb the steepening curve toward their […]
WHITE HOUSE WATCH: AMID THE CONFUSION VIRUS KEEPS SPREADING
By Denny Gulino WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The two most important realities Friday remained the incrementally greater death tolls every day and the fundamental wisdom of distancing while other less important considerations included a new somewhat half-hearted recommendation for everyone to wear masks. There was also new confusion about a number of topics and the beginning […]