What’s the big lesson New York Times readers are getting after a year of coronavirus? America’s small government and frugal spending habit caused the unprecedented economic disaster, according to an op-ed by Zachary D. Carter.

Last month, British black studies professor Kehinde Andrews argued that the British Empire was “far worse than the Nazis.” It was a controversial comparison to be sure, but it raises the question: Compared to other expansionist regimes, how bad was the British Empire?

The current debate on whether schools should be reopened or not is not just a debate on the safety of children. It should also be a debate on how much freedom we want to give to parents to pick a school best fitted to their children’s needs. The idea of school choice, that parents should have a choice on where to send their children to school, coupled with a voucher program, is paramount in taking back education from the bureaucrats in state capitals and in Washington, DC, which has become dependent upon the approval of the powerful teachers’ union.