‘I AM TERRIFIED’
Lizzie Hansen is “terrified of what’s to come” in South Dakota, where 250,000 mostly maskless bikers are partying and Gov. Kristi Noem wants kids back in school without masks.
Michael Daly is a special correspondent with The Daily Beast. He was previously a columnist with the New York Daily News and a staff writer with New York magazine. He was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 2002 and has received numerous awards. He is the author of Under Ground and The Book of Mychal. His third book, Topsy, was released in 2013.
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opinion
DANGER ZONE
If you hop on a hog without a helmet, you are endangering only yourself. But if you go about without a mask you are endangering others.
opinion
BELIEVERS
The crowd at the latest Saturate OC event had not bothered to wear a mask. But a number were donning official merch, and attendees had been reminded to bring their credit cards.
‘I AIN’T SCARED’
As the coronavirus rages around the nation, a quarter of a million motorcyclists are descending on Sturgis, South Dakota, where money seems to have trumped sense.
opinion
THAT’S SICK
Lake Ozark’s Gerry Murawski cheered horrifying videos of maskless party people because they boosted tourism. Really.
‘ALL I CAN DO’
St. Johns County Commissioner Henry Dean was pushing a mask mandate. Now he’s rooting for a colleague to get off a ventilator.
opinion
‘LIBERTY’—WITH A SIDE OF DEATH
Richard Mack hates masks. And he will train you to hate them, too—for a low, low price.
opinion
LEFT UNSAID
Operation Legend is named for LeGend Taliferro, a 4-year-old killed by a stray bullet. But while Trump is decrying the violence, he’s not saying anything about guns.
exclusive
HIT LIST
Roy Den Hollander is also suspected of ambushing the family of Judge Esther Salas before killing himself.
opinion
DELUSIONAL
Roy Den Hollander, who allegedly gunned down Judge Esther Salas’ family, called her “lazy and incompetent”—over an opinion that should have left him singing her praises.
