Sohn: The region’s spiking case numbers tell the story. COVID-19 is alive and well.
The numbers shouldn't be ignored.
Sohn: Rep. Steve Cohen asks House leadership to protect TVA’s IT jobs, cybersecurity during national emergency
Tennessee congressman Steve Cohen wants Congress to block an effort by the Tennessee Valley Authority to outsource the public utility's IT and cybersecurity services to foreign workers, a move that would displace about 108 TVA workers in Chattanooga and Knoxville next month.
Sohn: COVID-19’s sudden end? Not going to happen, Fauci tells senators
White House coronavirus task force medical expert Anthony S. Fauci - without the president over his shoulder to contradict him - on Tuesday warned about states reopening too early.
Sohn: Covid-19 fatigue? We ain’t seen nothing yet
Don't even think of complaining about COVID-19 fatigue. We're nowhere near yet any semblance of the novel coronavirus fatigue - from politics to 24-hour news coverage to personal worries - we're unfortunately likely to know.
Sohn: These sobering and depressing times show us the real leaders
It's tough to decide what's more sobering - the continuing rise in COVID-19 cases and deaths, or the continuing rise in lost jobs.
Sohn: Donald Trump and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp fail the reasoning test with COVID-19
Remember the reasoning questions in our grade school achievement tests? The ones that asked things like: Which statement below doesn't fit with the others?
Sohn: Gov. Lee’s sock masks may not be protective or cost-effective either
If a breezy sock is all we need to protect ourselves and others from COVID-19, why should Tennesseans pay for a black one that appears to be ill-fitting with a TN in the corner? Just order some socks and some elastic from Amazon and move on.
Sohn: The ‘Manhatten Project’ of COVID-19 has begun. It’s called ‘Shark Tank’
"All roads back to work and back to school lead through testing," said Tennessee's Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander at the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing he convened Thursday morning in Washington.
Sohn: Move over MAGA hats; COVID-19 has infected us with partisan mask shaming
Two minutes and 47 seconds. That's the duration of former President George W. Bush's "call to unite" message.
Sohn: Credit Trump for COVID-19 misery, not rescue
"The governor of Michigan should give a little, and put out the fire," Trump said Friday of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat who over the weekend extended Michigan's stay-at-home order to May 15.
