Michael Hiltzik: COVID lockdowns saved millions of lives — so of course Ron DeSantis is mad about them
Our political press, in its wisdom, has anointed Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy the "winners," whatever that means, of last week's Republican debate.
I have a different take. I thought the winner was Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, for the simple reason that he was the only person on stage who actually articulated a policy statement. Unfortunately for the cause of intelligent discourse, his statement was erected upon a pediment of lies.
Not just ordinary lies, mind you. Lies that undergirded his administration's gruesome failure in the fight against COVID-19.
More on that in a moment. The most shocking aspect of the debate may have been how negligent our political press was at evaluating its content — or rather, the vacuousness of its content.
Instead, reporters and pundits became transfixed by Ramaswamy, who is nothing but an attention whore trying to
