From the New York Times this morning: That is, Democratic ( Blue, but here shown to be darker green ) states are doing well in getting COVID-19 vaccinations.  Below, again Democrats want those shots, but not Republicans, nor Blacks. Why are Republicans so reluctant?  Something to do conservative viewpoints, like not wanting to wear masks or general defiance of the government.  For Blacks, there is a general mistrust of the Feds.  The third reluctant vaccine takers are the lesser educated.   “Most of the states where vaccination rates are lowest happen to be ones where the Black population is high and where the percentage who graduated from college was low,”   CNN’s Harry Enten writes , “while the reverse is true in the states with high vaccination rates. ”   So what can the Biden administration do?  I still think if you make a vaccination passport a requirement for entering sporting events or boarding buses, planes and ships, while sort of un-American, this should gain the support of

The New York Times this morning reported: Donald Trump insulted Senator Mitch McConnell as a “dumb son of a bitch”   at a retreat for Republican donors . The Times columnists Gail Collins and Bret Stephens   discuss sex scandals and Congressman Gaetz . Amazon defeated unionism in Alabama by paying all its employees at least $15/hour, more than double the current Federal minimum wage of $7.25.  However, $15/hour translates to $31,000/year, LESS than half of the U.S. median family income.   “The victory leaves Amazon free to handle employees on its own terms,”   The Times’s Karen Weise and Michael Corkery write . Hideki Maruyama became the first Japanese to win a major golf tournament, edging out Will Zalatoris, an interesting newcomer who shows promise to win a tournament this year, and Xander Schauffele, who could well prevail in another major this year.  He had a roller coaster round, with a triple bogey on the 16th hole.   Maruyama is rather reticent in his public statements, and al