Five Best Ideas of the Day: March 16, 2020 - The Aspen Institute

Congress isn’t ready for coronavirus.

Garrett M. Graff in Politico Magazine
We’re better equipped to find extraterrestrial life now than ever before.

Tom Siegfried at Knowable
What happens when a new pandemic hits an ancient city?

Cathy Newman in National Geographic
America thrived by choking its rivers with dams. Now we can undo the damage.

Kate Morgan in Popular Science
How do you campaign during an outbreak?

Gabriel Debenedetti in Intelligencer