Jul 13, 2020
Is going back to school too dangerous for kids? Photo by Element5 Digital on Unsplash In a word, no. It’s the teachers we have to worry about. A heartfelt, honest post is making the rounds on FB, written by a parent trying to decide whether her children should...
Jul 8, 2020
America Dances (part 3): How did we get here? Source: New York Times America Dances (part 3): How did we get here? When I was young I learned a saying: You made your bed, now you have to lie in it. As I demonstrated in my previous post, the United States has made its...
Jul 7, 2020
America Dances (part 2): American Exceptionalism Image courtesy of NASA Earth Observatory; public domain America Dances (part 2): American Exceptionalism If pandemic control were an Olympic event, the US would lose in the quarterfinals, if it earned the right to...
Jul 5, 2020
America Dances (part 1) Source: US CDC, July 5, 2020 https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/cases-in-us.html America “Dances” with Coronavirus Back in early May I wrote the final post in my Endgame series, talking about Tomas Pueyo’s...
Jul 3, 2020
A commentary on coronavirus and fear Source: NY Times coronavirus tracker https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html#cases A commentary on coronavirus and fear I believe that one primal force predominantly drives our decisions, determines...