Provide for … the General welfare
I am livid. Those fine folks in Congress have an opportunity to help people weather the economic storm caused by COVID-19 and the responses to it, and so the Se...
I am livid. Those fine folks in Congress have an opportunity to help people weather the economic storm caused by COVID-19 and the responses to it, and so the Se...
This is the worst game of six degrees of separation ever. Number One Daughter had class with someone who tested positive for COVID-19 virus. She has yet to he...
Here’s a purely hypothetical question for you. Let’s suppose you have a certain number of hospital beds and a certain number of ventilators and a ce...
Remember what happens to the country when the unfit ruler comes to power? I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins, a lair of jackals, and I will make the cities o...
Our public library has closed indefinitely, and though I will need to return the large stack of books 📚 I borrowed last month at some point, I do not think I wi...
If non-essential work has stopped, and you didn’t enjoy that work, why was it being done?
You may have heard this story. Once there was a devout man who was certain in his faith. All who knew him remarked on his righteousness, for he was constantly t...
Wake up you sleepyhead Put on some clothes Shake up your bed Oh, you pretty things, brush your teeth Bathe Make, eat, and clean up from breakfast Lift weights G...
Two cats live with me. One, Lily, is 15; she has been with us since she was weaned, adopted with her brother when my daughters were four and two. Her brother pa...
Many things have been cancelled because of the coronavirus. Love is not one of them. “Faith in the time of Coronavirus“, James Martin, S. J., Americ...
I hope there will be a great coming together of society, as people from all walks of life realize that we are all in this together. We leave the world a better ...
What if we helped each other? What if there were no bullshit jobs? What if health care, sick leave, insurance, retirement, …, weren’t tied to your e...
Here’s a logic puzzle for you. If testing for COVID-19 only if another test for COVID-19 is positive, when do you ever test? Answer: you don’t. Luck...
Isn’t it remarkable how the recommendations for what to do if you get sick are basically the same regardless of the cause? Wash your hands. Don’t pi...
Last week, the Federal Reserve and others lowered interest rates in an attempt to counteract the effects of COVID-19 on the economy. Also last week, The Economi...
If you’re old enough, you might remember that in 2001 all non-military air traffic was grounded for a couple of days. It’s possible, under extraordi...
Oh, Kaa. Only one-fifth of us trust the federal government to do the right thing. And trust — in politicians and the government they represent — turns out to be...
Even the New York Times is feeling apocalyptic, with a nice piece about folks learning primitive skills. There’s an air of novelty about the article, but ...