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Stay Home for Spring Break, You Idiots

Posted on Monday, March 15th, 2021 by Will Cox

I turned the news on briefly while I was making breakfast. That was a mistake. I was so excited to hear that people are making their usual plans to travel for S...

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For Whom the Bell Tolls

Posted on Monday, February 22nd, 2021 by Will Cox

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It Tolls for Thee

Posted on Tuesday, January 19th, 2021 by Will Cox

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It Tolls for Thee

Posted on Sunday, September 20th, 2020 by Will Cox

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How Do We Sleep While Our Beds Are Burning?

Posted on Wednesday, September 16th, 2020 by Will Cox

A hazy morning today, like yesterday, here in New York, on the eastern coast of North America. The smoke from the wildfires along the western coast of North Ame...

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Provide for … the General welfare

Posted on Thursday, March 26th, 2020 by Will Cox

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...

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The Known Unknown

Posted on Wednesday, March 25th, 2020 by Will Cox

‪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...

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A Matter of Life and Death

Posted on Tuesday, March 24th, 2020 by Will Cox

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...

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Vulture Capitalists and Other Scavengers

Posted on Friday, March 20th, 2020 by Will Cox

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...

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The Plague

Posted on Thursday, March 19th, 2020 by Will Cox

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...

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A Thousand Points of Light

Posted on Sunday, March 15th, 2020 by Will Cox

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...

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What I Hope–and Fear

Posted on Saturday, March 14th, 2020 by Will Cox

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 ...

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What if…

Posted on Friday, March 13th, 2020 by Will Cox

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...

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Garbage-In, Garbage-Out

Posted on Thursday, March 12th, 2020 by Will Cox

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...

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Personal Hygiene is Public Hygiene

Posted on Wednesday, March 11th, 2020 by Will Cox

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...

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A Simple Rate Tweak Should Do It

Posted on Tuesday, March 10th, 2020 by Will Cox

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...

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Escape from New York

Posted on Monday, March 9th, 2020 by Will Cox

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...

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“Trust in Me….”

Posted on Monday, March 9th, 2020 by Will Cox

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...

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Don’t Panic

Posted on Monday, March 9th, 2020 by Will Cox

It may be this is the End of Days, or it may not. We shall see, though it has certainly looked like this century has been rhyming with the last since at least 2...

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Living on Margin

Posted on Friday, March 6th, 2020 by Will Cox

Instant gratification is made possible by just-in-time delivery. What if just-in-time never arrives? I have four eggs left in the refrigerator and half a gallon...

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