Elvis Was King, Ike Was President, and 116,000 Americans Died in a Pandemic
The year was 1957. Elvis’s new movie “Jailhouse Rock” was packing the theaters. The last episode of “I Love Lucy”…
Woodstock Occurred in the Middle of a Pandemic
In my lifetime, there was another deadly flu epidemic in the United States. The flu spread from Hong Kong to…
“I’ve Lost Faith in Humanity”: The Psychological Toll of the Lockdown
We have heretofore lived our lives with the presumption that we possess the inalienable right to choose. We are self-governors,…
There Will Be Blowback, In Mostly Good Ways
Two months ago, it had been mandatory in my local grocery to use only shopping bags brought from home. Plastic…
An Egregious Statistical Horror Story Suffused with Incense and Lugubrious Accents
With the latest reports of plummeting death rates from all causes, this crisis is over. The pandemic of doom erupted…
The World Will Backlash, In Mostly Good Ways
Two months ago, it had been mandatory in my local grocery to use only shopping bags brought from home. Plastic…
That Time Jesus Was Quarantined
Most of us didn’t realize, until very recently, what a remarkable stain is put upon a person (or whole people)…
Well, That Unraveled Fast
Thinking back to February 28, 2020, and the New England Journal of Medicine. It published an article called “Covid-19 —…
Virtual Seminars on the World Crisis (Video)
I’ve been busy almost daily with talks on the continuing crisis in our economic lives. There is so much to…
Why Is This Texas Hospital Furloughing Nurses?
If you watch the national news, you hear nonstop and correct reports of crowded hospitals and morgues, exhausted overworked doctors…