Virus: Get ready for our finest, and worst, hour

4 years ago

When someone references the psychologically shocking terms  “Pearl Harbor” and “9/11” to describe what is hurtling down the mountain toward…

Virus: Wakeup call with China

4 years ago

Mexican-American comic Paul Rodriguez had a memorable joke. Foreign wars, he said, is how Americans learn geography. If it hadn’t…

Toon of the day

4 years ago

I’ve been writing just about daily for two weeks and need a breather, but I wanted to leave you with…

Virus: We want it to pass over us

4 years ago

Passover begins Wednesday evening and I can’t imagine why this didn’t occur to me earlier. There are a couple of…

Virus: Why Fox gives airtime to Gov. Cuomo

4 years ago

Anyone know why the three cable networks are carrying live and complete New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s daily fireside chats?…

Virus: I am a carrier

4 years ago

I am a coronavirus carrier. So are you. The author, dressed for public appearance I can’t prove that because I…

Virus: It’s time for a miracle

4 years ago

President Donald J. Trump had a dream, a beautiful dream, that somehow the World War III we are fighting would…

Virus: Half of what you hear is wrong

4 years ago

For supposedly smart and well-educated people, Americans fall for a wide variety of misinformation about the coronavirus. The bad data…

Virus: Humor in The Great Isolation

4 years ago

Some people think some topics are too serious to joke about.  I don’t agree. I think any subject can be…

Virus: Crime goes down, but won’t stay down

4 years ago

Here’s proof that almost every gray cloud has a silver lining. Philadelphia Police Department statistics show that during the first…