If Kids Could Vote
If Kids Could Vote Remember the Pre-Revolutionary War chant, “Taxation Without Representation”…and what those three words presaged? Imagine you live in COVID America and are too young to vote, but your life...
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Magnificent Mosaic
Magnificent Mosaic Sheltering at home has given me the time to stay current with the insidious spread of the “2019 Influenza”, aka COVID-19. I’ve witnessed some interesting, empirically verified, truths. More than half of all...
Read MoreThe Siberian Candidate
The Siberian Candidate In a bizarre twist of art imitating life, two politically inspired movie classics have been reprised as episodic reality shows. They appear in real time, every day and they converge in both plot and lead...
Read MoreForgive Me My Trespasses
Forgive Me My Trespasses Forgiveness is a fundamental tenet of Christianity. A Christian asks to be forgiven their trespasses (their sins), and those who trespass against them. We all sin and it’s important to acknowledge our...
Read MoreCandidate T Rump
“His Tulsa campaign rally on June 20, 2020, was his 85th political rally since reneging on his oath; an average of more than two rallies per month. He’s played golf 254 times in 156 weeks as president. Each round costs you and...
Read MoreCOVID Death March
COVID Death March Vengeance is mine. So sayeth T Rump. Behold and beware of what tragedy awaits the American people in the months leading up to Election Day, November 3, 2020. T Rump is on a path that has but...
Read MoreOut of Many, ONE.
Out of Many, ONE. Tragedy is the mother of enlightenment. White supremacy has been alive in America since its inception and it thrives in the shadows (of our president) and under the cover of inelegantly sewn white sheets....
Read MoreQuestion Marx
Question Marx Which is he? The sixth Marx brother, DoDo Marx? Or, The neglected sibling of Karl Heinrich Marx, the German philosopher and political revolutionary and his sister, Louise?? I’d say it’s a toss up. Only Groucho...
Read MoreHatred Unmasked
Unmasked Hatred The adage, “Better safe than sorry”, is more meaningful today to me and my wife than any earlier time in our lives. We’ve followed closely the responses to COVID-19 by both politicians and health professionals...
Read MoreFuture Of Restaurants: The Good, Bad and Ugly Post COVID
Restaurants On The Move Half of all small, independent restaurants will never reopen. This adds up to more than 250,000 small businesses that will shutter for good. I’ve owned restaurants and bars, including a private club, and...
Read MoreJournalistic Triage
Journalistic Triage In emergency medical situations, when the number of patients needing treatment exceeds the technical capacity to deliver said treatment, attending physicians have to assign “degrees of urgency” to each...
Read MoreA New, New Deal
A New, New Deal The U. S. government uses acronyms in so broad and pervasive a fashion it’s qualified them as a separate and distinct language. Perhaps the most timely and memorable acronym of the twentieth century was a...
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