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• Our Everyday Heroes

  

  Medical personnel are the heroes of the moment. On the front lines, working flat out, under great emotional stress, literally risking their lives. Deserving... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• My Daily Coronavirus Briefing

  

  Today’s key story is undercounting coronavirus cases and deaths. Another great piece of New York Times reporting.It comes back again to the administration’s... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Life in Difficult Times: German Notgeld

  

  We’re now seeing pandemic literature — personal accounts from people about coping with home confinement. My own normal life is much like quarantine anyway. Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Human Social Virtues in a Time of Crisis

  

  Garrison Keillor once said, if the purpose of one’s life is to serve others, then what purpose is served by the existence of those others? This actually poses... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• As the Virus Goes Viral

  

  My first 3/9 post on coronavirus was mocked for underestimating it. That’s a misreading. But I was over-estimating the government’s response. Which could have... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Pandemic and the Trump Cult

  

  (Expanding on my Feb. 13 featured commentary in the Albany Times-Union)America is the culmination of thousands of years of people grappling with how to make goo... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Coronavirus Realities

  

  Trump, having previously said the economic shutdown could last till August, now wants a return to normalcy much sooner. (Much sooner than medical experts... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• COVID-19: How Much is a Life Worth?

  

  Watching news reports about the economic devastation, my wife said the unsayable: “This isn’t worth it.”The economic disaster is not from people falling ill, bu... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Leadership and Attitude in a Crisis

  

  In this crisis, daily White House press briefings with professionals like Dr. Fauci are good. Trump being there is not. Maybe he fantasizes he looks leaderlike. Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Only WE Can Fix It: Speech by Joe Biden

  

  In the past I’ve written speeches for politicians, like Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton — tongue-in-cheek speeches they’d never give. But now I’ve written one... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Artificial Intelligence and Our Ethical Responsibility

  

  (A virus-free and Trump-free post. (At least until I added this.))Artificial Intelligence (AI) was originally conceived as replicating human intelligence. That... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Responsibility

  

  “Leadership: Whatever happens, you’re responsible. If it doesn’t happen, you’re responsible.”—— Trump, tweeting in 2013, slamming Obama)“No, I don’t take... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Sky is Falling! The Sky is Falling! And the Chickens Come Home to Roost

  

  The end of the world. Everything shut down, cancelled, locked down.This is what we get when we elect a government of clowns. Trump’s response has been largely... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Bernie: Time to Support Biden

  

  In any human endeavor, rationality demands asking what purpose is served. It’s not always obvious.What purpose is served now by Sanders continuing to campaign? Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Coronavirus/Covid19: Don’t Panic, It’s Just Flu

  

  It may or may not be a pandemic, but it is certainly a panic. A huge chunk of Italy, including Milan and Venice, is locked down, as is much of Washington State. Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Contradiction: Religion and Results for U.S. Blacks

  

  In Jeremiah Camara’s film Contradiction: A Question of Faith, the question is whether blacks’ religiosity helps or harms them.They tend to be more religious tha... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump’s Afghan Surrender

  

  The story begins 40 years ago with a Communist coup. The Soviets invaded to protect the new regime, while Muslims rose in revolt. We supported and armed them.... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Super Tuesday and American Democracy

  

  As Super Tuesday loomed, I hoped for a triumph of sanity — but feared its last stand. Thank you, Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar, tribunes of sanity who did th... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• American Nightmare — Sanders Versus Trump

  

  “American Nightmare” is The Economist’s latest cover story. This is an authoritative, extremely serious, sober publication, not given to hysteria. But this... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Is Inequality Really Worsening?

  

  Rising inequality is a fixture of left-wing polemics. Sanders harps on it. Lamenting a widening gap between the richest and the rest. Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY