Comforting images
USNS Comfort comes to town: More photos here. Those photos conjure up childhood memories for me. I was born a few years after the end of WWII, but in my childhood there was still a lot of war consciousness. My … Continue reading →
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What we’ve learned so far
Not meant to be an inclusive list. And by “we,” I certainly don’t mean everyone. (1) China is a bad actor. (2) Trump was right about China. (3) Borders are important. (4) Trump was right about borders. (5) We need … Continue reading →
Samaritan’s Purse sets up a field hospital in Central Park
What wonderful people: Kelly will be among a few dozen nurses and doctors from Samaritan’s Purse, a nondenominational evangelical Christian humanitarian organization, working at a field hospital set up in Central Park — across the street from Mount Sinai Hospital … Continue reading →
This seems too good to be true
But I sure hope it is true.
Continue reading →COVID roundup
There are so many good articles around that I despair of doing them all justice with a full discussion, so here’s a short roundup of some of the best or most interesting. (1) Germany has a plan to start testing … Continue reading →
COVID-19: and what of Mexico?
Here’s a good question from commenter “Sharon W”: Shouldn’t [Mexico’s] numbers be worse than ours, not having enacted any orders and living life in normal fashion? I thought maybe the weather, but I checked Tijuana and it is the same … Continue reading →
April is…
…the cruelest month. Or at least, a cruel month. But it’s not really a surprising announcement; I didn’t think the edicts would be lifted as soon as right after Easter. That line about April being the cruelest month is usually … Continue reading →
Songs for our times
You may have noticed that on weekends I often like to post something about the arts. Because everything’s been so COVID-centric lately, this is the song that has been rolling around in my mind. So – merging arts with COVID … Continue reading →
Conversations with friends: “Trump did nothing”
Now that we’re all housebound, I find myself talking on the phone to friends more often. Sometimes they’re people I’m not often in touch with, and – since I don’t ordinarily bring up politics in conversation anyway – most of … Continue reading →
Flu vs. COVID-19: worrying about hospital shortages is nothing new
Commenter “Montage” writes: Covid-19 is not just like the flu, which some want you to believe. In all the years of the flu we didn’t have hospital bed shortages or a worry about the number of ventilators that will be … Continue reading →
Gantz and Netanyahu, together again
Well, well, well: In a dramatic turn of events, the Blue and White Party that served as the alternative to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the March 2 election, broke up on Thursday after party head Benny Gantz decided to … Continue reading →
Distortion and fear: the MSM won’t quit doing this, because they think (know?) it works
I think the public is scared enough. But apparently the press doesn’t think so. They play with the statistics, picking and choosing the most alarming measure among them in order to further panic the people and the better to criticize … Continue reading →