It has been more than a full year since the world became aware of the historic, transformative virus – coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) – and the consequent disease, COVID-19.[1] Societies have been substantively altered, in some ways, perhaps irreversibly. When state and local governments responded to the unknown with lockdown and isolation protocols that few living AmericansContinue reading “Coronavirus Retrospective: China and Rudderless Politicians Stole a Year from 330 Million Americans and Charged Them Trillions for It”
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Republicans Failed to Define the Price of Freedom
(See Part II: Voters Elect Leaders, Not Scientists) Part III of III Context is a concept often forgotten and ignored today as people rush to conclusions, often condemnation with a ‘jump to worst’ mentality. Fundamentally, America is a nation formed by risk-takers. For four hundred years, people have come here with few guarantees other thanContinue reading “Republicans Failed to Define the Price of Freedom”
Voters Elect Leaders, Not Scientists
(See Part I: The Democrats’ Coronavirus Gambit Is Working) Part II of III Science matters, and the nature of science is to theorize, test and reevaluate when additional data presents itself. But medical science is not the end of all things. Politicians are elected to lead, not follow. Moreover, to take extreme measures – measuresContinue reading “Voters Elect Leaders, Not Scientists”
The Democrats’ Coronavirus Gambit Is Working
Part I of III No matter what happens through the remainder of the year, 2020 will be forever known for coronavirus – for the virus itself, the political response to it and the socio-economic consequences, which together have caused unprecedented damage to the social and economic[1] lives of the American people.[2] Democrats have been fullyContinue reading “The Democrats’ Coronavirus Gambit Is Working”
The Coronavirus Dilemma: Facing Risk and Finding Balance
Life comes with risks, some are known and avoidable, some are not. For example, we know that every day millions of Americans get into a vehicle, assuming risk of personal injury, paying little attention to the reality that we could become one of the 100 who will not return home, having perished in an autoContinue reading “The Coronavirus Dilemma: Facing Risk and Finding Balance”