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Crises, especially long ones, generally change things. Those changes are either to prevent a crisis from happening again or they could be a learned response to the crisis. We might find people less likely to shake hands or hug in the future. We don't know yet.
We are in the middle of a crisis unlike any we have ever known. I am not talking about the virus.
America's capitalist system will make our response quicker and more effective if we take advantage of it properly. At this moment, American companies are switching production to make masks, hospital gowns, ventilators, and other needed medical supplies. This is reminiscent of World War II, during which capitalism enabled the United States to outproduce the Axis Powers.
America's military veterans have a very timely opportunity to once again provide a valuable service to the nation, but this time the service — that is, the mission — can be accomplished through a veteran's everyday conversations. This mission needs to be accomplished in the coming weeks and months prior to November 2020.
This is an article on the importance of freedom, the invisible hand of the market, and the shortcomings of socialism.
Okay, we get it. We're idiots. Thanks for pointing that out daily because we are so stupid we need reminding every day (and night, for that matter).
Much is being said these days about how the two-week period of April 5-19 is expected to experience a peak in coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths. This prediction applies to the city of New York as well as certain other cities and areas of the United States.
George Will in an opinion column shared an incident during the Second World War: In 1940, a significant portion of the British Army had been pushed to the sea at Dunkirk France by the Germans. Trapped there, a British officer reported to his superiors with a three-word message: "But if not." It was immediately recognized from the Book of Daniel at a time when the Bible was routinely taught.
In the Democratic presidential primary, there have been several candidates arguing that student-loan indebtedness is a crisis requiring federal intervention.
A tension, if not full-blown war, exists between progressive politicians and "corporations" as though the latter were somehow separate from the people who finance them, work for them, and lead them.
The coronavirus (CODIV-19) pandemic thus far has spread into over 120 countries, causing high levels of infection and thousands of deaths. The worldwide costs of combating the CODIV-19 pandemic, including efforts to overcome severe economic hardships for millions of people and organizations, could eventually amount to several trillions of dollars.
The recent controversy over President Trump's removal of Gordon Sondland from his post as ambassador to the European Union provides us an excellent opportunity to ruminate upon the meaning of the unitary executive and the separation-of-powers principles in our Constitution.
Hillary Rodham Clinton recently claimed that she is the most investigated innocent person in America. Really? No doubt many of her supporters and admirers readily agree with her.
One of the basic laws of medicine is that children are not just little adults. They get different diseases. They respond differently than adults to medicines and illnesses. And one of the basic laws of life is that kids morally, psychologically, and intellectually are also not adults.
Where are matters today with the Article V (AV) Convention of States (COS) movement to propose urgently needed amendments to the U.S. Constitution?
Last evening I watched part of Simon Schama's excellent program, "The History of the Jews." One image struck me strong as a deeply patriotic American and serious Jew. It was that page of the Talmud, the great compilation of Jewish law and values that Schama kept showing to the viewers. On each page its central moral argument was surrounded by multiple counterarguments and supporting arguments compiled over centuries from various wise and learned men across Europe and the Middle East. Its breadth of debate showed one of the main reasons Judaism has survived for nearly 4,000 years.
Anyone who's been a parent has seen how immaturely children can behave when they don't get what they want. There's usually a lot of whining and complaining, a temper tantrum or two, and an unwillingness to accept the rules that were applied to the situation. Fortunately, most children eventually grow up and mature. Not so with the progressive left which seems to live in perpetual immaturity.
At the memorial service for a deceased person in my home town, a large crowd of friends and acquaintances attended. Marilyn had been deeply involved in the life of our community. My wife and I knew her through Girl Scouts, where she had been a long-time troop leader.
Late last January, a short video showing Catholic high school boys and an indigenous drummer in Washington created a media and social media flurry.
