The following is a meditation on the COVID-19 pandemic. I wrote this in free verse, as neither rhyme nor meter seemed appropriate for this most discordant and chaotic disease. As So Many Die As so many die, We, the living, breathe, And walk, And wonder. What does the future hold? Will I be next? Will those I love be
Being a student of contemporary American culture for many years I have long speculated on how one might characterize the various luminaries that inhabit the public square. Recently it’s occurred to me that it’s possible to make INSTANT diagnoses for many of them. Usually a word or two does the trick. Occasionally an individual qualifies for multiple diagnoses, in which
In the midst of a pandemic which has stricken over TWO MILLION PEOPLE and killed nearly ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THOUSAND world wide, and which has killed nearly 46,000 Americans, many people appear bent on demonstrating their own ignorance and callousness. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has ignored Chicago’s social distancing rules in order to have her HAIR COLORED. Her gray
In case the reader has not read my previous essay, the following commentary references a documentary produced by the Epoch Times and can be accessed through the following link: https://youtu.be/XMJ0EmMfb3U Take Home Points And Analysis Of The Epoch Times Documentary: >First, I should mention that when I posted the video documentary on my personal FaceBook page, a “warning message” popped
While doing research for my previous essay on China’s malfeasance in the COVID-19 pandemic (Guilty As OJ, 4/20/20) I came across a video essay that is so important, I’ve decided to feature it here. The video was researched and written by Joshua Phillip, an investigative journalist with the Epoch Times in New York City. The Epoch Times is an independent
Of the many different types of criminals that prowl our world, there’s one category that stands apart from the rest. A premier example of such a category is OJ Simpson. Not only did he commit two grizzly murders (even though he was acquitted in criminal court, he WAS found guilty in civil court, and 10 million dollars of investigation spent
Numerous organizations in both the public and private sectors have offered to provide the general public with “trusted information” on COVID-19. Signs on the highway direct the motorist to call 211 (presumably when DONE driving) for “trusted information.” Over a dozen hospitals and health care systems throughout the tristate region advertise phone numbers and websites where the perplexed can call
One Ounce Of Humanity There’s much about Joe Biden’s demeanor and behavior that cries out for the descriptor “creepy”: The many videos of him having his hands all over women AND young girls are gross to say the least. The videos of him SNIFFING women and rubbing his face in their hair are shocking. Then there are the tales of
In 1959, when I was seven years of age, I came very close to death. It was mid February, deep into one of the dark and horribly frigid winters that were not infrequent back then. Public elementary schools at the time were (and probably STILL are, to some extent, even today) virtual miasmas of communicable disease. I became terribly sick
Wuhan Virus has now been documented in every state of the Union. There are now TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY NINE THOUSAND AND TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY NINE Americans who have come down with the disease. The number of dead is now FIVE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY THREE. Thousands of patients are on ventilator assistance fighting for their lives. Americans