Below is an unsavory selection of abridged headlines from the Miami Herald. This is not the news most Floridians would have expected to receive only a month ago. Florida coronavirus cases near 1,500 as 55 more cases announced. Death toll rises to 20 The Florida Department of Health announced 55 additional positive COVID-19 cases on […]
Archives for March 2020
What Happens When Essential Services Are Afraid to Work?
With coronavirus disrupting the economy at an alarming rate, the one comfort Americans have been able to cling to is that essential services are still operating. Lights are on, fuel for heat is being delivered, trash is being picked up. That could be about to change. In Pittsburgh, garbage collectors are refusing to pick up […]
Quarantined at Home and No Toilet Paper
Is there a household in America that isn’t praying it won’t run out of toilet paper? Apparently from the empty shelves in the paper goods section of any big/little store, the country desperately wants reassurances that TP will be back in stock on a regular basis. But as the editors in the WSJ write, Senator […]
Is the Medicine About to Kill the Patient?
Echoing President Trump’s recent remarks, Pat Buchanan wonders if the extreme measures being used to fight the coronavirus might not do more harm than good. He writes (abridged): “We cannot let the cure be worse than the problem itself,” tweeted the president on Sunday night, adding that, after the current 15-day shutdown, “we will make […]
Coronavirus Infects Stock Market: Part XVII
“Don’t let the cure be worse than the problem,” a thoughtful, and weary President Trump explained last night to America in a tone that was right on the money for the situation at hand. President Trump explained how we all need to do our part and that America was not built to be shut down […]
In the Age of Coronavirus – Cracker Jack Economics
What is it with these politicians looking for a prize in every package? Even though it may seem like light-years away, it was only last week that Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders clashed over stimulus in a primary debate, Andy Kessler reminds readers in the WSJ. Shoveling Something with “Shovel Ready” Mr. Biden celebrated the […]
A Letter from an Old Friend
Yesterday, I received this letter from an old friend whose small-town a two-and-a-half-hour drive from New York City is being inundated with people fleeing the coronavirus. He wrote: I went into town yesterday. In almost 63 years of living in the same small town, I have to say I didn’t recognize it. The post office […]
Obama Administration Never Replenished Supplies After Swine Flu
Many Americans are wondering why, when the country needs emergency medical supplies, are no stockpiles available. It turns out, the Obama administration oversaw the depletion of medical emergency supply stocks during the Swine Flu outbreak. The Blaze reports: During the outbreak, the Obama administration pulled roughly three-fourths of the masks from the stockpile to manage […]
Remembering Jon Basil Utley
Yesterday I received the sad news that Jon Basil Utley, publisher of The American Conservative magazine, had passed away. Jon was a friend and a truly unique gentleman, whom I much admired. Here’s a note from John Burtka the Executive Director at The American Conservative, about Jon: Dear Richard, With deep personal sadness, I am […]
Italy: No Respirators for Patients Over 60?
An Israeli doctor working in Italy told an Israeli TV station that he and his fellow doctors have been ordered not to use respirators on those patients aged over 60. The Jerusalem Post reports: Italy has suffered more coronavirus-related fatalities than China, with 4,825 confirmed deaths and 5,000 confirmed patients in the last 24 hours, Channel […]
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