As a child, I grew up in abject poverty with our family being evicted often. A number of times I found myself in poor African American neighborhoods or public housing. D...
As the temporary $600-per-week boost in unemployment benefits nears its expiration, the first serious partisan battle over federal COVID-19 relief is looming.
At the ext...
You could argue that Twitter has been Donald Trump’s best friend. He has 80 million followers. He uses the social media platform daily to reach voters without relying on...
The song is titled “Black and White.” The band was Three Dog Night, and the year was 1972. The song was written in 1954 but most only know it from this version.
That pl...
In mid-April, I received a message from the nursing home in Connecticut where my mother lives. When I called back, a doctor told me, “your mother has a fever.”
Those wer...
We have a hard time distinguishing between hatred and utter stupidity at times.
When we sit and ponder what might be permanently lost during the horrible time we are exp...
A recent report from the Well Being Trust estimates that about 68,000 Americans could die as a result of the isolation, loneliness and unemployment induced by the circum...
There was much chatter on media sites last week about Paul Manafort's good fortune to be released from federal prison in Pennsylvania because of the threat of contractin...
For his critics, Dr. Anthony Fauci cemented his status as the Rasputin of public health with his Senate testimony the other day.
The National Institutes of Health offici...
When he started working on what would become “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!” Theodor Geisel — better known as Dr. Seuss —probably understood that it was his last book.
It’s ...
