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  • Stimulus Goodies, Good Souls, and Grifters

    Stimulus Goodies, Good Souls, and Grifters0

    On March 29, I spoke with a loan agent for a bank in a medium-sized city who wishes to remain anonymous. Her desire for anonymity will become clear after you read what she told me. Her bank, like many others, often works with the Small Business Administration (SBA) in making loans. The SBA guarantees a

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  • School’s Out Forever?

    School’s Out Forever?0

    With just about every public school in the country closed at this time, the only way for kids to get an education is at home. Many see this as nothing less than tragic. Writing in Education Week, Stephen Sawchuk claims that schools are an “absolute necessity for the functioning of civic culture, and even more

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  • Netflix’s Messiah: A Snapshot of Our Times

    Netflix’s Messiah: A Snapshot of Our Times0

    The anticipation for Netflix’s new show Messiah was significant. Media coverage described the show as “controversial,” and The Royal Film Commission of Jordan asked Netflix not to stream it, fearing the show would “infringe… on the sanctity of religion.  However, when Messiah was actually released it quickly fell flat. Reviews were mixed, and the fact that

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  • COVID-19 in the Light of History

    COVID-19 in the Light of History0

    Serious epidemics can have far-reaching social, cultural, and geopolitical consequences. The plague which devastated Athens in 430 BC – in the second year of the Peloponnesian War, when an Athenian victory still seemed within reach – claimed a quarter of the population, some 75,000 people including Pericles. His successors were weak and incompetent, and Athens

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  • Love in a Time of Coronavirus

    Love in a Time of Coronavirus0

    “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose “By any other name would smell as sweet….” ~William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet Sorry, Mr. Shakespeare, but I beg to disagree. “Rose” glides from the lips like a musical note, perfumed and sweet in sound as the flower itself. Suppose for argument’s sake that the

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  • Greta Thunberg’s Population Growth Problem

    Greta Thunberg’s Population Growth Problem0

    Earlier this week, famed climate activist Greta Thunberg took to Instagram, announcing her belief that she was recovering from COVID-19. Her illness, Thunberg noted, was light, and didn’t seem much worse than the common cold. Thunberg attributed her allegedly light COVID case to her youth. Unlike certain spring break partiers, Thunberg recognized the importance of

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