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Category Archives: Ethics and Morality
Secrecy Is Killing US
Here are today’s frightening US statistics: 81,000+ Americans dead from the virus. confirmed cases 1,392,000+, new cases reported yesterday 6,533. another way to think about this is our place in the world. We have 4% of the world population, 33% … Continue reading
Posted in Being American, Business, Citizenship, Ethics and Morality, labor, Politics, Public Health
Tagged Blogosphere, Coronavirus, CoVID-19, Disease, Elderly, Evidence, Fact, FEMA, Incarcerated, Infirm, Jails and Prisons, Medicaid, Medicare, Murder, Openness, Pandemic, People of Color, politics, PPE, Republicans, Science, Secrecy, Secrets, Silencing Science, SNAP, Social Security, Supreme Court, Taxes, Testing Kits, Transparency, Trump, Vaccine
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COVID-19 Self-Quarantine Day 9
Earlier this morning, I was reflecting on my first 9 days of self-quarantine. What started it was when I put my P46 thermos cup in the cupboard. Since I got that cup, it has never been out of its special … Continue reading
Posted in Being American, Blog, Ethics and Morality, Mental Health, Public Health, Relationships
Tagged Alcohol, Child Abuse, CoVID-19, Domestic Trauma, Domestic Violence, Drugs, family, Games, Lock Down, Mental Health, Psyche, Psychology, Routine, Self-Quarantine, Suicide, Things to Do
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GI Bill: A Crash Course in American History
For years I’ve heard the indignant screams of self-proclaimed patriots bellowing about how some people, for some irrational reason, don’t deserve certain benefits or respect bestowed to those other Americans who have “earned” them. These patriots have a growing list of privileges that other folks don’t deserve. Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Business, Citizenship, Ethics and Morality, labor, Politics
Tagged Altruism, Capitalsm, Earning Rights, GI Bill, Self-Reliance, Self-Respect, Veterans
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Two Deadly Viruses Are Loose in America
I’m following Trump’s handling of the growing Corona-virus, CoVid-19, pandemic. The virus is not Trump’s fault. Oddly, it provides him a unique opportunity to be a national hero, if he acts swiftly and effectively to protect Americans from this lethal … Continue reading
Posted in Being American, Blog, Citizenship, Ethics and Morality, OpEd, Politics
Tagged Carona-virus, CoVID-19, Elections, Freedom, Malignancy, MERs, Misinformation, National Emergency, Power, Rule of Law, SARs, Stiffling Descent, Stiffling Science, Trump, Weaponizing Information
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Weary Yet Unbowed
A few days ago, I sat at a table in my neighborhood Patisserie. It had started snowing during the night and by 7a.m. about 3” coated the world. Looking out the large windows, I could the see powdery flakes falling, … Continue reading
Posted in Being American, Blog, Ethics and Morality, Politics
Tagged Ben Franklin, Democracy, Document, Evidence, Fatique, Founders, Freedom of Speech, Giving Up, High Crimes and Misdemeanors, Investigation, Persistance, Rachel Maddow, Religious Freedom, Republicans, Revolutionary War, Rule of Law, Senate Trial, Senator Chuck Schumer, Witness
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