In December 2019, the sports world was saddened by the news that former heavyweight boxing champion Leon Spinks had cancer that started in his prostate and then spread to his bladder. As ESPN reports, Spinks spent much of 2019 in the Intensive Care Unit of a Las Vegas hospital undergoing treatment for his cancer. As USA Today reports, he was discharged on Christmas Eve … [Read more...] about A Need That All Men Over 50 Have
Social distancing: What it is and why it’s the best tool we have to fight the coronavirus
Staying just a few feet away from other people can help prevent the coronavirus from spreading. Klaus Vedfelt/ DigitalVision via Getty Images Thomas Perls, Boston University As the coronavirus spreads into more and more communities, public health officials are placing responsibility on individuals to help slow the pandemic. Social distancing is the … [Read more...] about Social distancing: What it is and why it’s the best tool we have to fight the coronavirus
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Trump gets widespread thumbs down on Oval Office speech and coronavirus role
The big debate has started now about whether Donald Trump is a)one of the worst Presidents in American history or b)the worst President in American history. The reason: the number of his untrue statements (i.e. lies) that he's pumping out on a regular basis has begun to catch up with him. Only this time perhaps millions of lives are at stake. All kinds of questions are … [Read more...] about Trump gets widespread thumbs down on Oval Office speech and coronavirus role
Joe Biden’s Midterm Exam
Joe Biden beat Bernie Sanders on a sub-super Tuesday, winning Michigan and three other primaries out of the six held. The day after, in a scheduled statement to the media, Sanders offered his candid view of the contest. Many expected a concession speech or campaign defiance. Instead, Sanders announced that this Sunday's debate ahead of the Arizona primary actually would be a … [Read more...] about Joe Biden’s Midterm Exam
10 Warehouse Safety Challenges to Overcome
Warehouses operate as the source of storage and shipping for every big company's products. These businesses depend on warehouse employees to work as efficiently and productively as possible. Sometimes, though, there are safety setbacks that keep workers from achieving their full potential or, even worse, that can cause harm. As commerce and technology innovation increase, so … [Read more...] about 10 Warehouse Safety Challenges to Overcome
Quote of the Day: David Frum on Donald Trump and the Coronavirus
Our quote of the day comes from The Atlantic's David Frum, a onetime George W. Bush speechwriter. On Donald Trump and the coronavirus and how Trump continually makes the coronavirus crisis worse: "At every turn, President Trump’s policy to coronavirus has unfolded as if guided by one rule: How can I make this crisis worse? Presidents are not all-powerful, especially not … [Read more...] about Quote of the Day: David Frum on Donald Trump and the Coronavirus
How big will the coronavirus epidemic be?
The Harvard historian Jill Lepore recounted recently in The New Yorker magazine that when democracies sink into crisis, the question “where are we going?” leaps to everyone’s mind as if we were waiting for a weather forecast to tell us how healthy our democracy was going to be tomorrow. Quoting Italian philosopher Benedetto Croce, Lepore writes that “political problems are not … [Read more...] about How big will the coronavirus epidemic be?
Coronavirus control measures aren’t pointless – just slowing down the pandemic could save millions of lives
The point is to make sure hospitals have space for those who get sick. Ariel Skelley/DigitalVision via Getty Images Matthew McQueen, University of Colorado Boulder Anywhere from 20% to 60% of the adults around the world may be infected with the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the disease COVID-19. That’s the estimate from leading … [Read more...] about Coronavirus control measures aren’t pointless – just slowing down the pandemic could save millions of lives
WHO declares coronavirus pandemic but Trump and world leaders are unprepared
[button link="#"] The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the novel coronavirus as a global pandemic from which no country is safe but President Donald Trump’s somber speech signaled that even the US is not prepared for combat on this unprecedented scale. "WHO has been assessing this outbreak around the clock and we are deeply concerned both by the alarming … [Read more...] about WHO declares coronavirus pandemic but Trump and world leaders are unprepared
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Trump announces travel ban from most of Europe: U.S. stock futures immediately tumble
Donald Trumps speech on the coronavirus was not the perfect speech. But will it help? Early signs aren't hopeful. Ever since President Harry Truman delivered the first televised speech from the Oval Office on Oct. 5, 1947, American Presidents have used the Oval Office speech as a speech that addressed a grave, serious, troubling, or exceptionally sad moment. It has been … [Read more...] about Trump announces travel ban from most of Europe: U.S. stock futures immediately tumble
THE RULE OF THE THIRTY TYRANTS
“Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.” - Socrates We have been here before. While it seems to so many that Donald Trump and his regime swept into power in 2016 through a crudely assembled catalogue of cheating, pandering, lying, stealing, and most prominently, through extortion - his triumph was, in truth, a pastiche … [Read more...] about THE RULE OF THE THIRTY TYRANTS
Coronavirus crisis now a pandemic, WHO declares
The World Health Organization declared the global coronavirus crisis is now a pandemic and expressed increasing alarm about mounting infections.Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who heads the U.N. agency, said Wednesday the WHO is “deeply concerned by the alarming levels of spread and severity” of the outbreak. He also expressed concern about “the alarming levels of inaction.”“We … [Read more...] about Coronavirus crisis now a pandemic, WHO declares
Biden’s big night with moderates, African Americans and Baby Boomers
Vice President Joe Biden enters a campaign event in Columbus, Ohio on March 10. AP Photo/Paul Vernon Luke Perry, Utica College; Keisha N. Blain, University of Pittsburgh, and Matthew May, Boise State University Editor’s note: With the race for the Democratic nomination narrowed to two front-runners, Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders, six states went to the … [Read more...] about Biden’s big night with moderates, African Americans and Baby Boomers
How big will the coronavirus epidemic be? An epidemiologist updates his concerns
A security guard wears gloves while holding a basketball during halftime of an NBA game in Houston on March 5, 2020. The NBA has told players to avoid high-fiving fans and to avoid taking any item for autographs. AP Photo/David J. Phillip Maciej F. Boni, Pennsylvania State University The Harvard historian Jill Lepore recounted recently in The New … [Read more...] about How big will the coronavirus epidemic be? An epidemiologist updates his concerns
Where’s My Andrew Yang?
Nearly 12 years ago, the housing bubble burst, taking the economy down with it. Bear Stearns was out, and the Bear Market was in. Lehman Brothers shattered, and Treasury Secretary Henry Poulson told Americans that our spacious skies were falling. The presidential election campaign was in its autumnal swing, and the nominees were scheduled to hold their first debate. John … [Read more...] about Where’s My Andrew Yang?
Supply and Demand in the Plague Year
We're on the verge of financial panic: Nihar Kabinittal / ABC News: Dow sinks more than 2,000 points amid coronavirus uncertainty and plunging oil prices — Markets are teetering close to bear market territory. — Coronavirus fears and the steep sell-off in crude oil caused U.S. markets to continue their precipitous fall, with the Dow Jones Industrial … 'The sleep of … [Read more...] about Supply and Demand in the Plague Year
Corona Beer, Coronavirus and Related Disinformation
As coronavirus spreads around the globe and in the United States, so too are disinformation, rumors, bogus, ridiculous and just plain false claims spreading like wildfire. Qualifying as ridiculous is certainly the linking of Corona beer with the coronavirus. A recent survey found that “38% of American beer drinkers surveyed…said they wouldn't buy Corona ‘under any … [Read more...] about Corona Beer, Coronavirus and Related Disinformation
Markets tumble as Trump attacks media, political rivals and spreads misinformation on Twitter
From the days of the 2016 Republican nomination campaign, to the 2016 election to when Donald Trump took office there were always some who predicted he would grow in office. In his response to the coronavirus crisis and markets nose-diving there is now an established fact: While Donald Trump's waistline has grown in office, he hasn't. Trump unleashed a 13 tweet … [Read more...] about Markets tumble as Trump attacks media, political rivals and spreads misinformation on Twitter