Category: "Politics & Current Events"

Conspiriosity

09/03/20 | by nicasaurus | Categories: Politics & Current Events
We Americans are fond of conspiracy theories. These imagined plots, sometimes built upon fragments of fact, satisfy the need for simple explanations of complex situations. I came of age in the 1950’s and 60’s and clearly recall the paranoia in the air… more »
 

Journalist For a Day: I Ask Joe Biden Questions

08/12/20 | by nicasaurus | Categories: Politics & Current Events
There are questions that should be asked of our political leaders. If I were a journalist with the opportunity to interview Democratic nominee Joe Biden, here are some I would ask: Vice-President Biden, having selected Senator Kamala Harris as your… more »
 

Domestic Terrorists

08/06/20 | by nicasaurus | Categories: Politics & Current Events
“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity,… more »
 

The Ostrich Approach

06/22/20 | by nicasaurus | Categories: Politics & Current Events
Legend has it that the ostrich, the large, flightless-but-fleet-footed African bird, will bury its head in the sand to avoid danger. While the legend has no basis in fact, it does provide a useful metaphor to describe certain of the President’s remarks… more »
 

Believe It or Don't

04/27/20 | by nicasaurus | Categories: Politics & Current Events
At last Thursday’s “briefing”, Donald Trump said that scientists should look into using disinfectant to treat Covid-19. Since disinfectants kill the virus on surfaces, there must be a way, he riffed in his inimitable way, to administer them by… more »
 

The Corona Diaries, No. 3

04/01/20 | by nicasaurus | Categories: Politics & Current Events
The number of cases of persons infected by the corornavirus in the US continues to increase and has passed 200,000. At the moment, the number of  deaths from covid-19, the disease caused by the virus, is over 4,700. At Tuesday’s briefing, the President… more »
 

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