How Bad is this Pandemic?
I've been really down since all of this started, like many people. This pandemic is bad. But part of my anxiety comes from not knowing how bad the pandemic is-…
I've been really down since all of this started, like many people. This pandemic is bad. But part of my anxiety comes from not knowing how bad the pandemic is-…
My friend and writing partner, Jamil, just published a piece about where he sits on the political spectrum. He came out as pretty far left-libertarian according to The Political Compass.…
The inept federal response to the coronavirus pandemic, and the needless deaths of thousands of people, have gotten me back into writing about politics. My first piece back was about…
I've been a Star Trek fan my whole life. My mom was a fan in the sixties and we used to watch the original series together on reruns when I…
Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/gageskidmore/49624954238/ After reading Joe Biden's unimaginative, business-as-usual op-ed in the New York Times, I wondered, "How has the progressive left come to this?" In the end, it was Bernie…
Photo by Ben White on Unsplash Philosophy Phridays is a series where each Friday, I go to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, click on “random entry,” and then write about whatever comes up. This…
Photo by Element5 Digital on Unsplash The Democratic nomination of Joe Biden is basically settled. Realistically, it has been since the beginning of March. But many states, including my own, still have primaries…
Photo by Steve Johnson on Unsplash When the whole coronavirus lock down started, I thought I would get a lot of writing done. It's kind of the perfect conditions. I can't go anywhere…
Photo by Tai's Captures on Unsplash We have been hearing the words epidemic and pandemic a lot recently. I am not a doctor or a biologist or an infectious disease expert. I'm not…
Photo by CDC on Unsplash Like many other people, I’ve been home by myself a lot over the past few weeks. I was sick. I’m 99.9% sure it was just a seasonal cold.…