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On Friday, White House doctors and advisers convinced President Trump that his bout of Covid-19 was so severe, he had to be helicoptered to Walter Reed Medical Center for intensive care. Trust me, this inflicted such a blow to his ego, they probably had to threaten to withhold his oxygen tubes to get him to… Read more.
[Note: This commentary was originally scheduled for publication early on Friday, October 2. But then interposed the “breaking news” that President Trump and first lady Melania had tested positive for Covid-19, and all hell broke loose. Still, talk about picking your poison. Ha!] ********** Donald J. Trump set the whole world atwitter in 2015, when… Read more.
Episode 4: Trump-Biden Debate and Trump Covid-19 Karma Listen.
There appears to be a Covid-19 cluster mushrooming inside the White House and beyond. President Donald Trump has tested positive for the coronavirus, as have first lady Melania Trump … White House adviser Hope Hicks, [campaign manager Bill Stepien, former counselor Kellyanne Conway, and countless others who attended a mask-free function at the White House… Read more.
I fully appreciate how serious and consequential this development is – not only for their health but also for the presidential election and national security. But, as I remarked to a friend moments ago, this was about as predictable as the sun rising in the east tomorrow. Trump and his supporters champion political incorrectness as… Read more.
9/11 changed the way we travel. Covid-19 will change the way we live. And I shudder to think just how … But it does not bode well that Covid-19 is dividing us as much as 9/11 united us. More to the point, 9/11 had us mourning and commiserating over the loss of 3000. But Covid-19… Read more.
His willful and negligent bungling of the fight against Covid-19 has already resulted in nearly 170,000 deaths. Now his willful and malevolent “kneecapping” of the Postal Service is sabotaging delivery of life-saving medicines to millions from sea to shining sea. Notably, this is affecting the poor and elderly – whose Obamacare health coverage he spent… Read more.
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As you read this commentary, bear the following in mind: We are only in the second month of a five-month hurricane season. Forecasters with the National Weather Service predict it will be above normal – with 3 to 6 major hurricanes, a la Dorian. Although devastating, Isaias is not a major hurricane. It is merely… Read more.
Fatefully, here is how I was boasting about our independence just weeks ago: We are a relatively young nation of only 396,000 people. Yet not even the hegemony of the United States can chasten our national pride. (“Happy Independence Day, Bahamas!” The iPINIONS Journal, July 10, 2020) But even I never thought not just national… Read more.
