It’s interesting that arguably the two most inept responses to the COVID-19 pandemic are countries led by birds of a feather. Boris Johnson, the United Kingdom’s prime minister, shares many of President Donald Trump’s traits: principle-free conservatism, über-nationalism, isolationism, clownish… Continue Reading
Yesterday Matt Peebles posted a well-reasoned and thought-provoking essay on the topic of population density as it relates to the COVID-19 crisis. He invited us to draw our own conclusions regarding the question of local control over mitigation measures.… Continue Reading
I arose this weekend morning thinking I would be going to “wake-up” tennis clinic, held at 8:30 A.M. every Saturday at Sun Oaks. I’m well aware of the calls for social distancing to minimize the risk of infection by COVID-19,… Continue Reading
This “best of” article was originally published December 12, 2016. Christmas. I’m not the biggest fan. I’ve moved a safe distance beyond the days when my Grinch-like attitude was a downer for my wife Elise, who loves Christmas. I’ve learned… Continue Reading
I’m a guy who can sit at his keyboard and crank out a column for ANewsCafe.com in about 30 minutes when I’ve got an itch to scratch. Finding enough words to fill a couple of pages isn’t a problem. My… Continue Reading
I need a break from the news, and I’m hoping you need one, too. I’m Carr-fire exhausted. And I’m exhausted by politics—embarrassed for our country regarding the latest Trump news: the bruhaha with his fellow reality TV character, Omarosa. I… Continue Reading
For more than 30 years I’ve been registered as a voter under various third-party affiliations, or, more recently, as an independent voter. I’ve always been the first to admit that more often than not I vote for Democrats, especially in… Continue Reading
There has been a raft of recent articles on ANewsCafe regarding Bethel Church and the way the leaders of the church view homosexuality, as most of you readers well know. In a nutshell: Homosexuality is a sin, but Jesus can… Continue Reading
Any of you folks (besides me) old enough to remember Bizarro World? Back in the day it was a DC Comics alt-version of the Superman comic book series. Bizarro World was a cube-shaped planet where everything was the opposite of… Continue Reading
I know many people who own guns and are responsible gun owners. Their reasons for owning guns are varied—some are plinkers, some are hunters, others are hobbyists. One guy has a magnificent collection of muzzleloader rifles, inherited from his father… Continue Reading
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