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by Tim Koechlin (with nods to Lennon, McCartney and the CDC) Oh yeah, I’ll tell you something I hope you’ll understand When I’ll say that something I hope you’ll wash your hands! I hope you’ll wash your hands I hope you’ll wash your han... More »
by Sam Weller WASHINGTON – Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a prominent member of the White House’s Coronavirus Task Force announced, today, a potentially stunning breakthrough in the fight ag... More »
By Martin H. Levinson The coronavirus is killing people in Asia, Europe, and other places but that bug won’t get us because we’re too smart and cool to suffer shit like other nations. I know what you’re thinking: the CDC has reported some people have die... More »
By Eric Lichtblau President Trump, using new emergency powers, ordered federal agents Friday to quarantine political rival Joe Biden inside bubble wrap for at least the next eight months “to stop the spread of the coronavirus and keep America great.̶... More »
An Email to My Students, Now That Our University is Sending Them Home During the COVID-19 Crisis Hi, folks: Just a few updates, since ENG 257: Creative Nonfiction will be held remotely for the rest of the semester …. Required Readings As originally listed, p... More »
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Stephen J. Lyons Before I even entered the plane’s cabin I could see disaster lurking in the boarding tunnel. This is the staging area where mothers and fathers gear up like wilderness backpackers at a trailhead, disassembling baby joggers and strollers,... More »
by Jeffrey Meyers Family fights are the worst; they leave the deepest wounds and cause the greatest pain. Since everyone’s version of what happened was contradictory and self-serving, it was impossible to know what actually occurred. The clash of volatil... More »
By Edward Stanton Some have criticized President Trump’s 36-hour breeze through India this week, arguing that the visit was designed to bolster his own image and that of Prime Minister Modi more than improve ties between the world’s largest and oldest demo... More »
By Ana Worrel and Amy Frances Wright I wanna start by assuring you that I’m not gonna, like, mine a sophisticated profile of your personality to sell to nefarious third party consulting firms or anything like that. Sudoku’s a simple app. I’m just here to... More »