How best to put an end to the Covid-19 pandemic? At the moment, after an irresponsibly late start, many countries in Europe and the United States are attempting various extreme forms of "social distancing" and "sheltering in place", sometimes referred to as "total lockdown." The goal is to prevent people from mingling in close quarters … Continue reading Coronavirus: Must we do nothing or be lockeddown? Some say there is a middle way…
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Life in a Time of Covid-19: Local, Private Joys and Separate Politics
We are now in a time of public collapse, known as "social distancing." Perhaps anti-social distancing is a more accurate label. Our global economy is proving to be more fragile than we expected. And it seems there are limits to what our scientific knowledge and technology can accomplish: we are vulnerable to viruses, be they … Continue reading Life in a Time of Covid-19: Local, Private Joys and Separate Politics
Now that Warren is Out, Vote Joe Biden Because He Cries in Public
If we can’t have Liz Warren, let’s elect a president who emotes and cries.
The Poll (a poem)
By John Kaufman I polled myself-- a single throng-- With two choices--right or wrong? When wrong was loud and right was soft, Wrong was the one I held aloft. . . But then I saw it wasn't right-- The crowd went quiet; the voice was mine.
Warren is Back. Cheers!
"Elizabeth Warren" by Gage Skidmore is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 After the media and Democratic voters of Iowa and New Hampshire sent Senator Elizabeth Warren out to get coffee for the cream of the Democratic Primary, the debate last night in Las Vegas proved that Warren the candidate came back with a glass of … Continue reading Warren is Back. Cheers!
Dem Primary:”Look! A Billionaire vs. a Socialist!”
Democrats in 2019, to beat Trump in 2020: "Biden or Warren?" Biden, according to polls, beats Trump by the largest margin, especially in crucial swing states. Warren, however, is more liberal, intellectual, younger, has excellent grasp of policy and many plans, appeals to women, would be our first female president. . . also competitive with … Continue reading Dem Primary:”Look! A Billionaire vs. a Socialist!”
The Pacific Returns for 2020
After a long retreat, a deep ebb tide of silence, the Pacific blog returns to regular publication for this momentous political year. The Pacific will remain "a still small voice" in the vast ocean of digital detritus, providing discriminating readers with shorter prose pieces on politics, literature and religion, as well as the occasional original … Continue reading The Pacific Returns for 2020
Playing God (satirical poem)
There is a new “Commission on Unalienable Rights” Investigating whether there’s a thing called human rights For aliens & atheists & immigrants & kids And anyone who alienates It by the color of her skin.
A Conservative Intellectual (satirical poem)
"There's only one thing worse than being effete; And that's being a cosmopolitan elite! What we need is conservative nationalism: America white or wrong! You know, imperialism."
Couplet: “Propaganda”
Propaganda is hard to tell. Eventually, it's "what the hell?"
Why I am a “bleeding-heart liberal”
To be "liberal" is to be "open to new ideas" and "favourable to or respectful of individual rights and freedoms." Given the above definition, can a true liberal be a promoter or defender of that most ancient flaw of humanity--war? Is such a thing as a "liberal hawk" logical or possible? One of the oldest … Continue reading Why I am a “bleeding-heart liberal”
