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Viewpoints

What Is The Best Case Scenario?

Faced with the greatest public health threat in a century, we are stumbling in the dark. Each day’s death toll is treated as a shock, rather than what it ought to be — a fire bell in the night. Only on April 1, for example, did Florida Governor Ron DeSantis issue a stay-at-home order. As ...

Taking Rights Seriously

“If the provisions of the Constitution be not upheld when they pinch as well as when they comfort, they may as well be abandoned.” — Justice George Sutherland (1862-1942) In his 2008 book “Taking Rights Seriously,” the late professor Ronald Dworkin explored the origins and ...

‘Tis The Age Of Weird We Are In

We will have to come up with a name for these times. I nominate “Weird”. The Age of Weird. Everywhere you turn you find weird. I wish we could print that name in crazy colors. Within a fringe of black, for mourning. I started on a novel a few years ago. But set it aside. Because the story ...

Does Medicare Cover Me If I Get COVID-19?

Question: How does Medicare cover me if I get sick from COVID-19? Answer: COVID-19 has changed our daily lives so quickly in so many ways. It is my hope that you are isolating yourself from physical contact with people outside those that you live with. This does not mean being isolated ...

Question About ‘China First’ Shipment

A little less than two months ago, the U.S. State Department made a curious announcement that suggests President Trump’s “America First” administration put “China First” at a critical moment during the burgeoning Wuhan pandemic. I asked the State Department about the controversy ...

Coronavirus Shows That Mankind Needs God

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” The immortal words of Charles Dickens have never rung truer than now, during the age of COVID-19 and the global pandemic. Horror and hope are intermingled daily, reminding all of us about the limits of our power, and the trust and ...