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Masking: the Cool Factor

The Cool Factor—possessed by some, recognized by all—could help us defeat COVID-19 and, quite possibly, future pandemics. Before I get to the virus that’s been…

The Center Will Not Hold

The signs are everywhere. A man walks into a Subway in North Carolina carrying an AT-4 anti-tank rocket launcher and two sidearms. No tanks are…

Let’s Not Make a Monumental Mistake

By Martin H. Levinson Why the push to remove Confederate monuments? Those memorials were erected to honor brave American patriots who decided early on that…

Watchdogs Gone Wild

By Martin H. Levinson If you had an employee who was constantly gazing over your shoulder trying to get dirt on you would you fire…

If I Am Still Alive, I Shall Wear Purple

On Easter—check that—or two weeks past, or whenever I am an older man than I am today, I shall wear purple with a red MAGA…

Hope Springs Eternal

 by Martin H. Levinson I’m tired of hearing people bash President Trump over his handling of the coronavirus crisis. The fact is, Trump has been…

Trump in Mother India

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…

Mark My Words

S***-worthiness is not a given A mosaic in Pompeii states “Cave canis”. Indeed, dogs are remarkable animals. While descendants from wolfs, they have quickly become…




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