Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Once upon a time, we Americans would walk boldly into a Walmart or Lowe’s, grab a shopping cart, troll the aisles getting whatever we could need or want, and then head to the cash register, to stand packed in line with myriad other people to checkout. Those days seem like
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Laughter, they say, is the best medicine, and I’ve got a huge prescription of laughter to help fight off coronavirus (plus a handful of serious points). If you liked these, you can find more illustrated editions here. FacebookTweet
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It’s no surprise that socialized medicine countries stopped treating their old people. Socialized medicine rations care even when there’s not an emergency. I was talking to a friend in Spain who has taken his 88-year-old mother into his home. His mother had previously been living in a retirement community near
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I keep waiting for people’s ingenuity about coronavirus to run out, but it never happens. The jokes are as abundant as toilet paper once was. If you liked these, you can find more illustrated editions here. FacebookTweet
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Pandemic, deadly diseases have played a major role in shaping our history. The Plague changed the map of Europe and had much to do with England’s political development. It ended England’s practice of feudal slavery and set England on the path to becoming a liberal democracy. The Plague came to
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China probably didn’t hatch COVID-19 malevolently. Instead, it’s just China’s habitual carelessness, which the world encouraged to get cheap products. When I was a little girl in the 1960s, the cheap gewgaws and trinkets came from Japan. They weren’t making anything fancy back in the day, no stereo systems or
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One of the things that’s necessary to fight a war, even against a coronavirus, is a sense of humor. We’ve got plenty of ammunition to win that fight. To those of you kind enough to tune in for my words, not just my meme collections, I’ll have something to say
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This is not about Lung Pao Sicken. This is about “heart disease,” that will end up killing far more of us than the Wuhan Flu ever will. I do not normally overshare personal details, but this is one where the dark cloud has a titanium lining. A decade ago, after
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The memes are slowing as people adjust to their new lives in hiding, but there’s still some funny stuff out there so I’m diligently gathering the best ones. FacebookTweet
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According to Reuters, President Trump announced at his press briefing on Sunday that he has decided to extend the Great Hunkering through the end of April and that he will be unveiling a nationwide plan for the Wuhan Flu on Tuesday, March 31: “The peak, the highest point of death
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With coronavirus, we are returning to a time when healthcare providers took their lives in their hands when treating infected patients. Once upon a time, being a doctor was a very dangerous job. In a pre-modern era, when no one understood disease transmission, if the patients got something, there was
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When you’re an American, coronavirus doesn’t mean you stop. Instead, you make more and better memes every day because that’s what we do! Actually, the image at the top of this post isn’t a joke. Instead, it’s a useful observation about how wearing masks may affect coronavirus outcomes. Keep in
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I spend a large amount of time reading about coronavirus and the reactions to it. On the available data, so much doesn’t make sense, but I have theories. The question I’m hearing more often from neighbors, Facebook friends, email messages, etc., is why we’re going more crazy about coronavirus than
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Thankfully, if there’s one thing Americans haven’t lost during the great Coronavirus Hunkering Down of 2020, it’s their sense of humor. These are all good. FacebookTweet
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I. The Wuhan Flu / Chinese Coronavirus / Kung Flu / Lung Pao Sicken One would think that after two months of wall to wall Kung Flu, we would know a great deal about it. But if you’re like me, I still have more questions than answers. Whatever name one calls
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