Washington Post: “Health: Trump is breaking every rule in the CDC’s 450-page playbook for health crisis After disastrous communications during the 2001 anthrax attacks — when white powder in envelopes sparked widespread panic — the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention created a 450-page manual outlining how U.S. leaders should talk to the public during … Continue reading Going Viral: Notes on the plague – March 14, 2020:
[Note: this post is not as long as it may appear; some attachments are at the end for completeness and accuracy.] Two years ago next week, Sharon Smith met her match. It was on March 16, 2018, in a weekend anti-racism workshop at a suburban Asheville community center. It was presented by the Racial Equity … Continue reading SAYMA’s Not Safe, III: New Trouble: Threats Against Three Meetings
A Startling expert report on how China is beating the virus in Wuhan: “The WHO [World Health Organization] sent 25 international experts to China and here are their main findings after 9 days. (Here is the link to the WHO press conference in YouTube: https://youtu.be/-o0q1XMRKYM ) An examination of 44,672 infected people in China showed … Continue reading World Health Org Experts on How China is Beating Corona Virus
My onetime colleague Joe Klein gets this right: I too was among many angry youth (even worse, an angry young Quaker) who despised Establishment Democrat Hubert Humphrey in 1968. I remember hearing Dr. King’s close aide Andrew Young pleading with an angry college crowd to vote for Hubert Humphrey. Young made two memorable points: “Some … Continue reading Remembering the 1968 Election: Politics, Snakes & Snakes
Here’s a speculation: For three years, Trump has been singling out American military commanders and lower-ranking troops and treating them like dirt. He’s also elevated some dirt bags, like the Navy Seal prisoner-killer he pardoned, who was hated by his own team members. He’s toyed with whole units, sending them on phony-baloney, embarrassing “missions” to … Continue reading Trump & the Troops: Is the Party Over?