A Modest Proposal to Help Out Washington
The idea of Team Trump now planning the nation’s post-coronavirus recovery while simultaneously managing the current crisis certainly staggers the imagination. We’ve gone from no problem — a hoax! — to a problem that could start winding down in time for Easter Sunday or maybe by the end of April. The mind reels. But in […]
Heard on the Street
“Heard on the street.” For years as a reporter I relied on that phrase as a catch-all to describe some news source that – for a variety of reasons – would best not be identified by name. “Heard on the street” could have been something whispered off the record at a coffee shop or bar or […]
From Social Distance to Social Isolation
When does social distancing lead to social isolation? Will the coronavirus epidemic lead to a loneliness epidemic? These questions came to me on lucky Friday, the 13th of March, when I checked out a book from my neighborhood library, walked the three short blocks back to my house, and turned on the computer to find […]