with Anthony Newcombe Published with permission from writeplus.biz Title: W-T-F happened? Topic: Wasn’t Covid in our rear window…#GuessNOT Why is everyone testing positive NOW!? We thought were heading outta this “thing?” I thought the stands were going to be filled with something OTHER than “flat-Stanleys?” Weren’t we heading to the ball parks and arenas and concert venues again? Didn’t […]
Read Morewith Anthony Newcombe (published with permission from https://writeplus.biz) Topic: How and who will pay for COVID-19 vaccinations? Issue: Pandemic, vaccination costs, and the risks of ongoing collateral damage in the U.S. Terminology: Pandemic was recently dubbed the “word of the year” by Merriam-Webster (click link either left or below). Congrats, pandemic, you’ve officially arrived! However, now the discussion has shifted […]
Read MoreA Closer Look … with Anthony Newcombe (published with permission from writeplus.biz) Let’s take a closer look … @ college students! Area: Education and college students Issue: What can be expected from the “college fallout” due dramatic loss of revenue from the Covid-19 pandemic. In other words, how do parents of soon to be college students even know […]
Read MoreA Closer Look … with Anthony Newcombe published with permission from writeplus.biz Area(s): business, politics (and the strange ways they seem to intersect these days) Topic: Business “Monopoly sweepstakes” during this pandemic Issue: Are “favored” companies taking unfair advantage of “unfavored” ones – as well as the rest of us – during this pandemic? I don’t […]
Read MoreA Closer Look … with Anthony Newcombe (published with permission from writeplus.biz) Topic: PLAY BALL!! (just don’t spit or argue…and get Covid tested often!!) Issue: Can baseball players really refrain from spitting?! Or, arguing? Or … I guess it’s a valiant effort to think we can “field” a troupe of MLB players and count on them to refrain from […]
Read MoreA Closer Look … with Anthony Newcombe published with permission from writeplus.biz Let’s take a closer look … @ NEW SKILLS DURING COVID LOCKDOWN?? Topic: What skill did you learn/ are you learning during the extended “home-based” Covid-19 period? Personal note: Like you, I noticed plenty of people getting in on the new “mask production craze.” […]
Read Morewith Anthony Newcombe Published with permission from writeplus.biz Topic: Reopening vs. Testing (Covid-19) Issue: Is it better to risk an economic collapse using a more deliberate approach in reopening America (with a broader national testing program), or, try to get us ‘back to normal’ as quickly as possible and risk another spike in infections and deaths? […]
Read Morewith Anthony Newcombe (published with permission from WritePlus.biz) Arena: Healthcare and Politics (and why they don’t mix) Topic: How do we manage to blame the ‘other party’ during a global pandemic? I understand all too well that America in 2020 is in the midst of a political tug o’ war over, well, almost everything. We have demonstrated that we can brawl about […]
Read MoreA Closer Look … at Health & Pandemics! posted with permission from WritePlus with Anthony Newcombe (Vol. II) Issue: What “good” has already resulted from shutting down entire city, state, and nation populations due to the Covid-19 pandemic? Let’s take ‘a closer look’ … If you haven’t yet noticed, we are in an international health […]
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