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A Closer Look …

with Anthony Newcombe  published with permission from writeplus.biz 🦃Date: November 5, 2021 šŸ‚ šŸ‘€This month’s topic:  šŸ‘€ Did the American Worker Burnout (on America)?  We’ve always pride ourselves on our ā€œAmerican work ethic.ā€ The number of hours we labor, the few paid vacation days we take advantage of – always the highest and lowest in the world […]

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A Closer Look

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!?Ā  We thought were headingĀ outtaĀ this ā€œthing?ā€ I thought the stands were going to be filled with something OTHER than “flat-Stanleys?”Ā  Weren’t we heading to the ball parks and arenas and concert venues again?Ā  Didn’t […]

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A Closer Look … Pandemic-Covid-Vaccinations-Eligibility-Costs-a Shot in the Arm-

with 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 ā€œword of the yearā€ by Merriam-Webster (click link either left or below).  Congrats, pandemic, you’ve officially arrived!  However, now the discussion has shifted […]

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College Students

A 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 ā€œcollege falloutā€ due dramatic loss of revenue from the Covid-19 pandemic.  In other words, how do parents of soon to be college students even know […]

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MONOPOLIES!

A Closer Look … with Anthony Newcombe published with permission from writeplus.biz Area(s): business, politicsĀ (and the strange ways they seem to intersect these days) Topic: Business “Monopoly sweepstakes” during this pandemic  Issue: Are ā€œfavoredā€ companies taking unfair advantage of ā€œunfavoredā€ ones – as well as the rest of us – during this pandemic?  I don’t […]

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PLAY BALL !!

A 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 […]

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Skills? (A Closer Look)

A Closer Look … with Anthony Newcombe  published with permission from writeplus.biz Let’s take a closer look …Ā @ 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.”   […]

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A Closer Look

with 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?  […]

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A Closer Look

with 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 ā€˜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 […]

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A Closer Look

A 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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