Nor should we allow Halloween masks to substitute for surgical ones even though they, too, keep people from touching their faces. No sense in scaring the heck out of people, especially children and other gullibles. The Nightly…
We’ve seen viruses come and go before. We remain confident that all such disasters will pass with time. The authorities, scientific and governmental, always win for us. Empty grocery shelves will get reshelved, lockdown lifestyles and travel…
The coronavirus may be killing more than just people. Brick-and-mortar universities and high schools may be going the way of Amazon, and for similar reasons. Being online is the new norm. It’s more cost-effective and gives back control and…
“It is certain that cigarette-smoking and heavy drinking result in serious negative effects on immune function,” says Woody McGinnis MD today. He now adds marijuana to the list of dangers. “These behaviors should be discouraged for the benefit of both individual…
“What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise,” once observed Oscar Wilde. Like people, societies get set in their ways, embrace bad habits, and lack motivation to pull themselves up by their bootstraps or reboot. …
“President Trump declared on Friday this upcoming Sunday a National Day of Prayer, shortly after declaring a state of emergency amid the fast-spreading coronavirus pandemic,” reports FoxNews today. Trump tweeted that “We are a Country that, throughout our history, has looked to God for…
by Duke Doering During Operation Desert Storm the 730th Medical Company deployed 133 Soldiers, 65 from the Headquarters unit in Winner, SD and 68 Soldiers from Detachment 1 stationed in Vermillion, SD. On March 13, 1991, during Operation Desert Storm,…
It’s not that China has the best doctors, yet it has sadly been handed healthcare dominance by previous administrations from both parties. “While the rest of us were arguing about sexism and transgendered bathrooms, China took control of our health…
People who live in big cities often come across as more short-tempered and outspoken compared to laid-back rural folks. Urban dwellers are also more easily puppet-mastered by social engineers at every level. This has been true throughout history, as the…
by Duke Doering On February 18, 1943 twelve soldiers from the 1st Platoon of Sturgis’s Company C, 109th Engineer Battalion were prisoners of war (POWs) and marching toward Tunis, Tunisia. They had been captured early in the morning of February…