Jeremy Lott
Never let a pandemic quarantine go to waste! I couldn’t shake this story out of my head Sunday night, so I wrote it down. The next step is to have it illustrated and then spring it on unsuspecting children. Maybe…
When you’re sheltering in place, there’s no excuse not to mow the lawn. That’s the thinking in our small town, where you can be grass-judged and grass-shamed by your Dutch neighbors if you don’t keep it near regulation length. The…
Marty Stauffer is owner of the Lynden, Washington–based insurance brokerage Stauffer Insurance. When I knocked on his glass door in the middle of March, it was locked. “I’m practicing social distancing,” Stauffer said by way of explanation when he opened…
The other day, my 10-month-old daughter punched a unicorn in the face. Her mother was playing with her in the nursery with some stuffed animals. Anj held up the horned toy. My daughter grinned at it, giggled, and got it…
In times of crisis, people often look to religion for answers. But what happens when that crisis closes houses of worship from coast to coast, and from Hawaii to Puerto Rico? Well, then the mountain comes to Muhammad, so to…
Before the coronavirus pandemic, many American companies paid lip service to remote work or telecommuting. On the whole, they didn’t mean it. Even tech companies such as Yahoo! would spool out the kite string only so far, then declare they…
One big reason why America’s coronavirus relief bill took so long to pass is that the Senate majority, held by Republicans, came down with something nasty. Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul tested positive for COVID-19. Utah Sens. Mitt Romney and Mike…
Before the latest coronavirus touched down, life in America was pretty good for most of us. Paychecks were getting fatter. Wall Street was booming. Unemployment was so low economists wondered if it actually could get much lower. You’re probably expecting…
Superman would have weathered mandatory social distancing fine. He had his Fortress of Solitude, after all. Me? I have my comic books, including reprints of the big blue boy scout’s first appearance. In the 1990s, I dove deeply into comic…
