Washington — I have always thought that there was something very odd about this COVID pandemic. From start to finish, it has been entoiled in claims of politics. The Democrats murmured against what dark doings President Donald Trump was up…
Hollywood, the city that launched the golden age of the motion picture industry, has long epitomized both the realization and the death of dreams. Literature and popular culture have reflected Tinseltown’s cruel paradox that every success story is matched by…
In the summer of 2020, as I have done every summer for the past 30 years, I commuted between my home in Kansas City and my cottage on Lake Erie in Chautauqua County, New York. I was reminded of that…
The would-be monkacolypse isn’t panning out as some would like — no deaths have been reported outside of Africa — and apparently 99 percent of U.S. victims are gay men having sex with gay men. And, while acute COVID-19 is…
The U.S. is nearing the fourth year of the post-COVID-19 world. While the coronavirus remains a pandemic, its evolution into endemic status is within sight and some degree of normalcy has returned to daily life in most places. While it…
In November 2021, the media was realizing that perhaps the Biden presidency was not something it could endorse at every turn with unvarnished praise. Inflation had hit 6.2 percent, supply-chain headaches leading up to the holidays were top of mind,…
On June 30, 2022, Dr. Vladimir (Zev) Zelenko died at age 48 after a prolonged battle with sarcoma of the pulmonary artery. With his passing, we lost a great man of faith, intelligence, compassion, and courage. He was a board-certified…
Is monkeypox our new worldwide hysteria, what with the public getting a bit tired of COVID? Ask the British tourist who, according to news reports, was placed inside a sealed capsule on a Greek island and then put aboard a…
Literally the week before President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address, there was a slaughter. Dozens of state and local mask mandates and vaccine requirements were cut down as they stood, freeing American students and citizens from nearly two…
Raise your hand if you’re surprised that the trillions of dollars spent on COVID-19 relief gave way to billions of dollars in government waste, fraud, and abuses. I’m not, but based on recent reporting, you might think this type of…