by Graham Fitzgibbon | Mar 19, 2020 | Briefings
Today’s GOP as the “White Grievance Party” in Which “Race Is the Original Sin” We begin with Trump’s continuing use of racist dog whistles in referring to the “Chinese virus” which may be a tactic on his part to...
by Graham Fitzgibbon | Mar 18, 2020 | Briefings
Will Trump’s Followers Who Were Told It Is a “Hoax” Be the First to Get the Virus? We begin with the first of what are likely to be a series of bailout and stimulus bills with the Senate today approving the House-passed coronavirus relief bill...
by Graham Fitzgibbon | Mar 17, 2020 | Briefings
A Medical Ethicist on Moral Questions Arising from the Coronavirus Pandemic We begin with advice from a medical ethicist to help navigate us through the challenges ahead as more and more people are locked down at home in isolation while businesses close and...
by Graham Fitzgibbon | Mar 16, 2020 | Briefings
COVID-19 and the Body’s Immune System We begin with efforts by Dr. Anthony Fauci and other immunologists to understand what is happening with the immune response to COVID-19 which acts like the flu in having an initial spike in immune cells, lymphocytes,...
by Graham Fitzgibbon | Mar 15, 2020 | Uncategorized
Will Trump Turn the Crisis He Made Worse to His Advantage? We begin with Trump’s declaration of a national emergency in a belated attempt to deal with the spread of the coronavirus outbreak which, according to the only truth-teller in the Trump administration,...
